Remember when I was talking about making some sort of Ramadan countdown? Well, I think I might have to make some gift boxes for each day InshaALLAH (for the older two) and have some sort of fun stuff inside. If it’s easy and affordable, I’ll let you know how it goes, InshaALLAH. I found this site for printable gift boxes.
Our mint has started sprouting a bit but I don’t know if we will be successful or not.
It seems to have gotten stuck in this stage. Sabr, InshaALLAH.
My daughter is really interested in building things, particularly triangular shapes. I thought she was making a pyramid but she says it’s a triangle. She says that a pyramid has golden rooms for kings and steps on the front like Chichen Itza. So I have been corrected, lol.
We also started our mini solar system:
now, they have to dry and then InshaALLAH I can hang them close to our science wall. We used white foam balls that came in a pack (about $2 CDN) from the craft section of Walmart.
Since I am in the process of reorganizing the classroom, I thought I would give a peek at the rest of our space. I finally put the books in alphabetical order and added them to the bookcase.
There was enough space to put our games and some of our boxed puzzles on the bottom so that helps to keep the classroom uncluttered. On top are the rest of our puzzles, the abacus and a book return bin.
My daughter can choose to read whatever she likes and when she finishes, she must bring it back to the bin and then I can put it on the shelf in the proper order.
I didn’t add library cards yet but I think they are important in case she stops bringing the books back to be shelved. Without them I have no idea what is really missing until I find books buried in the sofa or under the dining table.
Outside our classroom doorway is a long hall.
The white wall is where I would like to place a bulletin board with the Qur’an verses of the week, du’a of the week, and hadith of the week for the upcoming school year, InshaALLAH. Also, I found this tree and must have it in order to teach about the family tree of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alayhis wa salaam)and our own family tree as well.
To the immediate left is the washroom that has our Arabic poster and English sign (this one is courtesy of former tenants). I also need to add the du’a for entering and exiting the washroom.
Farther down is Qamar perched on his tree
and the far wall has everything for science.
The mats with the planets are from Walmart. They were about $1 CDN in the section with kitchen towels and table linens.
I hope this is helpful to someone, InshaALLAH and please, if you have ideas let me know!
I had one of those moments where the light bulb came on in my brain today. I searched Google for Good Word Books and they have a web site selling their books at an affordable price. Most of the books are on other sites, but they are cheaper here and they have new things that are not available elsewhere, AlhamduLILLAH.
These are classroom displays made by some very creative teachers. My mind is really going through a multitude of ideas that I will probably never have the time to accomplish!
I’m excited to find some science materials for my daughter. Look at this sample.
There are also other books here under “Nature and Geography”.
This will really force us to learn.
Today we ventured out to a barbecue at a park in Mississauga. As soon as we were settled and had our food, we got stuck in a bit of a downpour!
We practiced great patience and AlhamduLILLAH the rest of the afternoon was rain free. It was overcast and cool, which is nice for me and the kids had a great time playing soccer and feeding the seagulls.
I made an outline of my daughter on brown paper and we filled the spaces with muscles, organs and bones from various places (scroll down). I couldn’t find the proper-sized arms after searching for two days, so we used what we had.
