Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Term 1 (April – September)प्रथम सत्र (अप्रैल – सितंबर)First half of every subject, with a unit test every month.
Alphabet and PhonicsGreetings and MyselfMy Family and FriendsNaming WordsAction Words
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Half-yearly examअर्धवार्षिक परीक्षाHalf-yearly test on the first-term chapters, with a report to parents.
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Term 2 (October – January)द्वितीय सत्र (अक्टूबर – जनवरी)Second half of every subject, with unit tests.
Describing Words and ColoursOne and Many, a and anRhymes and PoemsReading Short StoriesWriting Simple Sentences
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Revision & mock testsरिवीजन और मॉक टेस्टFull-syllabus revision, sample papers.
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Annual / board examवार्षिक / बोर्ड परीक्षाClass 1 annual exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 10 chapters · 39 topics
01Alphabet and Phonics
5 topics+
- Capital and small letters
- Alphabetical order
- Vowels and consonants
- Letter sounds and beginning sounds
- Missing letters
02Greetings and Myself
4 topics+
- Good morning, thank you, sorry, please
- Telling my name, age and class
- My body parts
- Simple classroom English
03My Family and Friends
4 topics+
- Family members and relations
- Talking about my friends
- Helping at home
- Picture talk
04Naming Words
3 topics+
- Names of people, places, animals and things
- Finding naming words in a sentence
- Fruits, vegetables and animals vocabulary
05Action Words
3 topics+
- Action words: run, jump, eat, sing, fly
- Using action words in sentences
- What can animals do?
06Describing Words and Colours
4 topics+
- Colours
- Big-small, tall-short and other opposites
- Describing a picture
- Shapes and sizes
07One and Many, a and an
4 topics+
- Adding -s to make many
- Adding -es (box - boxes)
- Using a before consonant sounds
- Using an before vowel sounds
08Rhymes and Poems
4 topics+
- Reciting textbook poems
- Rhyming words
- Word families (-at, -en, -ig)
- Actions with poems
09Reading Short Stories
4 topics+
- Reading aloud with expression
- Answering who, what, where
- Sequencing a story
- New words from the story
10Writing Simple Sentences
4 topics+
- Capital letter and full stop
- Arranging words to make a sentence
- Writing about a picture
- Writing 3-4 lines about myself
About this course
You will be able to
- Read and write all capital and small letters and say their sounds
- Read simple words and short sentences aloud
- Use greetings and talk about self, family and friends in simple English
- Identify naming words, action words and describing words in a sentence
- Use a / an and make plurals of simple words (cat - cats)
- Recite rhymes and answer simple questions on a short story
- Write simple sentences with a capital letter and a full stop
Who it is for
- Class 1 students of CBSE (NCERT Mridang) and UP Board schools
- Children who need extra support in reading and writing English
What you need
- Knows the English alphabet (pre-primary level)
- School textbook and a four-line / two-line notebook
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which books do you follow?
The NCERT Class 1 English book (Mridang) for CBSE and the UP Board English textbook, plus our phonics and grammar worksheets.
How often are tests held?
A short test every month and a term test, with the report shared with parents.
My child cannot read yet. Will this help?
Yes. We start with phonics and blending and move to words and sentences at the child's pace.
Is homework given?
Yes, short daily reading and writing practice of 10-15 minutes.
