Other
Tips:
Our lessons from the book take on a Question/Answer
Format (similar to the book):
A question, its answer, and one or more proofs is
presented, as in the book, and the student is expected to memorize
the answer and its proof.
Also please note, the answers that I require from my
students are, in a few cases, abbreviated from the answers in the
book to fit the level of my students.
We make flashcards for each question
and store them in a
Hifz Box.
We try to review the questions,
answers, and proofs on a daily basis, insha Allah.
(See table above for Hifz Cards)
In the meantime, my purpose for this page is to give
parents/teachers ideas of how they can take an authentic book and
adapt it to fit their children, which sometimes seems like a
difficult task. This book was written for children, in part,
so it is easier to do so, alhamdulillah.
Here is a sample way to carry out a
lesson/session:
1. Introduce the question, its answer, and one
proof. (For questions with multiple proofs, I only present one
proof at a time, regardless of the age).
2. If the proof is an ayaah from the Quraan,
read it's tafsir and discuss it. The proofs in this book are
from the Quraan.
3. Have children memorize the proof. Older
students can memorize it independently (though they may still
need some aid) and you can work with younger students, insha
Allah.
4. Make a flashcard with the question on one side
and the answer and proof on the other side for reviewing. Older
children can self review anytime. I usually review all
cards daily, even with my older children. We discuss what the
question and the answer mean/their significance and how it
applies to them, as well, so that I can try to make sure they
are not simply "spitting" back memorized answers.
Salafyink.com
has few comprehension worksheets to accompany the lessons,
available as separate downloads (not included with the book
download). I believe they are located under "Homeschooling"
Tips/Ideas:
Scheduling:
I typically spend about a week per
question/answer and if a question has more than one proof, then
I take the question into a second week, insha Allah.
Activity/Study Ideas:
As part of our studies, I have made study sheets
that contain the ayaah, its translation, and the
transliteration, but kids can also study from the flashcards if
they can fit the whole proof on there.
I try to make sure that my older kids know the
meaning of the majority of the Arabic words in the ayaah they
are memorizing.
You might want to give them dictation at the end
of the week on the spellings and meanings, if you spend a week
on each question, this works well, insha Allah.
Sometimes I introduce mini Arabic lessons. If I
notice a lot of "possessive pronouns" (like -kum, -ee, etc) we
might focus on those. I may have them conjugate a list of words
with these pronouns (qalamee, qalamukum, etc). I may also have
them look in the Quraan for examples of these in use and have
them write them down.
You could also have them write out the proof on
Copywork Stationery or
have student keep a notebook to record each Question, Answer,
and Proof and any other written work associated with the lesson.
Sample notebook entry format below:
Sometimes I also pull out English vocabulary
words (from the ayaah or the tafsir) and they look up the
definition and write each word in a sentence.
Based upon the nature of the material/ayaah, you
can assign a creative writing assignment to have your student
apply what he has learned.
Summary:
Each
lesson/question might contain:
Memorization of an ayaah
Reading of Tafsir/Discussion
Writing (Copywork)/Notebook
Vocabulary (Arabic & English)
Arabic Grammar
Creative Writing/Composition
Other engaging creative activities that fit your
material and students.
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Bi-ithnillah, you
have found some useful ideas to use for your own studies.
For more ideas on taking authentic books and making
them your textbooks,
you might take a look at Talibiddeen Jr.'s:
Learning Aids to Use with "The Prophet's Prayer Described"
