Tagged: Islamic Homeschooling

Arabic Movable Alphabet

Arabic Movable Alphabet

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: I just recently finished another Arabic Project: the Arabic Moveable Alphabet. Like the Sandpaper Letters, this project is based on the Montessori Method for English. PURPOSE: To prepare for spelling, writing and reading. MATERIALS NEEDED: A large box with spaces for letters of the alphabet. The boxes contain several copies of the letters...

Arabic Sandpaper Letters

Arabic Sandpaper Letters

Asalaam’ Alaikum : I finally finished my long-awaited project: Arabic Sandpaper Letters (for a larger picture, click on the image above). It took me quite a long time because I have carpal-tunnel in both hands so it slowed me down quite a bit (yes, you have to cut out all of the shapes of the...

Update: Allah Made Hands

Update: Allah Made Hands

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: We finally finished our “Allah Made Hands” mini-lessons this week. We didn’t do them every day, just when we had the opportunity in between everything else. The kids really liked it, alhumdulilah. My youngest started chanting today “Allah Made Feet” (I guess she somehow knows what our next project is!) I decided to...

Teaching Your Child About Courage

Teaching Your Child About Courage

Asalaam 'Alaikum: In passing, I also found some useful websites and at least one book suggestion (I am sure there are more and welcome suggestions). In the Islamic Voice Magazine online (from 1998) I found an article entitled "A Leaf from Prophet's (Pbuh) Life : Courage Beyond Measure." You can find the article here (it...

Discussion Topic: Having Courage Isn’t Easy

Discussion Topic: Having Courage Isn’t Easy

Having Courage Isn’t Easy Having courage is not always the easiest thing to do, nor is it without consequences. Sometimes, when you have the courage to do what is right – you can still have problems. For example, when you tell the truth if you did something wrong, you may still get into trouble (but...

Courage Lessons: The Invasion of Tabuk

Courage Lessons: The Invasion of Tabuk

The Invasion of Tabuk The Campaign to Tabuk was the result of conflict with the Roman Empire that had started even before the conquest of Makkah. One of the missions sent after the Treaty of Hudaibiyah to different parts of Arabia visited the clans which lived in the northern areas adjacent to Syria. The majority...