Curriculum
Ages 6-7
This level concentrates on:
- Being able to introduce one’s self
- Being able to use basic phrases such as greetings and giving thanks
- Learning some of the Arabic letters and how to write them
- Learning basic words (family, fruits, vegetables, colors, and animals)
- The numbers from 1-10
- Memorizing various Hadiths and Quranic Ayas relating to morals
This level concentrates on:
- Being able to introduce one’s self and family
- Being able to answer many questions pertaining to one’s surroundings (the house, colors, animals, and clothing) by using a few words or simple sentences
- Reading and writing some letters from the Arabic alphabet
- The fundamental building blocks for learning to read and write
- Writing some simple words
- Reading and writing the numbers from 1-10
- Memorizing various Hadiths and Quranic Ayas relating to morals
Ages 8 and above
This level concentrates on:
- Listening, reading, and writing the Arabic letters
- Analysis and syntax of words and copying some sentences
- Learning some basic vocabulary words and well known sentences
- Being able to read simple words and sentences
- Learning some simple issues relating to personal life (introducing one’s self, family, things, colors, clothing, and animals)
- The numbers from 1-20
- Memorizing various Hadiths and Quranic Ayas relating to morals
This level concentrates on:
- Familiar topics related to daily life
- Being able to introduce one’s self and family
- Talking about one’s clothing and daily routine
- Talking about parts of one’s house and what’s inside it
- Talking about the classroom and what’s inside it
- Talking about occupations, shopping, buying, and selling
- Being able to describe people or animals
- Learning about the weather and the four seasons
- Exposing the student to fundamental grammar rules needed in previous topics
- Being able to write simple words and sentences
- Memorizing various Hadiths and Quranic Ayas relating to morals
This level concentrates on:
- Being able to describe one’s surroundings
- Being able to describe external and internal characteristics
- Learning about family ties and respect for the family
- Expressing feelings
- Using different verb tenses
- Learning about biographies
- Trying to make simple comparisons between 2 familiar countries or places
- Talking about food, health, and doctor visits
- Exposing the student to some simple descriptive and narrative long texts related to social topics
- Exposing the student to fundamental grammar rules needed in previous topics
- Memorizing various Hadiths and Quranic Ayas relating to morals
This level concentrates on:
- Narrating past events
- Reading time in Arabic
- Learning how to give directions
- Describing how to make food
- Learning how to compare and contrast
- Learning some popular proverbs, how they originated, and how to use them
- Learning some stories of the Prophets and stories from the Quran
- Discussing stories or movies
- Memorizing various Hadiths and Quranic Ayas relating to morals
- Starting to learn the basics of Arabic grammar
This level concentrates on:
- Topics pertaining to scholarly figures
- Learning psychology, events, and celebrations
- Learning to describe historical places
- Being able to describe and narrate the past, present, and future
- Learning the basics of Arabic grammar