Arabic Writing – غ to ل

💡Tips for Parents

▸ Why It Matters غ is simply ع, the dot-free letter from the last page, with one dot added back on top — so this worksheet rewards a child who already has ع down, turning what was a source of frustration into a small, satisfying payoff. ف and ق form a close pair too, both sitting on the same small circular base, but ف carries one dot above it while ق carries two, so the skill shifts from simply spotting a dot to actually counting dots correctly before deciding which letter it is. ك and ل round out the group and, helpfully, don't resemble anything else on the page, giving your child two letters with no dot-trap at all. ▸ Getting Started Have your child write ع from memory first, then add the single dot on top to turn it into غ — that direct, visible link makes the new letter feel like a small addition to something already known, not something totally unfamiliar all over again. Then practice ف and ق side by side, counting the dots out loud every single time before naming the letter: "one dot, ف — two dots, ق." Once those two feel steady, let your child move on to ك and ل in whatever order they like, since there's no pair-based trap waiting there to slow them down. ▸ If They Get Stuck If ف and ق get swapped, have your child point to each dot with the tip of their pencil and count it out loud before saying the letter's name — not the other way around, where they guess the name first and hope the dots happen to match. This small reordering, count-then-name rather than name-then-hope, tends to fix the mix-up faster than repeated tracing alone. If your child is getting frustrated partway through the page, let them jump ahead to finish ك and ل first, since those two offer an easy, confidence-building win with no dot-counting involved, before circling back to ف and ق. ▸ Praise Points Praise accurate dot-counting specifically, not just a correctly shaped letter: "You counted two dots before writing ق, not one — that's the exact difference between ف and ق, and you got it exactly right." It's also worth naming the moment your child recognizes غ as "ع with a dot" rather than treating it as a brand-new shape to memorize from scratch — that kind of connection-making, building new letters out of ones already known, is exactly the strategy that will keep the rest of the alphabet from feeling overwhelming.

🎯What This Worksheet Builds

This worksheet covers غ ف ق ك ل, where غ is ع from the previous page with one dot added back on top, and ف and ق form a close pair on a shared circular base, distinguished by counting one dot versus two, while ك and ل offer a dot-trap-free pairing to close the group. The shift here is from spotting a dot to actively counting dots — one versus two — before deciding what a letter is, alongside the satisfaction of building غ directly out of ع, a letter your child already knows.

👉Next Step

Finish the alphabet with the final group, م ن ه و ي, which closes out the dot patterns you've been building across this entire series — ن carries one dot above its curve and ي carries two below, echoing the very first ب's dot placement from page one, so your child gets to see the whole alphabet come full circle before moving on to real words.