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 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. 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
For our second homeschooling week of February 2019, I decided to forsake my current homeschool planner, which I have been happily using for a solid 7 months. Why? I am not exactly sure. Alhamdulillah, our homeschool was on a roll or, at least, so it seemed to me. In reality, despite feeling I had foundRead more