An online Noorani Qaida lesson at home is a half hour on video with one teacher, the Qaida page shared on screen, the child reading aloud and being corrected letter by letter. Most of the lesson is the child's voice, not the teacher's.
The half hour, minute by minute
The first two minutes
Salaam, and the teacher asks the child to read yesterday's line before anything new is introduced. This is deliberate -- it is how the teacher finds out what actually stuck.
Five to ten minutes
Revision of the last page. Out loud, by the child. If it is clean, they move on. If it is not, the new page waits.
Ten to twenty minutes
The new material. The teacher says it, the child repeats it, and then the child reads it alone. The third part is the one that matters.
The last five minutes
Reading today's line unaided, start to finish, and whatever Islamic studies the child is on -- a dua, a Kalima, a step of wudu.
After the lesson
The page to look at before the next class. A few minutes, not homework in the school sense.
What the teacher is listening for
- The letters that sound alike
- The pairs an English-speaking child flattens into one sound. Most of the correction in the early pages is here, and it is the reason a Qaida should not be rushed.
- Reading versus remembering
- A child who has heard a line four times can recite it without reading it. A teacher checks by pointing at a word out of order.
- Speed
- A child reading faster than they can see is guessing. Slow and correct is the target for months, and it is not a sign of being behind.
- The joins
- The same letter at the start, middle and end of a word. The first real wall in the Qaida, and completely normal.
What you should see after a month
- Your child can read a line you pick at random from a page they have already done.
- They know the names of the letters, not only the sounds.
- They are being corrected often, and it does not upset them.
- They have not jumped ahead several pages in four weeks. Fast movement early is a warning sign, not progress.
If none of that is true after a month, ask. A straight answer at week four is worth more than a polite one at month six.
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What each stage covers.
Common Noorani Qaida mistakes
Where children stall, and why.
Which Noorani Qaida book?
The editions, compared.