Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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.

Monday, December 12, 2011

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.





Saturday, December 10, 2011

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

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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! :-)

Monday, December 5, 2011

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

Friday, November 25, 2011

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.)


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 



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 .






·         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!