I am a persian mother of a 6 yr old girl in Montclair New Jersey.
I am looking to find an individual or a school in our area that teaches the persian reading and writing secularly. I am not sure this is the right spot to be asking about such services on your website but i am trying anyway.
I would appreciate a response.
Thanks
Guita Behbin
Lily Ayman replied:
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Dear Mrs. Behdin ,
Unfortunately I am not aware of any Persian schools in your area, but if you will put an add in one of your local Persian papers you may find individuals who will be able to teach your child.
I would advise you not to start teaching reading and writing to a six year old. I would wait till the child has mastered the reading and writing of English before starting learning reading and writing of Persian. Meanwhile you can engage in vocabulary building and advancing her comprehention of the Persian. Read Persian stories , teach her Persian songs, etc. All these activities will be very helpfull when she will start learning reading and writing.
Good luck,
lily Ayman
Lily Ayman replied:
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Dear Mrs.Behdin,
I forgot to mention that in choosing a teacher for your daughter, be sure that the person will be using Baghcheban method, otherwise the time and energy spent will go to waste. This method is the same that is currently used in the elementary schools in Iran.
With warm regards,
Lily Ayman
posted by Jeffrey Vernon on:
08/24/05
Persian Readers (first to fifth grade)
Dear Ms Ayman,
Thanks for the prompt reply. I was referring to the books described in English as 'Persian First grade reader', 'Persian Second grade reader..' and so on up to fifth grade. I beleive that they are published by the Iranian Ministry of Education, and they are available via IranBooks. I assumed, wrongly, that you had written all of them. Foreign learners of any language can quite rapidly reach the stage of knowing the grammar and a thousand words or so, without being ready to tackle a newspaper or short story. I am looking for materials that help to bridge the gap in Persian. The books you suggest might be a place to start (although the recordings are hard to find).
admin replied:
Dear Mr.Vernon,
Thank you for clarification. The readers published by the Ministry of Education are not targeted at foreign students of Persian language. They teach Persian speaking children how to read and write Persian.The textbooks that I have suggested previously are geared to the needs of the foreign students, who learn Persian as a second language.
Good luck,
Lily Ayman
posted by admin on:
10/18/02
How to teach Farsi to my child?
My name is Sherly Soleiman. I am 28 years old and have a one year old daughter. I want to read to her in Farsi, but have been unable to find any Board Books at the Iranian bookstores in LA and Orange County, California.
My baby tears the regular books and so I can't use those yet. Do you know where I can find board books in farsi??
Also, I would like to play tapes/CD's of persian nursery rhymes for her.
Unfortunately, I've forgotten many of the nursery rhymes I knew as a child...and reading from books, I can't get the melody right. Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Sherly Soleiman
admin replied:
Young mothers interest to teach her child Farsi
Dear Mrs. Soleiman,
It is so wonderful to hear from a young mother's interest to teach her baby Persian! Unfortunately I haven't seen any board books in Persian either, but you may ask your relatives and friends in Iran to look around for you. I have a feeling that, by now, these kind of books are developed in Iran. As for tapes and CDs of nursery rhymes, there are quite a few available. The one that I like best is the story of "Khale Souske". It is a modernized version of it, but it is quite nice. My 2year old granddaughter loved it. If you will get in touch with Iranbooks in Washington DC area they have a book called "Shadmane- Kudakane" which is a small compilation of Persian famous nursery rhymes. They may also have other tapes and CDs imported from Iran.
By the way, may I suggest to use the word "Persian" instead of "Farsi", when you are talking or writing English. 'Farsi is the Persian word for "persian",and as such should not be used in English.
I wish you all the best,
Lily Ayman
Here is the address of Iranbooks:6831Wisconsin
Ave.Bethesda,MD20815;or:wwwiranbook.com;Tel.301-986 0079
