Two Little Hands – Class 1 English Chapter 1 Notes & NCERT PDF

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Chapter 1: Two Little Hands

Introduction

"Two Little Hands" opens Unit 1, My Family and Me, of Mridang, the Class 1 English textbook. It starts with the child's own body. Through action songs, the children learn the names of body parts and what each part does. They also start on the alphabet and letter sounds from a to e.

What's in this Chapter

Poem – Two Little Hands (Let us sing). A clapping and tapping action song:

Two little hands / go clap, clap, clap. / Two little legs / go tap, tap, tap.

It goes on with "Two little eyes to look around. / Two little ears to hear any sound", and ends with "I have a little body that belongs to me." The poem links each part to its work: hands clap, legs walk, the nose smells, the mouth talks and the eyes see.

Song – Parts of the Body. "Head, shoulders, knees and toes … And eyes and ears / And mouth and nose." Children touch each part as they sing.

Let us speak. Children repeat sentences such as I clap with my hands, I tap with my feet, I look with my eyes and I walk with my legs. In pairs they ask and answer, like Nitin and Neha: "What is this?" – "This is my nose." "What are these?" – "These are my shoulders."

Let us read. They read a word, then a sentence: I see with my eyes. I hear with my ears. I smell with my nose. I eat with my mouth. I feel with my skin.

Let us do. In My Hand, children draw round their palm and decorate the outline. Washing Hands has four steps: open the tap or pour water on the hands, rub soap, wash between the fingers, and rinse again.

Alphabet work. The children sing the Alphabet song ("A B C D E F G … Happy, happy we shall be / When we know the A B C") and write Aa to Ff. The phonics song follows: "a is for ant, b is for bag, c is for cat …" all the way to "z is for zebra". Letter sounds for a to e come with words (axe, ant, arm; bag, bee, boy; cart, cap, cat; den, door, dog; egg, ear, elephant). An "odd one out" exercise checks initial sounds: in bag, cap, balloon, cap is the odd one out.

Key Ideas

  • We have many body parts, and each one has a job.
  • This is is used for one thing and These are for more than one.
  • Every letter has a sound, and words begin with a sound.
  • Washing hands properly keeps us healthy.

    • Activities from the Book

  • Clap and tap while reciting the poem. The teacher may stay silent and let children clap in the pauses.
  • Match body-part names (head, nose, eye, ear, cheek, hand, tongue, arm, mouth, foot, leg) with pictures.
  • Trace an outline of the hand and decorate it.
  • Wash hands step by step.
  • Find the word that begins with a different sound.

    • Words to Learn

  • hand – हाथ
  • leg – पैर
  • head – सिर
  • eye – आँख
  • ear – कान
  • nose – नाक
  • mouth – मुँह
  • shoulder – कंधा
  • knee – घुटना
  • skin – त्वचा
  • soap – साबुन

    • The sight words for this chapter are one and to.

    Tips for Parents & Teachers

  • Sing "Two Little Hands" with actions every day for a week.
  • Play "Touch your …": call out a body part and the child touches it.
  • At bath time or before meals, practise the four hand-washing steps together.
  • Make letter cards for a–e and let the child find things at home that begin with each sound.
  • Accept answers in the home language at first, then give the English word.

    • Common Mistakes

  • Saying "This is my ears." Use These are for two ears, eyes or hands.
  • Mixing up the letter name "bee" with its sound /b/.
  • Washing only the palms and forgetting the spaces between the fingers.

    • 💡 Key Learning Points

    • ✓Name the main parts of the body in English and tell what each part does.
    • ✓Recite 'Two Little Hands' and 'Head, shoulders, knees and toes' with actions.
    • ✓Use 'This is …' for one thing and 'These are …' for more than one.
    • ✓Write capital and small letters Aa–Ff and link letters a–e to their sounds.
    • ✓Follow the four steps of washing hands.

    👨‍🏫 Teaching Tips

    • →Sing each song with actions first, and add the words only after the children know the tune.
    • →Stay silent at a line of the poem and let the children fill it with claps and taps.
    • →Put pairs of children face to face to ask 'What is this?' and 'What are these?' about body parts.
    • →Write the sight words 'one' and 'to' and the new words (hand, leg, head, eye, ear, nose, mouth) on the board.
    • →Use letter flash cards with arrows to show the direction of each stroke before tracing.
    • →Point to the pictures and say each body-part word; children repeat and point to their own body.
    • →Do the hand-washing activity for real near a tap, one step at a time.
    • →Give extra, frequent practice with 'odd one out' so children listen for the first sound.

    📋 Assessment Questions

    1. Can the child point to and name at least eight body parts?
    2. Can the child say what we do with our eyes, ears, nose and mouth?
    3. Does the child use 'This is' and 'These are' correctly?
    4. Can the child write Aa–Ff and give a word for the sounds a–e?
    5. Can the child tell the four steps of washing hands in order?

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    1. 1. Two Little Hands
    2. 2. Greetings
    3. 3. Picture Time
    4. 4. The Cap-seller and the Monkeys
    5. 5. A Farm
    6. 6. Fun with Pictures
    7. 7. The Food we Eat
    8. 8. The Four Seasons
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