WizMantra UAE · Kids classes
Language Classes for Kids in the UAE
Ages 5 to 16, one to one, online, around the school day
English, grammar, French, German, Hindi and Sanskrit for children across the Emirates. One tutor, one child, a live class at a time that suits your family. From AED 430 a month, with an AED 30 demo that includes a proper level check.
What we teach children in the UAE
Six subjects for ages 5 to 16: English, English grammar, French, German, Hindi and Sanskrit. Every class is live, one to one, online, and scheduled around the school day rather than against it.
No group of twelve. No driving to a centre in Al Quoz at half past five.
The reason we only teach one to one is simple to see once you have watched a group class. A child who is shy speaks about four times in an hour. A child who is confident dominates. Neither is learning at the rate a parent is paying for. With one tutor and one child, the hour belongs to your child, and the tutor can stop the moment something is not landing.
Courses for children
All six run one to one and are built around your child, not a fixed syllabus. Levels are set in the demo class, not assumed from their school year.
Families in Dubai often start with Hindi classes for kids in Dubai. For Indian curriculum school work, see Hindi tuition for CBSE.
What actually happens, by age
The same subject looks completely different at six and at fourteen. Here is what a class looks like in each band.
Sounds before spellings. This is the phonics stage: letter sounds, blending them into words, then reading short sentences aloud. Sessions are shorter and move fast between activities, because a six year old will not sit through forty minutes of one thing and should not be asked to.
Lots of naming, describing, and answering questions out loud. Writing comes later and lightly.
The gap year group. Reading is fluent but writing usually is not, and this is where most parents first notice a problem, generally in a school report that says "needs to develop written expression".
Class time goes to sentence structure, tenses, paragraphing and vocabulary that is precise rather than just longer. Speaking work shifts towards explaining and giving reasons, not just answering.
Exam pressure arrives. Comprehension, essay structure, literature responses and the kind of writing that gets marks rather than the kind that fills a page.
Speaking work turns towards presentations, class participation and interviews, because this is the age at which a quiet child starts to be marked down for it.
What is phonics, and how is it taught?
Phonics teaches children to read by matching sounds to letters. English has about 44 sounds written with 26 letters, so children learn the sounds first, then blend them together to read a word and pull them apart to spell one.
That is the whole method. Everything else is sequencing.
The order the sounds are taught
Children are not taught the alphabet in alphabetical order. The first group is usually these six, because they combine into more real words than any other opening set.
With those six a child can already read sat, pin, tap, nip, pat and an. Reading a real word in the first week is the point. It is what convinces a five year old that the code works.
Blending and segmenting
- Blending is reading. The child says each sound then pushes them together: c, a, t becomes cat.
- Segmenting is spelling. The child hears the word and breaks it into sounds to write it.
- Most children blend before they can segment. A child who reads well but spells badly is usually mid way between the two, not careless.
Digraphs and trigraphs
Once single letters are secure, children meet letter teams. A digraph is two letters making one sound, a trigraph is three.
This is where a lot of children stall, and where a class of thirty cannot slow down for them.
Tricky words
Some very common words cannot be sounded out reliably: the, said, was, one, come. These are taught by sight, separately, and there are fewer of them than parents fear.
What British curriculum schools in the UAE do
Most follow the English national curriculum sequence, which means synthetic phonics from Reception and a phonics check in Year 1, at age five or six. That check includes invented words, which is deliberate: it tests decoding rather than memory. A child who has memorised a reading book will not pass it, and that is exactly the child the check is designed to find.
Our English classes for kids cover letter sounds, blending and reading aloud for the youngest group. If your child is older and still decoding slowly, say so when you book the demo so the tutor starts there.
Reading stories with your child at home
Reading aloud together is the single highest value thing a parent can do between classes, and it costs nothing but the ten minutes.
Three reasons it works. It grows vocabulary far beyond what a child meets in conversation. It shows them what fluent reading actually sounds like. And it attaches reading to a person, not to homework.
How to do it so it actually helps
For Indian families, this is often where the Hindi problem shows up: children speak it fluently and cannot read a word of it. That is what Hindi reading and writing is for.
