Chapter 2: Let's Play Hopscotch
Will you play with me?
We are a family!
Will you eat with me?
We are a family!
Will you dance with me?
We are a family!
Will you sing with me?
We are a family!
Will you read with me?
We are a family!
Mama and Papa sparrow were making a nest. They found a safe place.
The little nest was soon ready. It was soft and warm.
Grandmother and Grandfather sparrow, Aunt and Uncle sparrow, cousins and friends all came to meet the baby sparrows.
Mama sparrow laid three small eggs. One day the eggs broke open. Three little heads popped out. Papa sparrow brought food for them.
The baby sparrows grew bigger and bigger.
One day, the baby sparrows hopped out of the nest. They flew up into the big blue sky.
Reinforce the names of family members in English.
Explain that there can be various kinds of families.
Draw a picture of your family in the box given.
You may include any interesting thing about your family like pets, your plants, trees in your garden, or any other thing.
Now tell your class about what you have drawn.
Encourage children to speak freely. Help them find words in English if they feel stuck.
Guide them to speak good things about their family and unique members of their family like dogs, cats, cows, goats, and so on.
Instil the fact that we love our family.
The word ‘father’ begins with ‘f’ sound. Read the following words that begin with ‘f’ sound.
The word ‘mother’ begins with ‘m’ sound. Read the following words that begin with ‘m’ sound.
Tick the words that begin with f.
Circle the words that begin with m.
Do you remember to close the tap when you are not using it?
Why should we do so?
Draw attention to the initial sound of each word.
Help children say the words aloud, focusing on the initial sound.
Provide regular and frequent practice of the exercise.
You all know the alphabet song. Let us sing it while reading the letters.
Sing it loudly for the capital letters and softly for the small letters.
Let us make puppets.
Follow the instructions given by your teacher.
These strips may be of any colour.
The picture may help you.
Help the children read the alphabet. They read the capital letters in a loud voice and the small letters in a soft voice.
Children sing about family members and practise family vocabulary.
They read The Sparrow Family and talk about their own families.
They identify and practise the initial sounds f and m.
They talk about objects in a bathroom and discuss closing the tap when it is not being used.
They practise initial sounds from u to z.
They identify the odd one out by noticing initial sounds.
They practise capital and small letters through the alphabet song and make family puppets.