Spring Poster

Spring is here, and the cherry blossoms are getting ready to bloom here in Japan. We've made this Spring Poster using Origami crafts. Children had fun, and so did I!

Islamic Home Schooling Advisory Network (IHSAN)

MashaAllah, a great site! Lots of imformation and resources, and even the forum!

Islamic Home Schooling Adivisory Network (IHSAN)

Being a double minority.

Here in Japan, being a muslim itself is being a minority. And the homeschooling is still very rare and most of the people believe that all the children MUST attend the school. So being a muslim homeschooler is like being a double minority. You may find a Christian homeschooler's support group here, but not a Muslim one. I guess I'm like the only one doing this here and sometimes I do get a bit lonely and scared. But alhamdulillah, those blogs and the sites of other homeschoolers overseas have been great encouragements for me. I guess internet could be a great blessings from Allah if we use it in a correct way. And I hope inshaAllah, homeschooling will be another well-known option among the Muslims in Japan someday...aameen.

A few of the things we've made so far.

Here are a few of the things we've made so far.





Suratul Ikhlaas Mobile

Dhikr Beads

Masajid Around the World Poster

Lapbooking

I've never done lapbooking with my children, but this Hijaab Lapbook looks really nice! I also have two girls myself, so inshaAllah, I'd like to try this one with them when we have time. And I also was amazed to see all the lapbooking ideas here! May Allah reward them all for sharing their ideas!

Like to learn Arabic!

As I read Quran everyday with my children, I began to feel that I really would like to learn the Arabic language, and be able to understand the meaning of Quran in Arabic. At the moment, I just know some of the words that appear often in the Quran only and of course it's not enough. I've found some nice sites to learn about the Quranic Arabic, so I'd like to work on them with my children, inshaAllah.

Arabic Comes First
This site is for children, and has a lot of downloads that we can get for free! It includes coloring books, story books, curricurums, Arabic words from the Hadeeth, and Arabic words from the Quran, and more. As my children work on this, I'd also like to learn, it's good for a biginner like me.

Understand Quran -the easy way-
This site is also good. It has four courses(all free!) that includes a Children's Course. It has some ariticles that are good to read, too. InshaAllah, I'd like to work on this after we finish the curricurum mentioned above.

Science-A Drop Of Mercy

Now we're learning about the water cycle in Calvert, and this book that I bought before really goes well with the topic we're covering now. It talks about the water cycle but put emphasis on Allah's blessings and how the water is essential in our life.