November 10, 2022

Torwali Lesson Plan—the Tonga Wheel

This is a weekly lesson plan for non-literacy subjects such as plays, games, cultural events, health and other issues. It is a theme web which links the lessons of the Story Track in the Torwali pedagogy to that of the non-literacy subjects. Each theme is linked to every Reading Story taught in that week. It…

Struggle for those on the margins

It is an introduction of IBT with a history of its work. This book is written in English in 2020 for the readers to know what IBT stands for and what has it been doing for the empowerment of the mountain communities of North Pakistan.

Shakal Pianu si Kitaab

This is a book where various shapes are given in an order from very simple, from objects to concepts, wherein the basic geometry is taught to students along with writing of Torwali alphabets. This book is also accompanied by another book known as Writing Primer where objects in photos end up in shapes of letters/alphabets.

Lekh Si Kitaab—counting book

Counting book in Torwali used for learning and teaching counting in Torwali. It is for KG 1 where Torwali is started a medium of instruction for all subjects at the mother tongue based multilingual education.

Sikaan—Sunbeam 1

This book is based on general knowledge and is written in Torwali. It is taught at grade 1 at the mother tongue based multilingual education schools.

Sikaan—Sunbeam

Bacho Ki Nazmey

This book consists of Urdy rhymes for the students of grade KG 2 when they are introduced to Urdu orally. This was prepared and printed in 2008 by IBT.

Urdu Ki Tasviri Lughat—Urdu Dictionary with Pictures

This is small dictionary of Urdu with pictures for the students of early grade, KG 2, when they are introduced to Urdu. Each word in Urdu has an alternative in Torwali which is here from such a small dictionary in Torwali. This was also prepared and printed in 2008 by IBT.

The Big Book

There are 64 such Big Books based on the small Reading Stories in Torwali. These Big Books are of big size along with large posters printed by IBT for the mother tongue based multilingual education schools.

Torwali Reading stories

These are 64 small stories written in Torwali which are for one year and are used for learning reading Torwali. These stories are part of the Story Track of the Torwali pedagogy at the mother tongue based multilingual education schools. These stories were first produced by community people and printed by IBT in 2008. Such…