Gina, you sound like an expert. Can I take your help 
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Practice!!! I am a teacher volunteer at Sunday school at our local masjid and since we see the kids only once a week- we usually spend a few weeks at one lesson.. I assist another teacher with Level 3 Arabic (age 8-14) and it's been three weeks n we are still doing teh difference between a-shamsayia and al-qamariya for the word alif laam!So far they have praticed different surahs from Quran and next week would be the quiz to see if we are ready to move on to next lesson or not! It took time but today they were just pro at it and wanted to do surah Qariyah and Surah Alaq for practice in the class- just because they could do it. :-)
For the parents who complain, just tell them that you believe in the quality of lesson and learning instead of quantity.. they can always switch schools!!
For islamic studies n etiquettes, I say, index cards, demonstration, and games help. For example, if you are teaching salah, make sure you demonstrate it in the class... like take a student from the class, tell them the rukuh posture and then put a glass of water on their back to demonstrate how flat their back should be, if they move they will wet themselves- kids find it interesting and they are always amused by it! Last but not least, practice outside the class as well.. discipline them at the masjid and encourage parents to do the same!
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Thanks G the Great. Those are great tips.
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jo merzi kerlain, jo molvi sahab wala idea mainey diya hai woh best hai aur sirf wohi kaam karey ga:naraz:
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But but I'll get sued :(
^ Sure Niksik! Anyyyytime =)
I totally agree with Eco here :k:
Buttttttt…
Niksik, man those kids and their parents 
Problems of getting Sued eh… lets see… hum hee ho bo fo fum…have a nice green fresh Tehny and then tell them a story of ‘this little danda goes to school’ with scary over tone story using EcoShan’s expert molvi examples. Tell the kids how lucky we are to be in the era of ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’ …whenever they forget, just rant the rod around a bit on the ground, maybe they’ll keep their eyes, ears, brains pasted to ur words then
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^^ ah its so nice to see that m not the only wise person here, daring is here aswell:D
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Eco and Daring, one of the parents even asked me not to say things like “you haven’t revised” or “i will test you on Monday” to her child because she is so sensitive that she gets nervous. I wonder how this kid performs in school or how she will survive in life in general. Or if we used the danda method 
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the kids are not sensitive, the parents are psycho morons and need shrink for help,prolly daring could help em :@
they do all this islamic stuff just to fulfill the formalities :@
but u dont worry (F) keep on doing the great work and Allah will bless ya insha Allah and guess wat? insha Allah one day my kids are gona come to u to learn Quran and u will have full freedom or becoming typical molvi :D
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Eco, yes I am very surprised at some parents’ reactions. It almost seems like we teach our kids Qur’an more as a social obligation rather than for the sake of learning it and understanding it. In this school, we follow tajweed principles so the child’s recitation is not only accurate but also beautiful. This will take extra time and more practice but the results are phenominal. Parents however, want jhat phat teaching.
I wonder if they show this kind of attitude in their regular schools as well?
PS: I would personally never teach your kids like that, but I could give you a hard time 
That reminds me an old joke.
one parent in Pakistan told the teacher , " mera bacha bohat samjhdar aur hassas hay, agar iss ko koi baat samjhana ho to iss key brabar walay bachay key thapar laga dain yeh samj ja-a ga aur dobara woh harkat nahi karay ga"
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…it is exactly like that, oh my God!
That reminds me an old joke. I parent in Pakistan told the teacher , " mera bacha bohat samjhdar aur hassas hay, agar iss ko koi baat samjhana ho to iss key brabar walay bachay key thapar laga dain yeh samj ja-a ga aur dobara woh harkat nahi karay ga"
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Wow! I've heard this from friends who are public school teachers as well! American parents are insane, they don't want to say anything to the kids, which is why the kids are spoiled and useless! Its been happening a while. The desi and other muslim parents who grew up here are raising their kids the same way, without any dicipline etc.
Good luck!
I was going to suggest getting some children's books in Arabic, i.e. books for children in the arab world. The kids might find them useful and relate to them a bit more than the quaida etc. I took 2 semesters of arabic and they started us off with a kids activity book it was pretty cool...I am sure the kids will pick up that way and it'll be more fun for them as well.
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Now a days kids are more into computers and video games. So if you have a pc at school buy Arabic Playhousesee if that helps to use it as a teaching aid in class and if you find useful you can ask the parents to buy one. . I do not have personal experience of using it. I bought it for my kids and let them play with it on their own , but they go to Sunday Islamic School also so I do not know what worked.