December Homeed 2023-2024

A little glimpse into what our December looked like. A lot of creative buildings were built through tiles. We got to cover stage 2 of the Phonics series. I found little one immersing more towards the curious science experiments invoking questions and for our supplement we used the Usborne 365 science activities’ book. Foaming fizzes, oil and water surface tension and object stress experiments. With … Continue reading December Homeed 2023-2024

November Homeed 2023-2024

This past month has been a lovely slow extension of talking about P, Qur’an learning, lots of legos, curating poems, reading, freestyle painting, seasons painting , mathematics , gymnastics and our all time favourite baking. Everyday, seems a new adventure in terms of learning. I am amazed with the expanse of knowledge , observation and cognitive skills Allah SWT has blessed these little ones with. … Continue reading November Homeed 2023-2024

October Home ed 2023-24

Come October and apart from regular book club, gymnastics , arts and Qur’an reading we also inculcated the study of Middle Eastern history from a toddlers’ perspective. Some arts and some facts regarding Palestine occurred in our home ed aswell. Not to mention lots of lovely, fun, lively and lengthy discussions also took place around jannah too. Masha Allah. Lo ask a zillion questions these … Continue reading October Home ed 2023-24

September Home-ed 2023-2024

Our home ed year started with an intra city travel to the eastern region of the kingdom. Travel always change the outlook on life and helps bring fresh perspective to our homeschool, parenting and everyday life in general. I have written a separate post on what should one do if you’re a homeschooling family travelling to the lovely eastern cities of Dammam, Dhahran and Khobar. … Continue reading September Home-ed 2023-2024

Book Club Tuesdays: Get to Read!

With the vibrancy of the poster you can tell I am pumped and excited for our beginning readers’ club! Such a big milestone masha Allah. After having done with the phonics and sight words and beginning reading very basic sentences last year. We did all the pre-reading stuff at a tender 4 ish, masha Allah. This year though we were in our summer vacations, I … Continue reading Book Club Tuesdays: Get to Read!

The Reading Bandwagon: Unfolding the Phonics Pradigm

“Letter a/ produces the aaa sound” “A for ? Which prophet ? Adam AS!” Should you peek inside our home on a sunny afternoon you will find us deep immersed in one of our heartwarming story books from our white Kallax shelf. Our heads buried deep into the books whilst our faces sun kissed from the afternoon sunlight beaming from the toy room window panes. … Continue reading The Reading Bandwagon: Unfolding the Phonics Pradigm

Book Reading & Comprehension: A Mouse So Small by Angela Mac Allister

Should you peek inside my home any hot afternoon you will find our heads deeply cocked in books… sunlight beaming through the window panes.If there’s one thing my daughter enjoys that’s reading, alhamdulilaah. In our literacy session today, little O and I read our one of the favourite books. A mouse so small by Angela McAllister. We basically used the book for boosting our comprehension … Continue reading Book Reading & Comprehension: A Mouse So Small by Angela Mac Allister

Our Favourite Books for 4-5 year old

As the year ends Alhamdulillah, and we now see books that we keep on picking and reading. Listing below some of our favourites from the past year; Zayd Curious Little Stories by Aneesa Omar Deen inspired , these stories are captivating for the kids. These books contain Islamic anecdotes and also they meticulously articulated for the little kids. I and O really enjoy them. The … Continue reading Our Favourite Books for 4-5 year old

365 Days Around Quran: Surah Al Fatihah

In today’s art session we talked about what we were inspired to draw. The houses, the chimneys, the clouds, the night sky and the stars. Many of them. D1 loves to make art. While D1 drew the same scenic drawing with day time she commanded me to draw the night sky. I complied. Then we finally touched on how Allah SWT has created all of … Continue reading 365 Days Around Quran: Surah Al Fatihah