Quran Memorization Progress!

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahamatullahi wabarakatuh,

In recent months , Subhana mashallah is progressing well in learn new Surahs.

She has learnt Surah Maoon , Surah  Quraish , Surah Nasr and doing muraajah of other surahs too.

Last week , we visited Madinah Munawwara , there she  learnt Durood Shareef too ( the original one , the long one) yes ! m not kidding! AlhamdulAllah , indeed Allah is He who let our children to memorize very well !  

At the moment !

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Subhana is pondering on some science experiment books for little kids. I think she is going to have interest in doing those activities with me in the upcoming days inshallah. Lets see! :)

Zaky and Little Explorer Magazine!

Bismillah ,

Asslaam u alaikum warahamatullahi wabarakatuh ,

zaky DVDs

magazines

We recently purchased the DVDs and magazines for Subhana. The DVDs are really good videos for subhana to learn about namaz , wudu  and story of Ibrahim AS.

The colorful magazines really attracts the children to get the hands on. Subhana did the same. Before going on Hajj this year we read the whole magazine of Hajj.

I must say these are worth buying products for your child whether you homeschool or not!

Asma Ul Husna

Bismillah ,
Assalam u alaikum warahamatullahi wabarakatuh,

we have been doing Allah's names , uptill yet she understood the following names very clearly and she uses in her conversation too with me. alhamdulillah.

Allah

Ar Rahman

to explain the mercy of Allah and the girl towards dog , i told her the story of a woman who gave water to a thirsty dog which lead her to Jannah by Allah's mercy. Subhana enjoyed in coloring it. I tried my best not to make pictures but to let her visualize what happened actually !

Ar Razzaq

Al Alee

we are using this book to understand Asma ul Husna from Goodword

Different activities along the week !

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahamatullahi wabarakatuh ,

Subahan trying to trace her different personals :) polishing her skill of hand control

pasting with craft glue - no more UHU , a good exercise of hand muscles when she squeeze the white glue with pressure.

alif writing

baa

concentrating in Allah gives me food workbook

her first ever written words , mashallah , baba , mama , Allah ,  the fourth one i couldnt understood :P

sweeping all around the house

the net result of tracing

she got hand on the sticker book , very busy while i was working

splashing colors

this moment i would never forget ; what happened is tht i was praying zuhur  , she stood beside me , when i finished my prayer , she told me tht look mama i have hide my doll's face because u are praying and she is also doing sajda with you :)

Learning addition with Abacus!

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahamatullahi wabarakatuh ,

Well , Subhana's baba has also started participating in homeschooling her mashallah alhamdulAllah :)

my girl loves to learn with her Baba specially because he makes learning more fun than me. SubhanaALLAH:)

To my utter surprise , when I was preparing for dinner in the kitchen , I heard both of them playing with numbers and adding them through abacus.

She learnt how to count the colorful beads altogether mashallah.

Baba was giving her new challenges and her interest in solving the numbers was increasing more and more .

Happy Home Pre - Schooling ! :-)

Teach Your Children At Home!

Teach Your Children At Home!
Below is an article from an Australian homeschool website.
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You won't be alone.

Many Australian families choose to educate their children at home. Homeschooling is both rewarding and enjoyable.

You don't need any special educational qualifications to teach your children at home. People from all backgrounds successfully teach their children -- people with university degrees, trade certificates, small business owners, factory workers, people working from home, mums, dads - everyone has the ability to teach their children at home!

The only qualification you need is LOVE for your children. Do you qualify? Yes!

Schools can't, and don't, love your children. They can care for them, look after them and teach them, but the essential successful ingredient in home education is love.

Love brings success to every learning situation.

From the love you offer your children will come the responsibility, commitment and drive to continuously strive for the best education available for your children. Your life-long dedication to your children's health and happiness will drive you to seek out best and most appropriate resources and to facilitate excellent quality learning opportunities and activities for your children. You, too, will become a life-long, passionate learner!

