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Pre Primary

Ans. B&F is based on ‘Easy to Difficult’ approach. At the pre-primary level, it is easier for children to trace letter ‘C’ due to the natural movement of their hands. Many other letters originate from this shape. By tracing letter ‘C’, children can learn to write many other letters, as well. B&F is based on ‘Easy to Difficult’ approach. At pre-primary level, it is easier for children to trace letter ‘C’ due to the natural movement of their hands. Many other letters originate from this shape. By tracing letter ‘C’, children can learn to write many other letters, as well.
Ans. It is difficult for children to learn the vowels; the vowels also have limited vocabulary. Children in Pre-Nursery and Nursery do not need to know the letter sequence because the main object of letter sequence or alphabetical order is for dictionary usage or filing.
Ans. It is better to focus on one type of letters at the beginning. That helps children learn better. Capital letters are only needed for special names or sentence writing. The children of playgroup (pre-year 1) do not write words or sentences. The Capitals are introduced at the end of the second year and then thoroughly in the 3rd when children are required to form sentences.
Ans. The main purpose of teaching phonics is to develop “Reading skills” among the children. Their learning will be limited if we confine them to meaningful words only. Therefore, to develop fluency and to give the child confidence in reading anything these meaningless or rarely used words are given.
Ans. English is not our “Native language.” Most of our children enter school without any prior knowledge of the English language. The main purpose of repeating the vocabulary is to make the child learn new and remember new words.
Ans. Word part and digraphs are introduced to children through “Simple Stories.”
Ans. Simple listening game “I Spy” is used for this purpose. In this game, the teacher says a rhyme with a sound of an object in it. Children try identifying the object. Children are introduced to the beginning sound first and then the word part.
Ans. Two sounds that joined together to give another sound is a digraph”, e.g., s and h put together to give the sound ‘sh,’ c and h put together to give the sound ‘ch’ etc. These sounds are called digraph such as “sh”.
Ans. It is the process of saying the individual sounds in a word and then reading them together to make a word. Whereas, word part is when a part of a word is introduced, e.g. ‘-at words or –it words. In word part method, two different letters are paired and then combined with a third letter (beginning sound) to make a three-letter word. For instance “a” and “t” are combined to make “at” then different letters are added to it to make different words e.g. C-at making cat; b-at making bat; f-at making fat etc. 
Ans. At Pre-1 level children are introduced to simple three-letter words. These words are not broken into spellings but shown and taught as a whole word along with their picture. For example, The word “cat” will be taught as “cat”, not as c-a-t.
Ans. At Pre-1 level phonic is taught thru photo memory, the three letter words are taught as whole words, no breaking up of words is required. 
At Pre-2, level phonic is taught but this time breaking up of words is done thru word part, the concept of beginning and word part is done. There is no writing of 3 letter words done at pre-2 level.
At Pre-3, level here children learn all the spellings and write to them as well. They also learn digraphs.
Ans. Pre-1, Phonic book is introduced at the time when the children do not have a command over the language. Photo memory helps children learn the pictures of 3–letter words easily and gives a great command of English phonetic words.
Ans. At Pre, I level phonic words are taught through sight reading the words are not broken but taught as whole words along with their pictures. These words are simple up three-letter words and are also called “Rhyming words.”
Ans. B&F phonics is a foundation for reading and writing. Children learn to recognize the sounds of 36 most commonly used word parts and digraphs. They also learn to make three-letter words by joining word parts to beginning sounds.
Ans. Phonics is the understanding of how letters sound individually and in combination with other letters to make proper words.
Ans. Readers are taught through Keywords. To make them prominent, all the news is given in red. Keywords are the words that are introduced for the first time in the book. These words are taught with the help of “Reading Cards.”  Word is words vocab.
Ans. No, it is not. It is a God gifted skill. With this method, children learn to identify anywhere in their environment.

Ans. These readers enrich children’s vocabulary. Their spoken English, as well as creative writing skills, develop tremendously. They start to produce sentences and paragraphs confidently and independently.

