Chapter 12 — Little Drops of Water

Chapter 12 of the Class 2 English NCERT textbook (Mridang), "Little Drops of Water", teaches children that small things — tiny drops of water, little grains of sand, and small acts of kindness — together create something mighty and beautiful.

• The Poem: Little Drops of Water — The poem tells children that little drops of water and little grains of sand together make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. Small words of love and little acts of kindness spread smiles and happiness.
• New Words and Vocabulary — The chapter introduces key new words: mighty, pleasant, kindness, peaceful, and ocean. Children practise these words by reading and using them in context.
• Speaking Activities About Water — Children are asked to say all the words that come to mind when they think of 'water' and then discuss the many ways we use water every day. This builds spoken English and everyday vocabulary.
• Listening and Writing Activities — Children listen to simple instructions and colour pictures of birds, leaves, and plants. In the writing section, they match phrases from the poem, circle liquids that can be measured in 'drops', fill in blanks with words like bag, cup, and tube, and rearrange jumbled words into proper sentences with a capital letter and a full stop.
• Project: Feeling Grainy Things — Children touch kitchen items like salt, sugar, rice, flour, wheat, oil, and banana at home to notice which ones feel 'grainy', then bring one example to class. This hands-on project connects the poem's idea of 'grains of sand' to real-world textures.

1. 01The poem says little drops of water and grains of sand make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
2. 02Small words of love, acts of kindness, and deeds of warmth spread smiles and happiness.
3. 03New vocabulary in this chapter includes: mighty, pleasant, kindness, peaceful, and ocean.
4. 04Children learn that 'drops of' is used with liquids such as water, milk, juice, and oil — not with solids like bread or rice.
5. 05A writing exercise teaches children to use container words: a cup of milk, a slice of bread, a tube of toothpaste, a bag of pencils, a box of clothes.
6. 06Children practise rearranging jumbled words into correct sentences starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
7. 07A take-home project asks children to touch kitchen items and choose one that feels 'grainy' to bring to class.