Three languages, one day
English, Malay and Arabic are part of the learning at Kidya. Children interact and extend their vocabulary in all three.
Instilling the love for language.
Three languages, all day, in the same room, so children switch between them the way they switch between toys.
Heard first
Children hear all three from the moment they arrive: the greeting, the register, the song before snack.
Then spoken
Daily spoken interaction is deliberate. Teachers ask in one language and answer in another.
Then read
Letterland phonics for English; Malay letters; and the letters of Hijaiyyah for Arabic.
English
- Thematic learning
- Phonics (Letterland)
- Numeracy
- Discovery of the world
- Arts & craft
- Music & movement
- Motor skill development
- Social emotional development
Bahasa Melayu
- Thematic learning
- Malay vocabularies
- Daily spoken interaction
- Malay letters
العربية
- Letters of Hijaiyyah
- Arabic vocabularies
- Daily spoken interaction
The letters go on the wall, then into the hand.
Hijaiyyah letters are not a poster at Kidya. They live on the wall at a child’s eye height, they get pointed at, copied on the whiteboard, matched into words and carried out into the corridor.
“I’m very proud of her to be able to identify the Arabic letters well — despite being in Kidya for only 4 months.”
Want to find out more?
Speak to us. We’ll tell you exactly how the three languages sit in a normal Kidya day.