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The Making of Ready, Set...Go Alef Bet: An Interview with Dina Maiben
Written by Becca Friedman, 22 of December, 2011Dina Maiben, the author of Ready, Set...Go Alef Bet!, sat down with Behrman House to discuss her latest addition to the Alef Bet Quest/Kol Yisrael series: the first pre-primer with a fully integrated digital component.
Find out why she thought educators needed a new pre-primer, read about some of her favorite digital animations, and even discover her personal connection she has to the collie in lesson 12! Learn how Dina's own experience with Hebrew beginners informed the creation of Ready, Set...Go Alef Bet!, making it "the first pre-primer that adheres strictly to the findings of the research on what works best for learning to read Hebrew. It’s really the complete package."
Read the full interview here.