Five Days of Diwali Zig-Zag Book: Cut, Fold, Read and Quiz

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.

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 Light Quest Answer Key with Explanations

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

A one-page answer key for grown-ups with answers and short working for pages 2 to 21, including sums, logic grids, the wick experiment, time zones and the reading passage.

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.

Eco Diwali Challenge: Average, Sorting and Planning a Kinder Festival

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

Children find totals and the mean from a table of plastic items before and after swapping four for clay, steel or cloth, sort ten items into compost, recycle, reuse or bin and plan five eco actions that add to 10 points.

Diwali Word Search, Secret Greeting Code and Word Origins

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

Children find 12 hidden Diwali words, decode a greeting that moves each letter three steps, code a word of their own and learn that Deepavali joins two old Sanskrit words meaning lamp and row.

Lamps in Rows: Diya Arrays, Fractions and Two-Step Word Problems

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

Children write multiplication facts from diya trays, colour fractions of a row, find equivalent fractions with a lamp string and solve four two-step word problems with room for working.

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.

Five Days of Diwali: Dhanteras to Bhai Dooj Picture Match

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

Children meet the five days of Diwali in order: Dhanteras, Choti Diwali, Diwali, Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj. They match a picture to each day, colour a diya for every day and say the names aloud with a grown-up.

Hindi Story: Airavat ki Aynak (Airavat's Glasses) – Letter ऐ (ai) Sounds | कहानी ऐरावत की ऐनक

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

A four-scene picture story: Airavat the white elephant loses his glasses and cannot see clearly until a little bird spots them on a tree. Children listen, look at the pictures, spot the ऐ words and answer two think-and-say questions, including where the glasses were found.

Make a Paper Mango: Hindi Letter आ Craft | बनाओ · आ से आम

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

Children cut out the pieces, put them together following three step pictures and make a paper mango. Saying the word आम as they make it links the sound आ to something they built themselves.

Make a Paper Camel: Hindi Letter ऊ Craft | बनाओ · ऊ से ऊँट

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

Children cut out the pieces, put them together following three step pictures and make a paper camel. Saying the word ऊँट as they make it links the sound ऊ to something they built themselves.

Diwali Diya Maths: Add the Flames and Find the Missing Diyas

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

Children add small groups of lit diyas, compare two rows to decide which has more, and work out how many faded diyas are still needed to reach a total. Tia gives a hint to start the first sum.

Lights for Everyone: How Families Celebrate Diwali in Different Ways

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

Children learn that many families light lamps in their own ways: Hindu, Jain and Sikh families and families in Nepal. They read festival greetings in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali, plus the Sikh Bandi Chhor Divas greeting, and draw how their own family celebrates.

Hindi Story: Ekta ka Joota (Ekta's Shoe) – Letter ए (e) Sounds | कहानी एकता का जूता

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

A four-scene picture story: Ekta finds only one shoe, hops on one foot, hurts her heel, and then finds the other shoe under the bed. Children listen, look at the pictures, spot the ए words and answer two think-and-say questions, including where the other shoe was found.

My Diwali Diary and Thank-You Card Worksheet

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

Children circle their favourite light, sweet and colours, tick who they will share a light or a sweet with and write a thank-you card. They finish by drawing the lights in their Diwali night picture.