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Everyone can probably agree that kids these days have more things to worry about, distract them, and get them into trouble than any other past generation of kids have ever had. If children are never taught morals, if they never get a good grasp of what good values really are, then it seems very plausible that they will not be capable of dealing with and avoiding the types of issues at hand.

Evidently, values education in schools is crucial for developing future citizens of sound moral character. This moral education course is a series of eight books expressly designed to assist the teaching of values education at the foundation level.

Most experts agree that people with defined values and a good self-image are better equipped to deal with challenging situations. These books offer the students the knowledge to make informed decisions about emotional and moral dilemmas. Students are encouraged to think critically about the issues and challenges they face as they grow and develop.

The lessons in these series encourage the students to consider their own values and develop a sense of self-worth. They also focus on the importance of showing respect for and tolerance towards others, and valuing diversity in our society.

The varied lessons and activities in each of these books extend across all major learning areas and will have relevance for a wide range of student learning styles and intelligences.

We strongly believe that the students, parents, teachers and the society as whole can benefit from a course like this.

Preface

Contents1. All about me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

2. Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

3. Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

4. Strengths and weaknesses . . . . . . .15

5. Hard work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

6. Gratitude and politeness . . . . . . . .27

7. Do what you love . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

8. Being helpful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

9. No leg, no problem . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

10. Joy & Sorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

11. Relationship with God . . . . . . . . . .48

12. Helping at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

13. Friendship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

14. Love for animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

15. Honesty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

16. Brave Pema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Personality 1Green 5

A. Draw a picture of yourself wearing your favourite colour hat and your favourite colour shirt!

B. Now hold this page high up in the air. Let everybody see your picture.

All about me

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Green6 Personality 1

You must have written your name, class, roll number, address and school’s name in your books and copies.

Why did you write them? Think about it.

Is it because you want everyone to know who the book belongs to? Is it because when you lose the book, you want people to read your name and return the book to you? What happens if you don’t write your name?

Write your name in big letters here:

Now complete the sentences about yourself.

Hello. I'm ............................

I am ……......... years old.

My birthday is on ………………………..

I read in grade ………………..

My Mother’s name is …………………….. and my Father’s name is ……………………..

There are …………………….. members in my family.

I like ……………………………….

I don’t like …………………………

I want to be …………………………

My favourite cartoon is ………………………


What you can doYou are a little child. You have little hands and little feet. But you can do BIG things!

You can learn new things.You can dream and imagine.You can control your feelings.You can give to the poor.You can think of new ideas.You can stop pollution. What else you can do?

You can listen.You can read.You can speak.You can write.You can teach others what you know.

You can sing.You can dance. You can play.You can smile.You can make people happy.

You can do so many things!


EXERCISE

A. Listfivethingsyoucando.Thenshareyourlistwiththe class.

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B. Nowmakeanother list offive thingsyou can’tdo.Read out your list in class. Can your friends do the things that you can't do? Ask them to teach you.

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Today we are going to discuss the most important topic of love. Have you heard people talk about love before? You might have heard of it at home or on the TV.

Think of one person or thing or activity that you love and write down on a sheet of paper why you love it.

Do you know the opposite of love is hate? Read the story below of a teacher and her students just like you!

A school teacher had decided to make her students learn a lesson by playing a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a small cloth bag containing a few potatoes. She asked the students to name each potato after a person that the student hates. So if you hated three people, you would have three potatoes in your bag each named after the person you hated. She then asked the students to carry the bag along with them every day to school. After a week, the students started complaining that their bags were getting heavy and the potatoes began to rot and smell bad!

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The teacher asked: “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?” The children started complaining about the smell.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: “This is what happens when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. You will carry the bad smell of hatred wherever you went. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the bad smell of hatred in your heart for a lifetime?”

EXERCISEA. Answer the following

1. What did the teacher ask the students to carry in a cloth bag?

2. Why do you think she asked them to carry a bag made of cloth instead of plastic?

3. What happened to the potatoes after a week?4. What lesson do you draw from the story?

B. Fill in the blanks

1. After a week, the potatoes began to ……………..2. The bag was made up of ……………..3. The opposite of love is ……………..


Activity

C. Try the experimentmentioned in the story.Keep apotato for each person you hate in a bag for one week and see what happens.

