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When I began teaching the Arabic letters in their cursive form, I needed a way that my students could understand and relate to easily.
In lesson 2 of Qawaaida Nooraniyyah, it starts off with two to three joined-up letters. Some children are able to distinguish each letter effortlessly. Without any explicit instructions, they are able to connect clues from the shape of the letter and make a pretty accurate guess. Whilst other children need this lesson to be deconstructed even further.
Having a passion for the Arabic language and graphic design. I was motivated to design worksheets, (which I hope to turn into workbooks in the future inshallah) to teach children how to successfully decode letters within words.
I found that introducing the four forms; isolated, beginning, middle, end, of each letter to be quite effective. Instead of a combination of letters in no cohesive order like some traditional books. I began with similar group letters, like the 3 Big Belly Brothers Jeem, Haa and Khaa
