Monthly Archive: August 2011

Free Printable Eid Decorations

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: We’ve been working on making decorations for Eid this year and we are trying to make the house a bit more colorful. In the past we mostly hung paper chains with homemade paper famous and streamers. This year we are trying to be more colorful and sophisticated (what can I say, my...

Ramadan Learning Wall

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: In the past we have made Ramadan Bulletin Boards – each a little different. I don’t know exactly why – but aside from the first one we created ages ago, we have always forgotten to take pictures of our boards. This year we expanded things quite a bit – we actually took...

Learning Thankfulness in Ramadan

Learning Thankfulness in Ramadan

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: I was listening to a lecture today that spoke about the lessons of Ramadan (which are many, masha’Allah) – and the speaker specifically spoke about parents. I was thinking that no matter how imperfect my family was – I am fortunate to have them, alhumdulilah. We are truly blessed. The kids and I...

Motivating Your Child to Read Qur’an in Ramadan (or anytime)

    Asalaam ‘Alaikum: This Ramadan we are using the Qur’an Challenge I made a few years ago for the kids. I am hoping it will motivate them to practice Qur’an more. So, you might ask – what in the world is the Qur’an Challenge? Essentially, I got the idea from our local library. Every...

Ramadan – Lessons in Character Development

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum, Today we are starting a new project in learning about Ramadan. Since the kids are older – I felt it more appropriate to use this time to teach them the importance of character building and self improvement. I thought this might be a good way to get them to see the steps...

Ramadan Craft – Ramadan Windsock

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum, Today we broke out the craft materials and decided to see what we could come up with. We’ve had materials to make a windsock for some time now, but never got around to making them. So, today we decided to combine our craft materials to make a Ramadan Windsock. While we normally...