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Longhorn
Environmental Activities
Learner’s Book
Grade 1
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Edited by Jully Busolo & Maria Njoroge
First published 2024
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Table of Content
1.0 Social Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Cleaning my Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Our Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Family Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Our School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Our Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2.0 Natural Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Weather and the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3.0 Resources in Our Environment ...................72
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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1.0 Social Environment
Cleaning my Body
Activity 1 Work in groups
1. Point and say the parts of the body.
Head
Finger
Shoulder
Mouth
Eye
Nose
Knee
Leg
Toe
Ear
Hand
2. Sing this song. Touch the parts of the body as you sing.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Ears, eyes, nose and mouth.
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Mouth, hands, ears, eyes, nose, legs, head, shoulders and
knees are parts of the body.
Learning point
Materials used to clean parts of the body
Activity 2 Work in pairs
1. Name the following materials used to clean parts of the
body. (toothbrush, soap, pumice stone, sponge, chewed
stick, face towel)
a. b. c.
d. e. f.
2. Name the materials used to clean the parts of the body
listed below. Copy and complete the table.
Parts of the body Materials used to clean
Face
Teeth
Hands
3. Why do you clean parts of your body?
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4. Match with your nger the materials used to clean each
part of the body.
Materials Parts of the body they clean
a.
Feet
b.
Teeth
c.
Body
d.
Hair
5. Draw the following materials used to clean different parts
of the body.
a.
Bathing sponge
b.
Pumice stone
c.
Toothbrush
6. Show your drawings to your classmates.
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Work to do
Choose the materials that you use to clean different
parts of your body.
a. b. c.
d. e. f.
g. h.
a. Materials used to clean parts of the body are toothbrush,
pumice stone, face towel and bathing sponge.
b. A toothbrush is used to clean teeth.
c. A pumice stone is used to clean feet.
d. A face towel wipes the face.
e. A bathing sponge is used to clean the body.
f. Some materials used to clean parts of the body are used
together with clean water and soap.
g. A towel is used to dry the body.
Learning points
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Cleaning parts of the body
Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Look at this picture of Dan cleaning parts of his body.
2. Name the parts of the body that Dan is cleaning.
3. Name the materials that Dan is using to clean parts of his
body.
4. Tell your classmates how you clean different parts of your
body.
Cleaning teeth
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. Tell your classmates how you clean your teeth.
2. What will happen if you do not clean your teeth?
3. Say the names of the following materials used to clean
teeth.
a. b. c.
Water Toothpaste Toothbrush
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Activity 5 Work in groups
Follow these steps to clean your teeth.
a. b.
c. d.
e.
a. Always brush your teeth to prevent bad breath.
b. Never share your toothbrush with anyone.
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Sing this song on how to brush teeth.
Brush your teeth in the morning.
Brush your teeth at night.
Brush, brush, brush.
Brush, brush, brush.
Brush your teeth for fresh breath.
Brush your teeth up and down.
Brush your teeth round and round.
Learn with fun
Digital activity
Watch a video on how to clean teeth. Answer the
following questions in your exercise book.
1. We clean teeth by _________ (washing, brushing) them.
2. We use ______ and _______ to clean our teeth. (soap,
toothbrush, toothpaste)
3. We can also use ____ and a chewed stick to brush teeth.
(ash, salt)
4. We clean our teeth to prevent _______ (good breath, bad
breath).
5. Practise brushing your teeth as you watched in the video.
a. Use water and toothpaste properly.
b. Store your toothbrush upright in a clean container or
toothbrush holder.
Tip
Activity 6 Work in groups
Use a chewed stick and salt to brush teeth.
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a. We brush our teeth using toothpaste and a toothbrush.
b. We can also clean our teeth using a chewed stick and
salt.
c. We clean our teeth to keep fresh breath.
Learning points
Cleaning the face
Activity 7 Work in groups
1. Name the following materials used to clean the face.
(water, face towel, soap)
a. b. c.
2. Tell your classmates how you clean your face.
3. Follow these steps to clean your face.
a. b.
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c. d.
e.
Sing this song on how to wash the face.
Wash, wash, wash your face.
Wash it nice and clean.
With clean water and your soap.
Until until it is nice and clean.
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a. We clean the face by washing it with clean water and
soap.
b. We use a clean face towel to gently wipe the face.
Learning points
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Cleaning hands
Activity 8 Work in groups
1. Tell your classmates how you clean your hands.
2. Follow these steps to clean your hands.
a. b.
c. d.
e. f.
