20 Tips to embrace motherhood

November 8, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, I hope you’re having a wonderful Jumuah with your families. This week on Instagram and on the blog we’ve been discussing motherhood and how by embracing it insha’Allah our homeschools will be successful. You can read more HERE. But how do we embrace our motherhood, especially as Muslim mothers? […]

The Key to a Successful Homeschool?

November 4, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies. Happy Monday! Today’s discussion is one I’ve had on my mind for a while. It stems from the questions we as homeschool Moms constantly ask ourselves. How do I know Im doing the right thing? Am I good enough? Can I really teach my child and prepare him/her for the real world? […]

Easy, no yeast Pizza recipe!

November 2, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies. I shared a no-yeast, no dough hook pizza recipe on my Instastories yesterday and several Mamas asked for precise measurements. So here it is. This is literally the easiest pizza recipe ever, can be whipped up in 5 minutes, and is pretty much foolproof! You will be surprised just how […]

How I recovered from the hurdles of homeschooling

October 8, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies. A lot of you enjoyed reading my last blog post ‘my first week of homeschooling’ and wanted to know more about how I recovered from a painful start. Yes, recovered! And I’ll be honest, recovery certainly didn’t come overnight. That pressure I felt lasted for a good few […]

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 […]

Frugal Fuss Free Pasta Sauce

June 11, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Asalamu alaykum ladies, Last week I was running low on some food staples and I had to prepare iftaar. So I had a quick scan in my food cupboard and came up with this simple chunky tomato sauce I mixed up with some pasta. One pot, no chopping and inexpensive, this is definitely going to […]

Bolognese/Chilli Recipe

April 22, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies. Im back with another easy dinner idea. This is my go-to meat sauce recipe that I use for spaghetti sauce, chilli and lasagna. Its super simple, minimal ingredients and fuss-free. ingredients 1 medium onion 0.5-0.7 kg mincemeat. 1 tablespoon minced garlic. 2 tablespoons tomato puree/paste 3 cans of chopped/plum tomatoes 1 tablespoon […]

10 Tips to eliminate Homeschool Boredom

March 29, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum ladies. Homeschool boredom is something I have personally experienced myself, as are all the topics I discuss on my blog. It’s moments during your homeschool season that begin to feel monotonous, and you begin to lose interest in anything remotely to do with planning teaching. It’s not the same as homeschool burnout, which […]

Parts of Speech Color Key (Printable)

March 28, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Asalamu alaykum ladies. Grammar is one of those subjects that usually gets met with a sigh. But Brave Writer really changed my perception of the need to teach grammar in the only way I thought possible and its been a huge relief! We’ve done a formal grammar program in the past as Julie (the founder […]

World Geography Lesson plan with Notebooking pages

March 9, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Asalamu alaykum Sisters, How are you? Geography has been one of our ‘least studied’ subjects, mainly due to not having time to always fit it in. It’s not that we don’t cover Geography at all because of course subjects like Science, and History can most definitely include Geography and we have been covering it in […]