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प्रश्न
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?
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उत्तर
Yes, I have seen people selling flowers.
- They sell rose, jasmine and dahlia.
- They bring these flowers from gardens and horticulture farms.
- People buy flowers for decoration, worship and to gift them.
Sellers sell flowers in the form of Gajra.-
Yes, I have seen different types and colours of flowers offered at many religious places.
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We dispose of the dry flowers as waste.
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I will use them to make dry colours for the Holi festival.
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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?
How many differently coloured flowers have you seen? Write their colours.
Look at the designs made by your friends.
Children who can bring flowers may bring one or two flowers to class. Remember that you must collect only fallen flowers. Do not pluck any flowers. Make groups of three or four children and look at one flower carefully -
- What is the colour of the flower?
- What kind of a scent does it have?
- What does it look like – a bell, a bowl, a brush or anything else?
- Do these flowers grow in bunches?
- How many petals does it have?
- Are all the petals joined together or separate?
- Outside the petals, can you see any green leafy structure? How many are there?
- Inside the petals, in the middle of the flower, can you see some thin structures? Write its colour.
- When you touch these, do you find a powdery thing on your hands?
What are the different ways we use flowers in our daily life?
Have you ever read or heard any songs about flowers?
“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…”
Do you know when such songs are sung?
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 |
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.
