So Many Toys: Class 1 Maths · Chapter 13

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Printable worksheet: So Many Toys

9 exercises (counting, circling, matching, 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, Keerthi!
This is Keerthi. She lives in Nirmal, in Telangana.
Her Thatha makes wooden toys and paints them.
Tara: Hello! I am Tara. Let us count toys with Keerthi!
All mixed up!
Thatha has made lots of new toys.
They are all mixed up on the mat!
Tara: How many of each toy are there?
One row for each toy
Keerthi puts each kind of toy in its own row.
Ducks, balls, cars and boats!
Tara: Now each kind of toy is easy to count.
Activity: How many ducks are on the shelf? Tap each duck to count.
Toys and numbers
Count the toys in each row. Then find the number.
Activity: Join each group of toys to its number.
Keerthi writes it down
Keerthi writes how many of each toy.
6 ducks, 4 balls, 3 cars and 3 boats.
Tara: Now we can see all the numbers at once!
More than
Each ball gets a duck partner.
2 ducks have no partner!
Tara: Look at the ducks with no partner.
Activity: Are there more ducks or more balls? Tap the side with more.
Less than
The balls run out first.
4 is less than 6.
Tara: So there are fewer balls than ducks.
Equal to
Every car has a boat partner.
No car or boat is left over.
Tara: Are there more cars, or more boats?
Activity: Which side has more? If they are the same, tap Same.
Which words fit?
Look at the boats and the balls on the shelf.
Activity: Is the number of boats more than, less than, or equal to the number of balls? Tap the right words.
Bathukamma time!
Bathukamma is a flower festival in Telangana.
Keerthi and Thatha pick flowers for it.
Tara: Which flowers do you see the most near your home?
Flowers in the basket
Orange, pink and blue flowers, all mixed up!
Activity: How many pink flowers are in the basket? Count them in the picture.
Flowers in rows
Keerthi puts each colour in its own row.
Tara: Which row is the longest?
Activity: Which colour has the most flowers? Tap it.
The fewest flowers
8 orange, 5 pink and 2 blue flowers.
Activity: Which colour has the fewest flowers? Tap it.
Is it true?
Tara says, “There are more pink flowers than orange flowers.”
Tara: Am I right? You check!
Activity: Is Tara right? Tap Yes or No.
A flower card
Keerthi makes a Bathukamma card.
She puts flowers and leaves along the top.
Activity: Flower, flower, leaf… What comes next on the card? Tap it.
Names and letters
Keerthi's friends put up their name cards.
Let us count the letters in each name.
Tara: Point to each letter as you count.
Activity: Count the letters in each name. Join the name to its number.
Short names, long names
Some names have 3 letters. Some have 4.
Keerthi's name has more than 4 letters!
Activity: How many names on the board have 3 letters? Count them.
Bye-bye!
You counted toys, flowers and names.
You found more, less and equal!
Tara: Super counting! Bye-bye, see you soon!

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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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