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This document is a guide for children on various aspects of taking responsibility at home and outside the home. It includes illustrations, activities and questions.
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Taking Respons, at Home Lesson urningoff fthe water Turn off the lights, fan and TV,when you the room! WATER...
Taking Respons, at Home Lesson urningoff fthe water Turn off the lights, fan and TV,when you the room! WATER 1S leave DONT WASTE Stop... Turn off the tap after usel Water and electricity are precious gifts. Do not 'waste' then off water taps and electric switches after use. You can save : turning the tap off while brushing your teeth and scrubbing ur while bathing. Turn off lights and fans when not in use. By tr look how Responsible little Mona has been! Iaking Care of pets at horme Heres your dinner Responsibility! They, too, have needs. They get Our pets are our just like you! Just as ahot want to be loved... hungry, dirty and bath and a warm hug from your mom make you happy. meal, a clean need your love and care! Sareena and Govind are YOur pets, too, Care for their pets! Responsible because they Love and Taking 20 Lesson outside the Home Responsibili Don't worry, mam Ill get you across! Sceereh Pamela is helping an oldwoman to cross the road. She is a responsible girl. Youshould also help your old grandparents, younger brother, sister or anybody in any way you can. thebeach Keepiig clean to see the responsible Ali is! He does not like SCe hOW being littered. He is showing responsibility iCauiful beach by picking up the litter and putting it in the OWardsnature surroundings clean? also like to keep your Won'tyoualso Not here dear throw it inthe bin! What a mess! These should go in here! KEEP yoK CTY, Activity My ng Wa sh checklist O1S Clear) asparkling clean for washroom * Flush toilet care not to spillwater on the * Take floor Wipe seat dry tissue * Take care not to leave hanging on the floor * Throw tissue in bin Wash hands after using toilet * Make Sure you turnthe tap off. AW Exercise 2 Group Activity Keep your surroundings clean by toking the responsibility toto keep your school After the break time, you of litter around the schoolfindandalot class-room. Pick up whatever Come across and drop it in you bin. See how your the trash teacher's fare lights up! Put asmile on your teacher's face Teacher said, Did you feel ? The teacher feels proud that you have taken t Responsibility of cleaning up the litter around the school. erciSe3 0seandtick what you would do in the the following situations : kcesome empty plastic bottles lying in the sand youignore them and go on in your way youpickthem andIthrow t themin the garbage bin Yousee an elderly man carrying a heavy bag of groceries youoffer to carry some you ignore andgo away knee Vaur friend felldown and hurt his you help himto go tothe clinic youignore him andcontinue playing Yousee children plucking flowers from the plantsin the park 4. Youignore and go on with your walk Youstop them and tell them it is not right to do that Vou find an elderly woman standing next to you in crowded bus.. comfortably Youignoreher and sit Youoffer your seat to her find asharp metal sticking out from the slippery side. A You ignore and play onsomething else You the matter to your teacher and report Youwarn others of its danger Your score card committedchildthat you are!! X for the of as a one's duties 6-5 important to be aware It's indeed responsible citizens. times duties need that many a understand peopleto spellit 4 or lesS You need to without waiting for up to be taken next time. 3 Lesson Taking Kespons fthe biviron Plants have Poor Plants Our friends have trampled t Howarebadihurty the Farhaan, why did you stop ? Hurry! Well be late.. Some of us don't realise that plants also have life and they are important to us. We must take good care of them. Only then they wil: able to take care of us. It is our Responsibility to take care of th precious gifts of Nature. Trees give us life ! give us Oxygen. All living Creatures on earth-human beings animals and birds - need oxygen for breathing in order to live. give us food. They give fruits and nuts to all human beings animals and birds. They als0 give us medicines to make us feel better are homes to many animals and birds. They also provide shelter from the sun. We use wood from them to build our homes too! Humans, birds and animals depend on them very much. Now, if a man more decides to cut down the trees in order to create Space to build place of the cut cities and does not bother planting new trees in then..... birds live ? Where will the animals and Where will we get fruits from ? from ? Where willwe get oxygen answers tothese find the your class, then You can think and discuss in Lesson of self. koponsib NOT pol Sometimes you are considered responst: if you "Don't do Something!" Like when you sponsiblity of not doing the wrong things..start the car or meddle with the gear o C s not stick even when he gets a chance todo so! tamper with electrical points or try to Rohan does not pUsh the wrong kinds of objects into them... touch or play with hot Rohan does not stoves and their knobs. Rohan does not experiment with knobs and settings of music systems, microwave-ovens, washing machines andmobile telephones. esobsbilyof beng safe Takns Don't irmb and lean out of a Wbalcony. o and fall down Don' t objectsplay with sharo like krives a sCISSors from the kitchen.. you may hu yourself. Don't play with matchsticks, they may i K A light up accidentally Sometimes,even though you are tempted to try out Something new, youshould not do so when you are alone. If youdo so, youare a Responsible Child ! 