Home education is grounded in love and commitment. A parent's love for a child. A child's love for his or her parent. This is a solid foundation to grow educational success upon.

Do you want to know more?

Are you interested in building strong, enduring and respectful family relationships? Are you interested in becoming involved in healthy, active and interested communities, dedicated to promoting the educational opportunities and well being of not only children, but adults too?

This web site is packed with information about how you and your family can explore the world of homeschooling. You'll find lots of great ideas and tips to help you navigate your way easily into a happy home learning environment.

Homeschooling is empowering!

Become personally involved in your children's education. Be there to mark those special learning moments. To share in the delight of discovery. To guide your child through the trials and tribulations of childhood. The excitement, the awe, the anticipation, the wonder.

Teach your children at home today!

Homeworks magazine !

Bismillah,

Assalam u alaikum warahmatullah wabaraktuh ,
For the first time , Pakistan has introduced a quarterly homeschooling magazine by the name of "Homeworks". I must say they are doing an astounding work. Recently , they have published 4 issues. If anyone of you want to order them , let me know , I ll try my best with the help of Allah . The content is very beneficial to the readers with lots of tips , experiences , articles by current homeschoolers . Moreover , what I like about this magazine is the layout plus it's all Islamic . Alhamdulillah .

You can view the first issue here inshAllah

Homeworks Magazine

Straight from the heart!

Bismillah,

Assalam u alaikum warahmatullah wabaraktuh ,

Guess what ! In morning , after doing some interesting educational activities with my girl . Subhana instantly said " Mama ! Shall I tell u one thing ? " I said , " Yes , go on !" . She said , " Mama I really like you." ( mama , aap mujhe bohot achi lagti hen).

Literally this cherished moment ended in tears in my own eyes except by replying to her tht I love her too!

AlhamdulAllah , what else I ever want straight from her heart.

At the moment !

Bismillah,

Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Subhana is quite busy in building a puzzle of " The Giant Journey" by Learning Roots.

I ll update more pics later inshallah.

A for an Ant! ( Lapbook + Activities)

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh ,

This week Subhana discovered an ant crawling along here and there in our room. She got excited that an insect she has seen from her own very eyes. So I decided to unit study lapbook with her on the topic of ANTS. We also read some books too related to ants.

We also saw a slide show presentation all about ants. Subhana got amazed that how tiny that creature is.
mashAllah she can tell the types of ants too.

I also bought a Bug Viewer for her from the nearby store Fanateer. It really helped her to see ants with her vivid eyes. She was able to view her 6 legs and antennae too with other body parts.

We also pondered on the ayat in the Quran related to ants in Surah Naml.

Here are the pictures:

Subhana watching an ant through bug viewer

a very nice product which helps kids to ponder and look insects closely  

QadarAllah , Allah sent  number of ants in our home and Subhana showed me by herself mashallah

arabic ant book from library

thumb painting - ants

ant lapbook - cover

inside lapbook

an ant made by foam and pipe cleaners

pop out ant

questions - subhana mashallah can read the questions by herself and answers correctly

lessons from ants - Tireless , unity , disciplined , sharing , active , speedy , planners etc.

coloring book with a story of Prophet Sulayman 

we also got a lot info about ants from this book

It's all about alternatives ! ( if mind and time is used wisely)

If anyone of you has visited ummihomeschoolsme blog , she has told about the alternatives . I left a comment on her blog so thought to post it here too.

Similarly , m thinking about this tv viewing and youtube plus ipad applications too much these days, we have tv at home , but alhamdulillah we don’t watch tht much but still sometimes I get afraid that if I m working in kitchen or taking bath , shaitan must not let me to switch on tv just for the sake of time pass until I get back to her . Alhamdulillah , I have controlled it completely today with Allah’s help . Guess what ! What my 3 yr old did in my absence ! She painted a picture of children praying salah with her fav color pink ,ended with strokes here n there

- then she peeled garlic for me

- then she got hold of iron n presume that she is ironing her clothes like her mama . She brought a bunch of clothes from her closet.

