Urdu reading is important. Reading is thinking. Sometimes children take no interest in reading. There are some reasons. When parents have no time for reading, their children take an interest in other activities.
Urdu Reading improvements – Quick ways:
Quick ways to improve reading of Urdu
1. Read to children often
2. Keep books around the house
3. Subscribe to Urdu magazines and newspaper
4. Label things in Urdu
5. Practice beginning sound of Urdu language
Remember the step of reading
- Decoding (understanding)
- Comprehension
● The ability to keep and continue
● Decoding (understanding) transfers a printed word into a sound.
Reading Urdu will help your child in two ways.
Read to gain interesting information.
Reading is important for knowledge. With knowledge, we discover new things.
Reading develops creativity
Reading develops the creative side of people. With phonics, we easily learn reading because spoken and written are the building blocks of life.
Sounds are very important for reading. Urdu alphabets easily learn Urdu reading. The Urdu language has 51 alphabets.
In the Urdu language, there are 36 soft voices and 15 heavy voices.
It is important that mud (آ) and ( ء) are not included in alphabets. They both are signs.
There are four vowels in the Urdu language. These vowels are ،(ا) (ے)،(ی)،(و)
The Urdu language has 32 consonants.
In Pre-year 1, there are 28 alphabets, introduced with small shapes.
Pre-year 2, 36 alphabets of the Urdu language are introduced.
Pre-year 3, heavy voices of Urdu alphabets are introduced through activities.
Here are some easy reading tricks to learn the Urdu language.
● Play word games.
● Reading stories books
● Using flashcards
● Play the feely bag game
Things to do in the home and classroom
1. Motivate children to read.
2. Make a habit of reading to children daily before going to sleep.
3. Keep a special corner of reading for children.
It is important that you do reading activities without stress. If a child gets tired, take a break. Book reading activity is fun. So it should be done in a positive way.