Arabic puzzle with Sana

Sana, on an early Tuesday morning you came into the centre and rushed
towards the Arabic puzzles we had out on the mat. We began to converse
about the Arabic puzzle as below,
Sana: What is this puzzle teacher?
Teacher: Its the Arabic alphabets Sana, they have 28 letters in the Arabic
alphabets. Do you want to have a go at the puzzle? I can teach you the
letters and the sounds of the letter.
Sana: Okay. Lets try this.
You then tipped the puzzle pieces on the table and started figuring out
where each one belongs. After many trial and errors, you notice that there
was a pattern on the puzzle. On every row of the puzzle set, there is a
different background colour. The background colours include light blue,
yellow green and orange. The Arabic letter card has its own colour which
helped with figuring out where it would be placed. We named and
sounded each Arabic letter and placed it on the mat together and
managed to complete the puzzle. I was so proud of you Sana, not only
was this challenging but you always developed a pattern and that made
the completion of the puzzle a lot of easier for you.
Sana, while you were busy playing with puzzles, you were
learning the different letters and the sounds to the letters. Not

Mahirah

May 2016

only did you manage to complete it, but you came up with your
own theory as to how to complete it, excellent job Sana.
Perhaps next time we could make a big floor puzzle to explore
different technics of playing with puzzles.

Mahirah

May 2016