Unit 2 (Toys and Games) begins with a lively neighbourhood picture of children playing hopscotch, marbles, badminton and hide-and-seek. Chapter 4, Out in the Garden, is a rhythmic poem celebrating outdoor play—bouncing, throwing and catching a ball, tugging and flying a kite, and running, skipping, jumping, sliding and swinging with friends on each fine day. … Read more
Talking Toys takes readers inside a busy holiday toy shop where wooden toys, board games, a talking doll, a toy elephant, a Vande Bharat train, a toy aeroplane and Chennapatna marbles eagerly wait to see which child will pick them. As children buy Snakes and Ladders, the Vande Bharat train, marbles, an aeroplane, a spinning … Read more
Paper Boats tells the story of Meena floating colourful paper boats down a stream near a bamboo bridge when a naughty boy starts overturning them for fun. Instead of fighting, Meena discovers that the boy simply wants to play too and does not know how to fold a boat—so she patiently teaches him to fold … Read more
Fun with Shapes begins with Amma’s dot rangoli and opened-up cardboard boxes, showing how flat 2D faces—rectangles, squares, triangles and circles—form the surfaces of 3D objects. Students explore straight and curved lines, fold paper to test square corners (right angles), compare opposite sides of rectangles and squares, and build creative figures using tangrams and dot … Read more
Fair Share introduces fractions when Shabnam and Mukta fold a paratha and divide chocolates into equal parts during lunch break. Students fold paper shapes and chikki bars to make halves and quarters, distinguish equal shares from unequal cuts, and find half and quarter of both single wholes and collections of objects. What Class 3 Mathematics … Read more