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Simple, practical ways to teach your child Arabic letters, sounds and words at home.
The best Arabic learning apps for kids: an honest comparisonNine Arabic apps for children compared: ages, Fusha or dialect, tracing, Islamic content, ads and how you pay. Written by the Fanfoon team, with our own app treated like the rest.
How to teach your child the Arabic alphabet at homeA simple, ten-minutes-a-day routine for teaching Arabic letters to children aged 2 to 8, even if your own Arabic is rusty.
The four shapes of Arabic letters, explained for parentsWhy Arabic letters change shape at the start, middle and end of a word, which six letters never join, and how to teach it to children.
Fatha, kasra and damma: Arabic short vowels for kidsA parent's guide to the little marks above and below Arabic letters: what fatha, kasra, damma, sukun and shadda do, with easy ways to teach them.
Raising a bilingual child in Arabic and English: 10 everyday ideasPractical ideas for keeping Arabic alive at home when English is everywhere: routines, books, screen time and making it fun.