Pearls of Jannah

She’s Up to Twenty

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Umm Maryam

When we started our school year, August 3, I scheduled time for my daughter to read each day. Then, I noticed that she was spending all of her off time reading and moving ahead in her reading program and pretty soon, we were catching her in the middle of the night, reading when she was supposed to be sleeping, reading next to the nightlight, (Oh the horror! Her poor little eyes).

Then, I started having flashbacks to the the Book It! Program from Pizza Hut, (do you remember it?)

In case you’re wondering:

I am a home educator. Am I eligible to participate in BOOK IT!?
Yes, if you are a home educator and your K-6 child does not attend another educational facility, you are eligible to participate. All materials for the 2009-10 program have been allocated.

Since we missed it for this year, we will continue on our own and I will give her a small prize when she reaches 25 chapter books read (she’s read 20 books – 19 chapter books) and a grand prize at 50 chapter books, InshaALLAH. She has to reach the goal by August 3, but I think she might do it by the end of spring.

Canada and Puerto Rico go here for your Book It! infomation.

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Add These to Your Math Binder

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Umm Maryam

Free Printable Sudoku Puzzles. I cut them out and glued them to a few pages. I might add some other math brainteasers and crossword puzzles. These can be used as a quick daily drill for my daughter, along with some mazes, InshaALLAH.

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She’s Got Mail

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Umm Maryam

My daughter was so happy today to receive her first pen pal letter! Her pen pal included these cute stickers, MashaALLAH and my daughter couldn’t be more thrilled.

We’ve already mapped out where everyone lives on our map and I think we’ll take a cue from Umm Tafari’s blog post and have a few geography lessons, InshaALLAH.

JazakILLAH Khairin to the sisters who have made this happen – AlhamduLILLAH we’ve also found a pen pal for my son,(InshaALLAH we will mail his first letter soon).

This is a coloring page that came with her letter. She colored it right away and wanted to show her pen pal.

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Cheat Sheets for Teachers

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Umm Maryam

Go here to see all 100.

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Button Garden

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Umm Maryam

I have a ton of buttons that I keep in a jar. I saw this last week online and added it to the workbox this week. It was an instant hit, especially since glue was involved. Simple. PDF for the paper if you want it is here.

Ah yes, it’s from the free downloads section of How About Orange.

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Starting a Fire With Coke and Chocolate

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Umm Maryam

This is a tutorial from Wildwood Survival

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From My Inbox

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Umm Maryam

LOL, I get the most Emails from my husband – literally hundreds just waiting to be read. He finds good stuff all the time and I can’t keep up with checking it. Here’s a good one:

“The bigger desire you have for a sin, the bigger your eemaan is if you leave it.”

Imaam Muhammad bin Saalih bin al-`Uthaymeen (Rahimahullaah)

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LOL I Blame Umm Raiyaan For This

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Umm Maryam

She’s thinking about making changes to her blog – and the more I thought about her blog post, the more I wanted to change mine. Then, I stumbled across these free backgrounds and well, I had to go there. If it hurts your eyes I can tone it down, InshaALLAH.