Four Lights, Four Stories: Diwali Story Wheel Craft

Diwali Fire Safety for Kids: Safe or Not Safe Worksheet

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

Children look at six pictures and mark each as safe or not safe, circle the four things needed near fireworks, and show where to stand by drawing themselves behind the safe-distance 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.

Shapes in the Rangoli: Find, Colour, Count and Trace

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

Children colour five shapes in a rangoli using a colour key, count how many of each there are, then trace a circle, square, triangle and diamond and draw one of their own.

Diwali Sweet Shop Game: Cut, Serve and Count Orders

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

Children cut out sweets and plates, then read six order cards and serve each customer the right number of sweets. They write the total, tick each served order and work out how many are left in the shop box.

Diwali Words and Letters: First Sounds, Tracing and Odd One Out

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

Children say each Diwali word slowly and circle its first letter, trace four words (diya, lamp, light and sweet) and write them again, then find the picture that is different in three odd-one-out rows.

Rangoli Spinner Top: Colour Mixing Craft for Diwali

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

Children colour a disc with red, yellow and blue, cut it out, spin it and watch the colours mix to make new ones. They record what they see and design a spinner of their own.

Diwali Fun Time Answer Key for Grown-ups

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

A one-page answer key for grown-ups that lists the answers for pages 2 to 22, from the order of the five days to the sums, rangoli patterns, story order and safety choices.

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.

Street of Lights: Tally Chart, Bar Graph, Mean, Mode and Range

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

Children read tally marks for eight houses, write the numbers, draw a bar graph with a scale of 1 square for 2 diyas and find the total, mean, mode, range and median.

Four Families Logic: Diwali Festivals Logic Grid Puzzle

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

Children use six clues to solve a logic grid with four families and four festivals of light, then draw lines to match each festival to what its families light or do and write two questions to ask.

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.

Make a Paper Owl: Hindi Letter उ Craft | बनाओ · उ से उल्लू

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

HindiHindi Vowels

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

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

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

Children cut and fold a zig-zag book about Dhanteras, Choti Diwali, Diwali, Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj, fill in the blanks about each day and answer a five-question quiz.

Dussehra and First Letters: Vidyarambham Tracing and Letter Hunt

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

NavratriFestivals

Children learn about Vidyarambham, when little children write their first letters in rice on Vijayadashami, and about Dussehra, when Rama won against Ravana. They trace letters, sort things we use to learn, count to 10 and match letters to beginning sounds.

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

HindiHindi Vowels

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.

Ganesha Colouring Page for Ganesh Chaturthi

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

ColoringFestivals

Children learn that Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates the arrival of Lord Ganesha and that people offer him modaks, his favourite sweet.