Sunday school is two hours a week, twenty kids to a teacher, and a thirty-minute drive each way. Your child has been going for three years and still cannot read a line of the Mushaf. This is a different arrangement: thirty minutes, one teacher, in English, on a weekday evening — with a written plan you can actually check.
Book a free trial lesson WhatsApp usWeekend school is not the problem. Being one of twenty, once a week, is.
In a weekend class of twenty, a child reads aloud for a couple of minutes. In a thirty-minute one-to-one lesson they read for twenty-five. Three years of the first is often less reading than one term of the second.
For most American families the masjid is not around the corner. An hour of driving for a two-hour class is what quietly ends the commitment by November — not a lack of intention.
Correction and explanation in the language your child thinks in. The recitation is Arabic from day one; the teaching around it is not in a language they are still decoding.
Every teacher is an Al-Azhar graduate, tested in recitation and Tajweed before teaching here. That difference shows in makharij and in how a memorisation plan is built.
Chosen at booking, not negotiated afterwards. A qualified female Al-Azhar graduate for every girl who wants one.
Attendance, what was memorised, and the teacher's note — in a parent portal. You stop relying on "it was fine" from a ten-year-old.
Every plan begins with a placement lesson, so your child starts exactly where they are.
For a child who cannot read a single letter, including one who has attended weekend school for years and memorised by ear without ever decoding a word.
The step most American kids are missing: going from surahs learned by listening to genuinely reading the page in front of them.
A written plan at a pace that fits an American school week and sports season, with revision built in so last year's juz is still there.
Makharij and rules taught by demonstration on what your child is reciting now — not rules memorised from a worksheet.
Reading, writing and conversation for a child whose first language is English, so recitation carries meaning and not only sound.
A private lesson with no class to feel behind in — for an adult who never learned, or who came to Islam and is starting at the alphabet.
Four steps, and the first one costs nothing.
Age, level, and what you want — memorisation, reading, or starting from the Arabic letters. Two minutes.
Meet the teacher, watch a real lesson, ask anything. No card, no commitment.
Same teacher, same slot every week, your time zone (ET / CT / MT / PT). You get a written plan.
A parent portal with attendance, what was memorised, and the teacher's note after every lesson.
Lessons are online, so the drive to the masjid is no longer what decides whether your child keeps going.
Every academy says “certified teachers”. These are ours, by name and position, with their chains of transmission published. They review what we teach, examine the teachers — and take students of their own.
Straight answers. If something here isn't right for your family, tell us before you book.
Our teachers are in Cairo, 7 hours ahead of New York and 10 ahead of California. That gives good availability on weekday evenings up to about 9pm Eastern, late afternoon and early evening on the West Coast, and a wide choice on Saturday and Sunday mornings. We will tell you the real options for your state at booking rather than promising a slot we cannot hold every week.
Because two hours a week shared between twenty children teaches by repetition. A child can memorise a lot by ear and never learn to decode a letter. The fix is a short one-to-one run through the Noorani Qaida — usually a few months, not more years of the same.
We would not advise it. Weekend school gives community, friends who are also learning, and a tie to the masjid that a video call cannot replace. What it cannot give is individual correction. Most of our American families keep both and add one or two short lessons a week.
It depends on how many lessons a month and their length. Prices are shown on the pricing page before you pay anything — no registration fee, no materials fee — and families with two or more children get a discount. The trial lesson is free.
Yes, and it is a standing option at booking rather than a special request. A qualified female Al-Azhar graduate is assigned.
All are Al-Azhar graduates, and some hold an ijazah with a connected chain of transmission. Tell us before booking if that matters and we will match you to one of them.
Tell us in advance and lessons are postponed rather than taken off your package. Many families continue through the summer from wherever they are.
Yes, and for younger children we recommend it for the first few weeks. Every lesson is open to you without asking.
A phone, tablet or laptop with a camera and microphone, ordinary home internet, and a quiet thirty minutes. Nothing to install, nothing to buy.
No. It is a full lesson with the teacher who would continue with you, with no card details taken. You get a written assessment of exactly where your child is — useful even if you decide not to continue.
Meet the teacher, see how your child responds, then decide. Prices are shown in USD before you pay anything.
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