The Majlis Academy Language
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Bring meaningful Arabic learning into your school.

A complete three-year Arabic literacy and phonics journey for FS1, FS2 and Year 1, combining beautifully illustrated bilingual storybooks, structured phonics, classroom resources, assessment and teacher support.

From first sounds to confident reading and writing, every stage builds systematically on the last.

Explore the Three-Year Journey Book a School Conversation
A Majlis Academy classroom: the storybook What’s in Salim’s Backpack? standing on a table with bilingual fruit vocabulary cards, a sorting board and baskets of fruit, while a teacher presents the story on the whiteboard to children seated on the carpet

A clear progression

A Three-Year Learning Journey

A structured, story-led pathway from phonological awareness to confident reading and writing.

Level 1: Sound Explorers. FS1 (EYFS1) / Pre-K, ages 3 to 4. Developing listening skills, oral language and phonological awareness through play, stories and real-life experiences. Sounds, speaking, play, confidence. Find out more about Sound Explorers
Level 2: Shape Detectives. FS2 (EYFS2) / KG1, ages 4 to 5. Recognising Arabic letters, understanding sounds and beginning to read through engaging, story-led learning. Letters, phonics, reading, progress. Find out more about Shape Detectives
Level 3: Code Breakers. Year 1 / KG2, ages 5 to 6. Developing phonics mastery, reading fluency and early writing, with a strong foundation in language and culture. Read, write, apply, achieve. Find out more about Code Breakers

Child-centred learning

Made for the way young children actually learn.

Our story-led approach engages all areas of early learning.

Look and Find. Children search, notice, classify and talk. A child using a magnifying glass to look at a desert fox.
Count and Make. Arabic numbers are learned through movement, objects and mark-making. Number cards one, two and three beside the Arabic word for three, with camels in the desert.
Hear and Say. Repeated Arabic phrases build confidence and oral language. Two children speaking, with a speech bubble reading here is a camel in Arabic and English.
Create and Explore. Drawing, loose parts and play turn vocabulary into experience. A child drawing a camel with coloured pencils beside a vocabulary card.
Discover and Connect. Children explore the UAE through animals, places and stories. A falcon in flight beside a fort flying the UAE flag.

Confident learners. Stronger communities.
A brighter future.

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Confident learners · Stronger communities · A deeper connection to the UAE