These readers prepare preschool students for class one syllabus Should we teach them spellings of the words they have learned through photo-memory? We do not use spellings while teaching a word through photo memory—the shown to children like a picture. Children see the picture and capture it.
Ans. It’s a gift of Allah, but only for small children! Photo memory is the ability to take a picture of an image and to store it in your memory as it is. That’s why its also called sight-reading. This ability is now used to help children read small books, long before they have learned the sound of individual letters.
Ans. “Readers are leaders.” To develop the love of reading in children EAST has used a series of readers at an early stage. The theme behind this idea is to give our child a sense of doing something successfully children start exploring new books as soon as they have a feeling that they can read independently. Readers are used to developing children’s reading skills and confidence which eventually leads to independence. Children will read these readers with the help of “Photo Memory.”
Ans. Math is a skill. Its all about understanding and manipulating the materials found in our environment. Math helps us understand the nature of things. Materials make mathematical learning practical and interesting. Through materials, children learn to apply math in everyday life.
Ans. The basic numbers are from 1 to 9 and 0. These numbers are used to make all the remaining numbers. A good understanding and application of these 10 numbers help in the further understanding of numerical. Understanding of these 10 numbers requires plenty of practice and awareness. That’s why the whole of pre-year one is spent practicing these 10 numbers with children.
Ans. These rhymes are practiced in two steps. First, while sitting in the classroom, where children move two fingers of their right hand in the air along with the words of the rhyme. Next, in the open as an activity for physical development where they use the same rhyme to stretch their body. They lock their thumbs and make a butterfly and then their whole body is involved in the movement. Watch the video in the video section of our website for a complete demonstration of this method. 
Ans. They learn all number spellings through “Letter Names” like “O-N-E…ONE”. This is done only after the child is 4 1⁄2 years old.
Ans. Collection of same things is called a “set”. Children need to understand the concept of sets before learning the tables and number value of numbers more than 9. Early understanding of sets also makes is easy to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Ans. Pattern tracing is a ‘Pre Writing Activity’. In Pre-year one book these tracings are given to develop children’s “Eye-hand co-ordination”, which eventually leads to fine motor skill, which means a story grip on pencil and a good hand control.
Ans. Shapes help children understand their environment. Children are learning about the environment they live in Right from birth. Understanding of shapes helps them comprehend their environment much better. Early understanding of shapes helps in the development of a stronger foundation for geometry and trigonometry.
Ans. While teaching alphabets in sequence, teachers or parents should teach the letter names with their sounds. For Example: “The name is “A,” and the sound is /a/. Also, sing ‘ABC Song” before teaching alphabets in sequence. 
Ans. This page has to be taught with the help of vocabulary that gives letter “X” sound at the end like in “fox” and “six.”
Ans. These small pictures are called “Icons.” These Icons are pictorial guides that are introduced to make a child independent and self-reliant. They are taught through photo memory method. They are a great help for teachers, as they make children independent learners.
Ans. This book is phonetically based, which means that all the alphabets are introduced phonetically. Since there are no words that begin with the letter ‘X”, therefore you will not see X introduced as a beginning sound in this series. Instead, this letter is introduced as an ending sound, e.g. box, ox, six, fix, etc.
Ans. Hollow shaped letters (with arrows) are introduced to make a child well aware of proper letter formation. Children will not color these hollow shapes, rather they will just trace within these letters 5 to 7 times. The teacher will sing the letter formation rhyme while children practice letter formation. The arrows guide the children where to go and the hollow shapes keep them within limits, which results in good letter formation. Can children at this level learn the difficult vocabulary like “Octopus” and “Ostrich” given in this book? At this age, children have excellent visual memory called, ‘Photo Memory’. With the help of this ability, they can learn any word, long or short. They can read the whole word, without spelling it. This early reading gives children a strong foundation, which develops confidence and independence.
Ans. “Phonics is a method in which letters are taught through their sounds, not their names.” This method helps children to learn language eectively with proper pronunciation and is excellent for learning spellings.
Ans. The new method of phonics is 100% activity-based, so there is no need to rote memorize anymore.
Ans. In growing age creativity appears day by day, colorless book gives the children option to express their thinking in the form of colors. And these books give them wider canvas.
Ans. 80% Urdu words have aadhi ashkaal. Urdu letters introduced in aadhi ashkal with sounds. When children listen the word again and again, they take an idea of their making in mind e.g, word pencil has all small letters but letter “laam” is in full form.
Ans. No it is not confusing because Urdu depend on aadhi ashkaal letters. Capital letter are introducing in English only for beginning of sentence but full form of Urdu letter is using at the end of letters, like aam, kitab etc.
Ans. These letters are used in Urdu just like vowels they bind the others, but as an initial sounds their vocabulary is not much.
Ans. In pre-year one we introduced the vocabulary with starting sounds of 26 letters. Child memorizes the vocabulary with the shape of letters. Then this recognition is useful for next classes for Urdu writing.
Ans. Bhari awaz writing introducing in pre-year 3 because this letter is a combination of 2 letters which make a sound, just like English digraphs. In pre 3 starts the child realize this sound and this activity develops blending of Urdu with one letter to another.

