Online Quran Classes in Chicago

Online Quran Classes Through the Chicago Winter

Chicago winters are long. Snow, ice and early dark make an evening drive hard, most of all with small kids in the back seat. A weekly class across town can slip off the plan by January.

With Salam Campus, the class comes to you. Your child sits at the kitchen table with a laptop, tablet or phone. The teacher joins on a live video call. A snow day does not stop the lesson, because nobody has to go out. Each class is private and lasts 30 minutes. Then your child is free for dinner, homework and bed.

You keep the same teacher each week. That teacher learns which letters your child still finds hard. So each class starts right where the last one stopped. Nothing gets lost between lessons.

Classes for Chicago Kids

Children can start as young as 4. Most begin with Noorani Qaida. It is a small book that teaches the Arabic letters and their sounds. When the letters are strong, your child moves on to reading the Quran with Tajweed. Tajweed means the rules for saying each sound the right way.

Young children lose focus fast, so each class is short and busy. The teacher goes over the last lesson and adds one small new step. Then the teacher listens to your child read. Praise comes often, and every class ends with a clear goal for next time.

You are welcome to sit in on any class. You get a short note after each lesson and a written report each month. So you always know what was taught and what to practice at home.

Courses You Can Take

Every course is live and one-on-one. Most students start with one of the courses below. You can see all 9 on our courses page.

• Noorani Qaida: the Arabic letters, vowel marks and joining. It is the first step for every new reader.
• Quran Reading with Tajweed: read the Quran smoothly and say each letter the right way.
• Quran Memorization (Hifz): learn the Quran by heart, with a daily plan of new lessons and review.
• Islamic Studies for Kids: faith, prayer, good manners and the stories of the Prophets.
• Arabic Language: the Arabic of the Quran, for people who did not grow up speaking it.

Suburbs and the Rest of Illinois

You do not have to live in the city. Families in the suburbs book the same teachers and the same plans. That includes Naperville, Schaumburg, Bridgeview, Skokie, Aurora, Orland Park and Oak Lawn. It also includes towns further out, like Rockford, Peoria, Champaign and Springfield.

The whole state is on Central Time, so the planner on this page works anywhere in Illinois. Milwaukee is on Central Time too, and so is the corner of Indiana near Chicago, such as Gary and Hammond. Family in Houston? They share your time zone, so cousins can have class at the same hour.

Relatives in most of Michigan, such as Dearborn, are 1 hour ahead of you, on Eastern Time. Moving to another state? Your class can move with you. We simply set the new time in your new time zone.

Practice at Home Between Classes

Daily practice between classes helps the most. It does not need to be long. At the end of each class, the teacher marks the lines to read and the sound to work on. Your child reads those lines once or twice a day, and the next class starts on firm ground.

A fixed time makes the habit stick. Some families read right after Maghrib. Others read before the school bus. The long, dark Chicago evenings in winter leave plenty of room for a short reading at the table.

When school is out for the summer, you can keep the same class time, move it to the morning or add classes. Give us 1 week's notice to change your plan, and switch back in the fall.