Category: Homeschool Advice

Ways to Keep a Younger Child Busy While Homeschooling

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Having a younger child around while you are homeschooling can be difficult. How well things work with homeschooling with a younger child will depend on how well you prepare for it. First of all, you need to check your expectations. I know that homeschooling is not an easy job – but even...

Keeping a Younger Child Busy (and Happy) While Homeschooling

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Homeschooling with a younger child around is not the easiest thing to do. The older they get – at least before school age – sometimes the harder it is to keep them entertained. If you have a baby currently sleeping during your school day – please remember this and be thankful for...

Vacation Time!

  Asalaam’ Alaikum: I have truly enjoyed sharing with you the many posts I have made over the summer. I hope you have enjoyed them too. I have tried to share as much advice and ideas with you about how to improve your homeschooling experience. While I am not an expert, I am learning and...

Advice to Homeschooling Mothers – Managing Your Home

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Being a homeschooling mother, it is often difficult to manage your housework and cooking along with homeschooling your child. We need to learn balance and we also need to learn ways to make this job a little easier for ourselves, insha’Allah. We also need to let go of feeling that we always...

Advice to Homeschooling Mothers – Manage Your Time Well and You Will Succeed

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum, I know this is a long post – and I thought about dividing it up into smaller posts – but all these topics relate to one another and I didn’t want to separate them. I hope it is not too long that you decide not to benefit from it – for I...

Advice to Homeschooling Mothers – Remember the Importance of Dua

  Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Of all the homeschooling advice I can share – I think the most important one is to always remember the importance of Dua. If we are starting on our homeschooling journey – and we are unsure of ourselves and worried that we can’t do it – MAKE DUA. If we are teaching...