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a. Wash your hands after visiting the toilet, before and after
eating.
b. Wash your hands after touching dirty surfaces.
c. We wash our hands to stay clean and kill germs.
Tip
Sing this song as you wash your hands.
Wash your hands with me.
Let us wet our hands.
Get some soap.
Wash your hands with me.
Scrub, scrub, scrub.
Rub between your ngers.
Rub your thumbs.
Scrub, scrub, scrub.
Do not forget the top.
Now its time to rinse.
Learn with fun
Digital activity
1. Watch a video on how to clean hands.
2. Name the materials used to clean hands.
3. Practise cleaning your hands as you watched in the video.
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Cleaning hair
Activity 9 Work in groups
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. Tell your classmates how you clean your hair.
3. Clean your hair.
a. Short hair should be kept neat by combing.
b. Long hair should be kept neat by plaiting or styling.
Tip
Digital activity
a. Listen to an audio clip on how to clean hair.
b. Name the materials used to clean the hair.
c. Practise cleaning hair.
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Cleaning feet
Activity 10 Work in groups
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. Tell your classmates how you clean your feet.
3. Clean your feet.
a. We clean feet using water, soap, pumice stone and a
nail brush.
b. Water, soap, washcloth or sponge are used to clean legs.
Learning points
a. Remember to trim long toenails using a nail cutter.
b. Apply petroleum jelly on your legs to prevent dryness.
Tip
While at home, show your parents or guardians how to
clean feet.
Take Home Activity
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a. A clean body keeps the skin healthy.
b. A clean body makes us smell and feel good.
c. A clean body prevents the spread of diseases.
Learning points
Activity 11 Work in groups
1. Kendi has a promise. Read her promise.
This is my body.
I promise to keep it clean.
A clean body is safe from diseases.
A clean body smells good.
A clean body makes me feel good.
I promise to always stay clean.
2. Why do we clean our bodies?
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Our Home
Materials used to clean a home environment
Activity 1 Work in groups
1. Name the following materials used to clean a home.
(broom, toilet brush, dustbin, powdered soap, mop,
dustcloth, dustbrush, bucket, dustpan)
a. b. c.
d. e. f.
g. h. i.
2. Which of the materials above are used to clean your
home?
3. Name other materials used to clean a home.
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Activity 2 Work in pairs
1. Copy this table in your exercise book. Tick (
) to show if
the following materials are used to sweep, wipe or collect
litter at home.
Materials Sweeping Wiping Collecting
litter
a.
Broom
b.
Dustcloth
c.
Dustbin
2. Name the materials being used to clean in the pictures
below.
a.
b.
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Draw and colour these materials used to clean at home.
a. b.
c.
Dustbin Broom Mop
Take Home Activity
a. Materials used to clean the home are, broom, dustbin,
dustcloth, dustpan and mop.
b. A broom is used to sweep.
c. Dustbins, dustpans and dustbrushes are used to collect
litter.
d. A mop and bucket are used to wipe oors.
e. A wash cloth from old clothes can also be used for wiping.
Learning points
a. We can use sisal bres to make materials for wiping.
b. Cut tree branches can be used to sweep.
c. Old clothes can be used as materials for wiping at home.
Tip
Make the following materials used to clean a home.
a. Brooms
b. Mops
c. Dusters
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Accidents at home
Activity 3 Work in pairs
1. Say what is happening in the pictures.
a. Kanaa has fallen.
c. The hot sufuria will burn her.
2. Say how you can prevent the accidents in the pictures.
3. Name things that can harm you at home.
4. How can you keep yourself and others from being
harmed at home?
b. The baby has been cut by a
razor blade.
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a. Falls, cuts and burns are examples of accidents at home.
b. Spills of food and drinks can lead to falls.
c. Sharp tools like knives and pangas can lead to cuts.
d. Fire can lead to burns.
e. Throwing waste in the wrong place can lead to
accidents
f. Open pits can lead to falls.
Learning points
a. Safely store sharp tools to prevent cuts.
b. Children should stay away from hot things.
c. Always turn off re sources to prevent burns.
Tip
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. Name the accident shown in the picture below.
2. How can the accident in number 1 be prevented?
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Activity 5 Work in groups
1. The baby is about to reach for a bottle of liquid soap.
What accident can happen when the baby holds the
soap?
2. How can we keep medicine and cleaning material
safely?
3. Why should we keep medicine and cleaning materials
safely?
a. Wearing the wrong shoes can make us fall down.
b. Wet oors, slippery stairs and unarranged rooms can
make us fall.