D. Take awhite sheet ofpaper,make a giantheart init,colouritthewayyouwant,andgiveittoanyoneperson that you love. How does that make you feel? Does it not feel great? Read the story below about Nina who loved her brother dearly!


This is a house.

Do you live in a house?

Who do you live with?

You live with your family!

When you and your family live together in a house, it is called a home!

There are different kinds of families. A country is also a family. In fact the whole world is also a family, even animals! But, let’s talk about a smaller family first to understand easily. The people you live with inside a home is also a family. Write down the name of all members of your family.

Readthepoembelowtounderstandbetter!A family bond is really strong, They'll accept you, if you're wrong. Family is there for comfort and support, Even love you, if you're short. A family will bring laughter and joy, Sometimes they just simply annoy.

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But that's ok, since they care, Many things with you, they'll share. Life without family, wouldn't be the same, It would be lonely, and definitely lame. So make sure you thank, each family member, For being there, from January to December. Your family will forgive what you did, That's because you're just a kid. But even if you get much older, Always welcome to cry on their shoulder. Your family will help you become someone great, Go on the ice, and teach you to skate. Sure they will play with you in the pool, Make your lunch and take you to school. They are not just here to entertain, Put on those bandages, when you're in pain. Your family will help you look for bugs,

Don't forget to give them lots of hugs.

A. Sitingroupsoffiveandwritedownfourlineswithrhyming words at the end and try to make a four line poem of your own about family. Ask your teacher to teachyourhymingwords.They'realotoffun!


B. Write down about a family trip that you went on. You may have gone on a picnic or on a vacation or to anotherperson’shousefordinner.Describewhatallhappened and who all were there.

C. Circlethefamilymembersthatyoufindatyourhome.Write down one line about them against their names.Father Brother Sister MotherGrandmother Grandfather Pet dog Pet catHelper (helps clean your house & clothes)

Uncle Aunt Cousins

D. Ask your father or mother who all they had at home while they were kids and ask your grandparents the samequestion.Doyounoticeanydifference?Hasthenumber of family members reduced over the years?


How big is your muscle? Are they bigger than your friend's sitting next to you?

Are you stronger than your friend?

Remember, strength is not just about your muscle. If you are good at anything, then that is your strength.

Can you play football?

Can you sing and dance?

Can you fly a kite?

Can you easily make new friends?

All the good qualities are your strength.

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What are you good at?

A. Lookatthelistofskillsandtalentsbelow.Ticktheones that you are good at doing.

making your bed

cleaning your room

climbing a tree

cooking

dancing

drawing a picture

greeting your teacher

playing football

playing video games

reading a book

running

swimming

talking to others

telling jokes


B. Now compare your list with that of other students in class.Areyourtalentssimilar,oraretheydifferent?Do you think you can teach each other the things that you are good at?

Differentpeople,differentskillsDifferent people have different skills. They can do different things very well. Some people are good at studying. Others are good at dancing. Some are good at sports.

Paras Khadka is very good at cricket.

Nima Rumba is good at singing songs.

Jhamak Kumari writes very well.

Anmol KC can act very well.

You may be very good at some things but not so good at other things. You can teach others what you are good at. You can learn from others what you are not good at.


Weakness into strengths

This is an inspiring story of a two year old boy Kim who defeated his weakness, by unknowingly making it his strength.

Poor Kim lost his left hand in a terrible accident. His parents could not console him.

To cheer him up, his father made him join a Judo school. As the boy always wanted to learn Judo, his father thought that this would make him happy.

Everyone wondered how a one armed boy could learn Judo. However, the master happily enrolled him. He trained in


Judo for about eight months. He trained for all eight months trying to master just one stroke that his teacher taught him.

The boy was surprised and sometimes annoyed as his master taught him only one stroke.

