{"id":238,"date":"2026-11-09T17:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:42:06","slug":"arabic-at-home-for-heritage-speaking-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/arabic-at-home-for-heritage-speaking-children\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0637\u0641\u0644\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0641\u0647\u0645 \u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a \u0648\u0628\u064a\u0631\u062f \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062c\u0644\u064a\u0632\u064a: \u062e\u0645\u0633 \u062f\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0642 \u0645\u062d\u0627\u062f\u062b\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does your child understand Arabic at home but answer in English or another language? When they follow \u201cbring your shoes,\u201d they have understood the request. Build on that by giving them a short Arabic phrase they can use in the same situation.<\/p>\n<h2>Try five minutes during a routine you already share<\/h2>\n<p>At breakfast, ask in Arabic whether they want an apple or a banana. If they say \u201capple,\u201d answer in Arabic with the full phrase \u201cYou want an apple? Here you go.\u201d Ask again the next day and give them time to answer. Keep breakfast moving whichever language they use.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During play, ask whether to start with the red car or the blue one.<\/li>\n<li>After school, ask what made them laugh.<\/li>\n<li>At bedtime, offer a story about a cat or a lion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Respond to the idea and model the Arabic phrase<\/h2>\n<p>If your child mixes languages when asking for a red car, repeat the full request naturally in Arabic and hand them the toy. Use the dialect you speak at home. When a book uses <em>sayyara<\/em>, connect it to the word they already know, such as Egyptian <em>arabeyya<\/em>. If reading is also a goal, set aside a short time for a story or a written word.<\/p>\n<h2>What progress can you look for?<\/h2>\n<p>Try one routine for a week. Notice whether your child volunteers an Arabic word, makes a longer request or tells you part of a story. If you speak to a teacher, share examples of what they understand and what they can say independently. Explain whether your priority is speaking, reading or both.<\/p>\n<p>Explore <a href=\"\/ar\/kids-learning-program\/\">Mawaddah\u2019s children\u2019s programme<\/a> or <a href=\"\/ar\/assessment\/?intent=trial\">request two free trial lessons<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical Arabic speaking activities for Arabic-speaking parents whose children understand the language but usually answer in English.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mawad.me\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}