Children across the United States learn the Quran one to one over video with the same qualified teacher every week, explained in English rather than Arabic. Lessons sit after school on your own time zone, whether that is New York or Los Angeles, fees are published in dollars from $39 a month, and every family starts with up to three free classes.
Two different American problems
In Dearborn, Paterson or parts of Houston there is a masjid class within a short drive, and the question is whether a room of thirty children is where your child will actually learn to read. In most of the rest of the country there is no class at all, and the question is simply where to start.
Online answers both, but for different reasons. For the first family it is about being heard. For the second it is about existing.
Five time zones, one arrangement
- Eastern
- A 4pm or 5pm slot in New York, Atlanta or Detroit is the most common one we run.
- Central
- Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Minneapolis, one hour behind Eastern. Same arrangement, shifted.
- Mountain and Pacific
- Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Seattle. These slots are covered by teachers who work those hours deliberately rather than as a favour, so your child is not the last lesson of a long day.
- Weekends
- Saturday and Sunday mornings on your own local time.
Your child keeps the same slot and the same teacher every week. When the clocks change in March and November the slot moves with you, not against you.
One lesson a week is not enough for a child starting from the first Arabic letter. Three short ones beat one long one, because what is being built is a memory of sound and sound fades faster than a week.
Taught in the language your child thinks in
- Explanation in English, which is the first language of almost every child born in America.
- Explanation in Urdu, where that is the language spoken at home.
- The recitation itself in Arabic, as it has to be.
- A teacher who can hear a wrong sound and stop it in the moment, which only works one to one.
This matters more in America than anywhere else we teach. A child who speaks only English and is taught by someone explaining in Arabic is learning two things at once, and usually learns neither.
What a month costs in dollars
- 2 days a week
- 8 lessons of 30 minutes — $39 a month
- 3 days a week
- 12 lessons of 30 minutes — $49 a month
- 4 days a week
- 16 lessons of 30 minutes — $59 a month
- 5 days a week
- 20 lessons of 30 minutes — $65 a month
No registration fee, no contract and no minimum term, and no card is taken for the trial classes.
The four-day plan works out at under four dollars a lesson for one child and one teacher. That is the figure worth comparing between academies, not the monthly total, because a cheaper month with fewer lessons is not cheaper.
What to check before you enrol anywhere
- Is the lesson genuinely one to one, or a small group described as personal attention?
- Is the fee published in dollars before anyone asks for your phone number?
- Will it be the same teacher every week, and can you have their name before you pay?
- Is a second adult from the academy on the call, and may you sit in unannounced?
- What happens to a lesson your child misses through illness — is it lost, or moved?
There are more online Quran academies advertising to American families than to any other market, and they describe themselves in almost identical words. These five questions are what actually separate them.
Where to go next
Online Quran classes in the USA
The full page for American families, with every plan in dollars.
Online Quran classes for kids
What we teach children, how a lesson runs and who teaches it.
Is my child safe in an online class?
Who else is on the call, and what you can see.
What a month costs
Every plan, in your own currency, published in full.