Tagged: Islamic Preschool

Let the Games Begin!

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: I’ve been looking into educational games lately for the kids. Not games that you purchase necessarily – but even games you make yourself. I’m actually looking into this topic for all of their curricular needs – not just Arabic. We have started looking more at games at local resale shops and have had...

Learning to Read **Making Progress**

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: In the past I have mentioned having problems with using “Teaching Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.” I spoke recently with a friend who has used that program to teach all of her children. It seems she forgot to mention that at least one or more of her children had the...

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...