Vijayadashami Challenge: Vidyarambham, Dussehra and Calendar Maths
Children read about Saraswati, Vidyarambham and Dussehra. They time themselves writing letters in a rice tray and draw a bar chart, plan reading a 60-page book with division, remainders and calendar dates, and multiply and use fractions with Ravana figures.
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Navratri Festival Quest Big Explorers Activity Pack: Maths, Puzzles, Stories & Science for Ages 7-11
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- Vijayadashami: reading, data and calendar maths
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How to use this worksheet
Read the passage and answer the questions. With a grown-up, spread rice on a tray, write A to J three times while they time you and draw a bar for each try. Then solve the Book Plan and Ravana Maths questions, showing your working.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- A tray of rice
- A timer or phone stopwatch
Extension activities
- 1Plan reading a book from your own shelf
- 2Time a fourth try in the rice tray and add it to the chart
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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