Category Archives for Homeschooling
Touch and Feel Arabic Alphabet Letters
This touch and feel Arabic alphabet is a Montessori inspired activity that helped my then preschoolers learn the Arabic letter formation through touch and feel. To make these Arabic Letter cards
Continue reading
Community Helpers – A masjid Craft
It was inevitable, we had to do a preschool themed community helpers unit and I wasn’t ready for it. I have a daughter who wants to be a nurse and a son who can’t decide between becoming
Continue reading
Homeschooling Success depends on 3 Ingredients
I remember when I didn’t have kids. I could spend a day in bed with a cold, or a tummy ache. Heck, I could spend the day in bed to binge watch … lost or desperate housewives. Then the kids came
Continue reading
Interactive Children’s Picture Books
Don’t you just love interactive books that encourage children to touch, shake, and move? I don’t mean those lift-the-flap kinds either. Though we did enjoy those when the kids were babies, now those
Continue reading
Arabic Alphabet Games for Preschool and Kindergarten
They say every child is different… I am not sure whether I was in denial or just being lazy. My daughter enjoyed learning her Arabic alphabet, and all I had to do was print out some flashcards and
Continue reading
Laylatul Qadr- A guide to making Dua
Among the nights of Ramadan is one special night, Laylatyul Qadr (Night of Decree) it was the night the Quran was send down and worship during the laylatul Qadr is equivalent to worship performed for a
Continue reading
Golden Domes and Silver Lantern (Preschool Pack Printable)
If there is one book that is an absolute favorite of ours in the house its Golden Domes and Silver Lantern. Over the last couple of years, they learned and picked up new ‘Arabic’ vocabulary
Continue reading
A Ramadan Gift Basket
When you only celebrate a few holidays in a year, you tend to go off and make everything a little bit more special. Especially during the month of Ramadan. I struggle to hide Eid gifts now that they are
Continue reading
3 ways to Jump-start your Ramadan
One of the salaf said: “Rajab is the month to sow the seeds; Sha’ban is the month to irrigate the crop; and Ramadan is the month to reap the harvest!” With Rajab gone and Sha’baan
Continue reading
My first Dua Book- DIY
If you have been following me on Instagram, you may know that I have been trying to teach my kids to be thankful for everything, the good, the bad and the ugly (I am hoping that this will teach them to
Continue reading