Wendy’s Friends Learn to Sign the Arabic Alphabet (ALIF-YAA): Letters and Sounds

About the Book

Children will learn to read Arabic by signing the alphabet! It’s a new, innovative strategy to teach beginning reading skills! Signing the alphabet is a concrete, hands-on tool you can use to help your child achieve letter mastery. Children will adore the cute, animated characters in this picture book. The characters introduce the 28 letters and phenomes of the Arabic alphabet by signing the initial sounds in their names. ALIF is for Ahmed. YAA is for Yasmine. It’s colorful, engaging, and fun!

Wendy’s Friends Learn to Sign the Arabic Alphabet: ALIF-YAA (Letter Sounds) introduces the letters and sounds using Arabic Sign Language (ArSL) and incorporates signing; bodily-kinesthetic movement, and visual aids. It’s great for young learners or anyone who wants to learn how to read Arabic.
Unique features of the book include:

• Multicultural & diverse characters from all around the world
• Characters with special educational needs (SEN); attention deficit disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and Gifted & Talented
• Characters with disabilities; prosthetic limbs, hearing and vision impairment, Down syndrome
• Signing the alphabet requires movement; a bodily-kinesthetic learning style

• Color-coded alphabet chart helps visual learners identify and retain letters faster. All letters have a unique color. The color chart is used as a guide to help children identify Arabic letters that have similar shapes. There are 9 similar letter groups in Arabic. Similar letters are colored-coded in groups of two or three; “twin and triplet” letters. Children can learn the Arabic letters quickly as they identify characteristics of similar letter groups.

An instructional chart, entitled “HOW TO USE THIS BOOK,” is included to support parents, educators, or anyone who wants to teach a child how to read Arabic.
This introduction to the alphabet ensures your child will conquer the first step of learning to read, mastering the letters and phonemes, with confidence! The book is a “must-have for teaching your child to read Arabic!” It’s the foundation for all Arabic literacy programs. With WENDY’S FRIENDS, learning to read is in the palm of your hands!

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