The Four Seasons: Class 1 English · Chapter 8

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Printable worksheet: The Four Seasons

8 exercises (circling, tracing, missing numbers, 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, Pema!
Pema and her little brother Dawa live in Sikkim.
Their home is high up in the green hills.
Tara: Hello! I am Tara. Let us sing about the seasons!
Spring
In spring, bright flowers fill the hill.
Birds sing and hop. They can't sit still!
Summer
Summer sun is big and hot.
I drink cool water. It helps a lot!
s is for sun
Sun and summer start with s.
Activity: Trace the letter s. s, s, sun!
Monsoon
Rain comes tapping, tap, tap, tap.
Clouds float down to take a nap.
Tara: Pema wears a raincoat. And look, a frog!
Winter
Snow on the mountains, cold and white.
I pull my woolly cap on tight.
Tara: Brrr, it is cold! Winter brings sweet Sikkim oranges.
Round and round
After winter, spring comes back again.
The seasons go round and round.
Activity: Spring, summer, monsoon, winter, spring, summer… What comes next? Tap it.
Hot day, cold day
On a hot day, Pema wears a sun hat.
On a cold day, she wears a woolly cap.
Tara: What do you wear on a hot day? And on a cold day?
What do we wear?
Each season has its own clothes.
Activity: Match each season to what Pema wears: a sun hat, a raincoat or a woolly cap.
A rainy-day story
A little puppy is wet and cold in the rain.
Tap play. What does Pema do?
Tara: Now you tell the story to a grown-up!
Warm and dry
First, the puppy is wet and cold.
Then Pema helps it.
Activity: At the end, where is the puppy: by the warm stove, or out in the rain?
Hot or cold?
Some things are hot. Some things are cold.
Activity: Sun, snow, fire and ice. Is each one hot or cold? Put it in its basket.
A rainy walk
Splish, splash! Pema and Dawa walk to school.
Look at all the things in the rain.
Find the words
Read each word. Is it in the rainy picture?
Activity: The words are frog, hen, boots and kite. Can you see each one in the picture?
Clothes we wear
Ama wears a bakhu. Apa wears a shirt and pants.
Pema wears a frock. Dawa wears a T-shirt, shorts and a cap.
Tara: What are you wearing today? Start with: I am wearing.
w is for winter
Winter, woolly and warm all start with w.
Activity: Trace the letter w. w, w, winter!
Make a paper fan
On hot days, a paper fan keeps you cool.
Fold, fold, fold. Pinch one end. Open it up!
Tara: Tap play to see each step. Ask a grown-up to help!
A rain song
The rain plays on our tin roof: drip, drop, drum!
Boots on, coats on. Puddles, here we come!
Tara: Clap along and sing it with me!
Season words
Sun for summer, frog for the monsoon.
Butterflies for spring, oranges for winter!
Activity: Match each picture to its word: sun, frog, butterfly, orange.
Bye-bye!
Spring, summer, monsoon, winter, and round again!
What is your favourite season? Tell a grown-up why.
Tara: You sang, read and traced today. Bye-bye!

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Ch 8: The Four Seasons

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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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