Homeschool Planning; Our Routine

Asalamu’alaykum ladies, we’re onto our final post in the homeschool planning series; our routine. I remember when I first began homeschooling, putting a routine together was the thing I usually went for first. I’d print off blank templates, and then start to fill them in, based on the curriculum or materials I’d bought. But I’d […]

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Homeschool Planning; Our Vision.

Asalamu’alaykum ladies, it’s been a few weeks since my last blog post; finishing up our school year, thinking about the next, and Dhul Hijjah and E’id celebrations, things have been busy here. And I know many mamas are knee-deep in the trenches planning for the upcoming year too, which is why this post will be […]

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Connect first, the learning will come.

Asalamu’alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu ladies, how are you? Things have been busy around here which is why I haven’t managed to publish a blog post for some time; my older kids fell a little behind with some academic work, so we’ve had a short-term routine in place the last couple of weeks to get […]

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Why time isn’t the measure of a simplified homeschool.

Asalamu’alaykum was rahmatullahi was barakatu ladies. It’s been a while since I’ve written up a blog post. With full on homeschooling, and launching The MHSM Membership, things have been busy. But today, I want to touch upon what I believe is something that when many of us begin to simplify our homeschools. And that is […]

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Tawheed Printables

Asalamu’alaykum ladies, how are you? A few weeks ago I shared a snippet of some of our Islamic studies lessons.  We have been focusing on Tawheed more in-depth, using a scrapbook style approach, and I have been making printables weekly to go with our lessons. The printables are not ‘complete’ as much of our lessons […]

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Instilling the love of Qur’an in our Kids

Asalamu alaykum ladies I’ve had a few discussions before over on my Instagram stories about the significance and priority of the Qur’an in our lives.  And when it comes to homeschooling, many mamas, including myself, tend to start off by having lofty goals when it comes to teaching our deen and weaving it into the lives […]

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Dear my Homeschool Mama helping her child with hifdh…

It was narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “It will be said to the companion of the Qur’an (i.e., the one who memorized and studied it): ‘Read, advance in status and recite as you used to do in the world, for your status will […]

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Preparing for Ramadan; Lesson Idea & Mind Map Activity

Asalamu alaykum ladies. I hope you’re well.  Although we have discussed the virtues of Sha’ban together as a family, I wanted us to feel that Ramadan is ever drawing close and will soon be here.    So, here’s a simple lesson plan to get everyone ready for its arrival.  We started our discussion by describing […]

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The Apprehensive Homeschool Mom

Asalamu Alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu, How are you, my dear sister?  I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. So we spoke about the ‘irritated homeschool mom’ some time ago. Now, let’s move onto the ‘apprehensive’ homeschool mom.  You either were an apprehensive homeschool mom, went through a phase of being one, or are currently one […]

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Phases of the Moon Lesson Plan with NB pages

Asalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu  We are studying Astronomy this year for Science so naturally came to the fascinating phases of the Moon topic. We have done several lessons so far and here are a couple of ideas that perhaps you would like to incorporate in your home. The lesson below incorporates Islamic Studies, […]

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Juz Amma sticker tree board

Asalamualaykum mamas, I made our juz Amma tree a while back for one of my kiddos. Alhamdulillah it’s been a while, and since then one of my kids had finished Juz Amma, Allahuma barik, and the others have also begun their memorisation. So today I updated our board by adding a Juz tabarak tree to […]

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