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Numbers 1 to 10

    1. 1وَاحِد
      1 wahid
    2. 2اِثْنَان
      2 ithnan
    3. 3ثَلَاثَة
      3 thalatha

    One, two, three

    Wahid means 1. Ithnan means 2. Thalatha means 3. Count on your fingers and say each word.

    1. 1أَرْبَعَة
      4 arba'a
    2. 2خَمْسَة
      5 khamsa
    3. 3سِتَّة
      6 sitta

    Four, five, six

    Arba'a means 4. Khamsa means 5. Sitta means 6. Hold up one hand and say khamsa.

    1. 1سَبْعَة
      7 sab'a
    2. 2ثَمَانِيَة
      8 thamaniya
    3. 3تِسْعَة
      9 tis'a
    4. 4عَشَرَة
      10 ashara

    Seven to ten

    Sab'a means 7. Thamaniya means 8. Tis'a means 9. Ashara means 10, all your fingers.

    1. 1١
      1
    2. 2٢
      2
    3. 3٣
      3
    4. 4٤
      4
    5. 5٥
      5

    Arabic digits 1 to 5

    Arabic has its own digits too. One is a straight line. Two and three have little bumps on top. Four looks a bit like a backward 3. Five looks like a small circle.

    1. 1٦
      6
    2. 2٧
      7
    3. 3٨
      8
    4. 4٩
      9
    5. 5١٠
      10

    Arabic digits 6 to 10

    Seven looks like a V. Eight looks like an upside down V. Nine looks a lot like our 9. Ten is a one and a dot. The dot is zero.

  6. Count and say

    Count the stars. There are 4. In Arabic you say arba'a. Try it with things around you.

For parents

Goal: Your child learns to say and read the Arabic words for 1 to 10, and to know the Arabic digits.

  • Count everyday things together in Arabic: stairs, spoons, toys. Use the sounds on the cards, like wahid, ithnan, thalatha.
  • For the digits, ask your child to point to the V shape (7) and the upside down V (8).
  • Ask: how do you say 5 in Arabic? Hold up a hand as a clue.

Away from the screen: Count dates, grapes or blocks out loud in Arabic at snack time. Line them up and say one Arabic number for each.

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