Picture Time: Class 1 English · Chapter 3

Turn the sound on. Tara will read with you.

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Printable worksheet: Picture Time

10 exercises (tracing, missing numbers, circling, matching, counting, 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, Sugni!
This is Sugni. She lives near a forest in Jharkhand.
Etwa is her little brother.
Tara: Hello! I am Tara. It is picture time today!
Picture time!
Sugni and Etwa are at the edge of the forest.
What can you see? Let us talk about it.
Tara: Look at the trees, the pond and the animals.
Find it in the picture
Look at the big picture again.
Activity: One of these is in the picture. Find it, then tap it.
A big animal
Etwa sees a big animal. He shouts, “हाथी!”
In English, we call it an elephant.
Tara: What do you call an elephant at home?
Up in the tree
A monkey sits on a branch of the big tree.
It is eating something yummy!
Activity: What is in the monkey's hands? Look, then tap it.
m is for monkey
Monkey and mango start with the same letter: m.
Activity: Trace the letter m. m for monkey!
Birds in the picture
Birds have feathers, wings and a beak.
Can you find the peacock and two parrots?
Activity: Is it a bird? Put each one in the right basket.
A song at the pond
One and two, the fish swim by.
Three and four, they jump up high!
Tara: Sugni sings a fish song. Sing it with her!
Splash and play
Five and six, they splash and play.
Seven and eight, they swim my way.
Tara: Fish live in ponds and rivers. What colour fish have you seen?
Nine and ten!
Nine and ten! Nine and ten!
Look who is here: a little white hen!
Activity: How many fish are in the pond? Tap each fish to count.
h is for hen
The hen says, “Cluck, cluck!”
Hen starts with the letter h.
Activity: Trace the letter h. h for hen!
Letters in order
Join the dots from a to j, in order.
Look! The dots make a parrot.
Tara: Tap play to watch the dots join!
Activity: a, b, c… which letter comes next? Tap it.
Five little parrots
Five little parrots, green and bright.
One flies home. Good night, good night!
Tara: Tap play. Count down as they fly home!
All at home
No little parrots, green and bright.
Each one is home. Good night, good night!
Activity: Find the word little and tap it. The cards say home, little and night.
p is for parrot
Parrot starts with the letter p.
Activity: Trace the letter p. p for parrot!
Words that rhyme
Bright and night sound the same at the end.
They rhyme! Can you find more rhymes?
Activity: Which pictures rhyme? Join them. The pictures are frog, star, hen, car, dog and ten.
Rhymes for ten
Put h, p, m or d before en.
You get hen, pen, men and den!
Tara: A bear lives in a den. All four rhyme with ten!
d is for den
Den starts with the letter d.
Activity: Trace the letter d. d for den!
Maa's rhyme
In the evening, Maa claps and sings a counting rhyme.
She sings it in her own language.
Tara: Ask a grown-up at home for a counting rhyme!
Animal names
Every animal has a name. Can you read them?
Activity: Join each animal to its name. The names are duck, frog, hen and rabbit.
Bye-bye!
You named animals and birds, and sang two rhymes.
You traced h, p, m and d!
Tara: What a picture day! Bye-bye, see you soon!

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Ch 3: Picture Time

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

Chapters in Mridang

Chapter 1: Two Little Hands
Chapter 2: Greetings
Chapter 3: Picture Time
Chapter 4: The Cap-seller and the Monkeys
Chapter 5: A Farm
Chapter 6: Fun with Pictures
Chapter 7: The Food we Eat
Chapter 8: The Four Seasons
Chapter 9: Anandi’s Rainbow

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