Itqan Series for Teaching Arabic Textbook (with Audio CD): Level 1

This book consists of 20 lessons, has 88 pages, measures 21x28 cm, and is printed in four colors.

A glossary at the end of the book is arranged in order of the units and presents words in both Arabic and English, to make it easy for students, teachers, and parents to find exactly what they are looking for and to aid in comprehension.

Lessons focus on the Arabic alphabet, vocabulary, and structures. Narrative texts, descriptive texts, and short dialogues teach students the Arabic language in an interesting environment.

The Arabic letters are ordered with the easiest and most interesting ones first so that students can learn them easily.
 
The different shapes of the letters are presented clearly, since this book doesn't use two shapes for each letter (as was done in kindergarten). It is important for students to learn to distinguish the shapes at this stage.

The twenty lessons of this book present subjects such as:

• My Family (the role of every member in a family, responsibilities, respect and cooperation)
• My House's Furniture (parts of a house, names of the rooms, sharing, cleaning, organizing, electrical appliances, maintenance)
• My School's Location (directions, locating an address, street names, districts, means of transportation, follow instructions, paying careful attention)
• The Weather (the four seasons, plants, animals, temperatures, different environments, the relationship between seasons and clothes, kind of foods, giving thanks to Allah for all of his blessings)
• My City (means of transportation, traffic signs, traffic rules, day and night, lighting and electricity, technology, pollution)
• During Eid (greetings, giving gifts, being healthy, wearing clean clothes, visiting family and relatives, parks and recreation, etiquette, amusement parks)
• I Count and Calculate (useful games, the numbers from 1-20, distinguishing between numbers, counting by ten, calculating, helping others)
• Various Subjects (means of transportation, the importance and sources of water, cooperation, the greatness of our creator, modern technology)

The textbook and activity book focus on teaching students the following concepts in an easy, natural way, without complex explanations.

• All of the letters, mudud, and harakat
• The definite article -al and nunation (tanween)
• Ta marbuta and ta maftuha, and ha marbuta
• Adverbs
• Demonstrative Pronouns
• Interrogative words
• Personal pronouns
• Singular and plural
• Synonyms
• Antonyms

Each lesson has 6-9 activities that teach students different language skills like reading, writing, conversation, and listening. Examples of these activities are:

• I listen
• I read and write
• I observe
• I read and recognize the letter
• I read and count
• I read and connect between similar words
• I read and recognize
• I connect more than one sentence and read
• I read the letter and circle the word that contains the letter

This book also has eight easy to learn nasheeds that were chosen especially for this series. The end of each lesson has a nasheed that focuses on the main concepts that lesson presents. For example, one focuses on cleaning and organizing and another focuses on home furniture and another focuses on toys.

Each lesson in this book uses interesting drawings, main concepts, and bright colors to make the book and lessons interesting to students and to encourage them to learn.