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Create Your Own Eid Decorations 01

Create Your Own Eid Decorations

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum:   This past Eid I quickly put together some Eid decorations for the girls to make themselves. I don’t know about your kids, but my children love to help out with the decorating – and get disappointed when they can’t always do all the tasks. This is one easy way to involve...

Eid Decorations Review

Eid Decorations Review (Part One)

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum:   Many of you may have heard about the free printable Eid Decorations we put together for you, but many may have not actually seen them yet. They are rather simple to assemble – and will easily make any party or home more festive for Eid, insha’Allah. If you’re having a party...

Learn the Arabic Alphabet

35 Ways to Use your DIY Dry-Erase Manipulatives to Teach Arabic

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum:   In my last post I showed you how I made my own dry-erase manipulatives. Now that you’ve gotten the lesson in how to make them, I’m here to show you how we use them. If you haven’t seen the post on how to make the manipulatives, please check it out first:...

DIY Dry Erase Manipulatives

Make Your Own Dry-Erase Manipulatives:

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum:     The other day I found some game pieces at the local resale shop. Originally I saw them and was intrigued – but couldn’t think how I would use them. However, after walking down a few aisles, I decided to go back and fortunately they were still there. The discs I...

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Encouraging the Homeschooled Child

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Over the years I have tried many things to get the kiddos encouraged to work hard in their school work. It’s not so much that I need to encourage them to learn – they love to do that – but the main problem is getting done in a timely manner. Let’s just...

Make Your Own Arabic Alphabet Letter Form Blocks

    Asalaam ‘Alaikum Everyone:   I’ve been hard at work looking around lately for interesting and fun ways to teach my youngest (especially) and the older kiddos Arabic. Fortunately, I’ve been a fountain of ideas lately – and it helps that I’ve also found many teaching ideas online that can be tailored to the...