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Islamic Printables for Kids

  • Early Learning,  Literacy

    Arabic Alphabet Search [FREE printable]

    Assalamualaikum my lovely sisters, mothers, and teachers! Learning Arabic should be one of the priorities for ourselves and children. After all, it is the language of the Qur’an and the language that our prophet (salallahu alaihi wassalam) conveyed his message. Thus, it is one of the gateways to learning Islam…

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  • Early Learning,  Literacy

    6 ways to fill the Arabic Alphabet coloring pages [FREE printable]

    There are absolutely many fun ways we can introduce the Arabic Alphabet to children. One of them is by letting them fill the Arabic Alphabet colouring pages. Download these Arabic Alphabet pages from our free resource library! Multisensory fun Allowing them to explore a variety of materials to fill these…

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  • Literacy

    How to help your child speak articulately | Language Development

    Help your child speak articulately | Language development

    Have you ever come across children who can speak so well and articulately? I’m always amazed by those kids. Most of these children are not gifted. They are pretty much ordinary but they have one common factor. They are surrounded by adults who speak to them properly. It’s a simple…

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  • Literacy

    Begin teaching your child how to write without pencils.

    Teach your kids how to write | Pre-writing skills | Activity ideas for writing

    One of my lecturers who taught us early childhood said that giving very young children a pencil to write will not help them. In fact, it will be bad for them. I don’t know to what extent it is true, or whether it is supported by studies, but over time,…

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  • Literacy

    FREE resources to teach reading and phonics

    Free resources to teach reading and phonics

      There are many materials available to teach reading. While many paid programs and materials are good, there are also quality materials and resources offered for free. Insya’Allah I will keep on updating as I find more free resources. Here is a list that I have compiled for easy reference:…

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  • Literacy

    Helping children make sense of words and sentences | Comprehension

    Children learning how to read | Comprehension

      The main goal of teaching your kids reading is to ultimately help them understand the text. Good readers are better at making sense of what they read. According to Sadoski (2004), there are different levels of comprehension: Literal– direct meaning (e.g. the first little pig built a house of…

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  • Literacy

    How to help your child decode words when reading? | Phonics

    How to decode words when reading | Phonics| High-Frequency words | Sight Words

    Phonics is where real reading begins. This is the stage where your child will begin to decode the spellings of printed words and sound it out. Decoding words require your child to be able to have good: Alphabet Knowledge Phonological Awareness So, if you wonder why your child finds it…

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  • Literacy

    Why your child can’t blend words yet | Phonemic Awareness

    Blending words | Teaching kids how to read| Phonemic awareness

      “B-u-s. What word is that?” *Your child stares at you cluelessly.* Does this sound familiar? So your child knows most of the sounds in the alphabet and you’re ready to teach him to blend those sounds. But when you tried sounding out each letter for him to blend, he…

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  • Literacy

    8 Strategies for teaching children the alphabet| Alphabet Knowledge

    Strategies to teach the alphabet

    Have you ever wondered whether you should follow the advice of introducing your kids with letter sounds before letter names? Or why some reading programs don’t start teaching letters from the normal sequence of A to Z, instead they start with “s, a, t, p..”? Or whether you should introduce…

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  • Literacy

    Guide to teaching children reading

    how to teach children reading

    I’m sure by now you realize that there are a ton of information and so many reading programs to choose from. They all seem to be using various approach to teaching reading. This overwhelming amount of info can leave you a little clueless on where to start or which program…

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