Homeschooling Toddlers (It may not be what you expected)
Simple practical tips to teach toddlers in your Muslim Homeschool. Your starting point is knowing Allah and His Messenger (may Allahs peace and blessings be upon him).
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Lesson Plan – Sensory Surprise Eggs
Asalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies It was the night before our school week and an idea popped into my mind that encompassed everything my 4-year-old loves; cars, water, and lots and lots of mess! I decided to incorporate a little learning game too as a hands-on way to teach my son about colours.
Read MoreReady, set, go!
Asalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, I decided to make my son something I knew he would admire forever…his very own racetrack! In the past, we’ve bought plastic tracks for trains and cars which are great but the problem is as soon as you lose a piece its game over. Also, the novelty seems to […]
Read MoreLesson plan – Salaah workbook and Quiz
Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, I wanted to give you a quick update on what we are using to teach the kids about salaah. I mentioned in an earlier post that I have been using Sheikh Albani’s “The Prophets prayer described as the spine for teaching the kids about salaah. MashaAllah, the book […]
Read MoreIndoor Camping
Asalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu It’s the start of the weekend, and after a long week of planning for school, I thought we needed to do something to break it up. So what did we thinking of? Well, camping indoors of course. We started off building our ‘tent’, using our sofa covers thrown off some […]
Read MoreOur Morning Board
Asalamu alaykum ladies, For the last month or so I have been busy preparing, planning, scheduling and organising our coming school year. But Alhamdulillah, we’re almost there. As a way to get our mornings off to a good start and set a positive tone to the day I made a morning board that the younger […]
Read MoreCraft idea – Cardboard Car Park
Asalamualaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu mamas Today I wanted to share an activity me and S did together, made from everyone’s best friend, cardboard! One of the hardest things I’ve found whilst homeschooling is how to keep the little ones busy when doing more focused subjects, especially Quraan memorisation with the elder kiddos. With other […]
Read MoreCraft idea – Rock Painting
Asalamualaykum mamas, How are you all? Today my youngest and I sat down and did a simple activity together based on one of his biggest passions….. ROCKS. Whenever we go for walks or take a trip to the park S is the first to gather some rocks for his ever-growing collection.
Read MoreLesson plan – Sensory jellyfish activity
Asalamualaykum ladies, I saw this cute little activity on the WhatsUpMoms and after a busy day of quite a lot of formal homeschooling, I decided that the kids needed to do something fun! My kiddos are avid nature and animal lovers, especially my youngest who is obsessed with sea life. So, I thought, why don’t […]
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