Learning points
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Activity 6 Work in groups
1. Look at these pictures. Say how accidents at home are
being prevented.
a. b.
2. Complete this table by showing the accidents that can be
prevented at home. Use the words in brackets.
(cuts, burns, falls)
Ways of preventing common
accidents
Common accidents
Safely storing or handling sharp
tools.
Staying away from re.
Wiping spills and arranging
furniture properly.
Falls can be prevented by properly arranging furniture and
wearing appropriate shoes.
Tip
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Cleaning the home environment
Activity 7 Work in groups
1. Look at this picture of a home.
2. Say how people in the picture above are cleaning the
home.
3. How do you clean your home?
1. With the help of your parents or guardians, clean the
home by;
a. Sweeping the house.
b. Wiping tables and chairs.
c. Collecting rubbish around the compound and throw
it in the dustbin.
2. Name the materials you used to clean your home.
Take Home Activity
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Copy and complete the following timetable of how you
will help in cleaning your home. Use a tick (
).
Day Sweeping Wiping
furniture
Collecting
litter
Throwing
rubbish
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Learn with fun
a. We can sweep, dust, wipe and collect litter at home. This
will make the home clean.
b. We throw litter in the dustbin to keep the home clean.
Learning points
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Work to do
1. Look at the pictures.
2. What are they doing?
a. b.
c.
A clean home,
a. Prevents us from being sick.
b. Prevent us from being hurt.
c. Keeps the environment safe for others.
Tip
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Family Needs
Basic needs
Activity 1 Work in groups
1. Tell your classmates the things that members of your family
need every day.
2. Name the things in these pictures. (clothes, home, hospital,
food)
a. b.
c. d.
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a. A family needs food, clothes and a home . A home is also
called shelter
b. We should go to hospital when we are sick.
c. We should go to school.
d. We should have security.
Learning points
Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Sing the following song.
Food, clothing and shelter,
Are our basic needs, basic needs,
Not forgetting healthcare,
We should have them.
Education and security,
Are basic needs, basic needs,
For learning and safety,
We should have them.
2. Name the basic needs in the song.
a. The basic needs in a family are shelter, clothing and food.
b. Healthcare, education and security are also basic needs.
Learning points
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Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Name the following basic needs.
a. b.
c. d.
2. Name the basic needs in your home.
3. Draw and colour the following basic needs.
a. Water b. Food
c. House d. Clothes
a. Collect pictures of basic needs. Use old newspapers
and magazines.
b. Carefully cut out pictures.
c. Paste pictures on a paper to make a char.
d. Display the chart in class.
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Food eaten at home
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. Name the following food eaten at home.
(sweet potatoes, meat, vegetables)
a. b. c.
2. Name ve food eaten at your home.
Activity 5 Work in groups
1. Look at these pictures of food from plants and animals.
a. b.
c. d.
e. f.
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2. Copy this table in your exercise book. Group the foods in
number 1 as either from plants or animals.
Food from plants
Food from animals
Onions Milk
a. Food from plants include vegetables, fruits, sweet potatoes,
cassava, arrow roots, ugali, rice, groundnuts and chapati.
b. Food from animals include meat, poultry, sh, milk, honey
and eggs.
Learning points
Activity 6 Work in groups
1. List the food that you eat at home. Copy and complete this
table in your exercise book.
Food from plants Food from animals
2. Tell your classmates why we eat food every day.
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Activity 7 Work in groups
1. Write the colour of each of these foods. Copy and complete
this table in your exercise book.
Food item Colour
a.
Ripe tomatoes
b.
Spinach
c.
Bananas
d.
Carrots
2. Give examples of food that you eat.
3. Write the colour of your favourite food.
a. Vegetables such as sukuma wiki and spinach are green.
b. Ripe mangoes and bananas are yellow.
c. Ripe tomatoes are red.
Learning points
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1. Draw and colour food you eat at home.
2. Show your pictures to your classmates.
Learn with fun
Food for a healthy body
Activity 8 Work in groups
1. Tell your classmates the food that you ate for breakfast,
lunch and supper.
2. Why do you eat food every day?
3. Look at the pictures below. Choose the picture that shows
healthy food.
a. b.
a. Food that we eat in the morning is called breakfast.
b. Lunch is the food that we eat at midday.
c. We eat supper at night or in the evening.
Learning points
We eat food every day for growth, to get energy and to
prevent diseases.
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Activity 9 Work in groups
1. Which is the best food for a baby from picture 1a and 1b?
a.
b.
