ReadingAround theCurriculum

This pack gives you interesting classroom ideas

to use with Pattan's Pumpkin. For more

resources, visit www.chitrasoundar.com.

Geography

Pattan's Pumpkin is set in the Western Ghats - one of the oldestmountain ranges of the world. It is also a UNESCO heritage site.Find out more about its bio-diversityhere. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1342

What other mountain ranges arefamous? Tallest? Biggest? Oldest?

Pattan flees his valley to escapefrom the monsoon rains. Whatother wind and rain forms do weknow about? E.g: tornadoes,hurricanes etc.

India is the home to the tallest peak -Mount Everest. Can you discuss othermountain ranges - the oldest, the largest invarious continents?

What are the various termsrelated to mountains? Create a

collage of images for the listbelow.

buttecliff

downsdune

foothillshillock

hillknollmoorpeak

precipicetor

scarpwoldsvalley

Science

Plant a Pumpkin and watch it grow

How did the wind bring thepumpkin seeds to Pattan?

Discuss what else winds canbring?

What are the species ofanimals and birds found in the

Western Ghats? Can youcreate a chart?

Even today pumpkins growinto huge sizes. Find outwhich pumpkin won thefirst prize last year.

How do you grow bigsuper­sized vegetables?

creepers, shrubs, trees and such?

List types of plants...

Can you draw these?

English /ReadingComprehension / Literacy

Can you

find other

words

from the

title of

this

book?

Can you write down the animals you foundin this story and the name of their little

ones?

The word plantcan be used in

many ways.Can you findout from the

story?

Can you use bigger and tallerin 2 different sentences? Howhas the author used these

words?

Adjectives are describing words.Can you find the adjectives in this story?

Can you find the animal sounds in this story?

Maths

The story says, It rained formany days in the mountains.If there were 24 hours in aday - how many hours are in

3 days?

If each animal brought 2 ofits children, and there were5 different animals, howmany animals in all were

inside the pumpkin?

Here is a list of pumpkinvarieties and sizes. Can youarrange them by size and

weight on a chart?

http://www.harvesttotable.com/2009/05/pumpkin_varietie

s_best_bets_an/

According to UNESCO, Of the total 325 globallythreatened species in the Western Ghats, 129 are

classified as Vulnerable, 145 as Endangered and 51 asCritically Endangered. Can you draw a pie chart to

represent this?

According to UNESCO, of theamphibians found in the

Western Ghats,  up to 179species, 65% are endemic. Can

you calculate how manyspecies are endemic?