Academic Earth has video lectures from some of the top universities on a multitude of topics. Check it out.
This link looks interesting: buusu.com. You can use it for English, German, Spanish, and French. Oh, and it’s free.
A collection of anatomy resources. Enjoy!
My husband and I are taking the Sacred Scrolls: 40 Hadith Nawawi course taught by Sh. Yasir Qadhi through AlMaghrib Institute (he’s going to the physical location and I am fortunate enough to take it online, alhamduLILLAH). It is a very beneficial class,and I am learning a lot.
One benefit of attending programs of this nature is having direct access to the scholars of our time. My husband asked the sheikh about homeschooling, in particular, what emphasis should we place on sacred vs. secular schooling. The nasiha that he was given is to split their Islamic and secular learning into a 30/70 ratio respectively. Keep in mind, this can be adjusted accordingly as the child’s age, needs and abilities change.
This is basically what I plan to do this year, InshaALLAH. I had my schedule done a while ago but silly me, I forgot to add math to it, lol. I need to revise it now because I have realized that my almost two year old is just a small step behind my three year old.
They are in direct competition for everything, i.e. attention, toys,food,potty training (yes, the boy is still figuring it out,lol).
We are affectionately calling them “the twins” now. For the most part, they have a great relationship and follow each other around the home getting into mutual mischief. So, the real test is figuring out how to keep their attention spans and gently introduce a preschool curriculum, all the while maintaining the progress that my daughter and I have thus made.
We started the new phonics program the other day and so far I like it. There is plenty of work to do without being futile or overwhelming and it is designed with the one-room schoolhouse child in mind. She should be able to do a lot of the work independently so that I have time to turn my attention to the other children.
AlhamduLILLAH, we are blessed to have them so close in age – my sister and I are seven years apart so I can only imagine what it’s like to be making memories together.
I found an interesting list of speech development milestones at the National Institute of Deafness and other Communication Disorders. If you scroll down, there is a section that approximates a child’s speech development based on age.
This is important because the sooner any speech or language problems are discovered, the easier it is for the child to get on with their education without losing interest in learning or losing confidence. Sometimes, problems can simply be resolved by training underdeveloped muscles in the mouth.
I got up to 1600 grains before I got tired of it. Put your middle school/high school kids on there.
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I’m in the process of making a household planner – you know, the kind with room for recipes, emergency numbers, grocery lists, etc. I just figured it would help to make things run more smoothly since we have a house full of people (mostly little people, yikes!) and time is essential. I’ve noticed a trend around here lately (not knowing until the last minute what to make for dinner, or lack of variety in the menu) and I want to shake things up a bit.
If you search on Google, there are plenty of sites that offer free printable pages for your own household planner, such as this one or these ideas over at Tipnut.com. And, as usual, Donna Young has plenty of forms and styles for you to ponder.
If you need some direction for making a personal planner, there is a beginner’s guide for do-it-yourself planners at diyplanner.com
. Vox has provided a link to download the mind.Depositor Index Card Template. Or, you can check out David Seah, the Printable CEO.
An-Nahdah Institute is cordially inviting you to attend part 3 of its on-line presentation about the loss of the Muslim Ummah. The subject of the presentation will be the intellectual decline, focusing on the Islamic Aqeedah. In this presentation, we will discuss how Islam presented the Islamic Aqeedah and how the Sahabah believed and viewed the concept of Iman. We will also discuss how foreign ideas and methodology of thought seeped into the Islamic way of thinking, thus rendering divisions and meaningless and endless debates. Finally, what will be addressed is how the Islamic Aqeedah lost some of its fundamental features leaving it completely irrelevant-or almost.
Topic: “Loss of an Ummah: Intellectual Decline – Aqeedah”
Date: 01/11/09
Time: 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PT 12:30 GMT
http://an-nahdah.na3.acrobat.com/aqeedah/
Please join us in this discussion and invite others.
An-Nahdah Institute
These are really nice.
