Class 1 · Hindi
Poems
📘 Chapter notes
The key ideas of this chapter, answered through the six guiding questions. Read them with your textbook.
1What am I looking at?
Answer: Short Hindi poems (कविताएँ) for children.
2What are its main parts or ideas?
Answer: Rhyme (तुक), rhythm (लय), actions.
3How does it work?
Answer: Recite with rhythm and actions, and find rhyming words.
4Why is it important?
Answer: Poems build love for the language and memory.
5What happens if something changes?
Answer: Changing the rhythm changes how the poem feels.
6What should I remember for the exam?
Answer: Recite a poem and answer simple questions.
📗 Full lesson: Stories, poems and folk literature
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🖼️ 2D concept map
Animated folk tale with narration in the language
ℹ️ Original retelling.
🎯 Learning outcomes
- Enjoy folk tales, rhymes and riddles in the language
- Recite simple poems and retell stories
- Identify characters and the lesson of a tale
Before you start: Listening to stories.
📖 Explanation
Every Indian language has rich folk literature: lullabies, rhymes, riddles (पहेलियाँ / పొడుపు కథలు), proverbs and folk tales passed down by elders.
Folk tales often feature clever animals, kind people and simple lessons such as sharing and honesty.
Reciting poems with rhythm and actions builds memory and love for the language.
A Telugu riddle: 'తెల్లని పొలంలో నల్లని విత్తనాలు' (black seeds in a white field) — answer: writing on paper. Hindi riddles (पहेलियाँ) are shared at family gatherings too.
✗ Folk stories are old and have nothing to teach today
✓ Folk tales teach values like honesty, courage and kindness that matter today.
🧪 Try this activity
Ask a grandparent for a riddle or folk rhyme in your language and share it with the class.
✍️ Question bank with answers
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Multiple choice 1 mark · easy
A riddle is
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D. a puzzling question with a clever answer
Riddles make us think.
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Multiple choice 1 mark · easy
Folk tales are usually
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A. passed down by elders
They are traditional stories.
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Multiple choice 1 mark · easy
In the Telugu riddle, 'black seeds in a white field' means
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C. writing on paper
Letters are black on white paper.
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Very short answer 1 mark · easy
What is a lullaby in Hindi called?
Answer
लोरी
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Very short answer 1 mark · easy
Name an animal that is clever in many folk tales.
Answer
fox, crow, rabbit or monkey
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Short answer 2 marks · medium
Retell a folk tale you know in two sentences.
Marking points
Two sentences with characters and events
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Long answer 4 marks · hard
Tell a story with an animal character and say its lesson.
Marking points
- Character and setting
- Events
- Clear lesson
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Application 2 marks · medium
Why do grandparents tell stories at bedtime?
Answer
- To teach values and language
- To bond and comfort children
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Diagram / label 2 marks · medium
Draw a scene from your favourite folk tale.
Answer
Characters and setting from the tale
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