^ yeah to the Arabic Playhouse. Also when some of my cousins were little, there was this cartoon arabic character Brother Adam? can’t recall, but I’m sure there’s lots of animated toons on the lessons, i.e. the morals, and character building. Are you ok with showing kids videos in class? They have some islamic stories like the one mentioned in surah-e-ababeel. Its actually pretty good. I’ll see if I can rummage through boxes in the basement :halo:
Oh boy oh boy to the overly froggy heart sensitive parents. Man, Niksik, u are so right. These kids will be total turkeys fending for themselves in real life onwards. Its so over powering to a parent to raise their kids in a less hostile and more peace controlled environment, but then they are depraving their kids from reality. WHich’ll be more harder to digest rather in later life. These parents need dose of GS slapping
I understand this thread could have been in culture or religion, but I feel it will be better suited here. However, mods, please feel free to move it if needed.
I have been teaching arabic for beginners for a few months in a local school here as a volunteer. The kids are pretty good at identifying huroof now but as I start with the harakaat, such as fatha (zabar), kasra (zeyr) and dammah (pesh), I see confusion. They forget the letters and cannot seem to grasp the effect of the harakaat on the letters. How would you suggest I proceed? It's obviously something with my style of teaching.
Secondly, I am also teaching an Islamic Virtues class which entails lessons on character building. I would appreciate some ideas from you to make my class more interesting and worthwhile. My students are age 6-13.
Thanks.
We also teach kids to read Arabic in our local masjid. I've found that if we go through Ahsanul Qawaid, and we make sure that the students don't go ahead without properly learning their lessons, then learning about and applying harakaat seems to come to them quite naturally. I haven't found anyone having problems with letters once they get to the harakaat. The main thing here is that every student has his/her individual lesson. When I'm teaching, I don't move them ahead until they know their current lesson well enough. Sometimes it means that some students cover the same lesson for 2 or 3 weeks, but making sure they know it properly is more important than rushing through the book.
As for character building, fada'il of good character seems like a good place to start. I would cover the rights of parents, neighbors, respect for elders. You can present examples of good character from the life of Rasulullah (SAW) and from the lives of the sahaba (RA).
I have Adam world's video they are nice and help small children a lot.But nikisik if you really want the children to read some islamic books get IQRA books in English they are nice.LEt me find a website for you I have ordered for Zafeerah some Prophet's stories they are nice.
niksik,
i also volunteer teaching kids at my local masjid......i honestly suggest u stick with fathah, kasrah and dhammah...the urdu zabr, zer, pesh is just confusing.....especially with the urdu pronounciation of certain letters (sa = tha, suad = saad, etc)....i learned the urdu way as a kid, and it messed me up as an adult, but now alhumdulillah im handling the arabic way fine.
well to mamke them remember....for the fathah...i tell them its an A sound...and kasrah E sound and Dhammah O sound...like vowels....
also the book that they are learvnign from is really great..its written by the Imam of the masjid....
as for character buliding.....i say start off with simple Ahadiths about character....ask them to read it and what they think it means (for ex. La Thag Dhab ..do not become angry)....ask them to explain it and then explain to them how the Prophet SAW handled situations when one becomes angry.
I started out with fatha, dammah and kasra but when the kids went home, their parents went back to zabar zeyr pesh. So the kids would come back to school the next day and say words like fesh and dabar
lol oh gosh....u should tell parents, that this is an Arabic class, and its good that they are practising at home, but please refrain from using the urdu words and stick to arabic, it will be easier for them int he long run.
can’t recall, but I’m sure there’s lots of animated toons on the lessons, i.e. the morals, and character building. Are you ok with showing kids videos in class? They have some islamic stories like the one mentioned in surah-e-ababeel. Its actually pretty good. I’ll see if I can rummage through boxes in the basement :halo:
