Mango Treat: Class 1 Maths · Chapter 3

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Printable worksheet: Mango Treat

10 exercises (counting, circling, matching, missing numbers, tracing, sums, drawing) to print on A4 in black and white, with the answer key on the last page. Do them after the lesson.

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Lesson text (for parents and teachers)

Every scene's words in order, as Tara reads them after Start: for reading along, or for a child who cannot hear the narration.

Hello, Ovi!
This is Ovi. She lives near the sea.
Her Aaji has a big mango tree!
Tara: Hello! I am Tara. Let us count mangoes with Ovi!
One more mango
Aaji picks mangoes. Ovi puts them in a box.
One more, and one more… The box is full!
Tara: Tap play. Count with me as each mango goes in!
Count the mangoes
Activity: How many mangoes are in the box? Tap each one to count.
Write 9
Ovi writes 9 on the box.
Activity: Now you write 9. Trace the dots with your finger.
One more each time
Each plate has one more mango.
Tara: One more makes the next number!
Activity: 1, 2, 3, 4 mangoes… What comes next? Tap it.
Just one more
Activity: Ovi has 7 mangoes. Aaji gives her one more. How many now?
Fingers can count
Ovi has 3 mangoes.
She shows 3 fingers, one for each mango.
Tara: Show 3 fingers with your hand too!
Two ways to show 4
Ovi and Aaji both show 4 fingers.
But they use different fingers!
Tara: Can you show 4 in another way?
Fingers and dots
Activity: Count Aaji's fingers. Which card has as many dots? Tap it.
The mango treat
Ovi's friends come for a mango treat.
4 children, 4 mangoes. One mango each!
Tara: The same number of children and mangoes!
One more friend
One more friend comes. Now there are 5 children.
Only 4 mangoes! Ovi shares hers.
Tara: Fewer mangoes than children. Sharing helps!
More mangoes?
Aaji brings more mangoes and some leaf plates.
Activity: Which are more, the mangoes or the leaves? Tap that side.
At the beach
In the evening, Ovi and Aaji go to the beach.
Activity: There are 3 of one thing in the picture. Which is it? Tap it.
Fish for dinner
The boats bring fish. Aaji buys some.
Activity: How many fish did Aaji buy? Tap each one to count.
Hungry cats
Some cats come to the fish. Meow!
Activity: Which are fewer, the fish or the cats? Tap that side.
Numbers and names
Every number has a name: one, two, three…
Activity: Match each group of mangoes to its number.
Off to the market
Aaji's mango boxes go to the market.
One box has lost its number!
Activity: Which number is missing? Tap it.
The biggest number
Each friend picks a number card.
Activity: Which is the biggest number? Tap it.
Bye-bye!
You counted mangoes, fingers, fish and cats!
You know the numbers 1 to 9.
Tara: Super counting! Bye-bye, see you soon!

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Ch 3: Mango Treat

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Published 10 Oct 2026 · Updated 10 Oct 2026 · All chapters of Joyful Mathematics · Official NCERT chapter PDF ↗

Chapters in Joyful Mathematics

Chapter 1: Finding the Furry Cat!
Chapter 2: What is Long? What is Round?
Chapter 3: Mango Treat
Chapter 4: Making 10
Chapter 5: How Many?
Chapter 6: Vegetable Farm
Chapter 7: Lina’s Family
Chapter 8: Fun with Numbers
Chapter 9: Utsav
Chapter 10: How do I Spend my Day?
Chapter 11: How Many Times?
Chapter 12: How Much Can We Spend?
Chapter 13: So Many Toys

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