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Programs & services
A program for every age: Baby Hope from the first months, Hope Makers kindergarten classes, and activity programs and courses up to age ten.
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Hope Makers 1
Program details
Every age has its own world
Nursery, skills development and learning classes, plus activity programs and courses.
2 months – 3 years
Baby Hope
Gentle care for little ones from the first months, in a safe, clean, camera-monitored environment, with play that grows early skills.
- A few months to 1 year
- 1 to 2½ years
- 2½ to 3 years
- Attention to every detail of each child
- Indoor and outdoor play areas
- Cameras in classrooms and corridors
KG1 – KG3 · 3 to 6 years
Hope Makers 1 · 2 · 3
Kindergarten classes: creative learning through making and moving, with foundations in Arabic and English.
- Hope Makers 1 · 3 – 4 years
- Hope Makers 2 · 4 – 5 years
- Hope Makers 3 · 5 – 6 years
- Arabic and English foundations
- Skills development
- Stories and role play
- Fun activities
- Behaviour observation in class
Up to 10 years
Activity programs & courses
Recreational programs and motor and art courses that help children discover their talents and grow in confidence.
- Motor skills courses
- Art courses
- Seasonal events and parties
What grows with your child
Skills that grow with them
Through play, stories and creative activities every day.
Language & communication
Arabic and English foundations and daily conversation.
Imagination & creativity
Stories and role play that bring tales to life.
Self-confidence
Daily chances to try, express and take part.
Independence
Life skills that build an independent personality.
Movement & play
Indoor and outdoor play areas and motor courses.
Art & colour
Art activities and courses that free their talents.
A guide for parents
How does your child grow?
A simple guide prepared by the center to listening, language, speech and social skills from birth to five.
From birth to one year
Listening & understanding
- Startles at loud sounds
- Turns towards a familiar voice
- Responds to changes in tone of voice
- Notices toys that make sounds
- Listens when you talk to them
- Recognises words for common things like shoe, door, milk
Talking & expression
- Coos and makes cooing sounds
- Smiles at mum or dad
- Laughs while playing
- Babbles long sounds (ba, ma) and short ones (b, m)
- Uses gestures to communicate, like waving
- Raises arms to be picked up
Social skills
- Gazes at faces and copies expressions like opening the mouth
- Keeps eye contact for relatively longer
- Senses feelings in parents’ voices: smiles, calms, laughs, cries
- Cries differently for different needs: hunger, fear, wanting to be held
From one to two years
Listening & understanding
- Points to some body parts
- Follows simple instructions like “close the door”
- Understands simple questions like “where are your shoes?”
- Points to pictures in a book when they are named
- Recognises common things around them
Talking & expression
- Uses roughly fifty to seventy words
- Asks one- or two-word questions like “where daddy?” as they near two
- Puts two words together, like “no juice”
- Imitates words
Social skills
- Enjoys being with familiar people
- Shows simple pretend play, like feeding a doll or driving a car
- Follows body language, gestures and facial expressions
- Grows more independent, like holding a spoon well
At three years
Listening & understanding
- Enjoys stories and listens for longer
- Follows two instructions at once, like “bring the cup and put it on the table”
- Understands opposites like “walk” and “stop”
- Understands pronouns like “mine” and “yours”
- Understands a three-word sentence
Talking & expression
- Uses varied words for things, time, place and purpose
- Uses two to three words to talk or ask about things
- Uses pronouns like “I” and “he”
- Names many things in pictures
Social skills
- Holds a simple conversation about something that happened
- Expresses feelings towards others in words, not just actions
- Is interested in others’ play and joins in
At four years
Listening & understanding
- Understands colour words like red and blue
- Understands the names of shapes
- Understands family words like brother, uncle, grandfather
- Understands “why?” questions
- Hears their name called from another room
- Understands words like long and short
Talking & expression
- Talks about their day in four-word sentences
- Is clearly understood by people outside the family
- Answers who, what and where questions
- Asks when and how questions
- Uses pronouns like “we” and “they”
Social skills
- Understands taking turns in conversation
- Starts conversations on different topics
- Enjoys playing with other children
- Uses words to disagree, not just actions
At five years
Listening & understanding
- Understands order words like first and last
- Understands time words like yesterday, today and tomorrow
- Understands describing words like soft and hard
- Follows longer instructions, like “put on your shoes, take your bag and go to the car”
- Follows classroom instructions like “circle the thing we eat”
- Understands most of what is said at home and school
- Understands jokes and playful language
Talking & expression
- Names letters and numbers
- Uses sentences with more than one verb
- Retells the events of a story
- Keeps a conversation going
- Adapts how they speak to the listener and place
- Names an object from its description
Social skills
- Chooses their own friends
- Usually cooperates with friends in play
- Plans to build something specific
- Uses language to find out more
- Negotiates and shares opinions and ideas
A general guide prepared by the center; every child grows at their own pace.
Our services
Everything their day needs
Sunday to Thursday, 7:00 AM – 6:30 PM.
- Nursery from 2 months
- Kindergarten KG1 – KG3
- Skills development
- Arabic and English foundations
- Activity programs, motor and art courses
- Events and parties
- Indoor and outdoor play areas
- Camera monitoring