How do you encourage children to pray and read the Quran?

Teaching your children about Islam, and how to pray and read Quran is essential, but how can you do that easily, have no worries we will guide you through the way.

How can I encourage my child to read the Quran?

Teaching Quran to your children is not easy, that’s why many parents tend to hire a tutor or enroll their children in an online Quran course.

However, some prefer to teach their kids by themselves but they don’t know where to begin with or what is the right teaching method to make their kids love the Quran instead of feeling forced to learn something they don’t understand. That is why it is important to teach your kids Quran in an enjoyable way.

How can I teach my kid Quran? Where should I start from? How to make it fun for them? If these questions are rushing into your head right now, don’t worry, we can hear all the questions that rush into your head right now. So, we prepared a step-by-step guide for you that will lead you from the start all the way to the end.

1- Start with the Basics of the language:

What does that mean? Well, to be able to read the Quran correctly with no mistakes you should first start teaching them the Arabic alphabet and how to combine them to read a full word and then read sentences.

Teach them how the letter changes its shape when it’s connected to other letters, and how the Sukoon, Shaddah, and Tanween change the pronunciation of the word.

You could make this step fun by using the VISUAL Learning Style. Kids love colors and images, you could write the letters in front of them with colors or use colored books. Or match the shape of the letter with its animal shape. You could enroll them in online Arabic Classes for kids to make their learning process more effective.

 

2- Teach Tajweed for your Kids:

Yup, that’s the second step, the basics of learning the correct way to read the Quran is learning the basics of Tajweed. Learning tajweed will make them pronounce the word the way it should be pronounced. It’s not hard to teach them on your own if you know the tajweed rules, but if you prefer to let an expert teach them you can enroll them in online Quran classes for kids, and Firdaws online offers many great Quran for kids’ programs that will teach Quran to your kid in a fun ad memorable way.

 

3- Quran Memorization:

If you want your kids to memorize the holy Quran you could start by teaching them the small surahs and recite each verse multiple times and make them repeat after you. here’s how to do so:

•   Start by making the kid memorize from one to two verses every day and when they memorize the verse or two verses move on to the next verses.
•   Read each verse you want them to memorize about 10 times and make them repeat after you.
•   When you finish reading the verse, close the Quran and let the kid try reciting it on his own without looking.

 

•   Don’t move to the next part without revising what the kids have memorized first.
•   To make it easier at the beginning start by making the kids memorize the small surahs of the Quran, meaning start with the last chapter of the Quran. Because the last chapter has the smallest surahs which are easier to memorize.

You could also enroll the kids in an online Quran Reading For Kids course.

How can we encourage children to pray in Islam?

Kids look up to their parents and they mimic what they see, pray in front of them and they will try to copy what you’re doing. Tell them about the importance of praying, how many prayers are there and how many Rakahs are in each one of them.

Make your children see that praying is a priority to you, ask them to pray with you and be nice to them, be patient when teaching them and show them how to do each step and make them practice it. Tell them about how the prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) used to pray, this will encourage them more.

Another great idea is to reward them when they pray, for each prayer give them a reward, this will encourage them even more.  

 

Now teach them the following:

Takbir: start praying by doing Takbir which is the act of standing, raise your hands at shoulder level and say Allahu Akbar (“God is great”).

Then put your right hand on top of your left hand across the chest and recite surah al-Fatiha and another small surah that you know by heart.

Ruku, which means bowing while facing the Qiblah with the hands on the knees and saying Glory be to God, the greatest,” three times.

Stand Up again, arms at your sides, and say, Allahu Akbar.

Then comes the sujud, where Muslims kneel with palms open on the ground, nose, and forehead touching the ground and they repeat the following three times “Glory be to God, the highest”.

They sit down then do another sujud.

Stand up and repeat the process but this time when you finish the second sujud sit and say the first Tashahhud. That is in the case of four or three Rakat, if it is just a two Rakat prayer then you say the full Tashahhud.

Stand up again and repeat the process and if this is a three Rakat prayer you will say the full Tashahhud.

How do I introduce my kids to Islam?

Kids learn better from stories, so, tell them the prophets’ stories in a fun way and you might even test them every now and then to ensure that they understood. Teach them how to read Quran and tell them about the Quranic stories.

At what age should a child start reading Quran?

When you ask this question, the answer will always be, that there is no specific age to start teaching your child Quran. However, the best age to memorize Quran is the age of 6 years old. But you should know that this is not the definite age to memorize Quran.

 Some kids managed to memorize the Quran at the age of 3 or 4 years. But not all kids can do so. So it is considered that 6 years old is the perfect time to start teaching your kids Quran, whether via Quran online courses or by hiring a tutor.

Although, don’t wait until your kid reaches 6 years old, try enrolling them in an online Quran course and see their progress.

At what age should a child start praying?

It is better to start when they are still young, so make your children start praying when they are seven years old. Teach them about the number of prayers and the number of Rak’ahs of prayer in Islam, and tell them the stories of the Prophets, this will make them eager to learn.