Individual learning priority: Recognising print symbols and concepts and using them with

enjoyment, meaning and purpose.

Hiba, I have noticed your interest in Arabic alphabet as you often try to do the alphabet puzzle,
read the alphabet chart on the wall, enjoy involving yourself with alphabet song.
The other day I observed when you found the Arabic alphabet board. You sat at a table with it
and started to read the Arabic letters. You memorised the letters as you sing the alphabet song
everyday at mat time with your friends. Today you were reading it all by yourself, pointing each
letter saying the name of each letter.
I recognised your fascination and that you are interested and would love to learn.
Responding your interest I got the ‘Alphabet Apple Tree’ out. This is an amazing resource that
Teacher Suzan created for the children to learn Arabic letters. Each apple has a letter written on
it and there is another loose set of letters to match with each letter.
Hiba, you spent a long time concentrating and happily matching all the letters and saying the
name of the letter. If you didn’t recognise some letter you would ask “ Teacher, What’s this ?”.
Masha Allah Hiba, I am so pleased to observe your enthusiasm of learning Arabic alphabets.

As Muslims all our children need to learn

Quran, and as Kaiako it’s our responsibility to
teach them as early as possible. The minds of
young children are like sponges whatever we
teach them they will absorb very quickly. So
they need to learn Arabic alphabets and words
and memorise as much as possible and as early
as possible. As the first step to learn Quran is to
learn the letters first.

Our beloved prophet Mohammad (saws) said,

“The best amongst you is the one who learns
the Quran and teaches it”. Al Bukhari.
Written- by teacher Rosy
November, 2021.