Two Little Hands: body words and sentences
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Name and notice body words
- Talk about noticing the world
- Use this, these, one and two
GRADE 1 · ENGLISH · MRIDANG UNIT 1
My Family and Me
21 short lessons across seven companion sequences, supported by an adult.
Open the official readings, then use HelioLearn’s original examples and practice. This unit map covers the two numbered source chapters and seven named selections across printed pages 1–46. It does not claim all textbook exercise solutions or independent teacher approval.
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Parts of the Body: actions and routines
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Listen and respond to an action
- Make and describe an outline
- Read a familiar routine in order
Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Explore letters A to I
- Explore letters J to R
- Explore letters S to Z
Greetings: kind words and clear sentences
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Choose a greeting for the situation
- Make room for both voices
- Build a small action sentence
Hop a Little: action language and games
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Make action words meaningful
- Say what a scene shows
- Follow a route and spell an action
My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Use family words with care
- Talk about helping and asking
- Connect ideas with and, they and them
The Sparrow Family: story-reading skills
3 lessons · 24 original choice questions · 12 controlled visual states
- Find characters and actions
- Retell a beginning, middle and end
- Explain with a story clue
Match source activities to practice
Page groups below map original practice to the source. Reading, speaking, handwriting and hands-on work need adult observation.
| Source activity | Printed pages | What to practise | Companions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Little Hands | 1, 2 | Listen to a body-action song; connect words and body vocabulary; recognise one, two and to. | Two Little Hands: body words and sentences |
| Parts of the Body | 3 | Participate in a body-word song through speaking, movement or an accessible alternative. | Parts of the Body: actions and routines · Two Little Hands: body words and sentences |
| Body-word speaking and paired questions | 4, 5 | Listen, answer and distinguish this is from these are. | Two Little Hands: body words and sentences |
| Body picture labels | 6 | Identify the full page-level body vocabulary using an adult picture/model. | Two Little Hands: body words and sentences |
| Sense-word reading | 7 | Connect sense words to everyday observations without assuming all bodies work identically. | Two Little Hands: body words and sentences |
| My Hand | 8 | Follow drawing instructions, outline a model and compare one visible feature respectfully. | Parts of the Body: actions and routines |
| Washing Hands | 9 | Follow ordered familiar instructions and describe the sequence. | Parts of the Body: actions and routines |
| Alphabet song | 10 | Participate in the alphabet; distinguish names, forms and examples; begin copying capital and small letters. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Alphabet and word examples | 11, 12 | Listen to examples across A–Z, including words whose sounds differ from a letter name. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Initial sounds A–E | 13, 14 | Notice first sounds and group words by the sound actually heard. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Greetings | 15 | Choose morning, afternoon and evening greetings and a bedtime wish; practise an exchange. | Greetings: kind words and clear sentences |
| Action-sentence matching | 16 | Connect a person and action in a short spoken or written sentence. | Greetings: kind words and clear sentences |
| Letter writing G–P | 17 | Observe a model, trace and copy each relevant capital/small letter. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Initial sounds F–J | 18, 19 | Listen for beginning sounds using adult-spoken examples. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Hop a Little | 20, 21 | Recognise action vocabulary; participate in the source rhyme and an original short action line. | Hop a Little: action language and games · Parts of the Body: actions and routines |
| Picture Talk and action descriptions | 22, 23, 24, 25 | Observe a scene, identify who is doing what and use supplied names or pronouns. | Hop a Little: action language and games · Greetings: kind words and clear sentences |
| Hopscotch | 26 | Follow a numbered route and take turns, using a counter when movement is unsuitable. | Hop a Little: action language and games |
| Action-word writing and missing letters | 27, 28 | Build, copy and complete familiar words using letter cards and adult models. | Hop a Little: action language and games · Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Initial sounds K–O | 29 | Listen to first sounds and identify corresponding written examples. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Play time and sound sorting | 30 | Follow a playful instruction in an accessible way and compare beginning sounds. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds · Parts of the Body: actions and routines |
| Letter writing Q–Z | 31 | Observe and copy Q–Z in capital/small forms, across short sessions. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Initial sounds P–T | 32 | Listen and group familiar examples by their beginning sound. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Play time: sound sorting and a mirror | 33 | Distinguish sounds; compare a paper letter with its mirror reflection in a guided extension. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Picture Talk: a family scene | 34, 35 | Describe a fictional or chosen caring household with evidence, acknowledging varied families. | Hop a Little: action language and games · My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns |
| My Family | 36 | Participate in the named source song; use family words, requests and shared actions. | My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns |
| The Sparrow Family | 37, 38, 39 | Listen/read, identify characters, retell events, support a response with a source clue and recognise family words. | My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns · The Sparrow Family: story-reading skills |
| Draw and describe a family | 40 | Draw a real or fictional caring group and explain chosen details without compulsory personal disclosure. | My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns |
| F/M sounds and family-word writing | 41, 42 | Sort adult-spoken /f/ and /m/ examples and copy selected family words from a model. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds · My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns |
| Picture talk: a bathroom | 43 | Name observed familiar objects and explain turning off water when it is no longer needed. | Hop a Little: action language and games · Parts of the Body: actions and routines |
| Letters and sounds U–Z | 44, 45 | Distinguish letter identity from different word sounds; include x inside box as an original /ks/ example. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds |
| Mixed letter forms and family puppets | 46 | Match mixed capital/small forms and create original paper puppets for a spoken exchange. | Alphabet song: names, forms and word sounds · My Family: relationships, helping and pronouns · Greetings: kind words and clear sentences |