Diwali Word Search, Secret Greeting Code and Word Origins

Escape the Dark Gate: Diwali Puzzle Challenge for Big Explorers

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children solve four puzzles: a secret word, lamp heights, a rangoli count and a number walk. Each gives one digit, and the four digits must add to 24 to open the gate of Ayodhya.

Diwali Comic Strip and Acrostic Poem Writing Activity

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children plan a six-panel comic, from start to ending, about Mira and her diyas, write the rest of a DEEPAVALI acrostic poem and draw the picture for their best line.

Diwali Calendar Crunch: Dates, Days and Telling Time Worksheet

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children read a sample calendar to find days of the week, count the sleeps to Diwali and read analogue clocks to work out minutes between the puja, aarti and sweets.

Diwali Market Maths: Add Prices, Find the Change and Plan a Budget

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children read a price list, add three prices, work out the cost and the change from a note, and plan a Rs 600 shopping budget that gets as close as possible without going over.

Lamp Logic Puzzles: Magic Square, Sudoku and Number Patterns

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children fill a magic square so every line adds to 15, solve a 4 by 4 symbol sudoku with diyas, lotuses, stars and flowers, and find the rule and night 7 for three number patterns.

Fold-and-Cut Rangoli: Angles, Symmetry and Layers Craft

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children fold a circle three times, cut notches and unfold a rangoli. They predict how many layers, mirror lines and degrees of turn it will have, test it and plan more designs on a sheet.

Diwali Stories Collector Cards: Cut-Out Cards and Quest Puzzles

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children cut out eight cards that tell where and how families celebrate, including Rama's return, Lakshmi Puja, Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar in Nepal, Kali Puja and Govardhan Puja, then match them to an album and solve eight quests.

Rangoli Symmetry Lab: Mirror Lines and Rotations Worksheet

Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10

Children draw mirror lines on shapes and count them, count how many turns make a shape look the same, and complete a rangoli across a vertical and a horizontal mirror line.

India's Festivals Activity Book Answer Key (Part 2)

Ages 4-8 · Pre-K–Grade 2Ages 4-8 · Reception–Year 3Ages 4-8 · LKG–Class 2Ages 4-8

FestivalsIndia

Grown-ups can check children's answers quickly for the second part of the book.

FestivalsCultural Diversity

Festivals of Many Faiths: Places of Worship and Greetings

Ages 4-8 · Pre-K–Grade 2Ages 4-8 · Reception–Year 3Ages 4-8 · LKG–Class 2Ages 4-8

Children learn that India is home to many faiths, each with its own festivals, places of worship and festival greetings.

Hindi Letter ऊ (oo) Teacher Notes and Flashcards | ऊ · बड़ा ऊ

Ages 3-7 · Preschool–Grade 1Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Year 2Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Class 1Ages 3-7

HindiHindi Vowels

Children meet the long vowel ऊ with a short note for adults, a song with actions and cut-out flashcards for ऊँट (camel), ऊन (wool), ऊनी टोपी (woolly cap), ऊदबिलाव (otter), ऊखल (mortar). They hear the sound at the start of real words and link it to a hand action.

Harvests & New Years: One Harvest, Many Names Across India

Ages 4-8 · Pre-K–Grade 2Ages 4-8 · Reception–Year 3Ages 4-8 · LKG–Class 2Ages 4-8

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Children learn that the same winter harvest is celebrated with different names across India, and that many states have their own New Year festival.

Mirror Rangoli: Symmetry Worksheet for Little Learners

Ages 4-6 · Pre-K–KindergartenAges 4-6 · Reception–Year 1Ages 4-6 · LKG–UKGAges 4-6

Children complete the other half of a rangoli so both sides match, choose which picture is the true mirror image, and then draw circles and diamonds on a grid and count them.

Diwali Night Sky Count and Graph: Pictograph Worksheet

Ages 4-6 · Pre-K–KindergartenAges 4-6 · Reception–Year 1Ages 4-6 · LKG–UKGAges 4-6

Children count four kinds of lights in a picture, colour one square for each in a graph, then find which has the most and which has the fewest and answer two comparing questions.

Letter ई Story: Ishaan and the Heavy Bricks | कहानी ईशान और भारी ईंट

Ages 3-7 · Preschool–Grade 1Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Year 2Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Class 1Ages 3-7

HindiHindi Vowels

Ishaan helps Dadi build a flower bed by carrying bricks one by one, and she thanks him with sweet sugarcane. Children listen, look at the four pictures, spot the words that start with ई and retell what happened in their own words.

Hindi Letter उ (u) Teacher Notes and Flashcards | उ · छोटा उ

Ages 3-7 · Preschool–Grade 1Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Year 2Ages 3-7 · Nursery–Class 1Ages 3-7

HindiHindi Vowels

Children meet the short vowel उ with a short note for adults, a song with actions and cut-out flashcards for उल्लू (owl), उँगली (finger), उपहार (gift), उड़नतश्तरी (flying saucer), उपग्रह (satellite). They hear the sound at the start of real words and link it to a hand action.