Bubbles: NCERT Class 1 English Poem (Raindrops Chapter 4)

etmantra4 Feb 20206 min read

Almost every child has blown bubbles and chased them. This four-line poem turns that simple joy into English words, and its rhymes make it easy to learn by heart.

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From the NCERT English book Raindrops for Class 1, chapter 4. NCERT’s newer Class 1 book is Mridang, but many schools still teach Raindrops.

Watch: Bubbles

Play the video three or four times. The first time, just listen. Then point at the pictures, and from the third time, say the lines along with the video. Short, repeated listening is how CALP builds a child’s English.

What your child learns

Rhyming words: there and air, fun and one
Saying a short poem aloud with rhythm
Useful phrases: here and there, one by one
The action word blow

What the poem is about

The poem talks about bubbles floating here and there. It asks us to blow them up into the air.

The feeling is pure fun. The poem says that blowing bubbles, one after another, is a happy thing to do. Its rhyming pairs make it a good first poem to say aloud.

New words, with Hindi meanings

bubbles: small round balls of air inside soapy water (हिंदी: बुलबुले)
blow: to push air out of your mouth (हिंदी: फूँकना)
air: what is all around us; we breathe it (हिंदी: हवा)
fun: something that makes you happy when you do it (हिंदी: मज़ा)
here and there: in many places, this way and that way (हिंदी: इधर-उधर)
one by one: one after another (हिंदी: एक-एक करके)

Talk about it

Ask these aloud after reading or watching. Let your child answer in English if they can, or mix in their home language. Both help.

Where do the bubbles go in the poem?
How do we make bubbles go up?
Does the poem say blowing bubbles is fun or boring?
Have you ever blown bubbles? Where did you do it?

Answers for parents

They go here and there, and up into the air.
We blow them up into the air.
The poem says blowing bubbles is fun.
For example: Yes, I blew bubbles with soapy water in the park with my sister.

Grammar corner: Rhyming words

Rhyming words end with the same sound. In this poem, there rhymes with air, and fun rhymes with one. Rhymes make a poem easy to remember.

I see a bubble near my chair; now it floats up in the air.
My bubble is big, it is not small; it floats right over the wall.
Pop goes the bubble, shiny and round; it never comes down to the ground.

Practice at home

Spot the rhyme: which word rhymes with air? (hair, cup, sun)
Fill in the blank: I blow a big ___ with soapy water.
Say aloud: count pretend bubbles one by one, up to five.

Answers: 1. hair · 2. bubble · 3. One bubble, two bubbles, three bubbles, four bubbles, five bubbles.

Try this

Play pretend bubbles. Say the poem together and, on each line, pretend to blow a bubble with your mouth and your hands. Then let your child “pop” the pretend bubbles one by one while counting them aloud.

Tip for parents

Say “बुलबुले” and then “bubbles” while you pretend to blow them. Say each idea in Hindi first, like “बुलबुले इधर-उधर”, and then the English line. If your child mixes Hindi and English words, that is fine; clap for every try.

Questions parents ask

What is the poem Bubbles about?

It is a short, happy poem about blowing bubbles and watching them float here and there in the air, one by one.

Which words rhyme in the poem Bubbles?

There rhymes with air, and fun rhymes with one.

Which NCERT book has the poem Bubbles?

It is Chapter 4 of NCERT's older Raindrops book for Class 1. The newer NCERT English books are Mridang for Class 1–2 and Santoor for Class 3–5.

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