2. Which is the suitable food for a healthy adult body?
a. b.
3. Look at the pictures below.
Sweets Soda Cake
Fruits
Vegetables
Chicken
4. Which food is good for the body?
5. Which food is bad for the body?
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Activity 10 Take Home Activity
1. Copy and complete this meal timetable in your exercise
book.
Our Family Meal Timetable
Day Breakfast Lunch Supper
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
2. Read your meal timetable to your family members.
3. Ask your family members to follow the meal timetable.
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Our School
Things between home and school
Activity 1 Work in groups
1. Look at the picture below.
2. Point at Levi’s home.
3. Say what Levi’s sees on his way to school.
4. Point at Olive’s home.
5. Name the things that Olive sees on her way from school.
6. Which things do you see on the way to school?
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Activity 2 Work in groups
Name the things in the picture below.
Work to do
Draw and colour the following.
1. Hills
2. Road
3. River
4. Mosque
5. Church
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a. Some of the things we may see on the way to school
are rivers, roads, markets and churches.
b. These things are called physical features.
c. Other physical features are bridges, mountains, trees,
shops and houses.
Learning points
1. Look at the picture.
2. Find the school, river, church and hills in the picture.
Use the words in brackets (near, behind, in front of).
Learn with fun
SHOPPING CENTRE
HILLS
FOREST
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Keeping safe on the way to school
Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Look at this picture.
2. Say how you would safely walk to the school gate in this
picture.
3. Show your classmates how to cross the road at a zebra
crossing.
a. A zebra crossing is also called a pedestrian crossing.
b. A zebra crossing is a safe place to cross the road.
Learning points
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Activity 4 Work in pairs
1. Sing the following song.
Stay safe, be safe,
When going to school,
No talking to strangers,
No playing on the road.
Stay safe, be safe,
Observe all road signs,
No accepting things from strangers,
Always walk with a friend.
2. Name the ways of staying safe on the way to school in
the song.
3. Who is a stranger?
4. How do you keep safe from strangers?
5. What do you do to stay safe on your way to school?
Activity 5 Work in groups
1. Look at the picture.
SALAMA SCHOOL
2. Say how the children in the picture are using the road.
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a. Strangers are people we do not know.
b. Always tell your parents or guardians or your teacher
when a stranger follows you or talks to you.
Learning points
Activity 6 Work in pairs
Talk about how the children in the pictures are staying safe.
1. The children will not accept a lift from a stranger.
2. The children are walking together from school.
3. How else are the children in number 2 keeping safe?
Let me
take you
home.
No.
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a. We stay safe on our way to school by obeying road signs.
b. We should not talk to strangers on our way to school.
c. We should not play on the road on our way to school.
d. We also stay safe by walking to school in groups.
e. We stay safe on our way to school by not accepting
anything from strangers.
Learning points
Show your classmates how you use road signs on your
way to school.
Learn with fun
1. Look at road signs while on your way home from school.
2. Tell your parents or guardians the road signs you saw.
3. Show your parents or guardians how to use road signs.
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Activity 7 Work in groups
1. Read this poster.
2. Why do we use physical features?
3. Tell your classmates the physical features you use to nd
your way back home.
Physical features help us nd our way to places.
Learning point
We nd our way by
looking at things around
us.
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Our Market
People found in the market
Activity 1 Work in groups
Look at this picture of Huduma market.
1. Point at the buyers in the market.
2. Point at the sellers in Huduma market.
3. What do buyers do in the market?
4. What do sellers do in the market?
Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Tell your classmates the name of your market.
2. Which people are found in your market?
3. What do the people at your market do?
a. A market is a place where people buy and sell items.
b. Sellers are people who sell items in a market.
c. Buyers are people who buy things from the market.
Learning points
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Food found in the market
Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Read the names on these cards.
2. Point at the cards that show food.
3. Talk about food found in your market.
4. Draw and colour the following food found in the market.
a.
Orange
b.
Green
bananas
c.
Pumpkin
d.
Mango
Sukuma wiki
Avocados
Shoes
Onions
Tomatoes
Bags
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Potatoes, mangoes, bananas, oranges, sukuma wiki,
spinach, onions and tomatoes are examples of food found
in the market.
Learning point
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. These are vegetables.
2. Name the vegetables in your market.
3. The picture below shows fruits.
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4. Name the fruits in your market.
5. The following pictures show vegetables and fruits.
a.
Pawpaw
b.
Spinach
c.
Sukuma wiki
d.
Orange
e.
