شَمْس shams: sun قَمَر qamar: moon نَجْمَة najma: star In the sky
Look up at the sky. Shams means sun. Qamar means moon. Najma means star.
كِتَاب kitab: book قَلَم qalam: pencil At school
Now look on your desk. Kitab means book. Qalam means pencil. You read a kitab and write with a qalam.
قَلَم qalam: pencil قَمَر qamar: moon Qalam or qamar?
Qalam and qamar start the same way, so look at the middle letter. Lam is tall. Meem is round. Tall lam means pencil. Round meem means moon.
بَيْت bayt: house بَاب bab: door At home
Bayt means house. Bab means door. Every bayt has a bab. Both words start with ba.
شَجَرَة shajara: tree تُفَّاحَة tuffaha: apple مَاء maa: water In the garden
Shajara means tree. Tuffaha means apple. Apples grow on a shajara. When you get thirsty, drink some maa. Maa means water.
For parents
Goal: Your child learns the Arabic names of ten everyday things, like sun, book and water.
- Qalam (pencil) and qamar (moon) start the same. In the middle, look for a tall letter in qalam and a round one in qamar.
- Point to real things at home and ask your child for the Arabic word: bab for door, kitab for book, maa for water.
- Ask: which of these is in the sky?
Away from the screen: Copy the Arabic words from the cards onto sticky notes. Stick them on the real things: the door, a book, a cup of water.
Arabic · First words