This is an early writing workbook for very young children, the second step in the Beginning to Write series published by S. Godage in Colombo. Its subtitle sets the age group plainly: it is intended for children of about three to four years, the stage at which a child is first asked to hold a pencil with some purpose and make marks on a ruled or guided page.
The text is in English. Although the publisher issues widely in Sinhala, this title belongs to Godage's English-language material for young learners, and the National Library of Sri Lanka catalogues it under primary education – English language. An international buyer ordering for a child at home, or a teacher ordering for a classroom outside Sri Lanka, will not need Sinhala to use it.
It sits within a graded sequence rather than standing alone. The series runs from a preliminary book through further volumes, the last of which is pitched at children of five to six years, so a family or school can carry on with the same format and the same approach as a child's hand steadies and letters begin to form properly. Buying this volume on its own suits a child already past the very first preliminary stage; buying several at once suits anyone who wants the progression intact.
The author is T. K. Hewawasam, whose name appears across the volumes of the series. Godage International Publishers is a long-established Colombo house with a substantial list of school and pre-school material alongside its general publishing, and these workbooks are meant to be written in and used up rather than shelved.
Worth knowing before you order: this is a consumable workbook, not a reader or a storybook. A child writes directly into it, so one copy serves one child. For parents abroad looking for Sri Lankan-published early learning material, or for anyone building a set of the series, it is straightforward to use and needs no accompanying teacher's guide.
- Author: T.K. Hewawasam
- Publisher: Godage International Publishers
- Language: Sinhala
- Pages: 44
- ISBN: 9789552088742
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