I understood just what the researchers meant as I tried to teach myself the alefbet. After grouping together visually similar letters, I quickly realized I needed a way to jog my memory. So I imagined stories to teach myself. For each grouping, I created a story to teach differences among visually similar letters and reinforce sounds.
Then I just kept reminding myself of the stories as I looked at the letters. And in a short time, I remembered them all.
You and your children have an advantage I didn’t have. You can just read Storybook Hebrew’s whimsical stories until the letters become as familiar as family. And now there is also a one letter at a time story in Storybook Hebrew Coloring Book 1 to introduce all the letters individually.
Sounds Good!
These alefbet are characters, and they’re definitely not saints. But always they have something useful to say if you listen closely and talk about their words. And they say it in a way that reinforces a beginning reader's phonemic awareness -- the ability to identify and sequence the individual sounds in words.
The letters not only get us to pay attention to sounds, but also to doing and being good. Help others. Be kind. Count your blessings. Appreciate your home. Keep promises. And maybe you shouldn't call your brother names even if he deserves it.
Share these stories with someone you love, and watch the alefbet and phonics become more alive and fun than you ever thought they could be .
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Look at me!
I learned the Hebrew alphabet from Storybook Hebrew stories lightening fast.
What researchers say about learning Hebrew
The visual uniformity of Hebrew letters is challenging for the beginning reader who must pay close attention to every visual clue to correctly identify words similar in length as well as shape.
