Assalamo alaykum and welcome. We have missed poetry teatime, alhamdulillah. If you are not sure what poetry teatime is, it involves reading poetry aloud in your homeschool as part of a lifestyle in which children – and their adults! – are immersed in a rich linguistic and literary environment. To make it even better, itRead more
Assalamo alaykum and welcome. Download your FREE TA-DAH list HERE We all have some really good homeschooling streaks: we are all nicely settled into the routine, learning takes place, the parent feels reasonably in control and everybody is pretty happy. And then… BOOM! Staying guests. A family trip. Eid. A stomach bug. The routine isRead more
Assalamo alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh and welcome. Is it just me or it all seemed a lot easier when the children were smaller? Or at least all in the same sort of age group… Now in one household of 5 there are 4 different schedules for meals and sleeping; and hardly any time whenRead more
Assalamo alaykum and welcome. As mothers, we have heard it and said it countless times: “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” As Muslims, we know how that “cup” can ever truly be filled. Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. [Surah ar-Ra’d 13:28] Striking a balance between our many wordly commitmentsRead more
Assalamo alaykum and welcome. In case anyone is still on the fence on what to do this Ramadan homeschooling wise, or needs a little inspiration or simply would like a peep into our homeschool, this is what I have planned out for this Ramadan, insha’Allah. Formal homeschooling None. (Hear my boys whoop!) Ramadan is ourRead more
Assalamo alaykum and welcome. Even after 8 years, there is not much that is absolutely set about our homeschool. One thing that I always had in my mind though, is that the children must be connected with the works of the great ulama’. Often we cannot just hand them the books though; the contents needRead more
Assalamo alaykum and welcome. It is our most special time of the year. As Muslim parents, we want to nurture in our children this powerful association to Ramadan so, from a few months before, the ideas start being thrown around on how to meaningfully mark this precious month. No two Ramadans are ever the sameRead more
I never trained as a teacher. When I see a lesson plan, I want to run away (and I usually do). I never buy the teacher’s book of anything: I know I won’t have the patience to go through it. When I started off with my 3 year old, I used to overplan and overthink.Read more
Assalamo alaykum and welcome. If you are reading this, chances are that you are somewhere between blind panic and utter excitement. You may be a young mom with your first toddler, rearing to plunge into formal education with her to give her every ounce of yourself; or a mother whose children, for whatever reason, haveRead more
Assalamo alaykum. After being blessed with the ability to homeschool for a few years, this has become my normality. I don’t do school runs. I never know when the half-term holidays are. But I must remember that, for the majority of people out there, we are the weird ones (do our kids even speak English?Read more