NCERT Book Class 3 EVS Chapter 21 Families can be Different

Families can be Different 21
❉ Tell how many?

Come, let us play a game together. You must be familiar with
this game. All the children stand in a circle.
Let one child stand in the centre and play a tune. Everyone
must run in a circle as long as the music plays.
The child who is playing the music, will suddenly stop it and
call out a small number like ‘five’, ‘four’ or ‘two’ loudly.
Children have to form groups according to the number called
out.
The children who cannot join any group will have to leave
the game.
Continue to play this game till only two children are left in
the circle.
❉ Come, let’s talk about this game
♦ How did you feel when you could join a group of
the required number ? Why ?
♦ How did you feel if you could not join any group?
Why ?
♦ Do you like to be with people ?
♦ With whom do you like to be more ?
♦ How would you feel if you always had to be alone ?
In the game ‘ Tell how many’ playing the music and calling out the
numbers can be done by anyone. Depending on the number of children,
the number called out to form groups can be more or less.

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