بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ As-salamu alaikum, One of the goals of teaching children to read is teaching them to understand what they read. But how can we help students achieve this outcome? Research tells us that comprehension is “improved...

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ Summer is fast approaching alhamdulillaah, but don’t let your child neglect an important summer activity: reading! There are many benefits to be gained from summer reading, so make sure your child doesn’t miss ou...

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ Struggling readers. We focus on those students a lot because they are the vulnerable readers who run the very real and very high risk of becoming life-long struggling readers. So before we talk about three keys t...

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ In part one of this series, 3 Keys to Improving Students’ Literacy Outcomes, we saw that the first key to improving children’s reading ability is to return to the Quran and Sunnah and to be vigilant about followi...

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ In parts one & two of 3 Keys to Improving Students’ Literacy Outcomes, we saw that the first key to improving children’s reading ability is to be vigilant about following the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of ...

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ Back to school is approaching and we’ve been arguing over here (in a good way). Everyone on team DFB is an educator and we’re sharing the debate we’ve been having with you because we think it’s great food for tho...

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ Most parents know the importance of reading aloud to toddlers: it’s one way to help ensure the toddler will experience academic success when he or she enters school. “Fifty percent of the intelligence of children...