Chapter 4 — Out in the Garden

Chapter 4 of the Class 3 English NCERT textbook (Santoor), "Out in the Garden", is a poem about a child playing outdoors in a garden each fine day, describing activities with a ball and a kite and playing with friends, followed by comprehension questions, a grammar exercise on joining words with "and", and a hands-on paper bag puppet craft activity.

• The Garden Poem — The chapter centres on a three-stanza poem in which a child bounces, throws, and catches a ball; tugs, pulls, and flies a kite; and runs, skips, jumps, sways, slides, and swings with friends in a garden. Each stanza ends with the repeated line "On each fine day."
• Action Verbs and Joining Words — Children learn new action words such as bounce, throw, slide, and sway from the poem. They also practise linking two related words together using the word "and", as in "run and skip" or "jump and sway", following examples taken directly from the poem.
• Talking About Outdoor Play — The chapter encourages children to talk about where they play, what outdoor games they enjoy, and what could happen if they are not careful while playing outside, connecting the poem to their own lives.
• Paper Bag Puppet Craft — The activity section guides children to make a puppet from a used paper bag by folding the base, drawing lips and a face on the flap, colouring it, and sliding a hand inside to make the puppet talk.

1. 01The poem is set in a garden where a child plays each fine day with a ball, a kite, and friends.
2. 02Ball actions in the poem: bounce, throw, and catch.
3. 03Kite actions in the poem: tug, pull, and fly.
4. 04Playing with friends involves running, skipping, jumping, swaying, sliding, and swinging.
5. 05New vocabulary words introduced are bounce, throw, slide, and sway.
6. 06Grammar focus: using the word "and" to link two action words, for example catch and throw.
7. 07The craft activity teaches children to make a paper bag puppet using a paper bag, pencils, colour pencils, woollen threads, and gum.