Lesson Ideas; Ancient Rome

September 30, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi ladies, We’re just about wrapping our Ancient Rome study and I thought I’d share a little of what we’ve been up to. For the most part, we’ve been notebooking throughout our study, and this works especially well for teaching multiple grades. My daughter who has dyslexia benefits more from note-taking and […]

Simple Nature Display

September 26, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies, I’ve been changing a few things up in our homeschool space, which should have ideally been done before we began our new homeschool year but this is real life homeschool; not everything gets checked off and thats ok. We’ve had nature setups in the past, but this year I want to create […]

Lesson Idea; Ancient Roman Village Model

September 25, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu Mamas, We’re almost wrapped up with our Ancient Rome study and though it’s taken much longer than expected the kids and I have had a brilliant time, alhamdulillah. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been working on building an Ancient Roman village, complete with houses, market stalls selling […]

My Little Big Biometrics Book

September 7, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies, I have a wonderful resource to share with you today! Those of you who follow me on Instagram will be aware that I updated our ‘Admiring Allahs Nature Journal’ as part of our new school year. However, I wanted something else, that we could use more on a daily basis, regardless of […]

Homeschool Routine 2019/20

August 18, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies, We started our routine for the new school year today. You may be wondering, ‘huh, you hardly took a break!’. But that’s because we year-round homeschool and tend to take time off when we need. Sometimes that can be a chunk of time, and other times extended weekends. This is how our […]

DIY Eid Bunting Printable

August 4, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, I hope you and your families are benefitting from and enjoying these blessed days of Dhul-Hijjah. Eid is only a week away, and I wanted to make some decor; there’s just something special about making your own decorations! I always feel that Eid ul Adha isn’t always made […]

Hajj inspired Eid Treasure Hunt

August 3, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, my youngest really enjoyed the treasure hunt we set up on Eid last year, so I decided to make another one; inspired by Hajj and for Eid ul Adha! There are ten clues (one for each letter in Eid Mubarak) and the treasure hunt can be customised to […]

10 Days of Dhul Hijjah little/no prep activities

August 1, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, if you follow me on Instagram you know that I’ve been spring cleaning all day trying to get the house decluttered before the blessed days of Dhul hijjah begin (tomorrow!). Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) also reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah […]

How we use Brave Writer in our Homeschool

July 27, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies, For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you would have seen me sharing a peek into how we use Brave Writer in our homeschool; granted their were a couple of hiccups along the way (we had family stay over unexpectedly, alhamdulillah!). I wanted to write a little more about how […]

Brave Writer Concept Cards

July 6, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies, This week we had family over so our homeschool routine was a little off balance. However, we did manage to finally finish our BraveWriter Continent Project; one of the writing projects in the Partnership Writing Level. We’ve been working on these for some time, and my kids really enjoyed coming up with […]