Class 2 English Mridang Chapter 4, Seeing without Seeing, tells the warm story of little Onshangla and her visually impaired classmate Ava, who teaches Onshangla and her brother Shanglai a blindfold game using smell, touch, hearing, and taste to identify household things without looking.
What Class 2 English Chapter 4 Covers
Story Summary — Onshangla and Ava: A new boy, Ava, joins Onshangla’s class. Because Ava cannot see, Onshangla wonders how he recognises things. At home, her mother blindfolds Onshangla so she identifies warm milk by touch, oranges by smell, and her father’s footsteps and bell by sound.
Our Five Sense Organs: Understanding how our eyes (sight), ears (hearing), nose (smell), tongue (taste), and skin/hands (touch) help us experience the world.
Use of ‘a’ and ‘an’ & Sensory Words: Practising articles ‘a’ (before consonant sounds) and ‘an’ (before vowel sounds like apple, orange, umbrella, elephant).
Exercises in Chapter 4
- Let us Speak & Do (Pages 30–33): Play the blindfold guessing game and discuss how we use our nose, ears, hands, and tongue.
- Let us Write (Pages 34–36): Fill in ‘a’ or ‘an’ before nouns and match sense organs with their actions.
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FAQ
How did Onshangla identify the orange and the glass of milk while blindfolded?
She identified the glass of milk by touching it (feeling it was warm) and the orange by smelling its sweet fragrance.
What does ‘Seeing without Seeing’ teach children?
It builds empathy for people with visual impairments and shows how hearing, smell, touch, and taste help us recognise the world around us.