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GRADE R – BOOK 1
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TERM 1
ISBN 978-1-920458-05-8

ISBN 978-1-4315-0689-7
THIS BOOK MAY NOT BE SOLD.

14th Edition
q r s t u Book
v w x y z 1
Term 1
 Mrs Angie Motshekga, Dr Reginah Mhaule,
Minister of Deputy Minister of
Basic Education Basic Education
These Reception year (Grade R) Rainbow Workbooks form part of the Department
of Basic Education’s strategy to boost South African children’s school performance.
Research shows that for every year that children are exposed to stimulating activities
before Grade 1, they perform better academically in later years – throughout their
primary and secondary schooling. Hence this strong focus on learning in Grade R.
The Foundation Phase curriculum requires that Grade R learners are given the
opportunity to develop their pre-reading, pre-writing and pre-mathematics skills and
outlines the skills they will need to get a solid educational foundation so that they find
it easier to learn in Grade 1 and beyond.
The Grade R workbooks therefore aim to assist children in developing these skills and
the key initial concepts they need to lay a solid foundation for learning. They are packed
with opportunities for children to develop and practise the skills that will prepare them
for formal schooling.
Before children formally learn to read they need to find out how to hold a book
and turn its pages, and to understand how books work. They need to understand the
relationship between the words and pictures in a book and to realise that words on
a page are made up of sounds and have meaning. Similarly, before children learn to
write, they need to develop their fine motor coordination, to practise the formation of
shapes and then to move on to forming letters. These are precisely the skills that these
workbooks aim to develop.
We know that all children do not learn at the same pace the Grade R workbooks make
it possible for teachers to work at the learner’s individual pace and, where necessary,
to go backwards and forwards in the book, in line with each child’s unique development.
The activities will also assist teachers in identifying barriers that children may have in
learning so that these can be addressed before the child starts formal schooling.
The workbooks integrate the teaching of literacy, numeracy and life skills across 20
themes using fun and engaging ways to capture young learners’ interest and attention.
We hope that your learners will enjoy working through the workbook activities as they
grow and learn, and that you, as their teacher, will share in their pleasure.

Published by the Department

Published of
byBasic
the Department
222 Struben Street 222 Struben Street
Education of Basic Education
ISBN 978-1-4315-0689-7
978-1-920458-05-8
Pretoria Pretoria The Department of Basic Education has made every effort to trace copyright holders but if any have been
South Africa South Africa inadvertently overlooked the Department will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first
opportunity.
© Department of Basic
© Department
Education of Basic Education
Fourteenth edition 2024
First published in 2011 This book may not be sold.
 Grade R INTEGRATED
• Home Language
• Mathematics
• Life Skills

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1 About Me...................................................................... 2

2 My body......................................................................... 12
3 My classroom............................................................... 24

4 Healthy living............................................................... 32

ENGLISH
5 Friends............................................................................ 42

Book
1
Term 1
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 1 About Me
Term 1 – Week 1–5

Trace and colour.

girl.
I am a

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 boy.
I am a

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 1.1

Draw a picture of yourself.

Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 1.2

How old are you?

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Paste the correct stickers and trace the path with your finger and then with a crayon.

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1.3

6
Term 1 – Week 1–5
 1.4
Tick  the box to show.

The colo ur of my e ye s

The colour of my h ai r

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 1.5

Draw your face.

Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 1.6

Talk about the pictures and say what you like to do.

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 1.7

Let’s match.
Term 1 – Week 1–5

10

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 1.8
Circle the boxes that have only 1 object and trace 1.

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l l l
x x

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x
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 2 My body
Term 1 – Week 1–5

Let’s discuss and paste the missing parts.

12

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 2.1

Match, trace, and colour.

Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 2.2

Let’s fold.

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Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 2.3

Cut and paste correctly.

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Term 1 – Week 1–5

18

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 2.4
Trace your left/ right hand.

Do your fingerprints.

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 2.5

Sequence the activities done in the morning.

Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 2.6
Circle the odd one in each row.

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 2.7

Which face matches the first in each row?

Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 2.8

Repeat the pattern.

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 3 My classroom
Term 1 – Week 1–5

Discuss the picture.

