Teaching Quran to children

[Bint Abbas]

Asalaam alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I wanted some advice regarding teaching Qur'an to children, I recently joined a class which has 9 children from the ages of 5 to 7 (roughly), they are learning to read Qur'an and also memorizing.

I wanted to ask if anyone knows any good Tajweed books for children, and any other ideas on how to make learning the Qur'an fun and interesting for them. They need activites to do while waiting for their turn to read, so they usually draw and colour.
Also if anyone knows of any books where the children can colour in different hadith or dua's relating to the Qur'an or anything similar

jazakAllahu khairan

[Umm Ruhma]

Asalaam alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I wanted some advice regarding teaching Qur'an to children, I recently joined a class which has 9 children from the ages of 5 to 7 (roughly), they are learning to read Qur'an and also memorizing.

I wanted to ask if anyone knows any good Tajweed books for children, and any other ideas on how to make learning the Qur'an fun and interesting for them. They need activites to do while waiting for their turn to read, so they usually draw and colour.
Also if anyone knows of any books where the children can colour in different hadith or dua's relating to the Qur'an or anything similar

jazakAllahu khairan

wa' alaikumasalam wa rahmatullaah wa barakatuhu

Children's Stories from the Quran: Colouring Books (http://www.goodwordbooks.com/category/Children's-Stories-from-the-Quran:-Colouring-Books/23.html)

Easy steps in Quraan reading (http://www.onlineislamicstore.com/b1907.html)

wa' alaikumasalam

[Niqaabis]

welcome to the forum : )

[SAINT GEORGE OF ARABIA]

Assalaam alaykum

i have an opinion here that may be hard for you but it's best to know in sha Allah you will be patient about learning the quran.

surah 7 al araf verse 204
when the quran is recited, listen, pay attention and keep silence may be mercy will be shown to you.

you are not allowed to do anything else while others are reciting, try hard not to get bored because you will still benefit. since quran is all about memorisation you shouldn't waste a minute while others are reading. you should read with them or just listen because the day you will reach that chapter, it'll be easy for you and if you already know it then it's like revision.
remember you are defeating shaytan so please ignore any idea of boredom and if you win, you also gain great amount of patience.

the modern method is very wrong, people made it look like that quran can be boring so let's make it more fun by printing more books for our kids. that's already dangerous, a child could be overwhelmed with weakness, hypocrisy and wont take it seriously.
a muslim child should be trained to do things with patience, children adapt to anything. if you think they will get bored and bring more funny stuffs they will get along with it. yes there should be having fun or playing but reading should be serious.
you have to be hungry for knowledge even by just listening to kids reciting you are benefiting.

some might think this is a tough approach but the quran is also furqan, if you take it seriously you will gain. if you treat it like second best you will also get that little, if you neglect it will go away.
if you recite it all the time, you used to listen to music now you stopped and only have quran you will be amazed how much you know.

[abuyasin]

wa alaikum as salaam

there is class's targeting children found in http://www.jebril.com and also in www.islamway.com you can see how these sheikhs are dealing handling it but keep in mind these class's was for Arabic speaking children but it does give indication insha Allah, may Allah SWT rewards you for every letter they learn multiples

[Fajr]

you are not allowed to do anything else while others are reciting, try hard not to get bored because you will still benefit.
Baarakallahu feek, but I think what the sister means is that there are usually activities the children whilst they are called one by one to recite. This was a method I personally took with children - take them outside or to another room so as to not distract the one reciting or disrupt the recitation with classroom noise etc.

[abuyasin]

Subhan Allah, guys remember you dealing here with children, and the verses is to reflect upon the he verses and it is meaning anyway you guys like someone doesn't even pray and talk about Jihad doesn't do the basic and go for the majors... this is actually what dragging this Ummah down is sitting back and talk talk talk in place of doing a search and help a sister in her dawah may Allah guide us All and have mercy on us