Our Family Property
Primary 1 · Social and Religious Studies
Our Family Property
Lesson 5 of 5
10 min
Let's begin
Niyonzima and Keza got the same exercise book in January.
His is torn and grey and the pages are falling out.
Hers still has a paper cover on it and looks almost new.
Today you will learn how to make your things last.
Somebody worked hard to buy your book, your shoes and your uniform.
When a thing breaks, the family must pay again.
Caring for a thing is how a family keeps it.
Put a paper cover on your exercise book.
A covered book lasts all year. A torn one lasts a month.
Wash your uniform and hang it in the sun.
Fold it when it is dry. Do not sleep in it.
Knock the mud off outside the door.
Brush your shoes on Sunday evening, ready for Monday.
Finish playing, then put the ball back where it belongs.
Things left outside get rained on, stepped on and lost.
Close the tap while you soap your hands.
Switch off the light when you leave the room.
Wasted water and wasted electricity cost the family money.
Pull the weeds. Water the young plants.
The family garden is property too, and it feeds everyone.
Tip
Use it, then put it back
Say it every time you finish with something.
A thing that has a place never gets lost.
Say what you would do, then tap Show answer to check.
You have finished playing football at home.
Answer: put the ball back where it belongs. Things left out get lost or spoiled.
Your new exercise book has no cover.
Answer: cover it with paper. A covered book lasts the whole year.
You are soaping your hands and the tap is running.
Answer: close the tap while you soap. Wasted water costs the family money.
Your shoes are thick with red mud.
Answer: knock the mud off and brush them. Clean shoes last much longer.
You take off your uniform after school.
Answer: hang it up or fold it. Do not leave it on the floor.
What you learned today
Here are two short stories to read with a grown-up.
Mugabo ku isoko is written in Kinyarwanda. A boy goes to the market with his father and wants new clothes. Can they pay for them? It comes from African Storybook.
Hamisi's lucky day is the same story in English, from African Storybook.
Tomasi umucuruzi w'imineke is written in Kinyarwanda. Tomasi earns his money selling bananas at the market. It also comes from African Storybook.
Tom the banana seller is that same story in English.
Quick check
Match each thing to how you care for it.
Tap one on the left, then its partner on the right.
