US+1 917 998 7360

[email protected]

Up to 3 free trial classes — no credit card requiredLive 1-to-1 lessons with a male or female Quran teacherClasses available 24/7
US+1 917 998 7360[email protected]Up to 3 free trial classes — no credit card requiredLive 1-to-1 lessons with a male or female Quran teacherClasses available 24/7
Live Quran Lessons

Keeping the Quran Going Through the School Holidays

Should my child keep taking Quran classes during the school holidays?

The short answer

The holidays are the best weeks of the year for reading, because the child is rested and the clock is empty. Use them to add days rather than hours: five short lessons a week in July will move a child further than any term-time month, and it costs the family less effort than term time does.

By Nauman Ahmed, Founder of Live Quran LessonsUpdated 2 min read

Why holiday weeks are worth more

In term time the lesson competes with homework, tiredness and a bedtime. In the holidays it competes with nothing, so the child arrives able to concentrate and leaves without a second task waiting.

Morning slots open up too, and a ten o'clock lesson with a fresh child is worth two at seven in the evening with a tired one.

A holiday plan that is not a second school

Days
Five short ones, not three long ones.
Length
Thirty minutes. Resist making it an hour because the day is free.
Time
Morning, before the day fills up.
Goal
One visible milestone for the holidays — finishing a Qaida stage, or three short surahs — rather than “as much as possible”.

If you are travelling

  • Tell the teacher the dates before you go, not after you have missed two lessons.
  • Time zones are workable — the slot moves for the trip and moves back afterwards.
  • If you pause entirely, the unused balance carries over to the next month here rather than being lost.
  • Two lessons a week while travelling keeps the habit alive and is far better than a clean stop.
Book free trial classes

Related

Parents ask us

Anything else? Ask us and we answer on WhatsApp.

Book a Free Trial Class
  • No card needed
  • One to one
  • Stop any time
Should we take a break over the holidays?

The holidays are the best weeks of the year for reading, because the child is rested and the week is empty. Families who pause through them usually spend the first weeks of term getting back to where they were.

Should we add days or add minutes?

Days. Five short lessons a week in a holiday move a child further than any term-time month, and they cost the family less effort than term time does.

What if we are travelling?

Keep the lessons if there is a connection, and move them to whatever hour suits where you are. Families take lessons from the grandparents' house all the time.

Can we pause for two weeks and come back?

Yes. Tell the teacher in your family group and the slot is held where we can. Nothing is cancelled and nothing is lost.

Will a holiday plan tire the child out?

Not at half an hour a day. What tires a child is a holiday timetable built like a school day, which is why the plan should be short lessons and nothing else attached to them.

Is this a good time to start something new?

Yes. Starting Hifz, or moving from the Qaida to the Mushaf, goes better in a week where nothing else is competing for the child's attention.

Book a free trial class

Up to 3 free classes with a qualified teacher, a supervisor on every one. No credit card required.

Book a Free Trial Class
Chat with admissions on WhatsApp