Shadow Story (Togalu)

NCERT Joyful Mathematics for Class 2, Chapter 4 tells a shadow story through Togalu puppetry from Karnataka. Children shine a lamp behind cutout puppets, watch shadows grow and shrink, and notice how shapes flip and mirror on the screen. They trace outlines, fold paper to find matching halves, and continue shape and number sequences from the play. Making puppets with symmetric patterns shows how one half predicts the other. It blends art with observation while building early ideas of shadows, symmetry and repeating patterns.

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