The methods of teaching arabic for children
Language is of great importance in a person’s life in general and for children in particular, it is the tool for communication and expression, it’s also a primary means of acquiring knowledge and, building expertise, and developing it. One of the most widespread languages of the world is Arabic it is the language of Quran and the revelation, the Arabic language is not only a subject in itself but a gate way, a methodology to study and understand other subjects. The success of the educate through teacher and teaching the child the language greatly helps the child to succeed in the following educational stages, so what follows are some teaching methods:
Methods of teaching the Arabic language to children
1-molding the child
Where the teacher interacts with the child through question and answers And playing to unleash his imagination by showing pictures, drawings, and shapes that represent the alphabet. using sentences, words, and names of things that he saw or heard in his surroundings, Without making the child feel that he is in an educational lesson. One of the most direct oral teaching methods is Quran memorization whether in the classroom, the mosque, or even at home. As the child gets accustomed from an early age to pronounce letters and associate with words his learning starts to take more shape.
2- stories
Stories have a huge impact on a child if they are presented in an interesting way. The child can be encouraged to recount the story, Then you can ask him to retell the story. with these advancement of technology, libraries are able to offer stories and educational books electronically and using some of the modern methods of reading such as the book apps (paper and electronic)
3-Songs
A hymn or song – as some like to call it and we mean by it poetry that is lightweights, fast-paced, easy to pronounce and compositions sweet Phrase, Short-Build, which aims to arouse children’s feelings towards goodness, beauty, and ideals
4- the writings
They are the literary summary pieces of literary prose or, the good easy poetry and, The archives do not fulfill their objectives until we choose them well so that they correspond with the abilities and levels of children.
5- reading
There is no nation with an ancient civilization or a prominent position, but reading is the most important pillar of its renaissance despite the multiplicity of means of obtaining knowledge of sound and image ( radio, television, internet), reading will remain the constant source of human growth, self-realization, and satisfaction of human needs and desires Reading is not only the most important skill of the Arabic language, but it is the most important educational material for the child, as the skill in it can excel in all the subjects when we talk about reading and writing especially in the early educational stages of the child, the importance of bootstrapping this skill should be emphasized by training, the development of the child’s readiness to write. The child must be trained in the method of holding the pen, if he misspells this method, he misspells it and it becomes a habit for him throughout his life. The child must also be trained in writing, such as writing straight and crooked lines, and writing circles and angles, so that we realize that his hand can adjust the pen and control the flow of the lines then, the child moves on to intensive training in comprehensive writing (letters-words-sentences) under the supervision of his teacher, and with repetition and intensive training, the pupil’s line will improve and he will have an important balance of sentences, reading words, understand and write.