Yet, he said nothing. The boy mastered the stroke over time.Nobody else had ever mastered that particular stroke like him before. The boy was picked by the master to compete in a national level Judo championship tournament.

Everyone made fun of Kim and the master. How could a one-handed boy win a national championship? Even the boy was not sure why his master chose him.

Surprising everyone, Kim easily defeated six contenders with his single stroke. He moved on to the semi-finals. He struggled a bit in the semi-final but finally won the semi-final and even the final!

Kim was surprised! How did he win the competition with just a single stroke?

His master told him, "My dear boy, you learned the most difficult stroke in Judo that very few can master to perfection. If your opponent wants to beat you and prevent you from using the stroke, they should hold your left hand. This is the secret behind your victory!"

If the boy turned his weakness, the loss of his left hand, to a great success, why can’t we?



1. What was special about Kim?2. Why did Kim’s father put him in Judo school?3. How long did he practice one stroke?4. How many contenders did he defeat in the

tournament?5. What lesson do you draw from the story?

B. Think of some other activities that you can do very well. Then write them down in the strengths column below. Similarly, think of other activities which you can't do very well. Put those activities in the weaknesses column below.

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

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Activity

C. Go to the front of the class and read out your weaknesses, one at a time. You want to improve upon your weaknesses and turn them into strengths. Discuss with friends and teacher how you can do that. When


your friends and teacher give you advice, thank them.

D. Each student has to come up with one weakness that he/she wants to overcome. For the next three days, make an effort to change that weakness into strength. For example, if a student feels he is not able to talk in front of a crowd, he would prepare a speech and deliver it in the class three days in a row.(Note to the teacher: Focus on creating a supporting and casual environment, to encourage the child and to allow him/her to feel comfortable making mistakes while learning).

Note: It's true that we all have strengths and weaknesses. But we can also turn our weaknesses into strengths. So many people have done it.

Your teacher will show you videos of such people. These videos have been provided to every school where this book is taught.


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What is the subject that you find most difficult? Is it Maths, Science or English?

Do you want to get better at it?

How will you do that?

Is there a magical way?

Yes, there is. You just have to work hard!

Ask your teacher to help you more.

Your mother can study with you too.

Study more. Read more books. Practice more.

And then the magic will happen.

You will get better marks. You will be surprised!

Read this story!

Once there was a village named Santhana. Due to lack of rainfall, the village had a scarcity of water. There was neither water to drink nor to water the crops. People in the village arranged for a meeting and they decided to move to another village.


Surya was a farmer in that village. He was a confident and hard working person. He told the other villagers, “We will dig a new well in the land near our village temple. It will give us water. Everyone should help to dig the well"

The villagers decided to give it a try. They started digging the well. Two days passed, they dug down to fifty feet. There was no sign of any water in the well. Five days passed, they dug down more than seventy five feet. Still no sign of water. The villagers became sad and they thought they would never find any water in the well. Finally, they decided to move to some other village. Surya asked them to dig the well still deeper. They refused to do so. He started digging the well alone. People in the village discouraged him. "Surya is a fool, no sign of water there in that well"

Ten days passed. He alone dug down to one hundred feet. He was digging and suddenly when he hit the earth, a fountain of water splashed on his face. He became very happy. He called up all the villagers. They were all surprised to see water gushing up from the well.

They felt sorry for discouraging him. He told them hard work was always rewarded. People in the village were very happy and never had to live without water ever again.

EXERCISEA. Answer the following.

1. Why was there a scarcity of water in the village?2. What kind of a man was Surya?


3. What did Surya decide to do?4. How deep did they dig before quitting?5. How deep did Surya have to dig before finding

water?6. What lesson do your draw from the story?

B. The pictures below tell you about the story.Writedown in front of each picture what is happening.

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C. Write true or false.

i. The village had a lot of water. ii. Surya was a lazy man. iii. Surya wanted the villagers to help him dig a well. iv. They found water inside the well immediately. v. Surya did not give up and finally found water.

Now, stand up where you are and start jogging at your spot. Jog for two minutes without stopping and go hard! Now stop. Do you feel tired? Did you work hard? But did you cover any distance at all? NO!

