Year 7Summer TermAges 11-12
Tips & Hints
Prepositions and Describing Places
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You don't need to be an Arabic expert to teach your child. Consistency, encouragement, and making it fun are far more important than perfection. These tips will help you feel confident and prepared.
🏫 For Teachers
- Prepositions are best taught physically — move objects, move students, make it kinaesthetic and memorable.
- Create a permanent "preposition corner" in the classroom with objects arranged to demonstrate each preposition.
- Map work is excellent for integrating prepositions with real-world context. Use maps of Arab cities for cultural enrichment.
- The direction-giving activity builds confidence for real-world use — consider taking the class outside for a practical exercise.
🏠 For Parents
- Prepositions are fun to practise at home — play hide and seek with objects and describe where they are in Arabic.
- When driving or walking, ask your child to give you directions in Arabic: "يمين" or "يسار" or "مباشرة".
- Ask your child to describe where things are in their room: "أين الكتاب؟" — they answer with a preposition.
- Label rooms in your house with Arabic names — the kitchen becomes المطبخ, the bathroom becomes الحمام.
💡 Learning Hints & Memory Tricks
- ✦في (fi) means "in" — it is the most common preposition in Arabic. "في البيت" (in the house), "في المدرسة" (in the school).
- ✦Think of prepositions as "position words" — they tell you WHERE something is. بجانب (next to) = ب (by) + جانب (side).
- ✦Arabic directions are simple: يمين (right), يسار (left), مباشرة (straight). Just three words and you can navigate!