Islamic Chidren's Books

He's refusing his books, avoiding his lessons, dragging his feet when it is time to memorize, read, write, revise, sit, listen. You see the parent getting tired, the teacher getting frustrated, the child becoming slippery and evasive, and the easy conclusion is: This child does not want to learn. But is that true? The more I think about teaching children, the more I feel that it is very rare to find a child who is truly not interested in anything. I'm not even sure such a thing exists! A child may be uninterested in your lesson. He may be uninterested in the book you gave him. He may be uninterested in the way you are explaining it. He may be uninterested in sitting still while someone speaks at him as if his mind is a cupboard where facts are supposed to be placed. But uninterested in everything? That is hard to believe. Look at children carefully. A child who cannot sit for ten minutes with a worksheet may spend an hour building something with tiny pieces. A child who forget...

So there she sits with her book…finally, after a long day, she finally finds a quiet moment. A page opens, her mind slowly settles, and ideas begin connecting. But then: "Ummi…" A scribb…sorry, a piece of art …needs admiration. A button that needs "fixing". A story that goes nowhere needs an ear, right now! Or if they feel like being honest, then no reason except that they want her near…now the button doesn't need fixing. She perhaps feels pulled away from something "more valuable" (you heard that right). Because these moments feel small while they are happening. A question. A scribb…sorry, again, a piece of art . A child asking her to watch something unimportant (how dare you) for the third time that day. And when things repeat often enough, the nafs slowly begins treating them as background noise instead of something weighty. And perhaps that is the danger. That these moments feel so small...that a mother can begin seeing them as obstacles standing b...