Tagged: Muslim Homeschooling

Advice to Homeschooling Mothers – Take Care of Yourself

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: I’m sure I am not the first homeschooling mother to put her own needs aside for the benefit of the kids and family. You always wonder where you are going to fit another thing into your schedule – where are you going to get the time? Well, in case you haven’t already learned...

My List of Awesome Language Arts Resources

My List of Awesome Language Arts Resources

Asalaam ‘Alaikum, I’ve already shared my list of Awesome Mathematics Resources – I have more, but have to organize them first (who knows how long that will take?!?) However, I thought it high time I shared some of my favorite Language Arts Resources. You may not find everything in that list (there may be many...

Being Active – Hiking the Canyon

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: This weekend we went hiking in a local canyon. The kiddos have always hiked in the mountain before, but not a canyon. They enjoyed learning about a different habitat. Actually, in this hike – at least what we could find out about from the information center – there are actually 4 or 5...

Being Active – Hiking with the Family

Asalaam ‘Alaikum, This weekend we finally started our hiking season. We would have started sooner, but we had several projects around the house to fix up first before getting started. Masha’Allah – how I have missed the outdoors. You have to understand, I lived in the mountains – I grew up to the sound of...

Recycled Crayons

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: Quite a few weeks ago we made some recycled crayons. First we needed to peel all the papers off the broken crayons. I already had purchased an old mini-muffin pan from the resale shop and filled them with the broken crayons (we have way too many around here). The smaller the pieces you...

Making a Dollhouse – Part Two

Asalaam ‘Alaikum: I am not the most artistic person (at least, not as much as I would love to be). I have great ideas in my head sometimes but it doesn’t always turn out the way I like it. Alhumdulilah, my kids are never very picky (they often love what I make them) and often...