Assalamu ‘alaykum and welcome. Download your RAMADAN DOODLE CHALLENGE list HERE. I am getting the usual last minute rush of pre-Ramadan ideas. New concepts emerge thick and fast from the brain fog, between teaching to tell the time and washing a big pile of dishes. As we know, the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (sallaRead more
Assalamu alaykum and welcome. When I set out to review and improve “30 Days with the Names of Allah” (which I first compiled in 2017), I was excited to offer a better product to the Muslim community; however, I was conscious that at least some children – including my own – had aready completed it.Read more
17 Ramadan 1441/ 10 May 2020: As of today the free PDF 30 Days with the names of Allah has been edited to correct the following typos: The proof for the Name ash-Shakoor is surah Faatir 35:34 (NOT surah Hashr) and the proof of the Name as-Samee’ is surah al-Baqarah 2:127 (NOT 126). Jazakillahu khayranRead more
Assalamo alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. Are you looking for something not too demanding yet engaging to occupy your children in Ramadan? Something that is new and for them to discover each day of the month? That’s exactly what we like to do in our family. On the one hand, we feel the need toRead 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