Derech Binah: The Hebrew Primer Grade Level: 3-5

This best-selling primer has taught hundreds of thousands of children to read Hebrew! Special focus on:

• Visual Discrimination: Find the letter that doesn't belong. Connect the letters that are the same.
• Auditory Discrimination: Connect the letters that sound the same. Hebrew rhyming words.
• Print Writing: Each lesson includes a ruled machberet page for students to practice forming block print letters.
• Reading Games: Playful pages enliven the continuous drill work required for a firm reading foundation.
• Prayer Practice: Blessings, prayers, Hebrew songs, and the Four Questions. All presented in large, clear type.
• Speed Reading: A playfully competitive approach to encourage reading fluency.
• Words to Read and Understand: Students practice reading the alef bet with real Hebrew words, both modern and prayer.

Derech Binah introduces look-alike letters together, along with reading exercises to help discriminate between them. Depend on the primer that has already brought a generation of students to Hebrew literacy.