Primary

Ans. English is not the first language in Pakistan. Saturday off schools just has 160 to 170 academic days in the whole year. One chapter needs at least 11 days to require Language competencies.
Ans. Alhamdulillah, as we are saying International standards and National content. We need guidance from Islam in every aspect of our lives, so we added Islamic literature along with Classic and Modern literature. So, it’s a balanced book.
Ans. Children take a lot of interest in listening and reading stories. Stories are the oldest and the latest teaching method of the world. If we want to make our children a good reader, so we must need to write interesting crafts in the books. Easy and short sentences give our children confidence, and the technique attracts them to books.
Ans. This is the age of media children, loves characters like Spider man, Ben 10 and Dora, but we really don’t want to give them unreal cartoons approach instead of cartoons we mentioned real characters in the books.
Ans. No doubt, grammar is the backbone of language, but our child’s main weakness is vocabulary. We don’t want that children rote memorize the grammar, but they must understand the concept and use of that particular grammar topic, so we added various activities in the book. We don’t want that child to feel burdened, so age-appropriate grammar concepts are the part of each chapter.
Ans. This is Butterfly English series main objective that children learn 12 basic writing, crafts at the end of class five. In every chapter, we included a creative writing class wise, so children can start writing independently. They use their own thoughts and also express it. We want them to write independent instead of a reproduction of previous knowledge.
Ans. Yes, we have lesson plans for every chapter you can download from our website. Solved planners are protected with the password so you can contact EAST offices. 
Ans. Yes, all the books are with the complete yearly break up and assessment papers. Assessment papers are password protected.

Ans. Yes, we provide very effective and comprehensive teachers’ training.

Ans. There is tremendous demand for these books from all over the country. EAST is making its Islamiat books affordable for as many schools as possible. To make the Islamiat series affordable for as many schools as possible, EAST has printed it in a single color. The affordable price of these books has enabled many more children to benefit from these excellent books on Islam.
Ans. Islam is a beautiful way of life. We keep discovering its beauty all through our lives. Every day we find something more interesting about Islam. Knowing Islam is like going through a series of valleys and discovering a more pleasing view with every step. 
Similarly, Islam is a journey of a lifetime. We discover the beauty of this way of life by living it.
Ans. Quran is the ultimate source of guidance. It is revealed to show the right path to human beings of every age and region. Quran helps humans learn about Islam directly from Allah. There is no need to use our own lectures or ideas to bring people closer to Allah. Teach children how to understand the message of Quran directly. That will be the best way to educate them about Islam, the natural way. It’s the way selected by Allah’s Prophet to tell people about Islam. 
 
EAST syllabus is the explanation (Tafseer) of selected Surah’s of Quran. Each book explains one Surah in detail at children’s level. For example, class 4 book is the explanation of Surah Ala, and the class five book is the explanation of Surah Ala.
 
By understanding the message of a Surah, children learn to read and understand Quran independently. It makes them a lifelong student of Quran. That way they learn to understand Islam directly from its true source the Quran.
Ans. Almost two third of the Quran is in Story format. Why? Research shows that human beings learn from stories more effectively than the lecture method. That’s the reason all the divine books are mostly in story format. Children learn from stories more effectively as well. They are not very comfortable with the lectures. Therefore, the EAST Islam ka Safar uses this Divine method to educate the young mind. 
 
Following the pattern of Quran, these books use the story format to develop the indepth understanding of Islam.
Ans. Children love to associate with characters. You will notice that they love certain cartoon and movie characters. That’s a very important feature of children’s personality. This is the reason Quran uses the stories of only a few prophets to convey the divine message of Islam. 
 
Similarly, Islam ka Safar uses only two characters, Khizar as the guide and mentor, and Huzaifa as the learner, to educate children about Islam.
Ans. We all know that Allama Iqbal has explained the message of Quran through his poetry. EAST has taken help from the writings of Iqbal to elaborate the message of the Quran to children. 
Our research shows that Allama Iqbal has explained surah Ala in his famous book: The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Isam. He has described Surah Asar in his famous poem Masjid Qurtuba. Class 4 Islam ka Safar is based on the explanation of Surah Ala, which is done in light of the understanding of the Quran done by Allama Iqbal. Likewise, class five Islam ka Safar is based on the explanation of Surah Asar, which is based on the explanation of this Surah presented by Allama Iqbal.
Ans. This book is interesting for children. It is complete in its message. Too much lecture type information does not create any more interest. It does not motivate children to learn more about Islam. Whereas, Islam ka Safar is concise and to the point. It is age appropriate and easy to understand. Its unique style motivates children to learn more about this topic. There is no burden on children. They enjoy the material of this book thoroughly.
Ans. This book is developed to create a deep understanding of Islam. This is done through activities. There is no compulsion. No fear. No forcing of knowledge. The activities given at the end are sufficient to give children additional practice. There is no need to memorize the answers. The activities are sufficient to help children understand the message of the lesson through activity-based learning.
Ans. The Quran is the only divine message remaining in the world today. The most important purpose of Islamic education is to create the love of Quran in children. They should become a lifelong reader of Quran. They should learn to reflect on the message of this beautiful book. Islam ka Safar helps children.
 
Understand the format of Quran. It introduces children to the basic message of Quran. It also helps them, learn selected Hadith (the sayings of the Prophet). The selected vocabulary of Quran is also introduced in these books. This vocabulary helps them learn more than fifty percent of the Arabic words used in Holy Quran. 
 
In short, all the primary school education targets are achieved in this book.
Ans. All the lesson plans of all the chapters of this series are available online on the EAST website as well as in printed format. There are classroom visual aids to go with these books as well. 
Midterm and final assessments are also provided. Teachers are provided with yearly, weekly and daily breakups of this series.
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