BOOK 16#

Title - 'Chupan-Chupai'

Publisher, Year, Place- NCERT, 2008, New Delhi

Grade- 1st and 2nd

Genre- Picture Book

Theme - Games

Name of the Series- 'Barkha Series'

Brief Biography

'Barkha Series' has been published by NCERT with a special focus on Early Grades . It is understood that children enter school with an existing vocabulary that has several words. So they already have a rich language resource of their own , even before they start learning reading and writing. The aim of 'Barkha Series' is to utilize this existing knowledge source of children.

The stories in the series are usually around day to day events of children's lives. The illustrations have been designed keeping in mind the young audience. And the text is easy to read and comprehend.

Synopsis

There are so many games that we play with our friends , siblings and parents. What is your favorite game? Who do you often play with? Have you ever played hide and seek?

Would like to see how Jeet and his friends play hide and seek?

Reading - Writing Strategies

Pre- reading

• Divide the students into groups of 4. Then ask them to make a list of games they really like to play.
  
• Ask them to divide the list into two parts- a) games they play alone b)games they play with someone.
• Ask them , who do they play most games with?

During reading

• Show the cover of the story to the students and ask them to read aloud the 'Title'.
• Have you played hide and seek? Who did you play it with?
• Where do you usually hide? what is your favorite place for hiding?

Post reading

• Ask the students if they have any rules while playing hide and seek.
  
• Are these rules similar to the ones in the story?
• Ask the students to write a few lines about their favorite games.

Or

• Ask the students to pick a game of their own choice and write down its rules.

Reflection

Stories in Barkha Series have very relatable themes. They have great visuals and are not loaded with text, which allows us as practitioners to keep young children engaged. Stories like 'Chupan-Chupai' depict the everyday occurrence of a child's life. As games are a very important part of growing up. We learn a lot about social behavior , what it means to be a part of a group etc. through games.

This story depicts the friend circle of the main character called 'Jeet'. There are both boys and girls in the group playing together.And the name of the characters indicate that they are from different religions. There is no gender stereotyping or discrimination of the basis of religion that the text shows.