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What is Long? 
What is Round?
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Ask children to play this game in the class. Let the children name two things  — 
one long and one round. Every time, they can take the name of a new thing 
and avoid repetition. For long objects, children may focus on one 
dimension like tall, wide, etc. For example, some may say a tumbler 
is long whereas for some others, it may be round. Both views need 
to be considered. Let children explain their logic of saying so.
Vidya didi asked all the children to sit in a circle. 
My pencil box 
is long and my 
ball is round. 
Look around, 
look around.
What is long?  
What is round?  
Look around,  
look around.
My legs are long and 
my face is round. Look 
around, look around.
Look Around! Look Around!
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What is Long? 
What is Round?
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Ask children to play this game in the class. Let the children name two things  — 
one long and one round. Every time, they can take the name of a new thing 
and avoid repetition. For long objects, children may focus on one 
dimension like tall, wide, etc. For example, some may say a tumbler 
is long whereas for some others, it may be round. Both views need 
to be considered. Let children explain their logic of saying so.
Vidya didi asked all the children to sit in a circle. 
My pencil box 
is long and my 
ball is round. 
Look around, 
look around.
What is long?  
What is round?  
Look around,  
look around.
My legs are long and 
my face is round. Look 
around, look around.
Look Around! Look Around!
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A. Draw round objects in  and long objects in .
Think and Do Think and Do
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What is Long? 
What is Round?
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Ask children to play this game in the class. Let the children name two things  — 
one long and one round. Every time, they can take the name of a new thing 
and avoid repetition. For long objects, children may focus on one 
dimension like tall, wide, etc. For example, some may say a tumbler 
is long whereas for some others, it may be round. Both views need 
to be considered. Let children explain their logic of saying so.
Vidya didi asked all the children to sit in a circle. 
My pencil box 
is long and my 
ball is round. 
Look around, 
look around.
What is long?  
What is round?  
Look around,  
look around.
My legs are long and 
my face is round. Look 
around, look around.
Look Around! Look Around!
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A. Draw round objects in  and long objects in .
Think and Do Think and Do
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B. Match the objects which are similar in shape.
C. Tick ü the shape which is similar to ball .
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What is Long? 
What is Round?
2
Ask children to play this game in the class. Let the children name two things  — 
one long and one round. Every time, they can take the name of a new thing 
and avoid repetition. For long objects, children may focus on one 
dimension like tall, wide, etc. For example, some may say a tumbler 
is long whereas for some others, it may be round. Both views need 
to be considered. Let children explain their logic of saying so.
Vidya didi asked all the children to sit in a circle. 
My pencil box 
is long and my 
ball is round. 
Look around, 
look around.
What is long?  
What is round?  
Look around,  
look around.
My legs are long and 
my face is round. Look 
around, look around.
Look Around! Look Around!
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A. Draw round objects in  and long objects in .
Think and Do Think and Do
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B. Match the objects which are similar in shape.
C. Tick ü the shape which is similar to ball .
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Divide the children in four groups. Give one shape to each group and 
ask children to bring two different used or waste objects 
similar to that shape. Display all the collected things in the 
classroom and let children share their things and the reason 
why they choose those particular things. 
D. Tick ü the shape which is similar to cap .
Make a house, toy, tower, robot, bus or anything you like 
using different objects in your surroundings. You can also 
use notebooks, books, pencil box, water bottle, waste or old 
boxes, birthday caps, funnels, etc.
E. Tick ü the shape which is similar to glass  . 
F. Tick ü the shape which is similar to matchbox .
Let us Do Let us Do 
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What is Long? 
What is Round?
2
Ask children to play this game in the class. Let the children name two things  — 
one long and one round. Every time, they can take the name of a new thing 
and avoid repetition. For long objects, children may focus on one 
dimension like tall, wide, etc. For example, some may say a tumbler 
is long whereas for some others, it may be round. Both views need 
to be considered. Let children explain their logic of saying so.
Vidya didi asked all the children to sit in a circle. 
My pencil box 
is long and my 
ball is round. 
Look around, 
look around.
What is long?  
What is round?  
Look around,  
look around.
My legs are long and 
my face is round. Look 
around, look around.
Look Around! Look Around!
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A. Draw round objects in  and long objects in .
Think and Do Think and Do
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B. Match the objects which are similar in shape.
C. Tick ü the shape which is similar to ball .
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Divide the children in four groups. Give one shape to each group and 
ask children to bring two different used or waste objects 
similar to that shape. Display all the collected things in the 
classroom and let children share their things and the reason 
why they choose those particular things. 
D. Tick ü the shape which is similar to cap .
Make a house, toy, tower, robot, bus or anything you like 
using different objects in your surroundings. You can also 
use notebooks, books, pencil box, water bottle, waste or old 
boxes, birthday caps, funnels, etc.
E. Tick ü the shape which is similar to glass  . 
F. Tick ü the shape which is similar to matchbox .
Let us Do Let us Do 
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Once there was a little 
lamb who was going to 
meet her grandmother.
 The wolf saw the lamb 
and wanted to catch her.
Wise Grandmother
Okay, you 
may go.
Please don’t eat me now. 
Let me first go to my 
grandmother’s place and 
grow big.
The lamb told everything about the wolf to her grandmother.
 The grandmother got an idea and put the lamb into a 
dholak and rolled it back to her house.
Read aloud the story and ask children to enact it.
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