Support for Indian curriculum schools
For CBSE, ICSE and Indian curriculum students in the Emirates, Hindi is usually the subject that drags. Children speak it at home, then meet vyakaran and literature in Grade 6 and stall.
It catches families off guard because the child sounds fluent.
Spoken Hindi and examined Hindi are two different skills. One is conversation, the other is formal grammar, unseen comprehension and literary answers written in Devanagari under time pressure. A child can be excellent at the first and fail the second.
What children’s classes cost in AED
The fee is the same in every emirate, because every class is online. The demo is AED 30 and includes a proper level check, which for a child matters more than it does for an adult.
| Course | 1 month | 2 months | 3 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| English for Kids | AED 430 | AED 861 | AED 1,291 |
| Hindi for Kids | AED 430 | AED 861 | AED 1,291 |
| French for Kids | AED 640 | AED 1,200 | AED 1,536 |
| German and Sanskrit for Kids | On request | On request | On request |
Published rates from the WizMantra UAE fee list. German and Sanskrit are quoted per learner because the level ladders differ. Full list on the course fees page.
Siblings are common here. If you are booking for two children, ask during the demo rather than booking twice at the counter rate.
Does an online class actually work for a child?
For one to one, yes, and often better than a centre. The failure mode people imagine comes from recorded video and large group calls, which is a different thing entirely.
- The tutor is looking at one child, so drifting attention is caught in seconds
- Sessions are short and change activity often, which suits how children concentrate
- You can sit in. Most parents do for the first week, then stop
- No travel, so a bad traffic day does not cost you the class
- The slot can move around swimming, exams and Ramadan timings
The honest caveats. Children under five are usually too young for this format. A child who refuses to speak in front of a screen will need a few sessions before the tutor gets much out of them, and that is normal rather than a sign it is not working.
And it needs a quiet corner. Not a study, just somewhere the television is not on.
Families we teach across the Emirates
Same tutors and same rate everywhere, which matters most in the northern emirates where good language tuition for children is thin on the ground.
Try something with your child first
No sign up, every answer explained. Sit with them and see where the gaps are before you book anything.
What our students say
Real learners, real results. See why they rate WizMantra 4.9 out of 5.
Frequently asked questions
What age do you start teaching children?
From age five, up to sixteen. Below five most children are not ready for a one to one online format, and we would rather say so than take the booking. Between five and eight the work is mainly phonics, speaking and reading aloud.
What is phonics and why does it matter?
Phonics teaches reading by matching sounds to letters. English has about 44 sounds written with 26 letters, so children learn sounds first, then blend them to read and split them to spell. It is how British curriculum schools in the UAE teach early reading.
My child speaks English well but writes badly. Which class?
English grammar for kids. Speaking fluency and written accuracy are separate skills, and the gap usually shows around ages nine to twelve, in a school report saying written expression needs work. Classes use your child's own writing rather than worksheets, so the corrections are about sentences they actually wrote.
How much do kids classes cost in the UAE?
English for Kids and Hindi for Kids are AED 430 for one month, AED 861 for two and AED 1,291 for three. French for Kids is AED 640 a month. The demo is AED 30. Fees are identical in every emirate because classes are online.
Can I sit in on my child's class?
Yes, and most parents do for the first week or so. After that children usually settle better without an audience, so we suggest stepping back once they are comfortable. You still get the tutor's feedback after sessions, so you are never guessing about progress.
Do you help with CBSE and Indian curriculum school work?
Yes, particularly Hindi. We cover vyakaran, literature and comprehension from primary through Grade 12, matched to your child's board and school. Many UAE raised children speak Hindi fluently but cannot read Devanagari, and that is where the marks go in an examined paper.
Is an online class really as good as a centre for a child?
For one to one, usually better. The tutor watches one child, so lapses in attention are caught immediately, and there is no drive across town at rush hour. Group video calls are a different thing and we do not run them.
How long is each class and how often?
Sessions are short and frequent rather than long and rare, because children retain through repetition spread across days rather than one long sitting. Younger children work in shorter bursts with frequent activity changes. The exact schedule is agreed with you after the demo assessment.
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