30 EXercise 1 ehesit is good not to do somethings. identify when it is good and when it is not. Put a / tick when did theeright thing and a Xwhen you did a wrong thing. uthmkyou alone in your father's car. You feel tempted to try }ouare buttons but you did not doit. allthe, dropping see the plants on the window sill are all withoutany water but you do not water the plants. homework to be done by your teacher but Youwere given it. youdidnotdo You are fascinated by the interesting tools in your father's tool box but you do not touch them. Vouwant to know how the oven works but do not touch any knobs because mom told you not to doso. Your elder sister toldyou to returnher pensafter you use them but you did not do so. ur score card 5 Kudos !You definitely do understand that responsibility is not given. It is taken up. Keep it up. up more responsibilities. As you do so, you will less lake around you. faces see more and more happy The Little 5 Super Heroes Lesson lOut yOU o Outofbed ?Half the Sunday is gone.. have your bath y are "ler'y Don't mess the room again... I just picked up all your toys putthhem away. Come down quickly for breakfast... I made your and toast favourite scrambled eggs on Jumpedout the bed only Terry when he heard 'scrambled eggs ontoast teeth and Hebrushed his wasdown in the kitchen in no time. Mmmmm...mom, you area qave 'Super woman'. Terry as he his mom a loving look tucked intohis breakfast. He finished his breakfast and ran out into the yard to play with his friend Mark. But soon,the weather changed. It became windy. Mom's washing started to flap on the line.And then it began to rain. Terry, let's play in the rain," Mark called excitedly. But "Cone on and help me rescue He called out, "Mark, come Terry didn't join him. Mom's washing. Theclothes were big and heavy and the boys kept tripping and falling over them. At last,they managed to pull down all the clothes from the line. Mom was Surprised to see them entering the house with two big mounds of clothes. She called out, "Ohl is it my.. what a good job you boys have done! That suro raitirg thinking!" "You boys are My Little Super Heroes!!" Exercise1 the statements from the story, to (B)the conclusions (A) Hatch understand from them : Can OU (A)STATEMENT (B)CONCLUSIONs picked up all your 1. Mom loves Terry and so she 1 just made his favourite food. toys' your favourite 2. Terry respects his Mom so he )I made appreciates her work. toast' sCrambledeggs on are a super 3. Mom takes the responsibilities 'Mom, you 3. Woman. to clean up the house. help me 4. Mom is happy with the boys Mark, come and 4. rescue Mom's washing. help and appreciate them. clothes were big and 5. Terry is a responsible boy and 5 The wants to save mom's washing kept heavy and the boys from the rain. over tripping and falling them. little 6. The boys did not give up even boys are my 6. You though pulling the clothes Super Heroes!' downwas hard work. How welldid you do? ice-cream. You have yourself to an 6-5 (Sixer) Treat of co-operation and the understood the importance supplying it at the right time. need of understand the need for boy! You need to 4orless Oh co-operation better! Exercise 3 Let us now see how well Vou "take up responsibility" have (V)Tick the 1. Alost child right uanswerndersto d hat it is ask crying in the any adult for 2. ignore and walk heln Afriend is hurt and|is away. Supermarker OUould blabouteedingthewhile not care away without helping. pat, H.stayarrives.and the {riend at comtort friend 3. Your Grandfather is - struggling to send an em offer to send it you could howto do it. for him n.tell run him you have no time to he. away to play. 4. Your father comes home tired aftter you could pester him to take you to work. apark.. - let him relax and offer him som todrink. 5. Your teacher is carrying a load of heavy book; - offer to carry some of the books. you could not bother to offer to help. 6 Your neighbour is worried about her house plants when she is going away on vacation offer to water them while she is away. not care to offer help. 7 Your friend has lost a race and is feeling very sad laugh and tease her about it. OWCOuld talk to her and make her feel better. 8. At the gate, the postman by taking the mail inside. requests you to help him - refuse to take it inside the house. you cOuld agree to take it inside. 9. Your elder brother is not Come on unable to take the dog out feeling well and is Tommy lets run! say that the dog could stayindoors. you could take the dog out for a walk. 10. Mom is busy cooking dinner and baby is attention crying for U - play with baby. you could not bother to listen to the crying and continue playing. Time to check your final score : 10 -7 k Brave ! you have just shown how respectful and responsible you are. Keep it up. 6 or less Little acts of kindness and little word of love are all that you need to learn to make earth a heaven. Practice them young.