The Quran is the Book of Allah, which He revealed to humanity, and raising our children to love it and be attached to it takes some effort and preparation. As fathers and mothers, we play a decisive role in encouraging our children to love the Quran. We must be good role models by reciting the Quran and acting on its teachings in our daily lives, for when they see us loving and revering the Quran, it will have a positive effect on them. And with technological progress, our children have the right to be taught in a way that suits this age, so that it comes easily to their minds. That is why the Moddakir app has launched Moddakir Kids, so that a parent can enrol their child in any of the app’s tracks, helping the child memorize the Quran and learn to recite it correctly in Arabic, while building in the child a love of the Quran.
Among Moddakir’s tracks for children is the Saudi School Curriculum track, which helps children learn the Quran easily according to the school curriculum, through memorization and recitation together.
How can we raise our children to love the Quran?
A child’s upbringing is not confined to the home; it comes from the home alongside the school. We should begin introducing our children to the Quran from an early age: we can read them the stories of the Quran and explain their meanings simply and in a way suited to their age. We should help our children make the Quran part of their daily lives and set aside a specific time each day for them to recite the Quran and reflect on its verses. We can also have them memorize some surahs, so that they can easily recite them and apply them in their daily lives. The Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is a light that illuminates our paths and a guidance that lights up our lives, and raising our children to love it is a great responsibility that rests on every parent and teacher. So how can we raise our children to love the Quran?
First: being a good example:
- Parents: through their own love of the Quran, reciting it with passion in front of their children, making a point of reciting the Quran at home every day, and engaging with its verses and explaining them to their children.
- Teachers: through their passion for the Quran and reciting it with Tajweed, linking the meanings of the Quran to students’ lives, and using appealing methods to teach the Quran.
Second: creating a positive environment:
- This means setting aside a place for the Quran at home, playing the Quran at home regularly, and encouraging children to listen to the Quran.
- Setting aside classes at school for teaching the Quran and its Tajweed, organizing Quran competitions, and inviting sheikhs to give talks about the Quran.
Third: linking the Quran to the child’s life:
- This is done by telling children the stories of the Quran in an engaging way, and linking those stories to the child’s life.
- Praising the child when they recite the Quran, giving them gifts when they memorize it, and involving them in Quran activities.
Parents should also teach the child to avoid abandoning the Quran, and using the Moddakir app helps keep away from abandoning the Quran, which takes five forms:
- Abandoning listening to it and believing in it.
- Abandoning acting on it.
- Abandoning it as the judge in the fundamentals and details of the religion.
- Abandoning reflecting on it and understanding it.
- Abandoning seeking healing through it for the ailments of the heart and body.
The Quran carries a deep spiritual message that gives a person purpose and direction in life. When the Quran is abandoned, a person loses this spiritual direction, guidance and wisdom, becomes more prone to error and being misled, and begins to go astray and lose their way.
The Quran contains great guidance and wisdom that direct a person in every aspect of life, as well as the stories of the prophets, beneficial admonitions and divine laws that guide a person to make the right decisions and live in the best way. That is why making a child love the Quran from an early age, and raising and nurturing them upon it, is an imperative duty for parents.
The Saudi School Curriculum track
The home’s role in making a child love the Quran comes through setting aside a specific time for reciting the Quran, and here you can rely on the Moddakir Kids app. And since school plays a major role in a child’s education, the Moddakir app offers the Saudi School Curriculum track for children aged 3 to 12, and the program lasts a full year. What sets the Moddakir app apart is that it is flexible and available around the clock: through it, a child learns the Saudi school curriculum in live audio or video sessions with some of the best male and female teachers. The app has more than 1,200 male and female teachers, chosen with great care, all of whom hold an Ijazah in the Quran in many readings, including the reading of Hafs from ‘Asim; all of them hold an Ijazah in the ten Qira’at, and are qualified and trained to run learning sessions.
The Quran curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia centres on teaching students to recite the Quran with the correct rules of Tajweed, understand its meanings and interpretation (tafsir), memorize parts of the Quran, link the Quran to their daily lives, and instil a love of the Quran in their hearts.
A parent can enrol in the Saudi School Curriculum track in the Moddakir Kids app by following these steps:
- Go to the app store for your phone to install the Moddakir Kids app.
- Open the app once it is installed.
- Register your child by entering their name and selecting their date of birth in the Gregorian or Hijri calendar, and upload a personal photo of them.
- Choose the learning track that best suits your child; here, “Saudi School Curriculum”.
- Then choose your child’s type of education, either “General education” or “Quran memorization schools”, and tap the “Next” button.
- Next, choose your child’s school stage by selecting the school year, from first grade to sixth grade of primary school.
- Choose the term from the three school terms, then tap the “Next” button.
- Answer the question “When do you want your child to learn?” by ticking the days that suit learning, from Sunday to Saturday, or by choosing every day of the week.
- Choose a time slot from six slots, each 4 hours long, covering the 24 hours of the day and starting at 4 a.m., then tap the “Review plan” button.
- A “Summary of your child’s learning plan in the School Curriculum track” window appears, showing how long it will take your child to complete their studies in the track.
- Finally, tap “Confirm plan” so your child can start learning at the set time.
How can the school curriculum in Saudi Arabia strengthen children’s relationship with the Quran?
The school curriculum plays a decisive role in strengthening the relationship between children and the Quran by including it in school subjects and using innovative teaching strategies. Including the Quran in the curriculum helps strengthen the bond between children and the Book of Allah, which deepens their understanding and appreciation of the Quran and its values, by providing meaningful, appropriate content and designing interactive activities that stimulate their interest and strengthen their relationship with the Quran. The Saudi school curriculum also uses stories and examples to make the Quran the focus of learning, and incorporates creative and artistic activities to draw children’s interest to the Quran. Stories and examples inspired by the Quran can be used to capture children’s interest and deepen their understanding; this strategy makes learning exciting and helps build a strong bond between children and the Quran.
The school environment also plays a decisive role in children’s connection with the Quran, so it must be motivating and supportive, by creating a suitable atmosphere and providing dedicated spaces for reading and studying the Quran. Teachers play an important role in encouraging children to read the Quran by inspiring and motivating them and showing them the importance of the Quran in their lives. The school atmosphere and the availability of special spaces for worship can also influence children’s determination to learn the Quran, as they feel a sense of belonging and connection to their religion and can focus on and immerse themselves in studying the Quran.
Why is Moddakir Kids the best choice after a long search?
Parents have long searched for a way to help their children learn the Quran, whether memorizing it, reciting it, or mastering the pronunciation of Allah’s verses with the correct articulation of the letters. Many end up arranging for a male or female teacher to teach the child at home, or sending the child to them to learn. But this is often boring for the child on the one hand and worrying for mothers on the other, and this is where the Moddakir Kids app has played an important role in ending the confusion. It stands out for the following:
- The app lets the child hear the verse from the teacher, read it and repeat it until they have fully mastered it.
- You can choose the right time for your child, and choose their own teacher.
- The app lets you follow your child’s progress at all times.
- A large selection of the best male and female teachers.
- A safe environment for the child, at home beside their mother, which makes them feel safer and keen to learn.
- The ability to learn during the set time slot from anywhere, whether at home or travelling with their father or mother anywhere away from home.
