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प्रश्न
Do you know that flowers can be eaten as well? Many flowers are cooked as vegetables.
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उत्तर
Yes, I know that some flowers are eaten and some flowers are also made into vegetables.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Now close your eyes and imagine that you have reached such a place. How does it feel? Which songs do you feel like singing?
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From the pictures given above, and other flowers that you know, give names of two which
| grow on trees | ______ | ______ |
| grow on bushes | ______ | ______ |
| grow on creepers | ______ | ______ |
| grow on water plants | ______ | ______ |
| bloom only at night | ______ | ______ |
| bloom in the day and close at night | ______ | ______ |
| Which flowers can you recognise by their scent, even with your eyes closed? | ______ | ______ |
| Which flowers bloom all year round? | ______ | ______ |
| Which flowers bloom only in certain months? | ______ | ______ |
You must have seen buds on the plants. If there are any flower-bearing plants growing near your school or home, look carefully at their buds.
How is rose water used in your house? Is it used as medicine, sweets, lassi or something else? Find out and tell others.
Write the names of such flowers which are used to make scents.
Let us sing this song -
“Good gardener, make for my Banna a garland of flowers;
She went looking for flowers in the garden in heaven;
Make a garland of flower buds if there are no flowers…”
Are any special flowers used on certain occasions/festivals by your elders? Make a list of different occasions and the flowers used at each.
| Occasion/Festivals | Name of flower |
Have you ever seen anyone selling flowers anywhere? If there are any flower-sellers nearby ask them these questions and write -
- What are the different flowers that they sell? Ask them the names of three flowers.
- Where do they bring these flowers from?
- Why do people buy flowers?
- In what forms do flower-sellers sell their flowers? Look at these pictures. Tick against those forms that you have seen.
Any other form that you have seen - - Have you seen flowers offered at many religious places?
- What do we do when they dry up?
- How will you use them?
You could do this in groups of five or six each.
- Collect flowers that have fallen from trees or plants and bring them to the class.
- Spread these flowers neatly between the sheets of an old newspaper.
- Make sure that the flowers do not touch each other.
- Now put a heavy object on the newspaper. Leave it pressed for ten to fifteen days at one place.
- After this, take out all the flowers very carefully and prepare a scrap book. You can take a used notebook or old newspapers for this.
- You can also use these dried flowers to make pretty cards.
Draw a flower of your choice and write its name below.