Hard work alone will not bring you success. Hard work must be in the right direction and for that you must know what works and what doesn’t, because only then can you work hard on what works. For instance, if you have to learn a new language, merely writing a lot will not help you even though that is hard work. You must speak the language too!

For each of the following, write down what is required to be done/ whom should you take help from and how long do you need to practise.

1. Learning to play Football

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2. Learning to speak proper English

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3. Building strong muscles

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4. Learning good manners

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5. Making a paper boat

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6. Improving your handwriting

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(Note to teacher: Focus on helping the kids derive an estimate of the time required to do the mentioned activities and help them formulate a strategy for doing it. For example, for learning to ride a bicycle, you need 2 weeks of learning with your father, one hour practice every day.)


Look outside. What do you see? Do you see the sun, the playground and some trees? Isn’t it beautiful?

Look inside your bag. What have you got there? Haven’t you got books, pencils and your lunchbox?

Think of all the people who help you. Your father fulfils your needs.Your teacher helps you learn many things.Your friends give you company.Your parents work very hard.They earn money to buy gifts for you.They buy books, toys and pencils for you.There are so many things that you have.

You are lucky!

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Garfield, our friend, will teach us how to say please and thank you. Garfield is a cat. He is an excellent singer. He is singing the following song about Please and Thank you.

Please and Thankyou

There are lots of things,

we can do to be nice.

Sometimes they are hard to remember.

But there are two little things,

you should never forget,

From January through December.

I'm talking about please and thank you,

they are called the magic words,

If you want nice things to happen,

they are the words that should be heard,


Remember please and thank you,

because they’re the magic words.

Use them in the morning, at noon, and night,

because it’s a great way to be polite!

Please and thank you,

they are the magic words.

We are talking about please and thank you,

they are called the magic words.

If you want nice things to happen,

they are the words that should be heard!

Remember please and thank you,

because they’re the magic words.

Use them in the morning, at noon, and night,

because it’s a great way to be polite!

Please and thank you,

They are the magic words.


Good mannersRam, Hari and Shyam study in grade 1. Sita, Gita and Mina also study in grade 1. They are all very good students. They have good manners.

Sita and her brother are helping a person who cannot walk well because he has only one leg.

Hari and his sister listen to their mother. They obey their parents.

Gita stays close to her parents when they go out. She doesn't run about in the street.


Ram is helping his old grandfather to cross the street.

Mina likes to help in the house. Here she is offering water to her grandparents.

Shyam touches his mother's feet after the morning and evening prayers.



1. What are the magic words according to Garfield?2. In which grade do Sita, Gita and Mina study?3. How can you say that Gita is a good girl?4. What is Ram doing?5. Is it good manners to touch your parent's feet?6. How can you say that Mina has good manners?

B. How can you show good manners in the following places? Discuss and write.

1. Home2. Classroom3. Library


Have you ever noticed how you feel very happy doing some things like playing in the field and you feel less happy doing other things like drawing on your notebook. Discuss with your friends, things you like to do and things that you don’t like doing so much.

We all have different activities that make us happy. For some, it is playing football, for some it is cricket, for some it may be playing a guitar, or maybe, taking a walk or cooking. There are so many options! A person’s favourite activity is called his or her ‘hobby’. You could have more than one hobby then, they would be called ‘hobbies’.

Even grown-ups have them and they might do these things to make them happy at home or they may do them in their offices.

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Readthisstorytounderstandbetter.

Once there were two friends, Rajesh and Rina. They were class-mates. Rina loved to paint and was very good at it because she did it every day. Rajesh loved to play the flute, but he never used to practise. All his friends used to go out to play football and when he told them he wanted to stay back and play his favourite flute, they would laugh at him and make fun of him.

He did not like people laughing at him, so he never played the flute and always had to play football with his friends, even though he did not enjoy it. Rina, on the other hand, painted every day, enjoyed doing it and soon she got so good at it that she won several prizes and eventually became a very famous painter!

So what should you do? Do what you love. Don't be afraid or embarrassed because others laugh at you.