Cabbage
6. Copy this table in your exercise book. Group the food in
number 5 as fruits or vegetables.
Fruits Vegetables
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a. Food found in the market include fruits and vegetables.
b. Fruits found in the market are mangoes, oranges, bananas,
lemons, watermelons and pineapples.
c. Vegetables found in the market are sukuma wiki, spinach
and cabbages.
Learning points
Digital activity
1. Watch a video on the food found in the market.
2. Name the vegetables you have seen in the video.
3. Name the fruits shown in the video.
1. Use picture cuttings from old newspapers and
magazines to make a chart of fruits and vegetables.
Follow the example below.
Fruits and vegetables found in the market
Fruits Vegetables
Watermelon Pumpkin leaves
2. Put your chart in the class learning corner.
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Activity 5 Work in groups
1. Read the names of the food in the cards below.
carrot
avocado
tomatoes
apples
onions
2. Play a game of picking a card.
3. Say if the food item on the card is a fruit or vegetable.
Activities in the market
Activity 6 Work in groups
Show your classmates buying and selling food in the
market.
1. Sing this song.
I will go to the market,
To buy a mango, buy a mango,
To market, to market,
To buy potatoes, buy potatoes.
I will give the seller money,
The seller will give me mangoes,
I will give her more money,
To buy potatoes too.
2. Name the activities taking place in the market from the
song.
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Activity 2 Work in groups
Weather and the Sky
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The sky during the day
Activity 1 Work as a class
1. Go outside the classroom and look at the sky.
2. What do you see in the sky?
3. Look at this picture of the sky during the day.
The sky during the day
4. Name what you see in the sky in the picture above.
5. Draw and colour what you see in the sky.
6. Show your classmates your drawing.
a. We see the sun and clouds in the sky during the day.
b. We see light during the day.
Learning points
Natural Environment
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The sky at night
Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Name the things seen in the sky at night. This picture will
help you.
The sky at night
2. Name the following things seen in the sky at night.
(moon, clouds, stars)
a. b. c.
a. We see the stars and moon in the sky at night.
b. Sometimes we can see clouds in the sky at night.
c. It is dark at night.
Learning points
With the help of your parent or guardian,
1. Go out at night.
2. Observe the sky.
3. Name the things you will see in the sky.
4. Draw how the sky looks like at night.
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Digital activity
1. Watch a video showing the appearance of the sky.
2. Tell your classmates how the sky looks during the day.
3. How does the sky look like at night?
Weather
Activity 3 Outdoor activity
1. Walk out of the classroom with your teacher.
2. Look around and up in the sky.
3. The weather today is __________ (windy, sunny, cloudy,
calm, rainy).
Digital activity
1. Watch a video about different weather.
2. Name the weather conditions in the video.
3. Draw the following.
a. Sunny weather
b. Windy weather
c. Rainy weather
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Activity 4 Work in groups
Look at the pictures. Say the weather.
a.
b.
c. d.
e.
The weather can be rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy or calm.
Learning point
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Weather chart
Activity 5 Work in groups
1. Look outside. The weather is ________.
2. Tell your classmates how the weather was in the
morning.
3. Write down today’s weather. Copy and ll in this table in
your exercise book.
Today’s weather chart
Morning Afternoon
We record weather on a weather chart.
Tip
Activity 6 Work in groups
Use this weather chart to answer questions.
Morning Afternoon
Monday Calm Windy
Tuesday Cloudy Sunny
Wednesday Sunny Rainy
Thursday Calm Windy
Friday Calm Cloudy
1. The weather was _____ on Monday morning.
2. On Friday afternoon, the weather was ____.
3. The weather on Tuesday was _____ and ____.
4. Sunny weather was on ________ and ________.
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1. Look at the weather every morning and afternoon for
ve days.
2. Make a weather chart for the ve days. Use this table to
record the weather of the week in your exercise book.
Morning Afternoon
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3. Put your weather chart in the class learning corner.
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Weather at different times of the day
Activity 7 Work in pairs
1. Look at the picture and say what you see.
2. Make a kite and y it.
3. Which weather is good for ying kites?
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Activity 8 Work in groups
1. Name the weather in this picture.
It is too hot.
Let us rest under this shade.
2. Why are the children sitting under a tree?
3. Talk about this picture.
4. Why are the people in the picture using an umbrella?
5. Say what you do on a rainy day.
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Class activity
Talk about today’s weather.
