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For parents and teachers: a free printable worksheet for Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 2: 10 exercises (tracing, circling, matching, missing numbers, 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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Greetings: Class 1 Mridang · Chapter 2 worksheet

Hellos, actions and letter sounds

Name Date

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

  1. Exercise 1: Trace the big letter N. Namaste begins with N.

  2. Exercise 2: Trace the small letter g, as in good night.

  3. Exercise 3: Trace the small letter f, as in father.

  4. Exercise 4: Say each name: mango, kite, moon, fish. Circle the pictures that begin with m, like mother.

  5. Exercise 5: Say each name: frog, pencil, fish. Circle the one with a different first sound.

  6. Exercise 6: Join each big letter to its small letter.

  7. Exercise 7: Say each name: orange, sun, tree, hen. Join each letter to the picture that begins with its sound.

  8. Exercise 8: Say each word: umbrella, window, yellow. Write its first letter.

    mbrella, indow, ellow

  9. Exercise 9: Draw your family. Tell a grown-up who is who.

  10. Exercise 10: Box A: draw the sun for Good morning. Box B: draw the moon for Good night.

    AB

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Answer key for grown-ups

Greetings · Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 2. Check together and praise the effort, not only the answer.

  1. 1Trace the big letter N. Namaste begins with N.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  2. 2Trace the small letter g, as in good night.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  3. 3Trace the small letter f, as in father.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  4. 4Say each name: mango, kite, moon, fish. Circle the pictures that begin with m, like mother.Circle pictures 1 and 3.
  5. 5Say each name: frog, pencil, fish. Circle the one with a different first sound.Circle picture 2.
  6. 6Join each big letter to its small letter.1 → D, 2 → B, 3 → C, 4 → A
  7. 7Say each name: orange, sun, tree, hen. Join each letter to the picture that begins with its sound.1 → A, 2 → D, 3 → B, 4 → C
  8. 8Say each word: umbrella, window, yellow. Write its first letter.umbrella, window, yellow
  9. 9Draw your family. Tell a grown-up who is who.The child's family: mother, father, brothers, sisters, grandparents and anyone else who lives with them.
  10. 10Box A: draw the sun for Good morning. Box B: draw the moon for Good night.A: a sun, maybe with rays. B: a moon, maybe with stars.

What your child practised

  • Greeting people: Namaste, a hello in your home language, and Good morning, Good afternoon, Good evening and Good night at the right time of day.
  • Action words, said and acted out: hop, jump, stamp, skip, tap, shake, twist, dance, yawn and sleep.
  • Hearing the first sound of a word and finding its letter (f, h, k, m, r, s, t).
  • Family words: mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, aunt, uncle and cousin.
  • Tracing big G and small h and m. The worksheet adds N, g and f, and big and small letter partners.