Left-Right

Given below is the picture of a hand. Place your hand on it so that the palm faces the paper. Your thumb and fingers should be placed on those drawn in the picture.

The hand which fits on the hand in the picture is your right hand. Place your other hand on a page in your notebook and trace its outline with your right hand to get a picture. The hand whose outline you have just traced is your left hand.

Let us sing a song

Similarly, sing for the right and left foot.

look in your classroom and tell –

What is there on your left ?

What things are there behind you ?

On whose left side are you sitting ?

What is there on your right ?

Who is sitting on your right ?

What is in front of you?

i This is a picture with Ruchira in the centre. In this picture, draw –

-A book behind Ruchira.

-A chair on Ruchira’s left

-An animal on Ruchira’s right.

-A tree in front of Ruchira.

On the next page is a smaller version of the earlier picture. In this there are symbols in place of picures. Such a picture is called a map. Identify the symbols and write them.

Can you tell why these symbols are used ?

Given below is a list. Make your own signs (symbols). These symbols should be different from the earlier ones. Now place your symbols in the map given below.

i A list of symbols used in the map is given. Look carefully and write.

How many pumps are there in the map ?                       

What is near the bus stop ?                                          

Without the list of symbols could you have read the map ? ____________________________________

How many houses are there in the map ?                    

How many shops are there in the map ?                        

How many trees are there in the map ?