1. What did Rina like to do?2. What did Rajesh like to do?3. Why did Rajesh go to the playground instead of

playing the flute?4. What is the difference between Rajesh and Rina?5. What lesson do you draw from the story?

B. Share with the class at least one hobby of yours and makeitapointtodoiteverydayforthenextmonth.

C. Ask your teacher about her or his hobbies.

D. Match the following

bakes bread paintermakes paintings driverlooks after kids tailor writes books plumbermakes buildings confectionerrepairs water pipes babysittertreats diseases engineersews clothes doctor


Remember when you were younger and you needed help from your parents to walk. Now you can walk on your own, but you still need help dressing for school. When someone else makes your work easier, he/she is helping you. Can you think of a time when you helped someone?

It’stimeforanactivity!Your teacher will choose five of you to participate. They have to make a puppet in five minutes. Can you make a puppet all alone in five minutes? Try!

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Was it really hard?

Now in a group of five, divide the task as follows:

Ask one student each to make the face, the legs, the arms, and the stomach of a puppet and then the fifth student will join them together. HURRY!

Did you finish in five minutes? Was working together and helping each other easier than making the whole thing alone?

Good job!

You see, when you help each other, it’s easy to do things. You can even do difficult tasks easily. It also takes less time to finish a job when you work together.

Now,readthisveryinterestingstory!

Once there lived a boy named Shankar. One day, he was walking through a forest carrying some wood. He saw an old man who was very hungry.

Shankar wanted to give him some food, but he did not have any food. So he continued on his way.


A little later, he saw a deer who was very thirsty.

He wanted to give him some water, but he did not have water. So he kept on walking.

Then he saw a farmer who wanted to make a camp but he did not have wood. Shankar solved his problem by giving some wood to him.

In return, the farmer gave him some food and water. Now he went back to the old man and gave him some food and gave some water to the deer. The old man and the deer were very happy.

Shankar happily went on his way.

The next day, Shankar fell down and broke his leg. He was in a lot of pain and couldn’t get up.

The old man whom he had helped before saw him, he quickly came and pulled him up the hill. He had many wounds on his legs. The deer whom Shankar had given water saw his wounds and quickly went to forest and brought some herbs.


After sometime his wounds were covered.

All were very happy that they were able to help each other.


1. What was the boy’s name?2. What did the old man need?3. What did the deer want?4. What was Shankar carrying?5. What lesson do you draw from the story?

B. Fill in the blanks

1. Shankar was walking through the forest carrying ………………..

2. He came across an ………………. who needed some food

3. Shankar fell down and hurt his ………………

C. Jumbled words

Some words used in the story above are written below but the problem is that they are jumbled up. Make meaningful words by unjumbling the letters.

Eortsf :

Sbreh:


Eder:

Ouwsdn:

Lpeh:

Asking for helpIt is always good to help others. But you should also ask for some help sometimes if the work is too hard. The following story will teach you a lesson.

Sujan was playing in his garden. It was hot outside. He felt very thirsty. He came inside to have some juice, opened the fridge and tried to reach for the juice box. It was very high and he couldn’t reach it. Then he brought a chair and placed it in front of the fridge and tried to climb the chair to reach the juice. He was extremely thirsty! The chair was shaky and broke! He fell down and broke his hand and started crying.

His mother heard him cry and came to help him. She sat next to him and asked, “What happened son? How did you fall?” “I was trying to get a glass down from the cupboard shelf,” replied Sujan.“Then you should have called me,” said his mother. “You can always ask for my help.”

“Okay Mom,” said Sujan. “Now onwards, I will ask for your help. I will not do things on my own that will hurt me.”


D. Answer the following

1. What lesson do you draw from the story?2. Look at the pictures below and choose the things

that you need help doing.


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A. Look at the pictures of body parts. Do you have these parts of body? What do you use them for? Discuss.

B. What part of body will you use to do the following.

• eat an orange

• feel the heat

• listen to a song

• look at the stars at night

• play football

• play the madal

• run in the playground

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• smell a flower

• talk on the mobile phone

• watch a film

• write a sentence

Do you know that some people do not have important parts of their body. For example, some don't have a hand or a leg. Yet they do their work themselves.

