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A life-long fan of glue, scissors, tape, pipe cleaners, pompoms, googly eyes, playdough, and the like, I try to include these materials in my work as much as time and student behavior allow. These other modalities help reinforce the names and shapes of the letters for students who are learning to read Hebrew.
Playdough/פְּלַסְטֵלִינָה
Playdough/פְּלַסְטֵלִינָה
Playdough is a great way to learn new letters and practice old ones. It also helps students differentiate between similar-looking letters, like ם and ס. By creating them with their hands, they can see how the two letters are similar and how they are different.
They can also use playdough to write sounds/syllables and words. By changing the order of the letters or the vowels under them, they can see how one word can turn into another.
Learning ה with playdough.
Learning ה with playdough.
Learning ה with playdough.
Learning ה with playdough.
Learning ה with playdough.
One student opted to write אבא after she'd finished making her ה.
One student opted to write her name, אהובה, after she'd finished making her ה.
One student opted to write her name, זוהר, after she'd finished making her ה.
ם and ס made out of playdough.
ם and ס made out of playdough.
Wikki Stix
Wikki Stix
Wikki Stix are another great way to differentiate between similar-looking or sounding letters. In this case, I provided a template and students traced the letters with Wikki Stix to write כ ,כּ, and ך.
כ ,כּ, and ך with chiriks under the כs.
כ ,כּ, and ך with vowels under the ךs.
כ ,כּ, and ך with chiriks under a כּ and a כ. This student decided to make two extra כּs in the blank space on the page.
כ ,כּ, and ך. This student decided to write some other letters, some of which appear in her name, in the blank space on the page.
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