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My Family and Home

"Describe family members (mother, father, siblings, grandparents) and rooms in a home."

FREE TOPIC 3 learning goals · Class 1 · EVS · Topic 2

A Today you'll learn

  • Identify family members: mother, father, brother, sister, grandparents
  • Understand nuclear (small) families and joint (big) families
  • Recognise different rooms in a house and how family members care for one another

B Let's understand

A family is a group of people who love, help, and care for each other. A small or nuclear family has parents and their children living together. A large or joint family has grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings all living happily under one roof. Our home is the cozy place where our family lives together. Inside our home, we have different rooms: the living room for sitting and talking, the kitchen for cooking delicious meals, the bedroom for sleeping, and the bathroom for bathing and brushing.

C See it step by step

Example 1: What is the difference between a small family and a joint family?
  1. Small family: Mother, father, and one or two children.
  2. Joint family: Grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins all living together in a big family.
Example 2: Which room in your house is used for cooking food?
  1. Food is prepared with stoves, pans, and ingredients.
  2. This special room is called the kitchen.

D Your turn

Your mother’s mother is your:
Look back at "Let's understand" above for a clue.

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