NCERT Book Class 3 Environmental Studies The Plant Fairy

The Plant Fairy

Last Sunday, we went to a garden in the neighbourhood. We played Hide and Seek (Chhupanchhupai) and Antakshari. We had a lot of fun. After sometime, Didi said – Let us play a new game today. We had played this game in the camp last year. I will become a ‘Plant fairy’. The ‘Plant fairy’ will call out a name of something and you will all have to touch it.The game began. Didi said – The ‘Plant fairy’ asks you to touch a plant. Atonce, all the children ran towards the plants. Didi said —Very good! Every one has touched a plant. But have you noticed that all the plants are different from each other? Didi, you are also sitting on little plants, said Shabnam. The children ran again to touch the trees with thick or thin trunks. Have you seen a tree with a trunk as thick as the oneshown in the picture? Michael found the game very interesting. He thought, howlucky the fairy was. She could order everyone around. Now, I want to be the ‘Plant fairy’ – said Michael. The children laughed aloud – A boy fairy ! They were now ready to take orders from the new ‘Plant fairy’. Michael said – Get me some leaves quickly. But remember y u are not to pluck the leaves from the plants – said Didi. The children ran to collect the leaves which were lying on the ground. Can you name the plant on which Didi was sitting ? The game started again. The ‘Plant fairy’ now said – Touch a tree which has either a thick or a thin trunk The children ran again to touch the trees with thick or thin trunks. Have you seen a tree with a trunk as thick as the one shown in the picture? Michael found the game very interesting. He thought, how lucky the fairy was. She could order everyone around. Now, I want to be the ‘Plant fairy’ – said Michael. The children laughed aloud – A boy fairy ! They were now ready to take orders from the new ‘Plant fairy’. Michael said – Get me some leaves quickly. But remember you are not to pluck the leaves from the plants – said Didi. The children ran to collect the leaves which were lying on the ground. Dayaram said – I did not know that there were so many types of leaves. Look, some are round, some are long and some are triangular. Ammu said – They are of so many different colours as well. Some are light green and some are dark green. Some are even yellow, red and purple. There is one which is green but has white patches on it. Look, even the margins of these leaves are different from each other. Some have straight margins and some uneven. Some of these margins even look like a saw – said Shabnam. Ammu and Shabnam shouted together – We also want to be the ‘Plant fairy.’ Didi said – Not today, may be next Sunday. It is time to go home now. On the way back, Didi recited a poem for everyone

❉ Colour the leaves made around the poem.

❉ Collect a few leaves of plants like lemon, mango, neem, basil (tulsi ), mint (pudina) and coriander (dhaniya). Crush the leaves and smell them. Do they all smell alike? Can you identify the leaves just by their smell?

❉ Look at these beautiful pictures. They are made of dry leaves

❉ Using dry leaves, make pictures of different animals in your notebook.

❉ Didi taught everyone how to take rubbings (prints) of leaves and tree trunks. All you have to do is –

Take a paper and a crayon or colour pencil. Place the leaf on a table or on the ground. It should be placed in such a way thatthe side of the leaf with veins is on the top. Place a paper on the leaf. Gently rub the crayon or colour pencil on the paper. Be careful that the paper or the leaf does not move.

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