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Games and activities (17)
Tap the Vowel
உயிர் எழுத்து
Hear a vowel, tap the right letter. The gentlest first step into the Tamil alphabet.
Read the Vowels Aloud
உயிர் எழுத்துக்கள் - வாசிப்புப் பயிற்சி
Hear each of the 12 vowels while it is written out, read it back to the microphone, then write it yourself.
Tap the Consonant
மெய் எழுத்து
All 18 consonants, one at a time, with an example word for each.
Read the Consonants Aloud
மெய் எழுத்துக்கள் - வாசிப்புப் பயிற்சி
All 18 consonants, said the way schools recite them (க் - இக்), with a mic check and a writing pad for each.
Build a Compound Letter
உயிர்மெய் சேர்ப்போம்
Pick a consonant, pick a vowel, and see the compound letter appear. All 216, the way they are actually formed.
Vowel or Consonant?
உயிரா? மெய்யா?
Sort each letter into uyir or mei. The single most useful distinction in the Tamil script.
Odd One Out: Letters
வேறுபட்டது - எழுத்துக்கள்
Three vowels and a consonant, or the other way round.
Which Letter Starts It? Animals
எந்த எழுத்தில் தொடங்குகிறது - விலங்குகள்
See a picture, pick the letter the Tamil word starts with. The bridge from speaking to reading.
Which Letter Starts It? Fruits
எந்த எழுத்தில் தொடங்குகிறது - பழங்கள்
Fruit pictures, and the letter each name begins with.
Which Letter Starts It? Home
எந்த எழுத்தில் தொடங்குகிறது - வீடு
Household objects and their first letters.
Which Letter Starts It? Body
எந்த எழுத்தில் தொடங்குகிறது - உடல்
Body parts and their first letters.
Which Letter Starts It? Vehicles
எந்த எழுத்தில் தொடங்குகிறது - வாகனங்கள்
Vehicles and the letters their names begin with.
Which Letter Starts It? Nature
எந்த எழுத்தில் தொடங்குகிறது - இயற்கை
Nature words and their opening letters.
Letter Rain: Vowels
எழுத்து மழை - உயிர்
Twelve vowels falling. Catch the one that is called. Recognition speed is what reading fluency is made of.
Letter Rain: Consonants
எழுத்து மழை - மெய்
The eighteen consonants, falling fast.
Letter Rain: All Letters
எழுத்து மழை - அனைத்தும்
Vowels and consonants together - a harder recognition drill.
Letter Rain: Compound Letters
எழுத்து மழை - உயிர்மெய்
Compound letters falling. The real test of whether the grid has been learnt.