NCERT Book: Mango Treat (Numbers 1 to 9) | Mathematics for Class 1: NCERT (Joyful-Mathematics) PDF Download

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Mango Treat 
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The birds are watching a squirrel eating a mango.
One bird joins.
Now 2 of them are eating the mango.
One more  
bird joins.
Now 3 of them are eating the mango.
One more 
bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 5 of them are eating the mango.
dhup!
Now 4 of them  
are eating the mango.
Let us Read Let us Read
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Mango Treat 
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The birds are watching a squirrel eating a mango.
One bird joins.
Now 2 of them are eating the mango.
One more  
bird joins.
Now 3 of them are eating the mango.
One more 
bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 5 of them are eating the mango.
dhup!
Now 4 of them  
are eating the mango.
Let us Read Let us Read
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A. Identify the birds in the picture.
B. How many animals or birds were eating the mango in the 
beginning?
C. How many more animals or birds joined every time? 
D. What is 1 more than 1, 1 more than 2… up to 9?
E. How many animals and birds ate the mango at the end?
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 6 of them are eating the mango.
One more bird joins.
Now 7 of them are eating the mango.
Now 8 of them are  
eating the mango.
Now 9 birds and animals ate the mango.
Let us Talk Let us Talk
Talk about counting numbers as the animals join. Enact the story where 
all children play the role of different animals or birds and make 
their respective sounds. Talk about different birds or animals, 
their sounds and their habitats.
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Mango Treat 
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The birds are watching a squirrel eating a mango.
One bird joins.
Now 2 of them are eating the mango.
One more  
bird joins.
Now 3 of them are eating the mango.
One more 
bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 5 of them are eating the mango.
dhup!
Now 4 of them  
are eating the mango.
Let us Read Let us Read
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A. Identify the birds in the picture.
B. How many animals or birds were eating the mango in the 
beginning?
C. How many more animals or birds joined every time? 
D. What is 1 more than 1, 1 more than 2… up to 9?
E. How many animals and birds ate the mango at the end?
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 6 of them are eating the mango.
One more bird joins.
Now 7 of them are eating the mango.
Now 8 of them are  
eating the mango.
Now 9 birds and animals ate the mango.
Let us Talk Let us Talk
Talk about counting numbers as the animals join. Enact the story where 
all children play the role of different animals or birds and make 
their respective sounds. Talk about different birds or animals, 
their sounds and their habitats.
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Match the number of birds with the number of fingers.
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Mango Treat 
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The birds are watching a squirrel eating a mango.
One bird joins.
Now 2 of them are eating the mango.
One more  
bird joins.
Now 3 of them are eating the mango.
One more 
bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 5 of them are eating the mango.
dhup!
Now 4 of them  
are eating the mango.
Let us Read Let us Read
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A. Identify the birds in the picture.
B. How many animals or birds were eating the mango in the 
beginning?
C. How many more animals or birds joined every time? 
D. What is 1 more than 1, 1 more than 2… up to 9?
E. How many animals and birds ate the mango at the end?
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 6 of them are eating the mango.
One more bird joins.
Now 7 of them are eating the mango.
Now 8 of them are  
eating the mango.
Now 9 birds and animals ate the mango.
Let us Talk Let us Talk
Talk about counting numbers as the animals join. Enact the story where 
all children play the role of different animals or birds and make 
their respective sounds. Talk about different birds or animals, 
their sounds and their habitats.
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Match the number of birds with the number of fingers.
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Show 3 fingers to your friend. 
Your friend has to show 3 
fingers but in a different 
way. Similarly, you can play 
for other numbers.
  What are the different 
ways of showing 4 fingers 
using one hand?
Let us Play — Mime with Fingers Let us Play — Mime with Fingers
Match the fingers with correct number of dots (one has 
already been done for you).
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Mango Treat 
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The birds are watching a squirrel eating a mango.
One bird joins.
Now 2 of them are eating the mango.
One more  
bird joins.
Now 3 of them are eating the mango.
One more 
bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 5 of them are eating the mango.
dhup!
Now 4 of them  
are eating the mango.
Let us Read Let us Read
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A. Identify the birds in the picture.
B. How many animals or birds were eating the mango in the 
beginning?
C. How many more animals or birds joined every time? 
D. What is 1 more than 1, 1 more than 2… up to 9?
E. How many animals and birds ate the mango at the end?
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
One more bird joins.
Now 6 of them are eating the mango.
One more bird joins.
Now 7 of them are eating the mango.
Now 8 of them are  
eating the mango.
Now 9 birds and animals ate the mango.
Let us Talk Let us Talk
Talk about counting numbers as the animals join. Enact the story where 
all children play the role of different animals or birds and make 
their respective sounds. Talk about different birds or animals, 
their sounds and their habitats.
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Match the number of birds with the number of fingers.
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Show 3 fingers to your friend. 
Your friend has to show 3 
fingers but in a different 
way. Similarly, you can play 
for other numbers.
  What are the different 
ways of showing 4 fingers 
using one hand?
Let us Play — Mime with Fingers Let us Play — Mime with Fingers
Match the fingers with correct number of dots (one has 
already been done for you).
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Children can move in a circle by holding hands and 
singing songs. A child claps and says four. All children 
can make groups of four by holding hands. The left out 
children can count the number of children in each group. 
Similarly, children continue this game by saying different 
numbers up to 9.
Let us Play Outside Let us Play Outside
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