Comments on: “Lamdeini” Does Not Teach Kriah with Phonetics

By: Please edit article and headline accordingly.

Please edit article and headline accordingly. — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:47:24 +0000

If this is the case, perhaps you would consider editing the article and headline accordingly to avoid further confusion.

No one suggested that Lamdeini was proof that we should omit Komatz-Alef Uh. The question was whether we may supplement Komatz-Alef Uh with the sounds of the letters and the sounds of the nekudos in order to strengthen students’ mastery, and Lamdeini was offered as proof that we may do so. Your clarification confirms that to be correct.

It seems that the original article and headline conflated these two issues (teaching sounds vs. omitting kamatz Alef uh, the latter of which has not been proposed by anyone).

Additionally, the way you describe the Rebbe’s instructions to you fits with what the rabbonim wrote, that the hakpada of the Rebbeim is that the names of the osios, nekudos, and syllables (Kamatz-Alef Uh) should not be omitted—not that sounds are forbidden as a supplement.

By: Berel

Berel — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:37:39 +0000

Utterly confusing. The writer of this article states that the book “Lamdeini” doesn’t use phonetics (except to “assist uninitiated parents”), but the actual pages ARE using phonetic clues.

For example, on the on the “Bais” page, the sentence meant for children reads “Baruch Bet builds blocks with Baby Benjy, with the letter “B” underlined to emphasize the sound. I thought only kamatz Bais Buh” is Mesorah?

By: Bunim Weinbaum

Bunim Weinbaum — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:18:10 +0000

In answer to numerous what’s apps and emails, I would like to clarify one point. There is no doubt that the additional benefit of the mnemonic was to reinforce the children’s learning, but it was not a replacement for teaching with Kametz Alef oh, which is the Mesorah for teaching children (both young in age and young in learning) to read.

By: Klutz kasha

Klutz kasha — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:52:12 +0000

So- child friendly pictures and sentences that bring out the sound of each letter and nekuda were used only for parents (not chas v’shalom the children) and only to help the parent do kamatz alef uh (but not chas v’shalom to identify the sounds)?
And in the many schools in England that used this book, none of the teachers/ parents used the mnemonics on each page to teach the children the sounds of each letter and nekuda? Or was this book machshil es harabim into teaching children sounds?

By: Two questions

Two questions — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:09:15 +0000

Is the teacher’s guide available?

Also, if the mnemonic on top was only for the parents, what is the value of the picture?