1. Listen to the song: What’s the weather?
2. Sing the song after listening to it.
3. Go outside the classroom and sing the song.
4. Show the weather as you sing the song.
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Soil
Playing with soil
Activity 1 Work in groups
1. Look at these pictures.
a. b.
2. Say how the children in the pictures above are playing
with soil.
3. How do you play with soil?
a. We play with soil by lling and emptying containers with
soil.
b. We also play with soil by making patterns on the soil.
c. We can play with soil by modelling shapes and items.
d. Items modelled from clay are, pots, plates, letters, balls
and dolls.
Learning points
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Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Collect soil and put it in clear plastic bottles or jars.
Soil in clear plastic jars
2. Use your ngers to feel each soil collected.
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Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Make the following patterns using mud paint.
a. b.
c. d.
2. Dry your patterns under the sun.
3. Put the patterns in the class learning corner.
Remember to wash your hands with soap and clean running
water after touching soil.
Tip
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. Write the following numbers and letters on the soil.
a. b.
Palm prints Leaf prints
Foot prints
Banana prints
Numbers written on soil Letters written on soil
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2. Make the following shapes using soil.
Shapes made using soil
Modelling using soil
Activity 5 Outdoor activity
1. Use mud to model the following.
a. b. c. d.
Mud ribbons Letters of the
alphabet
Numbers Bricks
2. Dry your models under a shade.
3. Display the models in the class learning corner.
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Activity 6 Work in pairs
1. Name the following item.
2. Name two other items made from clay soil.
3. Use clay soil to make these items.
a. Dolls b. Plates c. Bowls d. Balls
4. Put the items in the class learning corner.
Remember to clean the working space after modelling.
Tip
Activity 7 Work in groups
1. How will you ll a bucket like the one below with soil?
Sand, bucket and a small container
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2. Use soil to make these shapes.
a. b.
Shapes made using soil
3. Make three other shapes using soil.
4. Show your classmates the shapes you have made.
5. How can you empty this bucket of soil?
6. Show your classmates how to empty a container with soil.
a. Be careful when playing with soil to prevent it from
entering your eyes.
b.
Wash hands with clean water and soap after playing
with soil.
Tip
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Sound
Sounds
Activity 1 Work as a class
1. Listen to sounds in your classroom.
2. Where are the sounds coming from?
3. Name the part of the body that you used to hear sounds.
Activity 2 Outdoor activity
1. Listen to different sounds outside the classroom.
2. Write down the animals that you heard making sounds.
3. Which people did you hear making sounds?
a. We use our ears to hear sound.
b. Sounds can be made by people, animals, birds, trees and
machines.
Learning points
Work to do
Say the sounds.
Ringing Laughing
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Barking
Singing
Crowing
Hooting
Sounds in our environment can be from,
a. Birds singing.
b. People talking and laughing.
c. Wind blowing.
d. Cars hooting.
e. Bells ringing.
f. Dogs barking.
Learning points
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Making sounds
Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Make the following sounds.
a.
Clap
b.
Snap
c.
Stomp
d.
Tap
2. Make the sounds made by the following.
a. Motorcycle b. Cow
c. Thunder d. Goat
3. Make sounds using the following objects.
a. Hit your pencil on the desk.
b. Fold a piece of paper.
c. Rub two books together.
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Digital activity
1. Watch a video on ways of making sounds.
2. Name the ways of making sounds.
3. Make sounds using any two ways shown in the video.
a. Sounds can be made by plucking, blowing and hitting.
b. Some sounds are also made by shaking, tapping or
snapping.
Learning points
Making sounds by plucking
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. Make a guitar like the one shown below.
A tissue box guitar
2. Use your ngers to make sounds with the guitar.
3. We make sounds using a guitar by _________ (pulling,
plucking).
We pluck a guitar to make sounds.
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Making sounds by hitting
Activity 5 Work in pairs
1. Do the following in turns.
a. Hit your desk with your pencil.
b. Hit a book with a pencil.
c. Knock the door.
2. This is a _____ (stool, drum). It makes sounds when beaten
with a stick or hands.
3. Make a drum. Use the drum to make sounds.
Use sticks, wood and stones to make sounds.
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Be careful when hitting objects to prevent hurting yourself
or others.
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Making sounds by blowing
Activity 6 Work in groups
1. This is a _____ (tube, whistle). We blow it to make sounds.
2. Make sounds using a whistle.
3. Collect empty plastic bottles. Fill them with water as shown
below.
Bottles lled with water
4. Blow inside the bottles to make sounds.
5. Which bottle made the loudest sound?
a. Make utes using hollow sticks.
b. Use the utes to make sounds.
