👨👩👧👦 Class 3 • Chapter 1 — Family & Friends: Playing Together 🎲
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📘 Easy Summary (At a Glance)
Families and friends make us happy and safe. We play together, sing together, help each other, and learn from elders. Animals can also be part of our families and must be treated with love and care. 🐶🌱
- 🏠 Bela’s Family: Bela, Banku (brother), little Bishu, parents, Dadaji & Dadiji. They love games like chhupan-chhupai (hide & seek), peek-a-boo, antakshari, snakes & ladders.
- 🌧️ Rainy Fun: They sit in a small shelter, sing rain songs, and enjoy hot pakoras together.
- 🧩 Playing with Elders: Dadaji teaches old games; everyone joins and laughs.
- 🐕 Pets are Family: Shiru the dog is loved, never hurt, and even shares food.
- 👪 Types of Families: Families can be big or small, and every family is special.
- 🤝 Helping Hands: Family members share work—cooking, cleaning, gardening, shopping, caring for elders & kids.
- 🎉 Friends & Neighbours: Join for festivals, rangoli, sweets, and fun activities together.
- 🧡 Good Values: Love, care, respect, sharing, teamwork, and kindness to people & animals.
🧠 Key Ideas to Remember
- Families may include parents, children, grandparents and other relatives. Some members may live elsewhere but still belong to the family.
- Playing together (like pitthoo, hide & seek) builds teamwork and friendship.
- Everyone can help at home—watering plants, chopping vegetables (safely with elders), cleaning, mending, buying groceries.
- We celebrate festivals with relatives and friends; we learn skills like singing and making rangoli.
- Never tease or hurt animals. Share, feed (with safe food), and be gentle. 🐾
📋 Helpful Tables for Your Notebook
👨👩👧 Family Members & Relationships
| Name | Relationship with You | You Call Them |
|---|---|---|
| Urmila | Mother’s sister | Mausi |
| Ramesh | Mother’s brother | Mama |
| Suresh | Father’s brother | Chacha |
| Sunita | Father’s sister | Bua |
| Leela | Grandmother | Dadiji/Naniji |
| Mohan | Grandfather | Dadaji/Nanaji |
🧹 Who Does What at Home?
| Work | Who Does It? | How I Help |
|---|---|---|
| Cooking food | Mother / Father | Set plates, bring water |
| Cleaning the house | All members | Keep toys/books in place |
| Watering plants | Grandfather / Me | Water carefully, no wastage |
| Mending things | Grandmother / Father | Hand over thread/buttons safely |
| Buying groceries | Parents | Help make the list |
🎯 Activities & Good Habits
Try These: Sing a rain song with friends 🎵 • Play pitthoo or hide & seek safely 🧱 • Make a flower-leaf rangoli 🌸 • Help elders daily 🤗
- 🌧️ Rain Fun: Sit together, eat pakoras, listen to stories and songs from grandparents.
- 🎨 Rangoli: Use fallen leaves & flower petals (do not pluck!).
- 🧓 Care: Be gentle with small children, elders, and anyone who is unwell.
- 🐶 Pets: Feed only safe food, give clean water, never tease.
📝 Textbook Questions & Answers (Neat & Simple)
• Who are the members in Bela’s family?
✔️ Bela, her brothers (Banku and Bishu), her parents, and grandparents (Dadaji and Dadiji). 🏡
• What do you and your family members do when it rains?
✔️ We sit together, sing songs, enjoy snacks like pakoras, and watch the rain safely from a shelter. 🌧️🍵
• Can you think of a rain song and sing it with your friends?
✔️ Yes! We sing a simple rain song about clouds, raindrops, paper boats, and dancing peacocks. 🎶🦚
• Would you call Bela’s family a big or a small family?
✔️ It is a big family because it includes parents, children, and grandparents living together. 👨👩👧👦
• What games do you play with elders and other members of your family?
✔️ We play pitthoo, chhupan-chhupai (hide & seek), snakes & ladders, and antakshari. 🎲🎵
• Which animals come to your home or neighbourhood? Have you shared food with them?
✔️ Dogs, cats, cows, birds. We sometimes share safe food and water and never tease them. 🐕🐱🕊️
• Why should we not hurt or tease animals?
✔️ Animals have feelings. We must be kind and care for them. Hurting is wrong and unsafe. 💚
• What have you learnt from your family and neighbours?
✔️ Good habits like sharing, helping, respecting elders, singing, gardening, and making rangoli. 🌱🎨
📗 Short Answers for Your Notebook
Q1. Write two ways family members help each other at home.
A1. (i) Cooking and cleaning together (ii) Caring for elders and small children. 🤝
Q2. Name two games Bela’s family enjoys.
A2. Chhupan-chhupai and antakshari. 🎯
Q3. Who is Shiru in Bela’s family?
A3. Shiru is their pet dog and a loved member of the family. 🐶
Q4. Write one way to show care for animals.
A4. Give clean water and never tease or hurt them. 💦
Q5. What do we learn from elders?
A5. Songs, stories, good manners, and helpful skills like gardening and rangoli. 👵🎵
🔤 Fun: Find & Circle (Visual Grid)
Circle 5 game-words you can spot (just for fun on screen): BALL, BAT, RUN, TEAM, JUMP 🏏🏃♀️
💡 Values from the Chapter
- Love and respect everyone at home.
- Share work and help daily.
- Be kind to animals and nature.
- Play fair, be a good teammate, and include others.
- Learn from elders; teach your friends something good too!