Your first five minutes
One stroke turns ਸ into ਸਾ — read them side by side.
Step 1 — aa · i · ee
One stroke turns ਸ into ਸਾ — read them side by side.
ਮਾਤਾ · mother
Step 1 — the other two vowel signs
- ਸਿ Sihari — i Written before the letter, but read after it. audio coming
- ਸੀ Bihari — ee audio coming
- 6 more in steps 2–3
- muharni chart
Four skills in this level · tap to jump · every level is open
Step 1 — read these words
Read these to a grown-up
Your child reads each word aloud to any grown-up. Tick the ones they read. Two helps allowed.
Ticks are just for this sitting — nothing is saved.
Read
10 vowel signs in 3 steps, then the muharni and a brand-new-word challenge.
Step 1 is at the top of the page. Back to Step 1 ↑
Step 2 — u · oo ਸੁ ਸੂ Open step →
Read these to a grown-up
Your child reads each word aloud to any grown-up. Tick the ones they read. Two helps allowed.
Ticks are just for this sitting — nothing is saved.
Step 3 — e · ai · o · au ਸੇ ਸੈ ਸੋ ਸੌ Open step →
Read these to a grown-up
Your child reads each word aloud to any grown-up. Tick the ones they read. Two helps allowed.
Ticks are just for this sitting — nothing is saved.
The muharni — every letter, every vowel
Read across each row. This is how every Gurmukhi letter joins with the 10 vowel signs.
Level-up move: read a brand-new word
If your child can sound out a word they've never seen, they're really reading. Two helps allowed.
Ticks are just for this sitting — nothing is saved.
Listen
Hear-and-point vowel sounds are on their way.
Until then, read the muharni rows aloud together — one of you reads a syllable, the other points to it.
Speak
Swap-a-word sentences are being written.
Try one tonight: say ਇਹ ___ ਹੈ (ih ___ hai, "this is ___") and let your child fill the gap with things around the room.
Write
Trace the muharni and your first words with vowels, on paper.
Tracing worksheets — vowel signs & muharni
Trace the muharni and your first vowel-words, then copy them on the lines.
What your child will be able to do
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Read Ready now
"…read words with any of the 10 matra, and read down a muharni row."
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Listen Coming soon
"…hear a word and pick which vowel sign it has."
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Speak Coming soon
"…make my own sentence by swapping one word in a pattern."
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Write Ready now
"…write words with each vowel sign."