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Ji Alef-Bet: A Curriculum for Teaching Hebrew Reading

Ji Alef-Bet, produced in partnership with the Michael Goulston Educational Foundation, is a developing full curriculum to teach young children how to read Hebrew.
We have developed 4 of the series so far – watch out for the next additions!

Stage 1

Hebrew Letters

Stage 1a

Mish Mash Letters

Stage 2

Simple Stories

Stage 3

Prefixes & Suffixes

Goal

Learn Hebrew letters and simple words

Differentiate commonly confused letters

Initial reading exercises in Hebrew

Learn about a shoresh, prefixes and suffixes

Grade/Year

Preschool/Reception

Preschool/Reception

1

2

Number of Hebrew words

170

27

154

58

Number of Units

24

6

22

11

Course links

  • Stage 1:American accent
  • Stage 2: British accent
  • Stage 1a: Mish Mash Letters
  • Stage 2: English instructions
  • Stage 2: Ivrit B’Ivrit
    (Hebrew instructions)
  • Stage 3: Prefixes and Suffixes

Description

In Stage 1, each letter starts with an animation of the current letter interacting with Kivi, our guide through the series. Where possible, we have integrated an activity within the animation, where the learner can interact with the letter. The lesson then has puzzles, reading exercises and a section to learn Hebrew words with that letter. By the end of the series, children could learn up to 170 new Hebrew words!

This Mish Mash series is designed as a remedial course to help students who confuse the similarly-shaped letters in the Hebrew alphabet. The stories emphasize the differences between the letters, and the exercises that follow the story provide practice in recognizing and discriminating between the commonly confused letters.

In Stage 2, we begin with initial reading exercises in Hebrew. We have produced a story on each letter, trying to incorporate many Hebrew words with that target letter. The animations are in simple Hebrew, and the child progresses from watching animations to reading the story independently from a virtual book. Much care was taken in the design of the book to give the child the feeling of a Hebrew book, reading from right to left.

In Stage 3, we introduce the concept of the shoresh (using the root גדל), God’s name and the Hebrew word for God, prefixes ה, ו, ב, כ, ל, מ  and suffixes י.,ךְ, ךָ . For reading practice, children read selected prayers and texts from the Tanach. We visually divide syllables to help with the reading, use images to reinforce the understanding of words, and give the full English translations and ‘karaoke’ songs.

Printables

  • Educator Guide (USA)
  • Educator Guide (UK)
  • Flash cards
  • Coloring in: Letter outlines
  • Certificate of completion
  • Educator Guide 
  • Flash cards
  • Educator Guide 
  • Flash cards
  • Educator Guide
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More on Stage 1a
More on Stage 2
More on Stage 3

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