Write and Wipe Series — 4 Levels

Book details

Publisher

Arab Family Library

Author

Alaa Al-Shallah

Department

Children’s Books

Age group

Language

Arabic

Cover type

Paperback

Level one

Children learn each letter in its complete, isolated form. Instead of the traditional approach of pairing a letter with a word that begins with it, this level focuses on the whole letter rather than its position at the beginning of a word. Repeated writing of the coloured letter provides practice in writing and pronouncing it correctly.

Level two

Children learn how letters appear at the beginning, middle and end of words. The different forms of each target letter are highlighted in red for writing practice and recall, building in sequence on what was learned in part one.

Level three

Children learn to distinguish the short vowel sounds indicated by fathah, dammah and kasrah, and to compare them with the corresponding long vowel sounds written with alif, waw and ya. The long-vowel rule is introduced: an unvowelled alif, waw or ya follows a matching short vowel. The three forms of tanwin are also covered. Simple examples show that accusative tanwin is written on hamzah and ta marbutah without adding a tanwin alif. Children then learn sukun and shaddah.

Level four

After mastering letters, their forms, vowel marks and sounds, children practise breaking down and combining letters into the sound units that make up spoken words. Varied exercises connect and reinforce the language skills developed across the four parts. With an adult's guidance, children practise careful listening and correct pronunciation, using analysis and blending as a foundation for later reading and writing.