Collect songs, poems, etc., on flowers. Write them down and put them up in the classroom. - Environmental Studies

Collect songs, poems, etc., on flowers. Write them down and put them up in the classroom.

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The Valley of Flowers

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Chapter 11: The Valley of Flowers - Talk about it [Page 92]

Chapter 11 The Valley of Flowers
Talk about it | Q 3 | Page 92

Now close your eyes and imagine that you have reached such a place. How does it feel? Which songs do you feel like singing?

Are there any things in your house which have designs of flowers made on them – like clothes, sheets, vases, etc.?

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?	______	______

What differences do you find between a flower and a bud?

Draw the picture of a bud and its flower in your notebook.

How is rose water used in your house? Is it used as medicine, sweets, lassi or something else? Find out and tell others.

Can you think of a colour of which there is no flower?

Are any special flowers used on certain occasions/festivals by your elders? Make a list of different occasions and the flowers used at each.

Some flowers are used in different forms - like rose and marigold are used in garlands and as loose petals too.

Find out the prices of these different forms.

One flower ______

One garland ______

One bouquet ______
Has the flower-seller learnt to make bouquets or a net of flowers from anybody? From whom?
Would they like the other members of their family to do this work? Why?

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.