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For parents and teachers: a free printable worksheet for Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 9: 10 exercises (tracing, matching, circling, drawing) on A4, black and white, with the answer key on the last page. Do the read-aloud chapter first, then print this.

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Anandi’s Rainbow: Class 1 Mridang · Chapter 9 worksheet

Rainbow colours and the letters r, y, g

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Ask a grown-up to read each question to you. Use a pencil and crayons.

  1. Exercise 1: Trace the letter r. r is for red and rainbow.

  2. Exercise 2: Trace the letter y. y is for yellow.

  3. Exercise 3: Trace the letter g. g is for green.

  4. Exercise 4: Read the colour word. Join it to a thing of that colour.

  5. Exercise 5: Circle the things that are yellow. Then colour them yellow.

  6. Exercise 6: Circle the things that are green. Then colour them green.

  7. Exercise 7: Draw a rainbow. Colour its stripes from the top: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

  8. Exercise 8: Find a cloud with a fun shape. Draw it in the box.

  9. Exercise 9: Draw the flag of India. Colour it saffron, white and green, with a blue wheel in the middle.

  10. Exercise 10: Box A: write your name. Box B: draw something in your favourite colour.

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Answer key for grown-ups

Anandi’s Rainbow · Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 9. Check together and praise the effort, not only the answer.

  1. 1Trace the letter r. r is for red and rainbow.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  2. 2Trace the letter y. y is for yellow.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  3. 3Trace the letter g. g is for green.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  4. 4Read the colour word. Join it to a thing of that colour.1 → B, 2 → C, 3 → A, 4 → D
  5. 5Circle the things that are yellow. Then colour them yellow.Circle pictures 1 and 3.
  6. 6Circle the things that are green. Then colour them green.Circle pictures 2 and 4.
  7. 7Draw a rainbow. Colour its stripes from the top: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.A rainbow with seven stripes: red at the top, then orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
  8. 8Find a cloud with a fun shape. Draw it in the box.Any cloud shape the child saw, such as an animal, a boat or a ball.
  9. 9Draw the flag of India. Colour it saffron, white and green, with a blue wheel in the middle.Saffron at the top, white in the middle with a navy blue wheel, and green at the bottom.
  10. 10Box A: write your name. Box B: draw something in your favourite colour.Box A: the child's own name. Box B: anything coloured in the child's favourite colour.

What your child practised

  • Naming the seven colours of the rainbow in order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
  • Matching colour words to things, using the first letter: r for red, y for yellow, g for green, b for blue.
  • Tracing the small letters r, y and g.
  • Talking about the sky and the clouds, and saying their name and favourite colour.