Book title : Phonics Kindergarten 2 Book K
Publisher : Muslim School Books
Author: Grandma Jeddah - Teacher over 35 years
Editor: Eric Ali - Principal Al Madinah School
The author, Grandma Jedda has been an educator at an Islamic School in Los Angeles for nearly 40 years. She specialized in teaching reading to kindergartners and first graders for over 20 years. With all of her rich experience and knowledge in reading programs, she combined these effective promoting reading success experiences and Islamic guidelines, and dedicated it into developing this brilliant TEXTBOOK.
Review of contents:
The book is a Phonic textbook for Kindergarten 2, which consists of sight words for practicing phonics for reading readiness, sound,cumulative review and writing. It is a 171- page book,well tailored to suit a Muslim early learner.
The author's objective was to develop a consumable Phonics textbook for Muslim early learners that does not only enhance their early learning reading development, but also help in developing relatable sight words that a Muslim child is deprived of from the conventional textbooks. Muslim learners can only find relatable ideas or scenarios in just only Islamic Studies textbooks, which ideally should not be.
One thing I loved and appreciate about the book is the author's usage of highly effective approach which helps my child in sounding out words phonetically, using an illustrative dialogue, as a mother of visual learner, it is a relief.
And as a Muslim, I try as much as possible to avoid certain images in my house. Getting a conventional textbook in this regards is not possible, but the author was able to produce a textbook that avoids images of people, animals, or offensive words that doesn't befit the Islamic way of life, rather they alternated these with images that reflect the Islamic identity of the learner, and this I commend.
"Mummy, look it says hijab" , "Look at hijab, look at masjid' I remember my son shouted out in amazement when he first started using this book. These he had not seen before in any of his practical books, except in the Islamic books. Seeing it gave a sense of connection as I, his mother uses it and he knows what it was.
"What is this?" he asked as he saw 'miswak', he learned a new word, and we took advantage of that to talk about miswak and why it is good. My enthusiastic learner always find his way to create a story, or a scenario with the sight words he sees in the Textbook.
The 'ed'(d)' sound on page 166 is so very well illustrated. Though not an Islamic textbook, but a Phonic Readiness Textbook,but the slide word (sight word) on page 112 gives an overview of the story of Prophet Yunus, and that is another beautiful thing about the book. Another, is the story of Bilal. I say Maa shaa Allaah, for the effort put into designing this Textbook.
I will recommend this book to every Muslim parents, or schools.
The illustration of the sound is unique and I give this book a 5 star. It is well tailored, and you will appreciate every content.
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