You should try to do all your work on your own. It helps you to become independent. Roma Neupane also does all her work herself even though she has only one leg. Do you want to know who she is? Read on.

ThestoryofRoma

Roma Neupane met with an accident at the age of eight and lost one of her legs. She was very sad that she couldn’t even walk without help.


Can you imagine how difficult it is to live with just one leg?

Would you be able to dance with just one leg?

"I want to dance", said Roma. Her friends reminded her she had only one leg and that she couldn’t dance! They said, “You Can NEVER Dance”. Roma said she would work hard and learn to dance with one leg. Now, Roma is an excellent dancer and she performs around the world. Roma has many fans now and is very happy that she did what many people thought she couldn’t do.

EXERCISEA. Answer the following questions.

1. What was different about Roma Neupane?2. What did her friends say when she wanted to

dance with one leg?3. How did Roma learn to dance?4. How does she feel after overcoming the disability?

B. Word power.

overcoming : Win over something or solve a problem

independent : to be independent means to be able to do things yourself without help

Class discussionC. Do you think people can overcome challenges that

seemverydifficult?Howcantheydothis?


D.Manypeopleinthisworldareblind.Theycan'tseewith their eyes. So how do they do their work?

Activity

E. Do the following yourself everyday:

It is good to be independent. You can do the following things to be independent.

Clean your room.

Make your own bed.

Get dressed for school.

Polish your shoes.

Arrange your desk.

Have a bath.

Complete your homework.


Hello everyone! My name is Nabin. Do you see those two boxes over there? They're very special boxes. Let me tell you how I got them.

One day, while I was walking to my school, I met God. He gave me two boxes and said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box and all your joys in the golden box."

For the next thirty days I did what he had told me. I kept my sadness in the black box and my joys in the golden box. The golden box became heavier every day. But, the black one was not heavy. I was very surprised. So, I opened the black box to find out why.

Guess what I found inside the box?

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I saw, in the bottom of the box there was a hole.

From this hole all my sorrows flew away. I showed the hole to God, and asked, "Where is my sadness? Where are my sorrows?" He smiled, "My child, they're all here with me."

I am a happy boy now because God has taken away all my sorrows with him.

God works in many ways to reduce your sadness. You must always be thankful and respectful towards God for doing this.

EXERCISEA. Answer the following questions:

1. What did God give Nabin?2. What did Nabin keep in each box?3. Who took away Nabin’s sorrows?4. Why is Nabin a happy boy?5. What lesson do you draw from the story?

B. Arrange the following sentences in proper order by numberingthemfromonetofive.

Nabin opened the black box. God smiled and said, "Your sadness is all here with

me". Nabin met God. Nabin was walking to his grandma's house. The golden box was heavy.


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Name three relatives of yours. How is your relationship with them? What do you call them?

Have you ever heard of God? What is your relationship with God? Is God your Aunt or is God your Uncle? Is God your friend?

One little kid talked with God every day. He told him what happened in school. He told God about his friends.

God is everything and you are also a part of God.

God can be anything you want, your friend, your guide,

Your teacher, your uncle, your aunt.

Your food is also God, because it gives you strength, hence you must respect food.

Your books are also God, because they teach you.

Your Parents are also God, because they protect you.


God always wants the best for you and loves everyone dearly.

You can always talk to God. You can share your happiness and sadness with Him. God is always there to listen to you.

EXERCISE

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What is God?2. What is your relationship with God?3. How do you think you can thank God for all that

he has given you?

B. Fill in the blanks with the right words.

1. Books are God because they .............................you.2. Food is God because it .............................you.3. Parents are God because they .............................you.4. God always wants the ..........................for everyone.

C. Write.

You read about food, books and your parents being God because of what they do for you. Name five other things which serve you and hence are God for you. For example:

Water : Helps me when I am thirsty

Sunlight : Helps me see the world around me


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Make a list of things you do at home.

Which of the above do you enjoy doing? Which of them do you do because your parents tell you to do them? Discuss with your friend.

