Crafty Arabic !!

In order to make our learning arabic more fun and intresting. .we craft different things and Google them out what we say it in arabic!!

Now, Manha asked me often about different things that mama what we called this in arabic! It makes me glad because I want her  to create love of learning for arabic!

Zahra (flowers

Timsahun (crocodile)

Shams (sun),  Qusul matar  ( rainbow), Gheem (cloud), Timtir (rain)

Asad (lion)

Ltitle steps towards reading!

After a lots activities,  practices of recognizing upper  and lowercase letters and recognizing their sounds  (phonics)...we began practicing blending phonics and start reading three letter words!


For phonics sounds, we play a lot of guessing games...as in "which letter sounds like  ...." or guessing an object which beggining  sounds like. ..." Alhamdulillah now..she always guessed it!

For our blending phonics, we begin with progressive phonics stories. She likes it very much. .and practice them on white boards, with magnetic letters  and with our hand  made cvc cards!!

                    

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Also she practice sounds and letters worksheets!

I Spy!

"I spy with my little eyes something......"

Our all time favourite game..something that cheerup  her and boost her mood...a game which helps me to finish her meal!

Besides that, i am glad to see her intrests to solve the riddles... It not only  a good time paas activity..but it improves her vocabuary, cognition and observation!

I usually make her guess things around her..her favourite one is guessing the door..so she plays with me too..

"I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYES SOMETHING BIG, BROWN AND RECTANGLE" :)

The whole world is a classroom!

My girl made me realize that  learning is  fun and the whole world is a class room! It's not necessary to have classroom setting to learn or to gain knowledge!

Throughout she explore through play, activities and with her surrounding uptil now!

Now it feels good when she explors the world herself! Ponting and finding shapes and colors in her surrounding! Once she said to me that "mama...it's circle" while I was making roti! Or  identifying colors in traffic light or even relating objects on real life which are in her books!


It's worth being a parent!

Alphabets and Number recognition!!

MashAllah and Alhamduulillah!!
Through different daily  activities, Manha has learned and able to recognize well English alphabet letters, Arabic letters, Numbers 1 to 10!

Not yet able to recognize albhabet numbers but she loves to rhyme " wahid, isnain, salasa..."

Fun with Clay!

Matching letters!

Alphabet puzzle solving!

Colorful Bunties!!

On her "CHOCOOLATE" request, I gave her some colorful bunties!
And here we started our new activity -"Learning Colors!" It was fun learning colors with her! :)
Within two or three days.. she started recognizing and exploring colors!

Now she points me out colors on her books, toys etc.. Even we had this activity in cloth matket  :)

It reminds me of a chart of colors and shapes that I bought when she was only six months months old! She was extremely happy to see that and started pointing colors .."AAMI...BLUE, PINK...." 

Simple stuff, simple activities but kiddo huge response makes Mom feel out of the world!! :)

What is this?

I really just fell in love with her "What is this?" in a very cute accent!

As there is an increment in her vocabulary MashAllah, we did some activity!
I drew things on a paper or on her wipe and clean board and asked her to name it "What is this?" And she named them MashAllah!!

Now she loves to do this..she asked every other person available at home and asked them to draw and  asked us "What is this? and then she named it! :)

Children has innate ability to acquire knowledge, they are motivated, curious! MashAllah!

Homemade Flash Cards!!

After learning some through flash cards which i bought, i made some for her!!

tree, apple, fish, kaaba,orange, sun, star

i use formic sheet and card board and lamination sheets for coating!

MashAllah, now she spell names of all of them and sort out similar objects by herself!!

She is always very keen to learn through these cards!!  :) 

How little the task is..but it makes me feel accomplished by her great response Alhamdulillah!!

Fun with Flash Cards!!

When Manha was six month, I had an opportunity to visit International Book Fair 2013 at Expo Center, Karachi!! Yes, an opportunity because the next year i can't even imagine visiting book fair with  such a tenacious toddler!! :)

Well, Alhamdulillah, I bought so many books even  beyond preschool!!My hubby and my in laws were in shocked that what sort of books i was buying, as she was only six months..BUT, I was so excited to have them for my lil one!! 

Now finally the time has come, MashALLAH, she loves to learn through books, flash cards- her all time favorite!!She sit on her own and ask me "Aami" and her "Baba" to read to her ..or sometimes she pretend reading when we are reading something besides her!!

SubhanALLAH children observes and imitates!! Its never too early to give a book to a child!!

So, we started with some books and with few flash cards!

MashALLAH, she has learn and can identify things not only in flash cards but in real life interactions as well! Also she can pronounce them, which helps her to communicate with us!!

So far she has learnt following words:

Apple, Orange, Book, Cat, Dog, Fish, Star, Sun etc through flash cards!!

It's really fun using flash cards, as she is always curious that whats next card is about! No doubt, one has to be careful like puzzles in order to keep back a complete set of cards!! :)