Description

The Bright Beginnings Workbook was developed over a thirteen year period in Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey and is designed for classroom use at the grade level when children are first introduced to chumash. In addition to its use in a school setting, this can also be utilized at home should parents wish to enrich the Hebrew skills of their children. We have also found it to be an effective tool for adults who have a limited background in Judaic studies, and even for yeshiva graduates who were taught chumash by rote in their childhood. 

The coloring and fonts of the words on the translation sheets are designed to draw the learner’s attention to accurately match the root word (shoresh), and the prefix/suffix to its respective meaning. 

There are three worksheets for each Pasuk, each designed to support the synchronized manner in which languages are taught:

Match the Shoresh – Helps the children learn and retain a growing list of shorashim.

Color the Prefix/Suffix – To develop an understanding of how the “lego pieces” of the Hebrew language click together to form more complex words.

Match the Word – Is the “ah-ha” moment when the learners apply the shoresh recognition of sheet #1 and the language skills of sheet #2 to recognize the actual words as they appear in the chumash. This third worksheet also serves to provide context to the individual words – a critical component in language acquisition.

Skill-Based Learning

This method is based on the concept that children are served best when they are first taught the basic structure of Lashon HaKodesh (Hebrew language). This colorful workbook introduces the learner to the meaning and usage of the most common shorashim (root words) and the shimushim (prefixes and suffixes) that are used to conjugate the root words. 

Author: Rabbi Yakov Horowitz and Rabbi Yosef B. Rawicki

Softcover