Sanatan Gyan ज्ञान
Unit: Stories with a why
Topics
- Ramayana episodes told aloud, in order
- Why did Rama go; why did Hanuman leap
- The story's places on a simple map
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Retell three Ramayana episodes in order
- Answer one why-question about a story
- Point to Ayodhya and Lanka on the class map
Activities · Assessment
Story sequencing cards · Story map wall
Assessed by: Observation — retelling with order and reason
Sources
PSRamayana story tradition, told orally
ASStorytelling pedagogy
GONCF Foundational-stage guidance
SSEBEpisode selection and sequencing
Further units this grade
Krishna's childhood, in order
Sanskrit & Bharatiya Bhasha भाषा
Unit: Devanagari friends
Topics
- The vowels as songs
- Reading own name in Devanagari
- Ten everyday Sanskrit words
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Sound the vowels correctly
- Read and write their own name
- Use ten Sanskrit words for real things
Activities · Assessment
Name cards · Word-object matching
Assessed by: Observation + simple reading check
Sources
PSEveryday Sanskrit vocabulary
ASEarly-literacy pedagogy
GONCF Foundational language guidance
SSEBWord list selection
Further units this grade
Consonant families begin
Darshana & Viveka दर्शन
Unit: Real and pretend
Topics
- Story or happened — telling them apart
- Fair and unfair in games
- Why we ask before we take
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Sort story from happened in examples
- Say what was unfair in a game and why
Activities · Assessment
Fair-game experiments · True-or-story game
Assessed by: Observation — reasoning in play
Sources
PSNone claimed — practice
ASPhilosophy-for-children practice
GONCF Foundational guidance
SSEBThe real-and-pretend frame
Further units this grade
Kind words, unkind words
Dharma & Ethics धर्म
Unit: My small duties
Topics
- A duty at home, chosen and kept
- Helping without being asked once a day
- Care for one shared thing at school
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Keep one home duty for a term
- Name who they helped and how
- Share responsibility for a class resource
Activities · Assessment
Duty chart · Helper of the day
Assessed by: Observation — duties kept
Sources
PSNone claimed — practice
ASCharacter-education practice
GONCF values guidance
SSEBThe kept-duty frame
Further units this grade
The class garden
Sanskriti & Civilisation संस्कृति
Unit: My family's traditions
Topics
- What my family does, and what yours does
- Same festival, different homes
- Respecting a difference out loud
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Describe one family tradition of their own
- Describe one classmate's different way, kindly
Activities · Assessment
Tradition show-and-tell · Class traditions book
Assessed by: Observation — telling and respecting
Sources
PSThe families' living traditions
ASCulture pedagogy
GONCF guidance
SSEBThe same-festival-different-homes frame
Further units this grade
Foods of the festivals
Bharatiya Knowledge Systems IKS
Unit: Numbers had a home here
Topics
- Our numerals: everyone's numbers began here — said simply
- Counting to bigger numbers with bundles
- Patterns that repeat and grow
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Say, simply, that the world's numerals grew from India's
- Bundle-count past one hundred
- Build a growing pattern
Activities · Assessment
Bundle counting · Pattern building
Assessed by: Observation + counting check
Sources
PSThe numeral tradition, named simply
ASHistory-of-number told for children
GONCF numeracy guidance
SSEBThe numbers-had-a-home story, evidence-shaped
Further units this grade
Measuring with hands and feet
Yoga & Swasthya स्वास्थ्य
Unit: The morning circle
Topics
- A five-asana morning sequence
- Belly breathing
- Sleep and screens — said simply
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Lead one asana for the class
- Do belly breathing when asked
- Say why sleep matters, simply
Activities · Assessment
Morning circle · Breath before stories
Assessed by: Observation — never medical claims
Sources
PSYoga tradition, named
ASMovement pedagogy
GONCF health guidance
SSEBSequence design
Further units this grade
Water and washing
Kala & Kaushal कला
Unit: Make it again, better
Topics
- A craft tried twice — see the second one improve
- Rhythm with the class
- Colours of the festivals
Learning outcomes — the student will
- Show first and second attempts and say what improved
- Keep a steady clap-rhythm in a group
Activities · Assessment
Two-attempt craft · Rhythm circle
Assessed by: Observation — the improvement, named by the child
Sources
PSLiving craft traditions
ASArts pedagogy
GONCF arts guidance
SSEBThe again-better frame
Further units this grade
Paper toran for the classroom