Free Islamic homeschool curriculum

Each entry below says what the resource offers, as described on its own website, not how good it is for your child. Free sites change, so look before you plan a whole year on one.

Free resources and what they offer

Quran.com

Quran.com is a free site for reading and studying the Quran. It says it is supported by Quran Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Its verse pages show the Arabic text, translation, listening and tafsirs. Use it to read along, to listen to a reciter, and to look up meaning once your child is older.

Limit: it is a reference, not a lesson plan. Your child still needs a teacher or a parent to check pronunciation.

Tarteel (free tier)

Tarteel describes itself as an app for Quran memorization that uses artificial intelligence. Its own FAQ says the app is free to use, and that a paid Premium plan adds features such as memorization mistake detection, memorization planning and reviewing earlier recordings. So the free tier does not include those paid features.

Limit: software can flag a mistake, but it does not replace a teacher. Treat it as practice between lessons. If you are not sure whether an app suits your child’s age, try it yourself first.

Madinah Arabic free content

Madinah Arabic has a Free Content page with a reading course, a grammar course, vocabulary lists by category, a video library, quizzes and a level test. Its paid service is one-to-one lessons, which you can ignore. Use the free pages for self-paced Arabic reading practice.

Limit: it is a self-study site. A young child will need you sitting beside them.

Allamah free printables

Allamah Education sells Islamically integrated unit studies, and its site has a page of free printables and describes a library of free resources. Use these for worksheets and activities that fit a unit you are already teaching.

Limit: printables are practice pages, not a sequence. Pick them to match what you are teaching that week.

Bayyinah free courses

Bayyinah’s site lists free courses among its offerings for studying the Quran and learning Arabic, and invites visitors to get started for free. We did not review each course. Look at the free course list and check the level before you assign anything to a child.

Safar free teacher training

Safar Publications is a paid curriculum, but its site offers free on-demand training on teaching Quran and Tajwid with its Learn to Read series, and a free trial of its online learning platform. If you plan to teach Qaidah yourself, the free training may help even if you do not buy the books.

Free, but not on a website

Not everything you need is online. These cost little or nothing, and we make no claim about what any one library or masjid has.

• Your public library. Ask for children’s books about the Prophets, Islamic history and world history, and for Arabic picture books. Ask the librarian to request titles from other branches.
• Your masjid. Many masjids run weekend schools, Quran circles or youth halaqahs. Ask the imam or education committee what is open to homeschooling families, and whether there is a fee.
• Other homeschool families. A small co-op can swap books and share teaching. See how to start a Muslim homeschool co-op when that page is ready.
• You. Read stories aloud, pray together, and talk about manners as they come up. For ages 4 to 8 this is much of the curriculum anyway.

How to assemble a free year

This table is an example plan, not a prescription. A family with a 6-year-old and a 10-year-old might use the same plan for both, with different reading levels.

A free weekly rhythm

Here is one way to spread this across five days. Adjust it for your prayer times and your children’s ages.

1. Monday: Quran reading on Quran.com, then Arabic reading practice.
2. Tuesday: Memorization review with the app, then a library read-aloud on a prophet.
3. Wednesday: Arabic grammar or vocabulary page, then a printable activity.
4. Thursday: Masjid class or a conversation with a teacher, then adab practice.
5. Friday: Review the week, listen to a recitation together, and draw or write about one thing learned.

To fit this around prayer times, use the schedule builder.

Checklist before you rely on a free resource

Free sites can change, add a paywall or disappear. Run through these before you build a term around one.

• Open the page yourself and try the first lesson with your child.
• Check what is free and what needs a paid plan. On Tarteel, for example, some features sit in the paid Premium plan.
• Save a plain list of what you plan to use each week, so a change on a website does not stall your whole plan.
• Keep a printed or offline copy of anything you cannot do without, where the site allows it.
• Decide who checks recitation. A free app or video cannot hear your child the way a teacher can.

Common mistakes with a free year

1. Collecting instead of teaching. Ten bookmarked sites do not make a plan. Pick one resource per strand and use it for a term.
2. Skipping review. Quran and Arabic fade quickly without short daily revision. Put review on the calendar first.
3. Leaving out the strands with no free site. Aqeedah and fiqh need a real text and a real teacher. If you cannot find one, ask at your masjid before the year starts.
4. Doing too much at once. For ages 4 to 8, two or three short sessions a day are plenty. Add more only when the first set feels easy.

When free is not enough

Free works well for the early years and for reading practice. It struggles when you want a graded fiqh or aqeedah sequence, or when your child is stuck on tajweed. At that point, look at one paid piece, not a whole bundle. Our comparison of Islamic homeschool curriculum providers shows what each one covers, and the Islamic studies scope and sequence shows what to teach at each age so you know what you are missing.