Monthly Archive: May 2006

Learning to Read

Learning to Read

Asalaam 'Alaikum: Teaching your child can be a very exciting time – but also difficult when faced with the many different types of materials available to teach your child. In this case – my experience has shown me that one size definitely does not fit all. I have tried many of the different learning materials...

Allah Made Hands

Allah Made Hands

Our first project was "Allah Made Hands." I took a sheet of paper and traced my youngest's hand on the paper and did the same for her sister on a separate piece of paper. Then, we talked about her handprint and counted how many fingers she had. Then I traced one of my hands on...

Allah Made . . . Lessons Series

Allah Made . . . Lessons Series

Asalaam 'Alaikum: My oldest has been having problems with attention span while doing lessons. So, to interupt the atmosphere of "forced learning" I have decided to transition between our lessons by doing a nice little project that also involves her younger sister (because she gets quite jealous of all the time we spend doing lessons...

Teaching Basic Arabic

Teaching Basic Arabic

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Over the past few years I have created a few materials for learning Arabic for my children. Alhumdulilah, they have gone over well – they really like them. If you are interested in using any of these materials, they are available free at the following website: YemenLinks.com With these games and materials –...

Teaching Values

Teaching Values

Asalaam 'Alaikum, Found a book at the library that looks promising: "The Values Book" by Pam Shiller and Tamera Bryant. It contains lesson ideas and related books to read your child about 16 basic values that you should teach a child. While I think some of these values overlap, when considered from the Islamic perspective,...

Welcome

Welcome

Asalaam 'Alaikum, Welcome to my feeble attempt at creating a homeschooling blog. For the longest time I was actually afraid of making one – because I really don't have all the answers yet. I'm a new homeschooling mom who sometimes worries if I am doing a good job – who worries if I can handle...