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Arabic · Preschool

Recognize Sounds and Letter Shapes

Children become 'dot detectives': they meet three Arabic letters that share one boat shape, ب، ت and ث, and tell them apart by their dots. They hear a key word for each letter (a duck, an apple, a fox), link first sounds to letters, and discover that Arabic starts on the right.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 25 minutes
  • Dot detective check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Recognise the letters ب، ت and ث by their dots: one dot below, two dots above, three dots above.
  • Hear the first sound of a familiar picture word and link it to ب، ت or ث (بَطَّةٌ duck, تُفَّاحَةٌ apple, ثَعْلَبٌ fox).
  • Show that Arabic is read starting on the right.

Lessons

  1. Dot detectives 3 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. Listen for the first sound 4 steps2 practiceabout 9 min
  3. Arabic starts on the right 3 steps1 practiceabout 8 min
  4. Dot detective check 5 questions at the end

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