Teachers and parents play a crucial role in initiating and creating continued interest in reading among young children. This page is useful for both teachers and parents, and helps them to facilitate this early reading process in the classroom and at home. It gives information and suggestions to promote early reading for all children, including children with special needs.
This reading series is an adapted version of the original Barkhaa Series and consists of 40 booklets across four levels and five themes. It is an attempt to provide material which has additional features incorporated to cater to the needs of all children in, inclusive settings. This print version has the text in both print and Braille. The Braille used is invisible and long lasting. In order to make the visuals accessible to all, salient features of the visuals in print are made tactile. The key visuals on each page are also made in high resolution to help focus on the important events of the story. A story introduction has been added in each booklet to arouse curiosity and motivate the children to read. Some of the other features are flash cards of difficult words as picture windows, green and red dot to indicate beginning and end of sentences, black border on all four sides to draw focus to the text and visual, arrows to go to the next page and appropriate thick sheets with page gradation to make it easy for children to turn pages. This adapted version aims at giving multi-sensory experiences to the readers. Barkhaa: A Reading Series for ‘All’ is also available in digital format.
Level 3 in the Series has two stories Mauseeke Mauze and Mere Jaisi under the theme‘Relationships’. Rama and Rani are the central characters of the theme. This theme is based on two sisters who are warm and affectionate and pay attention to the finest details of activities and actions in their surroundings. In this story Rani is comparing herself with her younger cousin sister Deepa after her aunt and mother mention that they look alike.
Teachers and parents can encourage children to read the story. Some exercises are suggested to help the child read with meaning and pleasure. In order to further ensure reading with comprehension, a list of key words and concepts from the story are also provided.