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How we do it

Posted on March 11, 2008 by

A couple of people have asked how we are learning Suratul Ikhlas so I thought I would share. We don’t do anything fancy, nor do we take a huge amount of time to do it. At the start of each … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

Today, we continued with Suratul Ikhlas. Her memorization is going well, masha’ALLAH. Saxon Phonics 1 is coming along well also. Each day a new letter is introduced and she has to use the letter tiles to spell words. This part … Continue reading →

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Learning Ikhlas

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

We’ve been opening our class with Suratul Fatiha for a long time and now, InshaALLAH, we will be switching to Ikhlas. My daughter was three when we started homeschooling and it was also the first time I sat down with … Continue reading →

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First Lapbook!

Posted on March 3, 2008 by

So last night I (mostly) finished our first lapbook. It was very quick and easy and I think it will help us to count our change, InshaALLAH. I finished the rest this morning before we started school. The templates for … Continue reading →

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Almost wrapping up the week

Posted on March 1, 2008 by

Today we plowed ahead though the Saxon Phonics program with ease. Everything was pretty basic because she has been able to read since October. The challenge for her is learning the rules for coding vowels and remembering them. There are … Continue reading →

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Class and lesson helpers

Posted on February 27, 2008 by

I am almost finished rearranging our tiny classroom and I am pleased with our space. I had to reorganize to maximize the available space, so I put various little things in rolling carts that have drawers: These are handy for … Continue reading →

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Felt fun

Posted on February 24, 2008 by

I set up a felt board in the classroom – really, we have a couple of those dividers that are used to make office cubicles. I put some felt on one of them to spruce it up. These are from … Continue reading →

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Tentative schedule

Posted on February 24, 2008 by

Here is a glimpse of our upcoming week for grade 1, InshaALLAH. Friday wasn’t clear so I didn’t scan it (I am doing everything in pencil just in case), but Saxon has four days of lessons and then an assessment … Continue reading →

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Is this what they mean by socialisation?

Posted on February 23, 2008 by

It’s really sad when a first grade child is being harassed.

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Nutrition lesson plans

Posted on February 18, 2008 by

I found this today: http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/educators/main.asp There are classroom printables, including a felt story about a city and country mouse trying different types of cheeses. There are extensive food pyramid pictures/posters to print and laminate. One of the posters had a … Continue reading →

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