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Making sounds by shaking
Activity 7 Work in groups
1. The picture below shows a shaker. How does a shaker make
sound? (waving, shaking).
A shaker
2. Use empty plastic containers, small stones, dried seeds or
sand to make sounds.
Sounds that alert us on danger
Activity 8 Work as a class
1. Listen to an audio that the teacher will play in class.
2. Name the sounds that alert us on danger.
3. Say the sounds that alert us on danger.
a.
A dog alerts us by
(crying, barking).
b.
Cars alert us by
(hooting, beeping).
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c.
Breaking (classes,
glasses) also alert us on
danger.
d.
A re truck alerts us using
a (siren, beep).
4. Tell your classmates other sounds that alert us on danger.
a. Sounds that alert us on dangers are loud bangs, barking
dogs, breaking glasses and re alarms.
b. Hooting cars, police car sirens and re brigade sirens also
alert us on danger.
c. Sounds that alert us on danger help us to be safe and
help others.
Learning points
Activity 9 Work in groups
1. What would you do if a dog barked at you?
2. Pick a card from the ones below.
a. b. c.
Ambulance Police car Fire truck
3. Make the sound made by what is drawn on the card.
4. What can you do when you hear a sound alerting you on
danger?
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Make a safety sound chart.
Learn with fun
When you hear a sound alerting you on danger, listen to
know the danger rst before taking action.
Tip
Activity 10 Work in groups
1. Listen to your environment.
2. Name any loud sound you heard.
3. Name the following sources of loud sound.
a. b.
3. Name two other sources of loud sound.
4. What does loud sound do to us?
5. Draw and colour one source of loud sound.
a. Loud sound comes from music systems, trains, aeroplanes,
reworks and thunderstorms.
b. Activities like drilling and hammering also make loud
sounds.
c. Loud sound may affect our hearing, disturb our sleep and
cause headaches.
Learning points
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Activity 11 Work in groups
1. The picture below shows a music system. Loud sound from
a music system is harmful to our ____ (eyes, ears).
A sound system
2. How can you prevent loud sound from harming our ears.
3. Show your classmates how to reduce the volume in a music
system.
4. This is a carpenter at work. What is he using to protect his
ears? (earrings, earplugs).
A carpenter
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Water
Sources of water
Activity 1 Work in groups
1. Where do we get water from?
2. Name the following sources of water. (Dam, River, Lake,
Well, Rain)
a. b.
c. d.
e.
Resources in Our Environment
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Resources in Our Environment
a. We use water every day.
b. We get water from rain, wells, rivers and lakes.
c. We can also get water from springs, boreholes, oceans
and dams.
d. These are called sources of water.
Learning points
Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Watch a video about sources of water.
2. Name the sources of water mentioned in the video.
3. Draw and colour two sources of water.
Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Model different sources of water.
a. A river
b. An ocean
c. A well
d. Rain
2. Talk about the sources of water you have modelled.
3. Put your models in the class learning corner.
We should take care of sources of water for clean water.
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Uses of water at home
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. Tell your classmates how water is used at your home.
2. Say how water is used in your school.
3. Say how water is being used in the pictures.
a. She is washing utensils.
b. Kim is watering plants.
c. The boy is swimming.
d. The cows are drinking
water.
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e. She is cooking.
We use water for,
a. Washing utensils and clothes b. Drinking
c. Cooking d. Mopping
e. Watering plants f. Swimming
g. Watering animals h. Bathing
Learning points
Activity 5 Outdoor activity
1. Take a walk in the school compound.
2. Say how people in your school are using water.
3. Show your classmates the following uses of water.
a. Watering plants
b. Watering animals
c. Mopping
d. Drinking
e. Washing utensils
We should use water carefully at home and in school.
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Saving water
Activity 6 Work in groups
1. Say how you can save water in this picture.
2. Say how water is being saved in the following pictures.
a. Collecting rain water is a
way of saving water.
b. We should close taps tightly
after use.
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c. Water used to wash clothes
can also be used to clean
pit latrines.
d. We should use watering
cans to water plants.
3. Tell your classmates how you save water at home and in
school.
4. Show your classmates different ways of saving water.
Conserving water is using water carefully. Conserving water
also means saving water. We can save water by,
a. Collecting rain water.
b. Closing taps after use.
c. Using water well when bathing, brushing teeth and washing
hands
d. Using water from washing clothes to clean toilets.
