النادي العربي للأطفال
The Arabic Club For Kids
The Arabic Club for Kids started in 2007 as a weekend Arabic language school in London. Stirred by seeing the lack of standards in weekend provisions for Arabic for children when searching for Arabic courses for my own children, I decided to start my own Arabic school and classes for children; but with a difference, with a change of tack. Just as we expect expertise, standards, and fun for all other extracurricular activities, it seemed imperative to me that this had to be the case for Arabic too!
Thus, through consultations with language teacher trainers at SOAS university, and literacy specialists at the Institute of Education, UCL, grounded in evidence informed theory, we developed a new, child-centric, fun filled vision and programme, with Arabic teachers with qualifications in education and childcare, as well as Arabic itself. Children who come to our school love learning with us, and this translates into their love for Arabic. Our standards and joy in learning yields manifold outcomes in learning!
Join Us to Experience The Change Of Tack
We are not more expensive when you measure our outcomes
Teacher training and evidence informed practice
Fun learning
Strong learning outcomes
Active learning, - reading, writing, speaking, listening
at The Arabic Club for Kids
جعل التعلم ممتعًا
Making Learning Fun
Activities are fun and involve collaboration, learners invest more readily and more effectively. Having fun has a positive effect on levels of motivation levels, shaping what we learn and how easily we remember.
At TACK, we plan to make learning fun so that learners will want to keep coming back for more.
نهج مبتكر
An Innovative Approach
As decreasing numbers of children wanting to learn Arabic are reported across the world, it is clear that an innovative approach is needed.To develop an innovative approach, we asked questions about hove children learn and what approaches could be reconstructed in Arabic to build a learning environment involving choices, autonomy and motivation.
We set aside preconceived ideas, to look at teaching Arabic from a new point of view. That is how we came up with something new.
مدفوعة بالبحث
Driven By Research
By asking questions about what is possible, TACK has established the principles at the heart of its practice.
We have invested time and effort in designing something that works. Our work to get to this point has involved collaboration and co-research with experts higher education researchers in language and literacy.
بناء الخبرة المهنية
Building Professional Expertise
As decreasing numbers of children wanting to learn Arabic are reported across the world, it is clear that an innovative approach is needed. To develop an innovative approach, we asked questions about hove children learn and what approaches could be reconstructed in Arabic to build a learning environment involving choices, autonomy and motivation.
We set aside preconceived ideas, to look at teaching Arabic from a new point of view. That is how we came up with something new.
النادي العربي للأطفال
The Arabic Club for Kids,
TACK.
True value is measured by the outcomes. TACK is about positive experiences, strong achievements and attitudes towards learning and enjoying learning.
We are not more expensive when you measure our outcomes
توسيع نطاق تعليم اللغة العربية
Expanding Arabic
Language Education
A few years on, we apply this approach, driven by the same evidence informed, research driven strategies and training and putting emphasis on teacher training as part of our goal to provide children with the best Arabic learning experiences, to an expanding range of services and broader field of work. As well as weekend Arabic courses for children that now operates at two branches in London, North London and South London which we soon hope to be extending the availability of these children’s Arabic classes to West London, Oxford, and the Midlands.
In addition to the weekend Arabic classes, we now also host a range of other Arabic teaching and learning materials, courses and classes for children on different platforms.
These include: researching and publishing further Arabic resources and books for children; a soon to launch Arabic YouTube channel for toddlers and babies, embarking on our ’ AlMaeeyah’ programme, – an exciting new curriculum vision and mission for After School Arabic Clubs in London and the UK; launching online Arabic classes and courses for children; opening Arabic summer (and other holiday) fun filled immersion camps in London and the UK and also at times offer private tuition for Arabic for children on request.
We have also extended our services for consultancy as we hope to implement our expertise, resources and methodologies in other schools and teaching institutions.
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
Ossama and I would love to say a huge thank you for a fantastic year with our daughter. She had an absolute blast and learned so much Arabic. We are astounded by her reading and writing skills in just one year and her growing familiarity with spoken Classical Arabic and other dialects that we do not speak at home, which we are happy to see her identify and repeat back to us when we least expect it!
Sarah's review2022
I joined the Arabic Club at their new branch in North London. My 5 year old has now been there for one term and she picked up so much Arabic purely from this class. She had fun and was always happy to attend. The teachers were also very warm and friendly. My daughter was very happy to use the Arabic she picked up here with her family in Lebanon. They were very impressed! She can write her name in Arabic now too. Definitely worth it!
Caire Nahas2023
My 4 year old son has been attending the arabic club for over a year now. I have been impressed with how the classes have strengthened and consolidated the Arabic he speaks at home. His vocabulary has grown and he is now happy to do Arabic based activities at home. He loves going to Arabic club, he has made lots of friends and enjoys his time there. The teachers are wonderful and really focus on making every activity fun.
Umber Soueid (Kindergarten)December 2016
My daughter has been attending the Arabic Club for Kids for four years now, and it has become such an integral part of her life. Living in London and going to an English speaking day school, the Arabic Club has provided her with an alternative social environment in which she learns Arabic and uses it in both study and play.
Bashar Nuseibeh (level 4)July 2012
My son will often surprise me by throwing in the occasional word or sentence he has learned at the Arabic Club simply through play & story time. This is pleasantly reassuring for my husband and I who both have mixed backgrounds and are keen for our son to maintain his roots through the Arabic language and culture. Special Thanks for Miss Maha for making this a far more pleasurable experience for my son than I had in my Arabic School Days! It makes the world of difference :-)
Iman Omar (kindergarten)July 2012