Coming soon to Ottawa
Most schools weren’t built for a world with AI. Hikmah was.
We teach what AI can never replace, on a path built for your child. Hikmah Tutoring+ closes the gaps in math, reading and writing, with a mentor who knows them by name.
Hikmah Tutoring+ is a tutoring and learning centre for Grades 1 to 12, opening soon in Ottawa, in English and French.
01The case for Hikmah
On top of school today. Ready to lead in a world with AI.
Your child needs the foundations school marks them on and the judgement AI can’t supply, so Hikmah teaches both, side by side.
What AI can do, and what it can’t
AI is already good at the routine parts of schoolwork: drafts, summaries, calculations, answers to known questions, code. The parts that stay human are the ones your child will be trusted with.
In class, the next week · no devices
What’s the strongest argument against your position?
LiamUm… I’d have to look at it again.
PriyaDeliveries. So the street closes from ten.
Same class, same AI, same mark on the essay. Liam let AI write his; Priya wrote hers, then asked AI to argue against it.
Should our street go car-free on Saturdays? Make the case to city council.
What AI did well
- DraftThree openings for her speech
- Summary12 news articles, in one page
- CalculationThe totals from her survey
- AnswerHow a city bylaw gets changed
- CodeA web page for the survey
In minutes
What only Priya could do
- ThinkCaught a summary that got a fact wrong
- CreateDrew a street plan of her own
- SolveSaw the real problem: shops need deliveries
- DecideChose Saturdays from ten, and stood by it
- CommunicateWon over two shop owners who disagreed
- LeadRan a team of three classmates
Over three weeks
AI did the drafting. Priya did the thinking.
Tutoring+: how Hikmah teaches for both
We call it Tutoring+. Two tracks run side by side from the first week: tutoring in the foundations your child is taught and marked on at school, and the +, the six capacities AI can’t replace, built through real projects.
Tutoring · School today
Foundations, mapped to the Ontario curriculum
- Diagnostic assessmentWhere she is, and where each gap began
- A written learning planMapped to the Ontario expectations for Grade 6
- Mastery checksA skill counts once it holds
- Progress updateEvery month: what changed, why, what’s next
Ready for school
Where they meet: Market day budget: the fractions she mastered, used to set real prices
The + · The world after it
Six capacities AI can’t replace, built through projects
- ThinkSocratic questions
- CreateOriginal work
- SolveReal, messy problems
- DecideEthics cases
- CommunicateTalks and writing
- LeadTeam projects
Ready to lead
Hikmah Tutoring+
Falling behind, or finding school hard?
Tutoring+ traces the trouble to its root, often a skill from an earlier grade, and works on it until a mastery check shows it holds, with one mentor and a progress update every month.
Dive inExplore Tutoring+AlsoCatching upHomework helpTest prepEnrichmentUniversity and college admissions
Kumon, Mathnasium, Sylvan and Huntington also start with an assessment and a plan. See how Hikmah compares
02What AI can’t replace
The six capacities, up close. The thinking has to be their own.
One moment from a project for each, as your child would see it on the Hikmah platform.
Think critically
Weigh evidence and tell a sound answer from a plausible one, when AI offers thousands.
Create
Have original ideas and the craft to make them real. AI only remixes what exists.
Solve problems
Frame a messy problem, break it into parts and keep going when the first try fails.
Decide
Use judgement when there’s no answer at the back of the book, and own the choice.
Communicate
Write clearly, speak with confidence and make a case that people trust.
Lead
Set the direction for a team of people and tools, and see the work through.
How we teach them is centuries old: Socratic questions, logic, rhetoric and ethics, with today’s tools. Explore ancient principles
Illustrative screens. The Hikmah platform is in development.
03Known, clear, ready
Three promises to your family. And how we keep each one.
Your child’s mentor keeps all three, with a platform that tracks every skill until it holds.
A diagnostic assessment shows what they know and where each gap began. We fix the skill underneath, and a mastery check shows it holds.
Dive inSee how we find the rootA written learning plan, built around them. Each month, a progress update tells you what changed, why, and what’s next.
Dive inSee how it works, step by stepEvery skill ends up in a project they make and show to a real audience. Over time, that becomes a portfolio of what they can do.
Dive inExplore project-based learningWhere she is, strand by strand
Grade 4 expectation
Where the gap begins
How she thinks
- Counts on her fingers for 7 × 8
- Explains her reasoning clearly out loud
- Reads above grade; loves comics
Select a strand or a step to see what her mentor sees.
Ready for Grade 5 reading. First, rebuild multiplication facts.
MReviewed with her mentorMon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Tailored to Sofia
- PaceAccelerated in reading, careful in math
- InterestsComics and cooking, so the project is a recipe book
- How she learnsHands-on first, then talk it through
Select any block to see why it is in her week.
Why this block
Root secured
4 of 9 fact families
Next check: Thursday
The family recipe book
How do we scale our family’s recipes for any number of guests?
Audience: her family, at the November dinnerSelect a stage to see what she does there.
Skills it puts to work
- Equivalent fractions
- Multiplying fractions
- Writing clear steps
- Measuring
Her work so far
Mentor feedback
Your scaling table works. Now explain why 3/4 × 3 is 2 1/4 in your own words, for your grandmother.
Every mentor will be chosen, checked and trained. Read the mentor standard
Illustrative screens. The Hikmah platform is in development.
04Built for focus, mapped to Ontario
Built for how children focus. Mapped to what school teaches.
Your child practises in short blocks that hold their attention, on a learning plan that lines up with what they’re taught and assessed on at school.
Short blocks, progress they can see
- Practice in minutes, not hours
- Mastery rings, streaks and badges for skills mastered
- Quests that end in real projects, never points for screen time
Ontario-mapped, ahead on solid ground
- Built around the Ontario expectations for each grade
- They move on when a skill holds, not when the calendar says
- Gaps fixed at the root tend to show up at school
05For every stage of school
A program for every stage of school. Grades 1 to 12.
Every program begins with a diagnostic assessment and a written learning plan built around your child.
Elementary
Strong foundations in math, reading and writing, with small projects that make them stick.
Grades 7 and 8Middle years
Math, writing and reasoning, plus the habits of leading a project.
Grades 9 to 12High school
Math and sciences, writing, test preparation and a portfolio that shows what they can do.
Grades 1 to 12Thinking and leadership
Logic, rhetoric and debate, entrepreneurship and AI literacy: how to think well and lead, in a world with AI.
06Where your child stands
Where does your child stand with AI today?
Twelve quick questions, about three minutes. See where your child shines, where to start, and one thing to try at home this week.
A reflection for parents, not a test. Your answers stay in your browser.
07Founding families
Come and meet us. Be one of our founding families.
We’re opening our first centre in Ottawa: join the waitlist to hear first, then start with a free diagnostic assessment.
A free diagnostic assessment
See exactly where your child is, before you decide anything.
A founding tuition rate
Kept for founding families.
First access to spots
Places are limited at a new centre.
Your child’s data stays in your control: you can see, correct or delete it, and we never sell it. See how we protect it
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