Raju's Farm

Raju's Farm is a Class 4 Environmental Studies chapter from Looking Around 1 for GSEB students. The chapter follows Raju and his farmer family as they prepare the field and grow an onion crop. It introduces children to farming, soil preparation, sowing seeds, caring for crops, removing weeds, and harvesting.
 

Students learn about the different stages of crop cultivation, from preparing and ploughing the soil to sowing seeds, caring for seedlings, removing weeds, harvesting onions, and taking the crop to the market. The chapter also introduces farming tools and their uses, the role of animals such as bullocks in ploughing, different ways of transporting crops, and the work shared by family members on the farm.
 

This chapter develops Observation Skills, Environmental Awareness, Critical Thinking, Classification Skills, Problem-Solving, Communication Skills, Cognitive Skills, and Social Awareness.