- then she sprayed water from water spray bottle on leaves of different plants in the kitchen’s balcony.

- then she played with pebbles , sorting out in big and small separately .

MashAllah , I was observing her through out those two hours.

N now she is reading a library book named ” all kinds of people” , bob books , goodnight moon!

I mean how many alternatives are there for our kids to explore with their own hands.

I think , leave the alternatives to the kids with the sources and stuff spread everywhere in home.

An then watch the show! :-)

Hajj Felt Board

 Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahamtullahi wabarakatuh,

I know am quite late to share this post but doesnt matter , better late than never.

Before Hajj , I made Hajj days on felt for Subhana , so that she can visualize better .

Idea taken from A Muslim Child is Born.

The pics are given below :

MINA

ARAFAT

MUZDALIFAH



JAMARAT

MAKKAH

Lesson Plan 1

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh ,

First of all ! Happy Islamic New Year ! :)

Well the purpose of this post is to attach the first lesson plan of our preschool formally!

While writing this post , am in search how to attach my word doc . uummmmm....m not getting it .

ok doesnt matter , let me paste it here below :

Lesson plan  1

·         CIRCLE  TIME :

                        Calender ( Islamic  & Georgian )

                        Weather

                        Allah Name

                        Hadith

                       

·         ISLAMIC PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM:

Allah wakes me up each day

Activities

ü  Tell about day and night

ü  Tell about sun and earth

ü  Tell about  importance of sleep

ü  Ayah about sleep in surah qasas ( memorize it)

ü  Azkaar before sleep

ü  Sorting  actions through cards to assemble in day and night

·         Language :

                        ENGLISH – Reading

ü  Bob Books

ü  Eeman Reading Series(currently unavailable,in search of it)

ü  Goodword Books

ü  Progressive Phonics

ü  Star Fall site

ü  Reading Eggs site

ü  Education city site

Writing

ü  On rice , flour , sprinkles etc.

ü  Jolly Phonics

ü  Workbooks

ü  First Phonics Application from Apple Store

ARABIC – Reading

ü  Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 By : Dr V. Abdur Rahim

ü  Omer and Maryam Ebooks ( with games , quizzes etc.)

http://omarmariam.irsyad.sg/web/index.asp

ü  Library Books ( of her level)

ü  Sign Boards outside ( we will try our best to get familiar new words to build an Arabic vocabulary bank at home inshallah)

ü  Arabic site 

http://kids.islamweb.net/

Writing

ü  Postcards posted by Umm Noman

ü  Arabic  for Beginners   by Goodword

·         Mathematics

ü  Mathematics Enhancement Programme   -  Lesson ( 11 to 20 )

·         Rhymes , English and Urdu Audio Stories , Hadith learning with understanding etc .

http://www.kids.farhathashmi.com/

·         Fun , simple , educational activities :

A month by month Activity Guide for parents of 3 year old

·         Montessori Activity

·         Arts and Crafts

·         Library

·         Physical Exercise

Back from Hajj !

Bismillah,

Assalam u alaikum warhamatullahi warabakatuh,

yes , we are back one week back from Hajj. AlhamdulAllah our Hajj went great . May Allah accept it . Aameen Ya Rabb ul Aaalimeen!

I will inshallah write a travelogue on it .

well for right now ,

writing another new post of our very first proper - formal lesson plan 1 , so check that out inshallah!

Hajj Activities at the Library !

Bismillah ,

Assalam u alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Today , we had fun in doing hajj activities at the library. Lots and lots of kids participated in it. Subhana got socialized too. No doubt , the libririans worked so hard to make up the models of all rituals incuding Kaaba. Below are the pictures:

art craft hajj card for mama

Hajj Model

Safa Marwa - Saee

Hajr e Aswad ( Black Stone)

Jamarat

Haram

Mina

Hazrat Hajra and Prophet Ismail AS story with zamzam

Hajj Board