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Here’s a Cool Craft
For those of you with older children, you can make candles together!
Still here
It has been a few days since my last post, hasn’t it? We’re still hanging in there and we are getting ready for the baby, InshaALLAH. It’s getting harder for me these days with the frequency of midwifery appointments and keeping the kids entertained and learning. I am the only one at home with the kids these days (mother-in-law is gone during the day), so the little one is really giving me work to do!
I am keeping my oldest busy with math worksheets and copywork pages from Worksheet works on those days when it seems that nothing can be accomplished.
It’s funny how I still find time to knit though. Usually, it takes me forever to get something made, but I’ve been really productive lately.
These little wool soakers are nice and snugly for the new baby and they take no time at all to knit. This one is “The 1932 Soaker Pattern”.
This one is the Ottobre Design Pattern. It took about four hours to make.
I received our new phonics/reading programs some time ago, by the way. I will have to give you some feedback soon, InshaALLAH. Just a warning, they stick some non-Islamic dawah in the box as a “courtesy”,so if you order from them, don’t be surprised.
Take care!
88 Ways/Poverty
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Save yourself from hellfire by giving even half a date-fruit in charity.” – Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Hadith 498
This is a most excellent link from Sister Farhana.
Our Break is Almost Over
Well, we’ve been taking a break from classes (except for her UCMAS abacus homework) since Eid. We hadn’t really taken a formal break the whole school year so I felt it was due.
The kids are trying to get outside as much as possible before it gets super cold here – the leaves are falling and changing colors,they have been for some time actually, so I didn’t do anything productive. It’s time for me to focus, especially Arabic lesson planning,InshaALLAH.
We have plenty of materials,AlhamduLILLAH, so now I need to organize and scan copies of the lessons for everyone.
My daughter knows the Arabic alphabet and my son knows everything except 8 letters, so I think the first thing we need to do is make sure that she can write them all and that he can recognize them all.
I think he needs coloring pages for each letter and I will give her copywork pages.
Then, comes the recognition of the different forms of the letters (for her). We will take it slow for the first couple of letters – maybe one at a time and then I will see if we can do more. With her, I find that if we go slowly, she gets bored. The goal is to build her vocabulary so that she can use the Arabic readers. The Rosetta Stone Arabic should also help with her vocabulary.
There is a blog that I used to read (I think it hasn’t been active for some time but it’s still there),written by an Arabic student.There is some beneficial information there, you might want to check it out.
Also, here is how the Arabic Alphabet is mapped out on the keyboard. We have little stickers on ours to make it easier – you can get them on Ebay for about ninety-nine cents (US). Even with the stickers, I usually forget where the harakat keys are. Here is a list compiled by a participant in this forum:
shift + ~ –> ّ (shaddah)
shift + Q –>َ (fathah)
shift + A –>ِ (kasrah)
shift + E –> ُ (dammah)
shift + W –>ً (tanween – fathah)
shift + S –> ٍ (tanween – kasrah)
shift + R –> ٌ (tanween – dammah)
shift + X –> ْ (sukoon)
Went to the Zoo Again
We decided to give the kids one more chance to see the animals before the cold weather kicks in. We were able to get a few more shots of the animals and enjoy a nice Saturday afternoon, AlhamduLILLAH.
Now, I’m off to take care of my aching back! :p
Ok, here’s my attempt
My first crocheted sweater. It’s Kelly’s Sweater, by Kelly Kearney. It was a nice pattern for a beginner and very quick too.
Sneaky Eid
Gifts, that is. We were fortunate enough, AlhamduLILLAH that my husband got us a few homeschool items that we didn’t expect.
I hope that the readers will make us stronger in our Arabic, InshaALLAH. A word of caution: one of the books is called The Magic Bunny. We will omit it.
The other books look like they will be perfect for our Islamic social studies, InshaALLAH.
P.S. I know that there have been some blurry photos lately. I have a hard time holding still with this belly in the way sometimes and I am using manual focus most of the time, lol.
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Rearranged the Classroom – Again
I needed a solution to our cramped space, so we bought a banquet table from Staples and now I use the black table as my desk.
The wall now has some shelving so that I can keep our other art supplies, books and math manipulatives off the main table.
I also got a new calendar from Staples because my homemade calendar was a bit too big. We still use the numbers from the homemade calendar for counting (with my son).
Now, everyone has plenty of room at the table and I can keep my huge teacher’s manuals and planners out of their way! I also moved the bookshelf to the front of the room.
We also have another playpen for downstairs since my youngest “visits” the classroom from time to time. It is next to a small table which folds if we need to use the carpet. This is for painting and playing with clay – as you can see from the bits on the carpet!
