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For parents and teachers: a free printable worksheet for Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 4: 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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The Cap-seller and the Monkeys: Class 1 Mridang · Chapter 4 worksheet

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

  1. Exercise 1: Trace the letter m. m is for monkey.

  2. Exercise 2: Names start with a big letter. Trace the big M of Mangu.

  3. Exercise 3: Circle the pictures that start with b, like balloon.

  4. Exercise 4: Say each name. Join the picture to its first letter.

  5. Exercise 5: Circle every b. Look out for d, p and q!

  6. Exercise 6: Find the letter p. Circle each word where you see it.

  7. Exercise 7: A grown-up says hat, mat, cat. Write the first letter of each.

    at, at, at

  8. Exercise 8: Trace the letter c. c is for cat.

  9. Exercise 9: Say each word and clap for each part. Write how many claps.

    Kesar cat banana

  10. Exercise 10: Box A: draw a monkey on a gate. Box B: draw a cat under a cart.

    AB

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Answer key for grown-ups

The Cap-seller and the Monkeys · Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 4. Check together and praise the effort, not only the answer.

  1. 1Trace the letter m. m is for monkey.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  2. 2Names start with a big letter. Trace the big M of Mangu.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  3. 3Circle the pictures that start with b, like balloon.Circle pictures 1, 3 and 5.
  4. 4Say each name. Join the picture to its first letter.1 → B, 2 → C, 3 → D, 4 → A
  5. 5Circle every b. Look out for d, p and q!Circle cards 1, 3 and 6.
  6. 6Find the letter p. Circle each word where you see it.Circle cards 1, 3 and 5.
  7. 7A grown-up says hat, mat, cat. Write the first letter of each.hat, mat, cat
  8. 8Trace the letter c. c is for cat.Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  9. 9Say each word and clap for each part. Write how many claps.Kesar 2 cat 1 banana 3
  10. 10Box A: draw a monkey on a gate. Box B: draw a cat under a cart.Box A: a monkey on top of a gate or wall. Box B: a cat below a cart, between its wheels.

What your child practised

  • Words that say where things are: up, down, on, under, in, out, in the sky, on the ground.
  • Hearing the first sound of a word (m for monkey, b for balloon, c for cat) and tracing m, b and c.
  • Spotting b among letters that look like it (d, p, q), and finding words that rhyme with hat.
  • Clapping the parts of a word (Ke-sar) and telling a story in order.