ASA All,
I belong to the "Islamic Homeschooling" Google Group which has many nice recommendations for teaching children at home. The suggestions can be tailored to your child, even if they attend school, and you want to include more Islamic studies topics
Below is a recent message explaining how to use the two attachments for a suggested Qur'an program at home.
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Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:10 AM
{islamichomeschooling} Re: Quran Curriculum Update and Daily Quran Regimen
Jazaakillaahu khairan for your questions. May Allah continue to bless you in all your endeavors, ameen!
For older children who are just starting out, I think you can still start at the same point as younger children, and inshaa allah, you will be able to progress faster once you start. Alhamdulilaah, I have heard that many children 9 and up tend to finish memorizing the Quran in 1-2 years easily, so I think this will be really exciting for you and your children inshaa allah!!! Also, each child is different, so it is important to assess each child's memorization ability and reading strength, then keep challenging them to do more.
Below I will copy and paste the "Daily Quran Regimen", which is based on the "Quran Curriculum", and then put in comments in bold on how I think it could be geared towards older children, ie: 9 and up, but I think it is probably the same for any children, once they are able to read Quran fluently, they set the pace themselves for how much and how fast they memorize.
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Daily Quran Regimen
All charts (in quotes below) can be downloaded from the files section:
http://groups.google.com/group/islamichomeschooling/files 1. Sight-Reading
1. Purpose: To strengthen reading fluency and increase reading speed
2. Daily Goal: Sight-read 1, 2, 4 pages or more (eventually a juz a day), starting from the beginning of the Quran. After completing the Quran, start again from the beginning.
3. Use "Reading Chart for the Whole Quran" to mark progress for those reading 1-15 pages a day
4. Use "Daily Juz Reading Checklist" for those reading a juz a day
Comments:
*Note: If the child does not know how to read the Quran yet, I would recommend getting the Noorani Qa'idah book/CD set which is available in the US at this link:
http://islamicbookstore.com/b9420.html1. On the first day, starting from the beginning of the Quran, have the child read the first ayah of Suurat al-Fatihah. For the first two weeks, let them sight-read one ayah a day. Be sure to mark what ayah they finish reading each day.
2. By the end of the second week, they should be on the seventh ayah of Suurat al-Baqarah. At this point, ask them if they are ready to start reading two ayahs a day. If not, then continue having them read one ayah per day, until you can feel they are getting more fluent in their reading...ie: they are reading the ayahs easily without pausing to figure out the next letter/word.
3. Each day/week/month, try to assess their progress, and when you feel they are reading the ayahs more easily, increase the amount of ayahs they read, but never let them read less than the day before.
4. Always encourage them to do more. The key with sight-reading is to do it everyday, so that their reading fluency will increase.
5. Once they can easily read at least one page of Quran a day,
print out the "Reading Chart for the Whole Quran" so each child can mark off each page that they read each day.
6. Every week/month encourage them to increase by another page per day, until they are able to read a juz a day, then print out the "Daily Juz Reading Checklist" so they can mark off each juz as they read it each day.
7. Note to sisters: Feel free to do this along with your kids, it is really fun, and it can get quite competitive when the kids want to see if they can read more pages than you each day, alhamdulilaah.
2. Reviewing
1. Purpose: To insure that previously memorized suurahs are not forgotten
2. Daily Goal: Review last 5 pages memorized, plus at least 10 other previously memorized pages.
3. Use "Ad-Daleel as-Sanawee" and "Daily Quran Review Chart" to record reviewed pages/suurahs
4. After memorizing the whole Quran, review at least one juz a day
5. Use "Daily Quran Review Chart" to record reviewed suurahs.
3. Memorizing
1. Purpose: To achieve the pleasure and reward of Allah azza wa jal inshaa Allah
2. Daily Goal: Depending on the age and capabilities of each child, start anywhere from one ayah up to 2 pages a day, then increase as the child's memorization strength and stamina increases
3. Use "Ad-Daleel as-Sanawee" to record daily memorization progress
4. Use "Family Quran Memorization Chart" to record suurahs memorized
Comments:
1. Start off having them memorize one ayah a day, in this case, starting from the back fo the Quran
2. By the end of the second week, they should have memorized all of the last three suurahs. At this point, have them start memorizing two ayahs a day, because they are extremely short.
3. Each day, try to assess their progress, and when you feel they are memorizing the ayahs more easily and quickly, increase the amount of ayahs they memorize each day.
4. Always encourage them to do more. The key with memorizing is to do it everyday, so that their memorization strength will increase.
5. Print out "Ad-Daleel as-Sanawee" to record daily memorization progress
6. Every day/week encourage them to memorize another ayah per day, until they are able to memorize a page or two a day. Once they are memorizing two pages a day, they will be able to finish memorizing the whole Quran in less than a year, inshaa allah
7. Make it a family affair! Print out the "Family Quran Memorization Chart" so every member of the family can keep track of the suurahs they have memorized, and make it a fun competition to see who in the family can finish memorizing the Quran first!
4. Studying Tajweed
1. Purpose: To recite the Quran exactly how it was revealed
2. Daily Goal: Introduce a new rule and its usage until it is perfected.
3. Resources: Use Tajweed books in English and Arabic listed on the "Quran Curriculum"
Comments:
1. For sisters who are just starting to learn Arabic/Tajweed/Quran, I would recommend taking a Tajweed course or purchasing books/CDs to study along with your children. Below are some options:
2. Noorani Qa'idah book/CD set
http://islamicbookstore.com/b9420.html3. Quran Tutor Online $12/month
http://www.qurantutoronline.com/4. Tajweed course at AOU
http://aou.edu/programs/EBP_offerings.htm5. Study with a local expert in tajweed
6. Be sure to play Quran CDs/tapes everyday, so they constantly hear Quran.
5. Studying Tafseer and Quranic Vocabulary
1. Purpose: To understand the meaning of the words of Allah so that we can implement Allah's commands
2. Daily Goal: Read at least one page daily, and increase with age. After memorizing the whole Quran, start studying tafseer in-depth.
3. Resources: Use Tafseer and Quranic Vocabulary resources listed on the "Quran Curriculum"
Comments:
1. Alhamdulilaah, this is probably one of the easiest things to do with older children. Let them read the English translation of the meaning of the Quran every day. Start with a page a day, and encourage them to read more everyday,
2. Get Tafsir Ibn Kathir in English for them, in print or an online version, and encourage them to read a certain amount each day.
I pray that this was helpful to you in some way, dear sister Sawdah.
Please keep us in your duas.
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Enjoy!
ASA
Ayesha
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