Now here is a story about a little boy. He asks his mother to pay him money for helping at home.

A little boy walked up to his mother and gave her a piece of paper. His mother read it, and this is what it said:

For going to the shop: Rs. 5

For playing with baby sister while you went shopping: Rs. 5


For making my bed: Rs. 2

For getting a good report card: Rs. 10

For bathing the dog (Rambo): Rs. 3

The little boy stood there, while his mother read the list. Then she took a pen and a piece of paper and made her own list. This is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you, growing inside me: No charge.

For the nights I sat up with you when you were sick: No charge.

For rocking you in my arms to sleep: No charge.

For paying your school fees: No charge.

For the toys, food, and clothes: No charge.

For bathing you and wiping your nose: No charge.

Son, when you add it all up, the full cost of my love is NO CHARGE!

She gave the list to the little boy and asked him to read it.

Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked up at his mom and said, "Mama, I sure do love you."

From that day, he helped at home without asking for money.


EXERCISEA. State whether the following statements are true or false.

1. The little boy was happy to do the work his mother told him to do.

2. His mother wanted money for taking care of him when he was sick.

3. The little boy loved his mother.4. The little boy was angry when his mother gave him

the other note.

B. Answer these questions.

1. Why did the little boy give his mother the piece of paper?

2. What did the little boy want from his mother?3. Why did the little boy have tears in his eyes when

he read the paper his mother gave him?4. What have you learnt from this story?

Activity

C. Help your mother or father in her or his work like: watering theplants,pickingupyour toys, carryingthelaundry,makingthebed.


Do you like making friends?

How many friends do you have?

Do you have a lot in common or are you completely different?

Story of friendshipRam and Shyam lived in Dhankuta. They were neighbours and also good friends.

One fine day, they were both walking on the footpath when they came across a Chips shop. Both loved chips and they bought a packet each.

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However, as Ram was about to open the chips packet, it slipped out of his hand and all the chips fell out of it. He was disappointed and began to cry.

On seeing his friend sad, Shyam felt sorry for him and offered to share his chips with Ram. They were both happy.

After walking for ten minutes, Shyam’s legs started to hurt and he couldn’t walk any further. Ram was a good friend, he carried Shyam on his back and took him home.

EXERCISE

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What did both Ram and Shyam love to eat?2. What happened to Ram's packet of chips?3. How did Ram feel when he couldn't eat his chips?4. What did Shyam do to help Ram?5. What happened to Shyam?


6. What did Ram do to help Shyam?7. How can you say that Ram and Shyam are good

friends?

B. Write Ram or Shyam.

1. He was sad because his chips fell out. 2. He shared his chips with his friend.3. He couldn't walk because his legs hurt.4. He carried his friend on his back.

Discussion

C. Discuss the following questions about yourself.

• How many friends do you have?

• Who is your best friend at school?

• Do friends help each other?

• Are your mom and dad your friends too?

• Can your teacher be your friend too?

• Are all your classmates your friends?

• How can you be a good friend to others?

• Which of the following qualities do good friends have? honest caring fun helpful loving rude


Friendship poem

Here is a friendship poem for you to read and enjoy.

I have black hair. Your hair is red.

I sleep in a bunk. You sleep in a bed.

I have yellow skin. Your skin is brown.

I like to run. You hang upside down.

I am your friend and you are mine.

We play together all the time.

We're as different as you can see.

But I like you and you like me.

We're not the same but that's okay.

We learn from each other every day.


Now that we have understood what friendship is, do you think animals can be friends with us? Discuss how you can make an animal your friend and can an animal become a good friend or not.

Habbit is a little rabbit who loves to play,

Habbit loves to eat carrots every day.

Habbit wants to come on TV like Bugs Bunny,

Habbit jumps and makes faces when he plays a game,

Habbit runs towards a shade when it starts to rain.

Habbit sometimes cries when he feels sad,

Habbit hops and plays when he feels glad.

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This is my pet rabbit. His name is Habbit

the Rabbit!


