Find out the odd one

Each card for this exercise is half the size of A 4  paper and laminated. I used books from different Nepali publications. Except for one odd picture, the rest starts with the letter on the top, 

Teaching Nepali adding vowel sign aa

Adding vowel sign  aa to the consonant to make a new word or sound was easy and fun.  The cards with the vowel signs are 5.5 by 4.5 inches. Children put different letters on the vowel sign card and said the new word. They enjoyed reading from the word wall too.


                 Letter ch on the left, vowel sign -aa in the middle and new letter cha on the right

This course is for the LKG. Few guessed the words in the word list by just looking at the picture. The picture is used as hint to help read the words from the list. The words in the list rhymes with the picture.
                            
                                                                      Word list
                                             

This was our repetition class and children are perfect in reading. They read the story
न त मम  न त बारा by Mela books a perfect book for beginners.

Matching cards in Nepali

I made these matching cards for L KG during Dashain holidays and introduced them on the very first day after Dashain. It was a kind of revision without writing where even older children were confused. I wanted them to exercise like below where picture cards are displayed on the extreme left and two word cards on the right simultaneously.Then they remove the incorrect card. But older children did their way because like always they took it for matching picture cards to the corresponding words cards. Anyway what matters ultimately is that they remember the correct spelling.

U KG busy matching their way

I  advised L KG teachers to start with few cards and slowly increase the number. She  mixed up few cards but from two different sets. The cards are neither too small nor too big. They are 2 by 1 inches, thick and covered with cello tape. I prefer thick cello tape coated cards over laminated ones as picking up is easier. The pictures are from old but same coursebook which children are following. I want them to be familiar with the pictures and words. Usually teachers spend too much time writing in copies and less time dealing with individual child. I feel this should help teachers from writing endlessly.
There are as many as 12 and 15 in two different sets.
I am glad teachers found old cocoa powder tin and eraser box to hold different cards.

Nepali for Lower Kindergarten

     

This year we have slowed down the L KG course a bit as we have few children who are regular but not quite interested in writing. They enjoy afternoon classes when they engage themselves in practical work. I too prefer them to do their writings in the mornings when they are fresh and active. Written work is a must for preschoolers in Nepal. Besides recognizing letters we make sure they write beautifully and clearly. So this is a kind of pressure for few who do not like to write. I wish I didn't have to force them write but ............

Anyway these teaching materials should help children recognize difficult Nepali words. It can be used in different ways like placing picture card first and then matching word card or the other way. They can also group the cards like below.

Matching picture cards with word cards

I made few pocket charts with removable cards that rhyme and children find it easy to read. The pocket charts are little above their height.

Pocket chart

Word wall with pocket chart

The white and yellow are three letter word cards without any picture. Children can match the cards by themselves or the teachers can ask them to find and match. Hope children enjoy learning.

Matching white and yellow cards.

Nepali for L KG and U KG

Once the children are familiar with Nepali alphabets we have many exercises for further practice. This is usually for the children of L KG and U KG. I chose contrasting colors for word list cards and laminated them. The word list cards are 8 by 6 inches.

word  list cards

Different word list cards

word cards in pocket chart

 loose word cards and picture sheet-before matching

 loose word cards and picture sheet-after matching

Children enjoy Nepali lotto game. The picture cards are 8 by 6 inches and word cards are 2 by 1.5 inches. The picture cards and word cards are pasted on thick cardboard and covered with wide cello tape as I often do. The game is played under teacher’s supervision as children need to read correctly and place the word card on the correct picture. Each picture card  has  few different pictures. They are now familiar with the rules.  I have cut pictures mostly from Nepali book published by Pustak Prakashan Griha Pvt Ltd.  

loose word cards

loose word cards and picture cards

word cards are piled upside down

Placing correct word card on  the corresponding picture

Lotto game cards in clear bags

Children  played these lotto games during summer and now they are surprisingly fluent in reading. Teachers make every effort  in guiding these small group of children who are very moody and pampered. They love to show off their talent and call me every now and then to hear them read. My comments and gestures mean a lot to them.

Little more than alphabets-Teaching Nepali

I made few materials for practice. I used  construction paper and pasted on thick cardboard.  Wide cello tape was used to cover the cards except the round shaped ones. I think children found it easy to pick up than the laminated ones.

1. Two letter picture card with matching word card.
     Picture cards have name written on it so the child can see and put the corresponding word card under it.

 Two letter picture card with matching word card

2.  Loose alphabet cards to match with the corresponding objects.
     A child has to think of the right alphabets to put beside the object.

Object and loose alphabet  card

3. Word cards with loose alphabet card
   Loose alphabet cards are used to match the small sized three letter word cards.

Three letter word card with loose alphabet card

4.Three letter picture card with loose alphabet cards.
    The picture cards have name written on it so the child can find the alphabet for it.
 

Three letter picture card with loose alphabet card

5. Three letter word card with corresponding picture card
     The picture card has no name written on it. At first I give only six but later few more were added.

Three letter word card and picture card

6. Loose picture cards to match words on sheet
   Words cards are pasted on a single sheet.

Picture cards to match words

Teaching Nepali Alphabets to beginners -Nursery

Nursery are the beginners who learn to read and write. I use sandpaper alphabet cards to teach Nepali . Children sing along while tracing the alphabets. Besides the small sized alphabet cards I use the large sandpaper alphabets pasted on the walls. I am careful not to use very rough sandpaper sheets. Tracing and singing goes well before writing.

Left handed child  tracing-  Kha

Reading from the wall

Large sized alphabets pasted on the wall at a child's eye level

Tracing large sandpaper alphabets

  Alphabet puzzle

                                                                     

Matching alphabet  with picture cards

 Writing the alphabet -Bha on worksheet