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

Free printable worksheet

Two Little Hands: Class 1 Mridang · Chapter 1 worksheet

Body words and the letters A to F

Name Date

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

  1. Exercise 1: Trace the small letter a. Start at the dot. a for apple!

  2. Exercise 2: Trace the small letter c. c for cup!

  3. Exercise 3: Trace the small letter e. e for elbow!

  4. Exercise 4: Write the missing big letters.

    A, B, , D, , F

  5. Exercise 5: Say the names. Circle the pictures that start with b.

  6. Exercise 6: Say the names. Circle the one that does not start like the others.

  7. Exercise 7: Join each letter to a picture that starts with it.

  8. Exercise 8: Pari says, “These are kites.” Circle the card she means.

  9. Exercise 9: Lay one finger flat in the box and draw around it. Is a grown-up's finger bigger or smaller?

  10. Exercise 10: Draw your face. Give it two eyes, two ears, one nose and one mouth.

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Answer key for grown-ups

Two Little Hands · Class 1 · Mridang · Chapter 1. Check together and praise the effort, not only the answer.

  1. 1Trace the small letter a. Start at the dot. a for apple!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  2. 2Trace the small letter c. c for cup!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  3. 3Trace the small letter e. e for elbow!Check that the tracing follows the dots.
  4. 4Write the missing big letters.A, B, C, D, E, F
  5. 5Say the names. Circle the pictures that start with b.Circle pictures 1, 3 and 5.
  6. 6Say the names. Circle the one that does not start like the others.Circle picture 3.
  7. 7Join each letter to a picture that starts with it.1 → B, 2 → C, 3 → A
  8. 8Pari says, “These are kites.” Circle the card she means.Circle picture 2.
  9. 9Lay one finger flat in the box and draw around it. Is a grown-up's finger bigger or smaller?The outline of one of the child's own fingers. A grown-up's finger is bigger.
  10. 10Draw your face. Give it two eyes, two ears, one nose and one mouth.A face with two eyes, two ears, one nose and one mouth.

What your child practised

  • Saying and acting out a short rhyme, and naming parts of the body: head, eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, mouth, arms, hands, legs, feet, knees.
  • Speaking in full sentences: I wave with my hand. This is my tummy. These are my thumbs.
  • Noticing the five senses: we see, hear, smell, taste and feel.
  • Washing hands step by step, and drawing round a hand.
  • Saying the letters A to Z, the letters A to F big and small, and hearing the first sound of words like apple, ball and fish.