This is a Sinhala-language children's series, published by M. D. Gunasena & Co. in Colombo. The text and the letters it teaches are Sinhala throughout, so it will suit a household where a child is being brought up with the language, or where an adult reads Sinhala and wants to pass it on.
The First Explorer books are made for toddlers and pre-school children, and each one introduces basic concepts through colourful illustrations pitched at that age. The pictures do most of the work: everyday objects a small child already sees around them are used as the way in, and the Sinhala alphabet is introduced alongside them. The intention is that recognising a letter and recognising a familiar thing happen together, rather than as separate exercises.
Beyond letter recognition, the series is aimed at early reading skills more broadly — building a child's vocabulary, sharpening observation, and giving them the confidence to keep going with their mother tongue. It is the kind of book an adult sits and turns with a child rather than one the child reads alone.
For families abroad raising children in Sinhala, material of this sort is not always easy to come by locally, and this is a straightforward first-letters book from an established Sri Lankan educational publisher.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552134135
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