CALP blog
Short guides for parents and teachers: how to use CALP videos, build a daily routine and plan the year.
The Tailor and His Friend: NCERT Class 1 Story (Marigold Unit 10)
Kaloo the tailor plays a mean trick on his friend Appu the elephant, and Appu pays him back. A story about friendship, with meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Merry-Go-Round: NCERT Class 1 English Poem (Marigold Unit 5)
Merry-Go-Round is a Marigold Class 1 poem about riding a big brown horse round and round, up and down. The post has word meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Circle: NCERT Class 1 English Story (Marigold Unit 5)
Circle is a Marigold Class 1 story in which Mohini and her grandmother turn simple circles into balls, balloons and more. With meanings, questions and answers, and easy practice.
Run!: NCERT Class 4 English Poem (Marigold Unit 3)
A bouncy poem that invites children to run out of the city into the sun, the rain and the countryside. With word meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Three Little Pigs: NCERT Class 1 English Story (Marigold Unit 1)
Three Little Pigs is a Marigold Class 1 story about Sonu, Monu, Gonu and a big bad wolf who blows houses down. This post has word meanings, questions with answers and practice.
How to start teaching your child English at home
You don’t need good English to help your child learn it. A daily routine, stories, songs and games are enough to begin.
Play it again: why children should hear a chapter three or four times
Repetition is the simplest tool a language learner has. How teachers and parents can use it with short CALP videos.
How CALP teaches: follow the book, listen first
Why CALP follows the NCERT textbook line by line, and why every chapter starts with a Listen video.
A year’s lesson plan for NCERT English Class 1 (Marigold and Raindrops)
How to finish both Class 1 books in about nine months: one Raindrops chapter a week and one Marigold unit every two weeks, with a video for each.
Shapes: NCERT Class 1 English Story (Raindrops Chapter 11)
Binny and Ginny find round, oval, square, circle and triangle shapes at lunch and in the park. Inside: meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Cats: NCERT Class 1 English Poem (Raindrops Chapter 12)
Cats is a short, funny poem about how cats can sleep anywhere: on a table, a chair, in a drawer or in a shoe. This post has word meanings, questions with answers and practice.
Clap, Clap, Clap: NCERT Class 1 English Poem (Raindrops Chapter 1)
Clap, Clap, Clap is a short action rhyme where children clap, tap, hop, jump and run. This post has word meanings, questions with answers and practice.