The short answer
Watch three things and ask four questions. Watch how much of the lesson your child spends reading out loud, whether mistakes are corrected in the moment, and whether the teacher finds out what your child already knows. Then ask about the same teacher, the same slot, the fee in writing, and what happens if you stop.
What to watch in the lesson itself
How much your child reads
In a good 30-minute lesson the child is reading out loud for most of it. If the teacher is talking for twenty minutes, that is a lecture, not a Quran lesson.
When corrections happen
A good teacher corrects the sound at the moment it is made, then has the child repeat it. Corrections saved for the end of the page do not stick.
Whether anyone assessed your child
The first lesson should find out what your child already knows. An academy that starts every child at page one is not teaching your child, it is running a script.
The four questions to ask before the trial ends
- Will my child have this same teacher every week, and this same time?
- Can I sit in on any lesson without arranging it first?
- What is the fee, in my currency, and is there anything on top of it?
- If we stop after a month, what happens to the money we have paid?
Ask them plainly. The answers matter, but so does how the answers arrive: a straight academy gives you four short replies, not four paragraphs.
What a trial is not for
It is not for testing whether your child will enjoy every lesson for the next two years. Three lessons tell you about the teacher and the setup, not about your child's whole relationship with the Quran. Judge the arrangement, and give the child a term.
Related
What happens in a first online Quran lesson
A walk through the first thirty minutes.
How to check an online Quran teacher
The checks to make before you enrol.
Is my child ready for online Quran classes?
Before you book anything.