How much do online English lessons for kids cost in Jordan?

How much does a CurioKids plan cost in Jordan?

A plan is a number of lessons a week: Starter is 1, Growth is 2 and Accelerator is 3. Whichever you choose, each lesson is live and 1-to-1 with a real teacher, lasts 25 minutes and takes place in the CurioKids online classroom.

Per lesson, the price falls as the lessons a week go up, while Starter is the smallest payment. You pay nothing extra to use the classroom or to see your child's progress.

Do families in Jordan pay in dinars or dollars?

Plans for families in Jordan are priced in US dollars, and you pay the dollar amount you see. The country you choose when you create your parent account sets this currency.

If your card is in Jordanian dinars, your bank may convert the dollar charge into dinars, and your statement can show the converted amount. Payments are taken by Stripe, and CurioKids never sees your full card number.

What does the price pay for?

Every plan includes the same: live, 1-to-1, 25-minute lessons with a real teacher for children aged 4 to 12, in the CurioKids online classroom with video, an interactive whiteboard, lesson slides and games. Most children start with Phonics Starter, our 52-lesson reading course, then move through CEFR-based levels Pre-A1, A1 and A2. Teachers give feedback after lessons, you follow progress in your parent dashboard, and there is no charge for materials. See our curriculum and safety pages.

For an Arabic-speaking child, the reading course does a lot of the work. Written Arabic usually leaves out short vowels and runs right to left, so writing every vowel and reading left to right take practice. CurioKids doesn't follow the school syllabus or prepare for the Tawjihi; it builds the reading, spelling and speaking that school English rests on.

How do 4-weekly payments fit the school year in Jordan?

In Jordan, the school year starts in the autumn and ends in early summer, with a break in the middle of the year. A monthly bill would cover a different number of lessons in a long month and a short one; billing every 4 weeks keeps the lessons in each payment the same all year.

Plans bill every 4 weeks, not by calendar month, so every billing period has the same number of lessons: 13 payments a year. Every plan can be paid weekly instead, and paying every 4 weeks costs less than four weekly payments. You're charged when you subscribe and then at the start of each billing period. Your price is locked on your subscription, so future price changes don't affect you. You can change plan or cancel anytime, and cancel a single lesson up to 2 hours before it starts.

When homework piles up, Starter keeps English going without crowding the week, and you can move back up when things ease. During Ramadan or the mid-year break, you might move a lesson to a different time of day, or cancel the ones that clash with family plans.

What lesson times work in Jordan?

When you book, every lesson time is shown in Jordan time. Jordan keeps the same clock all year, so the slot you pick stays at the same local time from one season to the next. On a school day, something between about 4pm and 8pm usually fits after school, planned around prayer times and homework. The weekend is Friday and Saturday, and a Saturday morning, before the day fills up, suits many children.

If your child's teacher lives somewhere that changes its clocks, check your lesson times in late March and late October. Our guide to online lessons across time zones explains how to keep track.

Which plan is right for a child in Jordan?

Start from your child's school, their homework and how often they use English outside class:

• Starter, 1 lesson a week: a child with a full homework load who needs one relaxed, regular chance to speak English.
• Growth, 2 lessons a week: a primary-age child at a government school laying the foundations of reading and spelling, where two lessons a week keep the habit steady.
• Accelerator, 3 lessons a week: a child moving to a private school that teaches more of the day in English, or one who wants to grow in confidence quickly.

A plan isn't fixed: change it as you learn what suits your child. Our guide how many English lessons a week does my child need? can help, and online English lessons for children in Jordan explains how English runs through school from the early grades.

How do I compare the cost with a tutor or an English centre?

Families in Jordan often weigh a private tutor, a group class at an English centre and lessons online. Each prices per session, month or course, so work out what your child gets from one lesson:

• Divide the fee by the number of lessons, and note how many minutes each lesson really lasts.
• Ask how many children are in the class, and how much of the time your child will be speaking.
• Check whether lessons focus on homework and tests, or on reading, speaking and phonics.
• Look for registration, book or level-test fees on top of the lessons.
• Count the journey, the waiting time and the traffic for lessons outside the home.

A centre with several children per teacher may cost less for each hour, but your child speaks for only part of it. In a 1-to-1 lesson, the speaking time is all theirs. Our guide 1-to-1 or group English classes: which suits my child? looks at both.

How does the free first lesson work in Jordan?

Create a parent account, add your child and choose a time for the free first lesson; no card is asked for. In the 25 minutes, the teacher chats with your child, finds out what they can already do and records a starting level, so later lessons begin at the right point for children aged 4 to 12. If you don't continue, you owe nothing.

Lessons open country by country. If lessons for families in Jordan haven't opened yet, this guide shows a waitlist in the space where the prices go. Our guide on what to look for in a free first lesson lists the signs of a good first lesson.

Where do I see the prices for Jordan?

Visit our Jordan page to see how lessons work and, once lessons for families in Jordan open, to book your child's free first lesson; until then it has a waitlist, and we'll let you know when you can book. Once they open, the prices for Jordan also show any current offer and its terms. Our Jordan page is also in العربية. For school, English at home and lesson times in Jordan, read our guide to online English lessons for children in Jordan.