The story of a tree_exercises

On page 10 min of Serbian language you can download a collection of exercises based on The story of a tree in audio and written form that can be listen and downloaded from the same page. The exercises contain the words mentioned in the story. At the same time children can choose the alphabet they want to use to fill in the exercises and also to practice Latin and Cyrillic letters.

How to print the posters

You can print the posters with Serbian Latin and Cyrillic alphabet in several ways:

1. Go to page Download [6-9] and click on Posteri for download.

2. Print  the posters. There are several options for printing: 

• Format A3: The file is set for printing directly on A3 to make a poster. Just print the pages you want.
• Format A4: This is a smaller format, easier to use while writing or reading. You can opt for a double-sided printing. 
• Booklet: If you select this option, it is very important to print double-sided to have pages printed in the correct order. Fold the pages in half and staple them in the middle.
• Format bigger than A3: If you want to print the posters on the bigger format, the best option is to request the file adjusted to bigger sizes to keep all features of the poster unchanged. To get this file, just send an e-mail to slovceblog@gmail.com mentioning the format you prefer. 

New on site: Posters Latin and Cyrillic alphabet

On page Download [6-9] you can download the posters with Latin and Cyrillic alphabet. The original size is A3, but you can also print it in a smaller size. In the next post it will be more said about the printing options.

There are four posters:

Latin letters of Serbian alphabet are shown on the first poster. The second one contains the Cyrillic letters of Serbian alphabet. Those two posters are illustrated and beside the print (block) letters the handwritten letters are also shown of both, Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.

In the third one there are Cyrillic letters written under the Latin ones in order that corresponds to the Latin alphabet. It is meant for people who are learning Cyrillic alphabet and are familiar with the Latin one. Adults trying to learn Cyrillic alphabet can use it as well. 

In the fourth one, Latin letters are written under the Cyrillic ones in order that corresponds to the Cyrillic alphabet (azbuka). Children who know the Cyrillic alphabet can use this poster to quickly find the Latin version of the letter.

Ćirilijada 3 (English version)

The handwritten letters of Cyrillic alphabet have been introduced in Ćirilijada 3. By the introduction of each letter, two more versions of this letter have been given: print (block) Cyrillic and handwritten Latin letter. The handwritten Latin letter have been shown that a child can see the difference and similarities between the same letter in the Cyrillic and Latin version.

As in the previous study material, the writing, reading, text understanding, grammar has been practiced in Ćirilijada 3 as well as the children’s vocabulary has been enriched. 

You can download Ćirilijada 3 from page Download [6-9]. At the end of this page there are the solutions to this material. More about the Solutions is written in post Solutions.

Concept and general characteristics of this study material are given on page English/Engleski and in post Concept of Latinijada 1-4 and Ćirilijada 1-4 . 

Short guideline through the study material is presented in post How to use the study material from this site.

Ćirilijada 2 (English version)

As the block (print) Latin letters have been practised in Latinijada 2, the block (print) Cyrillic letters have been practised in Ćirilijada 2.

In this material children can practice printed (block) letters of Serbian Cyrillic alphabet introduced in Ćirilijada 1.

The purpose of the exercises is to practice writing, reading, text understanding and enrich children’s vocabulary. Some Serbian expressions have been introduced as well as more grammar. There are a few exercises where a child should make a simple comparison of some rules in Serbian language with the rules of the language in the environment where he/she lives. In this way the child makes a connection between the two languages. This is also a distigushed feature of this material - it is adjusted to children living in diaspora.

You can download Ćirilijada 2 from page Download [6-9]. At the end of this page there are the solutions to this material. More about the Solutions is written in post Solutions.

Concept and general characteristics of this study material are given on page English/Engleski and in post Concept of Latinijada 1-4 and Ćirilijada 1-4 . 

Short guideline through the study material is presented in post How to use the study material from this site.

Ćirilijada 1 (English version)

After Latin letters have been learnt, it comes a set of study material where the Cyrillic letters are introduced. In Ćirilijada 1 children are getting familiar with the print (block) letters of Cyrillic alphabet.

First, the letters that are the same in both alphabets are introduced followed by the letters that are similar to Latin alphabet. Finally, the  Cyrillic letters that are completely different from Latin letters are presented.

Text of an exercise is written in Latin letters that children could read it on their own. After all Cyrillic letters are introduced, text of a problem has been written in Cyrillic letters. In that way, children can also extra practise reading of the text Cyrillic alphabet.

Grammar is simplified. Grammar definition are reduced to minimum and the focus is on a use of the words as well as the grammar rules as it has been done in modern books for studying foreign languages. This approach has been used to make the study material more practical.

As in the previous material in which the Latin letters have been practised, the writing, reading, text understanding and drawing logical conclusions has been done here as well.

Ćirilijada 1 can be downloaded from Download [6-9]. At the end of this page there are the solutions to this material. More about the Solutions is written in post Solutions.

More about general concept of this study material you can find in post Concept of Latinijada 1-4 and Ćirilijada 1-4. A short guideline how to use this material is give in post How to use the study material from this site .