EXERCISEA. Did you like Habbit the Rabbit? If you had a pet

rabbit what all fun activities would you do with it?

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. The rabbit wants to come on TV like ..........................2. Habbit ........................... when he feels sad3. Habbit ............ and ...........when he feels glad4. The rabbit loves to eat ...................

ActivityC. Discuss with your teacher, what animals can be

kept as pets at home and what animals are wild and dangerousandmustbeleftinthejungle.

Do Animals help you?

Cows give us milk

We get eggs from chickens

The ox helps the farmer plough his/her fields to grow food.

Give three more examples of how animals help us.


Have you ever heard the saying, “Honesty is the best

policy”?

What does honesty mean?

Honesty means speaking the truth.

Do you always speak the truth?

Are you honest?

Honest Hari

Read the story below about a very honest young boy named Hari.

Once there was a shy boy. As soon as the school bell rang, he collected his books and hurried home. Other boys chatted and stopped on the way; some to play, others to eat, but he always went straight to his home.

One day, the Inspector of Schools, Mr. Chettri, came to his school. He read out five English words to the class and asked the boys to write them down. The boy wrote four words correctly, but he could not spell the fifth word `Kettle’.

Seeing this, the teacher made a sign behind the Inspector’s

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back that he should copy the word from his bench partner’s slate.

But Hari ignored his signs. The other boys wrote all the five words correctly; the shy boy wrote only four.

After the Inspector left, the teacher scolded him. “I told you to copy from your bench partner,” he said angrily. “Couldn’t you even do that correctly?” Everyone laughed.

As he went home that evening, he was happy. He knew he had done the right thing. What made him sad was that his teacher had asked him to cheat.


1. How many words did the students have to spell?

2. What was the word that the boy couldn’t spell?


3. What was the boy’s name?

4. Why was the boy happy that day?

5. Why was the boy sad that day?

B. Ask your teacher for the meaning of the words below and make 2 sentences using each of them.

1. Inspector

2. Kettle

3. Bench partner

4. Scold

5. Honesty


Pema is a ten year old girl from Pokhara. She is very young but also very courageous. Here is his story of courage. Let us read how she saved a cute little dog.

One day, Pema and her little brother Temba were playing outside in the park. Pema saw a football lying by a tree a little far away and went to fetch it.

There, she saw a bunch of cruel kids were tying the legs of a dog to plastic bottles and teasing the poor creature. She boldly walked up to them and asked them to love the dog instead. They laughed at her.

She immediately picked the little dog up and ran away with it. The naughty kids chased her but she did not stop and took the dog to a safe place and left it there with some

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biscuits and milk. She felt relieved after the dog was safe. It does not mean she was not scared. Pema was very much scared of the kids. But she showed courage, which means to do the right thing in spite of fear.

Sometimes, you may be scared and sometimes you may be terrified! Fear of doing something wrong or hurting another person or animal is the right kind of fear. Everybody has that kind of fear.

But, sometimes you may feel scared of doing something nice as well. For example, some of you might be scared of standing in front of the class and giving a speech. You can look at this fear as a little cut on your leg. What do you do when there is a cut? You don't stop playing do you? You cover it with a bandage or cotton and go out to play anyway! That's what you should do with this kind of fear.

Word powercourageous : bravefetch : carry and bring closeimmediate : without wasting any time


1. What did Pema do when she saw the dog being troubled by the kids?

2. Was Pema scared?


3. How did she feel after the dog was safe?

B. Arrange the following statements in proper order by numbering them from 1 to 5.

Pema felt relieved. She saw kids troubling a dog. Pema went to a park with her brother. She ran away with the dog to save him.

Class discussion

C. Doyouknowanystoryofcourage?Telltheclass.Itcan also be a story about yourself. It can be a simple story about how you did something even though you were afraid.

D. Do you think Superman feels afraid sometimes when the bad guys try to hurt him?Does he fight themanyway?

Activity

E. Each student must write down at least one thing that theyareafraidofdoing,forexamplesinging.Thenthestudent discusses with the teacher how to overcome thefearandwillfinallyperformtheactivity in theclass.

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