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Activity 7 Outdoor activity
1. Take a walk around the school compound.
2. Save water in your school.
a. Use water well when watering plants.
b. Do not use water with soap when watering plants.
Tip
While at home,
1. Show your family members how to save water.
2. Collect water that was used to wash utensils or vegetables.
3. Use the water appropriately around the home.
Take Home Activity
Activity 8 Work in groups
1. Read this poster.
Save water. Every drop counts.
a. Close taps tightly.
b. Take shorter showers.
c. Collect rainwater.
d. Do not waste water.
2. Make a poster like the one above.
3. Put your poster in the class learning corner.
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Plants
Parts of a plant
Activity 1 Outdoor activity
1. Take a plant walk to the school compound with the teacher.
2. Look at different plants in the school compound.
3. Name the parts of the plants that you see.
4. Uproot a young plant.
5. Name the parts of the plant.
Be careful when uprooting young plants to avoid damaging
them.
Tip
Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Watch a video on parts of a plant.
2. Name the parts of a plant mentioned in the video.
3. Name the following parts of a plant.
A plant
4. Draw a plant and name its parts.
5. Show your classmates your drawing.
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
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Parts of a plant are leaves, stem, roots and owers.
Learning point
Activity 3 Work in groups
1.
Collect parts of a plant like the ones shown in the pictures.
a. b. c. d.
Leaf Stem Roots Flower
2. Use the collected parts of a plant to make a chart.
Activity 4 Work alone
1. Make a plant chart like the one below.
Parts of a plant
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
2. Label the parts of the plant.
3. Colour the parts of the plant in your chart.
4. Show your chart to your classmates.
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Taking care of plants
Activity 5 Work in groups
1. Look at this picture.
2. How are the people in the picture taking care of plants?
3. Tell your classmates how to care for the plants.
4. Water plants in the school garden.
a. We care for plants by watering them.
b. We water plants in the morning and evening.
Learning points
Plant maize or bean seeds with your parents or guardian.
Take Home Activity
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Activity 6 Work in groups
1. Read this poster.
Let us care for our plants.
a. Water plants.
b. Do not destroy plants.
2. Make stickers with messages about caring for plants.
3. Put the stickers in the school compound.
a. Make a class garden at the back of your classroom.
b. How will you care for the plants in the class garden?
c. Take care of plants in the class garden.
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Animals
Domestic animals
Activity 1 Outdoor activity
1. Take a nature walk around the school with your teacher.
2. Name the domestic animals you will see.
Do not go too close to animals because some animals
might harm you.
Tip
Activity 2 Work in groups
1. Read the names of the following domestic animals.
a. b. c.
Sheep Cow Cat
d. e. f.
Goat Dog Chicken
2. Name three other domestic animals.
3. Which domestic animals gives us food?
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Activity 3 Work in groups
1. Watch a video about domestic animals.
2. Name the domestic animals mentioned in the video.
3. Draw and colour the following domestic animals.
a. b. c.
Goat Duck Rabbit
a. Domestic animals are animals that are kept at home.
b. Domestic animals are dogs, cows, goats, sheep,
donkeys, ducks, rabbits, chicken and camels.
c. Domestic animals that gives us food are, cows, sheep,
goats, chicken, ducks, rabbits and camels.
Learning points
1. Make a chart of domestic animals.
2. Put the chart in the class learning corner.
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Caring for domestic animals
Activity 4 Work in groups
1. How are animals being cared for in the following pictures?
a. b.
c. d.
2. Watch a video about caring for animals.
3. Say how animals are being cared for.
a. We care for domestic animals by feeding, watering and
treating them.
b. We also care for domestic animals by giving them shelter.
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Activity 5 Work n groups
1. What is happening in these pictures?
a. b.
Feeding a dog Watering sheep
2. Talk about how you can clean a dog.
3. Tell your classmates how you can care for other domestic
animals.
Activity 6 Work in groups
1. How should Wanja
keep safe when feeding
chicken?
Feeding chicken
2. How has Billy kept
safe when spraying the
kennel?
Spraying a dog’s kennel
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Activity 7 Outdoor activity
1. Take a nature walk in your school compound.
2. Care for birds in the school compound.
a. Use clean items when feeding and watering animals.
b. Always give animals clean water to drink.
c. Do not give animals a lot of food.
Tip
1. Tell your parents or guardians how to care for domestic
animals.
2. Write how you cared for animals at home. Follow the
example given.
My animal care diary
Animal Morning Evening
Cat Gave milk to the
cat.
Fed the cat ugali
and milk.
Take Home Activity
