NCERT Joyful Mathematics, Class 1, textbook pages 98–104

How to teach Class 1 Maths Chapter 9, Utsav, at home

Patterns, taught with things you already have at home: a 10-minute activity, a game for the week, a 5-day plan and the mistakes to watch for.

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NCERT Class 1 Maths Chapter 9 Utsav: what it teaches

A pattern is something that repeats or grows by a rule. Finding the rule and continuing it is early algebra, and festival decorations, kolams and toran make it feel like play.

Why it matters later. Finding a rule and continuing it is how algebra starts. Skip counting patterns like 5, 10, 15 are also the first step to times tables in Chapter 11.

See it: this chapter in pictures

the part that repeats: circle, square
Put a finger round the part that repeats.
circle, circle, triangle, repeat
Longer units make the pattern harder. Try AAB after AB.
5101520?+5+5+5+5the rule is +5, so next is 25
Number patterns have a rule. Say the rule, then use it.

You need

  • two kinds of objects (spoons and forks, red and green bangles)
  • chalk or rangoli powder
  • your hands for clapping

Tonight’s 10 minutes

  1. Lay spoon, fork, spoon, fork and hand your child the next one. Then make it harder: spoon, spoon, fork.
  2. Make a sound pattern: clap, clap, stamp. Your child continues it, then makes one for you.
  3. Hide one mistake in a pattern and ask your child to find it.
  4. Try number patterns out loud: 2, 4, 6… and 22, 21, 20…

Words to use

  • repeats
  • comes next
  • rule
  • grows
  • goes back

Watch for

  • Copying the last object instead of finding what repeats. Put a finger round the part that repeats and ask “What is the part that comes again?”

What it sounds like at home

A short example of the conversation. Your words will differ; the questions are what matter.

YouSpoon, fork, spoon, fork. What comes next?

Your childSpoon.

YouHow did you know?

Your childSpoon and fork keep repeating.

YouNow find my mistake: spoon, fork, fork, spoon, fork.

Your childThat fork shouldn’t be there!

A game for this week: Pattern detective

  1. Make a pattern with objects, but hide one mistake in it.
  2. Your child finds the mistake and fixes it.
  3. Then your child makes a pattern with a mistake for you.
  4. Try sound patterns too: clap, clap, stamp.

A 5-day plan, 10 minutes a day

  1. Day 1Object patterns with spoons and forks.
  2. Day 2Clap and stamp patterns.
  3. Day 3Pattern detective game.
  4. Day 4Number patterns out loud: 2, 4, 6 and 20, 19, 18.
  5. Day 5Make a small kolam or rangoli pattern together.

Everyday moments to practise

  • Floor tiles and saree borders.
  • Rangoli or kolam at festivals.
  • Beads on a bangle or necklace.
  • Clapping rhythms in songs.

Quick check

Ask these at the end of the week. Tap to see the answer.

Red, blue, red, blue, ___?

Red.

5, 10, 15, ___?

20.

22, 21, 20, ___?

19.

Ready for the next chapter when your child…

  • Continues a two- or three-part repeating pattern.
  • Says what the repeating part is.
  • Continues simple number patterns counting on or back.

Activities, wording and illustrations are Mathify Kids’ own, following the topics of NCERT’s Joyful Mathematics (Class 1). See the full Class 1 parent guide for every chapter.

Questions parents ask

What patterns are in Class 1 NCERT maths?

Repeating patterns with objects, shapes, colours and sounds, growing patterns, and number patterns such as counting in 2s, 5s, 10s and counting back.

How do I help a child who just copies the last item?

Put a finger round the part that repeats and ask what comes again. Say the pattern aloud in a rhythm.

Are kolam and rangoli really maths?

Yes. They use dot grids, symmetry and repeating units, which is geometry and pattern work.