Tagged: Muslim Homeschool Advice

PBS Parents Blog – Why Parents Don’t Need to Have All the Answers

Asalaam ‘Alaikum, I recently read the following blog post on PBS Parents. I really liked what it said – and it fits our homeschool environment pretty well. I can’t tell you the number of times we have looked things up in Wikipedia – in Encyclopedias online or did extensive searches in the library for more...

Why I Homeschool

Asalaam ‘Alaikum, I was recently asked to answer some questions about why we homeschool for someone working on an assignment for Journalism. Essentially, they wanted to understand the rights of a homeschooled child with a focus on the right to be heard and the right to individuality. Sometimes a question just spurs you on to...

How Do I Manage?

Asalaam’ Alaikum: We recently discussed being able to manage the workload of being a homeschool mom – parent – wife – sister in Islam, etc. etc. There are many homeschool mother’s who absolutely amaze me with all they are able to get done. Some I know personally, and others I follow on the web. However,...

Fortunate to be Homeschooling

Asalaam ‘Alaikum, Alhumdulilah – I am so fortunate to be given the opportunity to home school. Aren’t you? I know many people would think I am crazy for saying this – although none of them home school themselves. However, I’m sure that most of you that home school feel the same way. Now, if you...

Love and Homeschooling Go Hand in Hand

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Perhaps I’m sentimental – perhaps we are just having a good day today – perhaps both, alhumdulilah. Some days just work that way – other days you want to pull out your hair and ask yourself “why am I doing this?” Alhumdulilah – these days definitely balance each other out – and the...

Favorite Learning Links

Favorite Learning Links

Asalaam ‘Alaikum Everyone: I’ve started to compile a list of my favorite links – online educational resources that I like to use during our homeschool day. I’ve started to categorize them to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. I actually am compiling the list to use as a resource throughout our school...