Free Urdu Lessons for Kids: Alphabet, Words and Reading
28 free lessons. No account, no ads, works offline.
Urdu is often the language a child speaks fluently and cannot read. Spoken confidence hides the gap until school starts, and then the script has to be learned from scratch while everything else is also new.
These 28 Urdu lessons start at haroof e tahaji and work through joined letters, common words, sentences, tenses, idioms and short nazms. Every lesson carries both Urdu and English, so a child can lean on the language they already have.
Every lesson, free to open
Playgroup
Kindergarten
Haroof e tahaji, letter sounds, and recognising letters inside familiar words.
Grade 1
Joining letters, first words, and simple naming sentences.
Grade 2
Sentence building, common verbs, and a short Urdu nazm.
Grade 3
Reading short passages, grammar basics, and rhythm in poetry.
Grade 4
What makes Urdu script hard to start
- Letters change shape depending on where they sit in a word, so a child who knows a letter in isolation may not recognise it joined.
- Right to left reading has to be trained deliberately, especially for children who already read English.
- Short vowel marks are often left out in ordinary text, so reading depends on knowing the word already. Vocabulary and reading have to grow together.
- Families outside Pakistan often have no local practice source. The language is spoken at home but never written, and reading quietly stops progressing.
Ten minutes of script a day
Reading Urdu improves fastest with short daily contact rather than a weekly lesson, because letter shapes need to become automatic before meaning can flow.
If your child speaks Urdu but cannot read it, start at Kindergarten regardless of age. The spoken vocabulary is already there and it will make the script move quickly.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Are the Urdu lessons free?
Yes, all of them, with no subscription, no ads and no account required.
My child speaks Urdu but cannot read it. Where do we start?
Start with the Kindergarten letters whatever their age. Recognising haroof e tahaji and their joined forms is the missing piece, and existing spoken vocabulary makes it move fast.
Are the lessons in Urdu script or roman Urdu?
Proper Urdu script. Each lesson also carries the English version alongside, so a bilingual child can check meaning without leaving the page.
Can we use this outside Pakistan?
Yes. The lessons work anywhere with no account, and offline once installed, which is the usual difficulty for families teaching Urdu abroad.