The Food We Eat
Class 1 · English
3 ideas in Class 1 English, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
Sharing Lunch and Food Diversity
Children across India enjoy different home-cooked foods in their tiffin boxes and share happily when a classmate has no lunch.
Why it matters. Learning about diverse regional foods fosters cultural appreciation and caring playground friendships.
Try it in two minutes
- Name three lunch dishes: soft idlis with chutney, warm parathas, and savoury chillas.
- Offer to share your tiffin when a friend forgets their lunch.
- Always say 'Thank you!' with a warm smile when someone shares.
- Eat cleanly and make sure no food is wasted.
Try at home. Tell your family about one different dish a friend brought in their school tiffin box.
Where Food Comes From: Farm to Table
Farmers grow grains, vegetables, and fruits in fields, while cows provide nutritious milk for curds and butter.
Why it matters. Knowing where food comes from helps children appreciate agriculture and respect nature and farmers.
Try it in two minutes
- Recognize that farmers work hard in fields to produce grains and vegetables.
- Learn that cows provide fresh milk.
- Understand that churning milk cream gives us butter, curds, and ghee.
- Discover that sweet honey is collected from hardworking honeybees.
Try at home. Check three items in your refrigerator and name the farm animal or plant that provided each one.
Syllable Clapping and Fun Food Riddles
A syllable is a single beat in a spoken word. We can clap once for short words and twice for longer words, and solve fun food riddles.
Why it matters. Counting syllables trains listening skills, while riddles encourage logical reasoning and descriptive vocabulary.
Try it in two minutes
- Clap once for one-syllable words like 'food', 'cat', and 'mat'.
- Clap twice for two-syllable words like 'car-rot', 'man-go', and 'din-ner'.
- Solve the riddle: 'I am a fruit. My name is my colour' (Orange).
- Solve the riddle: 'Hard and brown outside, soft white inside' (Coconut).
Try at home. Say the names of five family members and clap out how many syllables each name has.
What your child will practise
- Sharing Lunch and Food Diversity: Desert Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Sharing Lunch and Food Diversity: Desert Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Sharing Lunch and Food Diversity: Ocean Quest (Collect the Answer)
- Syllable Clapping and Fun Food Riddles: Space Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Where Food Comes From: Farm to Table: Jungle Sort (Sort It Out)
- Quiz: Sharing Lunch and Food Diversity (8 questions)
- Quiz: Syllable Clapping and Fun Food Riddles (8 questions)
- Quiz: Where Food Comes From: Farm to Table (8 questions)