Water is essential to us.We cannot live without water.There is much water on Earth.The Earth is made up of three parts of water and one part of land.We have oceans, rivers, seas, lakes, ponds and wells.We also get water from rain.But we cannot drink the water of oceans and seas because it is salty.We use […]
Trees are big plants.They have hard and strong stems.A banyan tree is a big plant.Trees have many hard branches which grow close to the ground.Shurbs are small plants.Rose and cotton are shrubs.Herbs are very small plants. They have soft stems. Grass and mint are herbs.Climbers are plants with weak stems. They need support to stand
Tina and her friends are entering their school.The morning assembly is about to begin.The children pray together in the school field. They also sing together. Many school functions are held in the field.It is Maths period. Everyone is busy solving sums.The second period will also be of Maths. The third period will be of English.Games!
Yesterday was 21st June. It is the longest and hottest day of the year. The sun was shining very brightly.Father went early to office.We shut doors and windows to keep out the heat.We played ludo and carrom.Mummy prepared some cold drinks for us.As we did not have any appetite for lunch, mummy gave us chilled
Yesterday, I saw a terrible accident.Some children were playing cricket on the footpath.Their ball rolled on to the road.A child came to pick the ball up.A speeding car and a bus were coming from the opposite directions. Both tried to save the child.In the process, they rammed into each other.All the three people inside the
Anand and Anu live in Raja Bagh with their parents.There are many other houses near their house.Other children live in these houses with their parents.They know Anand and Anu.All the children play together.All these houses make a neighbourhood.Neighbours help one another and celebrate festivals together.Sometimes they go far picnics and fairs together.Most neighbourhoods have some
Animals are living beings like us.There are two types of animals.Some animals are domestic or pet. Others are wild.Domestic animals are tame. They help us in our work. Pet animals are kept in homes for company.Domestic animals live in houses, villages and cities.Cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels aredomestic animals. They give us milk.Some animals
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru is my favourite leader. He was the son of Pt. Moti Lal Nehru, a famous lawyer.Pt. Nehru was a great Indian leader.He was born in Allahabad on November 14, 1889.He had his early education at home. He went to England for higher studies. Then he returned to India.Here he came under the
Mahatma Gandhi was the greatest world leader of the 20th century. He is called the “Father of the Nation”.We also call him “Bapuji”.He was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar in Gujarat. He went to England to study law. After coming back to India, he went to South Africa to practise law.He was not
Have you seen a house being built?Many people work together to build it.Let us meet some of them.The architect makes a drawing of the house before it is built.The drawing shows the different rooms the house will have.The mason builds the walls of the house with bricks and cement.The plumber fixes pipes and taps for
Anil and Anu live with their mother and father.They are a family. Their mother is a doctor.Their father is a pilot.Everyone in the family shares the work at home.Parents, brothers and sisters are a family.It is great fun to be together.In some families, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins live together.Such a family is a joint
What do you use to open a cold drink bottle?A bottle opener. Yes, you are right. A bottle opener is a tool.We use tools every day. Tools make our work easy.We should be careful with tools.We should not play with them.We can get hurt if we are not careful.Different kinds of tools are used for
The boys started picking up stones and hitting at the branches.The branches were very high. They kept missing the mangoes.One stone fell very close to the monkey and slightly touched it. The monkey jumped on to another branch. Two mangoes fell down with its movement.The boys shrieked with joy. One of the girls noticed the
There was a lot of bustle outside the school gate as the children got into the buses.The parents were around the buses.They were telling them what to do and how to be careful.The students of class II were going on a picnic to the seashore. They reached the seashore by 10 am.The beach was lovely.Santosh
Dussehra is a famous festival.On this day, Lord Rama killed Ravana, the king of Lanka. Ravana had kidnapped Rama’s wife, Sita.Rama defeated Ravana and brought back Sita.Dussehra is celebrated as a symbol of victory of goodness over evil.We celebrate Dussehra to remember the importanceof being good and honest.On Dussehra, huge statues of Ravana, his brother