Arabic Moveable Alphabet (Part Two)

Asalaam 'Alaikum:

Here are some additional ideas for using the Arabic Moveable Alphabet with your child - I am sure I will come up with more in the future.

1.  Scramble the letters up and have your child place them in alphabetical order on the floor.

2.  Put two letters together (missing a letter in between).  For example, put alif and ta down on the floor with a space between them - ask them what letter comes between the two letters.

3.  If you don't want to print out the fishing game that is on Yemenlinks - just use one set of the Arabic Moveable Alphabet.  Clip a paperclip to each letter and throw them into a box.  Attach a magnet to a string (you will need to find a magnet with a hole in it to attach the string) - you can probably find one in an office supply store - be creative!  If you want, attach the string to a stick or something else to work as a pole.  Have your child fish for the letters - when they pick one up - have them name the letter.  If they don't know their alphabet yet, just name the letter for them.  Over time, once they know the names of the letters, have them tell you the name.  If they don't remember, tell them the name of the letter and put that letter back in the box - see if they remember it next time.

4.  Place before your child three letters and ask them which letter comes first, second and third.

5.  When your child is older (and knows Arabic) you can pick out of a bag a letter.  Have your child write on a piece of paper words that they can think of that begin with that letter.  See how many words your child can come up with.

Asalaam 'Alaikum,

Sumayyah Umm Sadiqah wa Asma 

Arabic Letter Magnets

Asalaam' Alaikum:

I can't believe how many projects I started a long time ago and I'm now finally able to complete them, alhumdulilah.  Finally, a sense of accomplishment!  This is one of those projects I started a while ago, but didn't complete until now - Arabic Letter Magnets.

For directions and a free template for the letters, please click here (it is a .pdf document) or you can just browse the website http://www.yemenlinks.com/Arabic_Resources.htm.

The interesting thing is - I finished these magnets this weekend and I put them on a smaller size magnetic board that you can actually carry around with you (see picture).  Both of my daughters have been carrying this around all weekend - I am not exaggerating.  The youngest keeps pointing to the letters and asking me what they are and then she repeats after me.  The oldest keeps putting them in alphabetical order by asking me what comes after alif, and so on until she has them complete.  Then, she pushes them all off the board and starts again.  I am totally surprised at how interested the kids are in these magnets.

I guess it seems to be more of a toy than flashcards and the like - but I am still surprised.  This morning my oldest daughter was pretending she was my teacher and was trying to teach me the letter names by using the board!

 As I may have mentioned before (and other sisters are finding out by working on these projects) they can be a bit tedious - although this project seemed to go faster than the others.  The most rewarding part of making them is the satisfaction you feel when your children are actually learning from them.  The nice thing is that you can also set it aside and do it at a later time (for me, I think there was a span of a year in between, subhan'Allah - I'm going to have to work on my procrastination!)

Anyway, Insha'Allah your family will enjoy these as much as mine has.  Please let me know how it goes, insha'Allah.

Asalaam' Alaikum,

Sumayyah Umm Sadiqah wa Asma