24

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 3.1
Trace the strings, tick  the longest and circle the shortest.
Term 1 – Week 1–5

26

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 3.2
Circle the boxes with two objects only. Trace number 2.

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x x

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x

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 3.3

Colour 2 objects in each row.

Term 1 – Week 1–5

28

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 3.4
Talk about daily routine at school.

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 3.5

Paste the items in your school bag.

Term 1 – Week 1–5

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 3.6
Paste the correct stickers and trace the path with your finger and
then with a crayon.

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 4 Healthy living
Term 1 – Week 6–10

Discuss the picture.

32

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 4.1
Match and trace the path for each activity.
Term 1 – Week 6–10

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 4.2
Trace and colour the tube of tooth paste and toothbrush.

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 4.3
Circle the boxes that have 3 objects only. Trace number 3.
Term 1 – Week 6–10

x x x

36

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 4.4

Cut on the broken lines and build your puzzle.

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 38

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 4.5

Cut on the broken lines, sequence the pictures.

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1 3 2
2 1 3

40

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 4.6

Count, paste the stickers. Trace the numbers.

l2
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x x

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x

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 5 Friends
Term 1 – Week 6–10

Discuss the picture and paste the stickers correctly.

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 5.1
Circle the identical item as in the first box.
Term 1 – Week 6–10

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 5.2
Spot the differences in the bottom picture.

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 5.3
Match and trace the item to the correct child.
Term 1 – Week 6–10

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 5.4

Discuss, colour, paste the stickers and count.

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 5.5
Circle all the summer pictures.
Term 1 – Week 6–10

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 5.6

Discuss the picture and paste the stickers.

hot

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 5.7

Discuss the picture and paste the stickers.

Term 1 – Week 6–10

cold

50

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 5.8

Cut and paste the arrows to help the friends reach the jungle gym.

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 Cut outs 5 4 3 2 1

FOLD

5 4 3 2 1
1 Sam
2 3 4 5
5 4 3 2 1
1 2 3 4 5
FOLD
Finger puppets:
FOLD
FOLD
Choose 1 animal and write the first letter of
1 2 3 4 5 3
your name on its t-shirt. Then write the first
2 3 4 5
5 4 2

1
1
letters of 4 of your friends' names on the
GL UE
HE RE
others.
1 2 3 4 5

2 3 4 5 1 24 35 4 5
1 2 3 5
Picture dominoes:
11 324 Cut out the cards on the black dotted lines
1 2 2 3 and then match the numbers to the correct
3 4 pictures.
4 5
5

Memory Game:
Shuffle the cards and pack them out face down on the table.
Then, turn 2 cards at a time and see if they match. If they do, put
them aside. If they don’t put them back. See if you can remember
where you put them. The first one to find all the matching pairs is
the winner. You can also play snap with these cards.

Toilet roll animals:

Find some empty toilet rolls. Cut out the rectangles and then
glue the large rectangular pieces around the toilet rolls to cover
the tubes. Now cut out the heads and stick it on the rolls at the top.
Use the animal stickers and paste the faces on the heads as you like
it. Paste the arms, legs and tail of each animal on the rolls. You can
also draw and make your own animals.

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 .
Make some zig zag books.
Cut on the solid lines and
fold on the dotted lines.

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Numbers
2
4
5 3
7 6 one two three

Pets

dog cat fish

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 lizard

four
bird

five
hamster

six
rabbit

seven

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 MY CUT OUTS
Let’s do. Cut the page off on the dotted line at the top and then glue
the page to the back cover to make a pocket. Keep your cut
outs here so that they don't get lost.

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GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE

GLUE HERE GLUE HERE

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 5 4 3 2 1
FOLD
5 4 3 2 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
aa b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zz
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
aa b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zz
GLUE HERE

GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE

GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE

GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE

GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE

GLUE HERE
1 2 3 4 5
GLUE HEAD
HERE

TEDDY BEAR

GLUE HERE GLUE HERE GLUE HERE

RABBIT

GLUE HEAD
HERE
GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE
GLUE HERE
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STICKERS
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NOSES & MOUTHS TAILS

EYES

FACES

ARMS

TAILS

EYES

FACES

RABBIT
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