Tagged: Creative Writing

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...

Creative Writing

Why take the Creative out of Writing? Teaching Your Child to Love to Write.

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: I know that being a writer at heart causes me to be biased about writing – so you should probably keep that in mind. However, I do feel that learning to write – and learning to enjoy writing are just as important as the other arts. I have found many occasions in my...

Ramadan Lessons, Crafts and Activities

  Asalaam’ Alaikum: There are some wonderful sites available out there with lesson plans, craft ideas and other activities to teach your children about Ramadan. We haven’t added a lot to the materials available over the years – unfortunately – you still find many of the top sites listed under “Ramadan” are sites more geared...

Teach Your Child the Meaning of Ramadan – A Daily Ramadan Journal

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum, Now that my children are a bit older – I am going to try something different this year for teaching them about Ramadan. In the past, we mostly made a huge bulletin board and did many arts and crafts activities together. Through these activities, we also learned more about Ramadan.   While...

My List of Awesome Language Arts Resources

My List of Awesome Language Arts Resources

Asalaam ‘Alaikum, I’ve already shared my list of Awesome Mathematics Resources – I have more, but have to organize them first (who knows how long that will take?!?) However, I thought it high time I shared some of my favorite Language Arts Resources. You may not find everything in that list (there may be many...

The Written Word

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: What can I say, I love writing – it is a passion of mine (reading is up there too). I have been trying to help my girls in their writing. It can be difficult some times. Often they feel they don’t have anything important to say. I’m trying to show them all the...