A new additon to our family.

We've recently welcomed a new addition to our family, a new born baby boy, alhamdulillah. Now we're a family of six with two girls, and two boys.

It's been about two weeks since the baby has come and our homeschooling days have been rather laid back style. Maybe if I take unschooling method, our days would seem like this. I let my daughters recite some parts of Quran daily so that they won't forget what they have memorized, that's like the only fixed routine these days. Other than that,I let them do what they like to do. They do some worksheets sometimes, and they read the books they like to read, but most of the time they're creating something with papers.

We've finished the Calvert K last month, and we will start a new grade next month, inshaAllah. Until then, we'll enjoy some short unschooling days:)

Ad-Duha new grade.

We've finished the ALP level of Ad-Duha about a month ago, and we've got another grade's curriculum recently, alhumdulillah. The new grade covers 40 of Allah's 99 names, more Adiyaa and Tafseer, and reading and writing of Arabic letters and words. We've started two days ago, it looks as nice as the last level, children also love it, alhumdulillah.

Farm diorama!

As we covered the topic of farm in the Calvert lesson last week, I came up with the idea of making a farm diorama. This was the first diorama project that we've done, and it was a lot of fun!! As usual, we used Origami crafts for all the items.

Now the children are telling they'd like to visit a farm. There's a nice farm that we can experience milking the cow, feeding the animals, etc., so I'm thinking of taking them there, inshaAllah.

Animals in the Jungle Poster

We've made this another poster, the Animals in the Jungle.

I've written names for each in Arabic, English, and Japanese.

Children are happy to see the new addition on the classoroom wall!

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.