Pandal Engineers: Navratri Paper Tower and Strong Shapes STEM Challenge

Pixel Rangoli and Laddoo Balance Puzzles for Navratri

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Children use row and column clues to shade a 10 x 10 grid and reveal a hidden festival picture, then solve four balance puzzles in grams, using each answer to work out the next: a first step into algebra.

Festival Number Crunch: Navratri Multiply, Divide and Money Worksheet

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Children solve multiplication and division word problems about dancers, garlands, diyas and laddoos, practise times-table facts, write and round four-digit numbers, and work out costs and change in rupees at a mela stall.

Navratri Across India: How Different States Celebrate

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Children learn what Navratri means (nava = nine, ratri = night), that Sharad Navratri ends with Vijayadashami (Dussehra), and the names of the nine forms of Durga. They read how the festival is celebrated in Gujarat, West Bengal, South India, North India and Mysuru, and a short fact file about UNESCO heritage and the lunisolar calendar.

NavratriReading Comprehension

The Nine Nights: Durga and Mahishasura Reading Comprehension

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Children read a retelling of the legend of Durga and Mahishasura, find facts in the text, answer inference questions about why things happened, and write their own opinion about staying calm and doing the right thing.

Navratri Festival Quest Answer Key for Grown-ups

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Grown-ups can check every answer in the pack, with workings for the maths, grid positions for the word search, the logic grid and sudoku solutions, and the reasons behind the science results.

Navratri Word Search and Secret Code Puzzle

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Children find 12 festival words that run across, down and diagonally, and use an A = 1 to Z = 26 key to decode a message about the festival. Then they write their own name in code.

Navratri Quiz Cards: 12 Cut-Out Festival Questions

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

NavratriFlashcards

Children recall facts about Navratri, Durga, Golu, Dussehra and the UNESCO heritage list, from one-star questions to three-star questions that need explaining.

Navratri Crossword and Word Scramble

Ages 7-11 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-11 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-11 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-11

Children solve 10 crossword clues about the goddess, the lion, Mysuru, the kalash, Golu, diyas, Ravan, garba and the dhol, and unscramble five festival words with a clue for each.

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.

Diwali Dot-to-Dot Diya and Spot the Five Differences

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

Children join the dots from 1 to 20 and back to 1 to reveal a diya with its flame, then colour it. They compare two Diwali pictures, circle five things that are different in picture B and tick a star for each.

3D Star Lantern (Akash Kandil): Colour, Cut and Fold Craft

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

Children colour two star templates and strips, cut along the grey dashes, fold the long dashes so the stars bulge out and glue the strips into rings. They follow four numbered steps to build a hanging star lantern.

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.

Diya Wick Experiment: How Does Oil Climb a Wick? (Safe Science Lab)

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

Children make three wick strips, predict which will climb highest, measure the climb at 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes, draw a bar chart and explain why a cotton wick draws oil to a diya's flame. No flame is used.

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.

My Diwali Plan, Three Kind Acts and a Thank-You Card Worksheet

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

Children plan five Diwali jobs with days, times and helpers, choose three kind acts to share a light with someone and write a thank-you note to a person who helped.

Diwali Fun Time Certificate of Achievement

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

A printable certificate for children who finish pages in the Diwali Fun Time pack. It has boxes for the Warm-up, Challenge and Expert levels and a space for a signature and date.