How do we make teaching Islam fun for kids?

If on one hand we have the threat of our children going into disbelief, on the other hand, we have to be careful not to make our children to another extreme belief in Islam. A woman told me that her son ran away from home. She said that she woke her son up every night for Tahajjud. It is actually a good thing, but if it will make the kid lack sleep and it will be too much for him. Teaching children should be fun for them.

In the Muslim school around the world, if you ask the student, what their favorite subject is, it maybe varies, but when you asked them what their most hated subjects is, they will be Arabic, Qur’an class, and Islamic subject. It is from our own personal experience. Why it should be? Because those people who are teaching the subject are not trained as a teacher. It is the fundamental reason. In a modern country, a teacher should have a teaching certificate. If you are a mathematician, it doesn’t mean that you can teach math. Even you are graduated from Islamic University; it doesn’t mean that you can teach Islam. It is very important to understand how to teach and the children’s psychology. We need to get the knowledge. We should understand the mindset of the children and make learning fun. If learning Arabic, learning Qur’an, learning Islam is fun, they will enjoy it. But if it is something that taught using stick, then it won’t be enjoyable.