English: Class 3 — Chapter 5: Talking Toys

• The Disappointment: A toy kitten spotted two girls approaching, but they only looked through the window and walked past, leaving the toys disappointed.
• The First Purchase: A girl, her little brother, and their father stopped by. The girl chose the board game Snakes and Ladders.
• The Vande Bharat Train: A woman and her son entered. The talking doll and toy elephant hoped to be chosen, but the boy pointed to the Vande Bharat train. His mother (whom he called Aayi) bought it for him.
• The Aeroplane and Marbles: Two girls entered. The toy aeroplane and toy phone hoped to be picked. One girl bought marbles, and the other bought the toy aeroplane.
• More Happy Toys: A group of children arrived. A girl with long hair bought the toy elephant, a boy with a red cap bought a spinning top, and a boy in a blue shirt bought cute dancing dolls. The children left the shop happily with their new toys.

• displayed: Shown or put in a place where people can easily see it.
• excitement: A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
• eagerly: Wanting to do or have something very much; full of keen desire.

• Chennapatna Toys: Traditional wooden toys made in Karnataka, India.
• Kondapalli dancing dolls: Famous handcrafted wooden toys made in Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Vande Bharat Train: A modern semi-high-speed train in India, represented here as a toy.
• Soft toy elephant: A plush, stuffed toy shaped like an elephant.

Words that tell us more about naming words (nouns) are called describing words.

• In happy boy, the word happy describes the boy.
• In pretty doll, the word pretty describes the doll.
• In blue frock, the word blue describes the frock.
• In red cap, the word red describes the cap.

We add -s or -es to naming words to make them plural (more than one).

Adding '-s':

• toy → toys
• boy → boys
• cat → cats
• cup → cups
• doll → dolls
• shop → shops
• train → trains

Adding '-es' (for words ending in sounds like x, ss, s, ch, sh, o):

• box → boxes
• class → classes
• bus → buses
• pouch → pouches
• brush → brushes
• mango → mangoes

A story sequence of how a mother bird made a kite for her baby bird using natural elements:

• A baby bird wanted to fly a kite.
• The mother bird brought onion peel from onions.
• Then, she joined them using gum from a tree.
• Next, the mother bird made the frame using a leaf blade from the palm tree.
• Finally, she tied a thread from spider web to complete the kite.

• Drawing a Bird: Learn to draw a bird step-by-step starting with the capital letter 'B'.
• Puppet Making: Create cardboard or jute puppets using cardboard sheets, watercolours, woollen thread (for hair), and a stick handle.