Showing posts with label Back-To-School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Back-To-School. Show all posts

8/30/2023

FREE 2023-2024 Muslim Homeschooling Planner

When it comes to homeschooling, I like when my planner is as simple as possible but still includes all the elements that I believe would make planning a success for me.

I recently made one for my 2023-2024 homeschool year and wanted to share with others who may benefit. It doesn't have the usual week by week planner because I prefer check-marking lessons as we go through the year. It does however have year-at-a-glance, monthly planner and much more.

Anyone can use it; Muslim or not. The pages with Qur'an verses can be omitted. 

Here's the list of contents:

  • Homeschool Information
  • Year-at-a-Glance Calendar
  • Attendance
  • Brain Dump/Ideas
  • Goals
  • Expenses
  • Other Resources
  • Year Overview
  • Curriculum Overview
  • Curriculum Progress
  • Circle Time Checklist
  • Names of Allah Checklist
  • Book List
  • Weekly Schedule
  • Monthly Planner
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The free homeschooling planner has some ayaat from the Qur'an and pages for you to add your quote of the month. It starts from September 2023 and ends with August 2024.
The days of the week start from Sunday and the weekends are Friday and Saturday. You can easily customize it to your liking by covering words with washi tapes. You don't have to use all the pages. Do what works for you by using whatever you need, mixing with other planners or customizing it.




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Number of pages: 84

Kindly share the link of this blog post (NOT the pdf file) with others whom it may help.

Also, please, kindly share your feedback and let me know if this planner benefitted you. It's very important for me to know how well my resources work for others and what I can work on. It allows me to create better resources in-shaa-Allah. You can make a difference by simply sharing your experience.


May Allah help us all make great use of this planner and benefit our families. 

Ameen



8/26/2019

Kindergarten Part 2 | Our Homeschooling Update


Homeschooling has been a journey for us, especially for me as the educator. I see it differently than I did at the beginning. As an ex teacher, I think I came into it with confidence while trying to replicate exactly what I learned in the education system. Things are slowly changing.

I don't write much anymore and have taken a step back at making curricula or printables because I want to give myself time to see what works for my daughter and what to improve on. I would be documenting our journey whenever I see fit and will share resources at times, in shaa Allah.

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Yes, you read the title right, we're starting Kindergarten Part 2.
That may come as a shock for some because we did kindergarten the previous year. As I said before, this is a journey for us. It would come with exploring, trials and learning. My daughter is 'supposed' to start 1st Grade (Grade 1) this year, but I believe she's too young. I don't want to rush her. And even if I were to call it '1st Grade,' it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. As an educator, you decide what Kindergarten or 1st Grade is to you.

My definition of Kindergarten Part 2 is a year to relax, explore and focus on what my daughter loves. She's obsessed with animals! She always says, "Animals are beautiful creations of Allah." That's right, so we will make that our theme focus this year in shaa Allah. It's basically unit studies, except, we will have a gigantic unit study subject with multiple subcategories.

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We homeschool year-round and try to 'officially' start the year after Eid al Adh-ha. So we started back not long ago. We're both excited to embark on this new journey.

And just because our focus of the year is on animals doesn't mean we would completely ignore everything else. I'd be using our kindergarten curriculum once in a while to re-enforce what she's learned so far and make sure she doesn't completely forget everything. We may also incorporate some of the previous lessons in our unit studies. We'll see how that goes.

Animals are mentioned in various parts of the Qur'an, so we will sometimes use examples from the Qur'an. It's also a good excuse to learn/hear one more Ayah. :)

Hands-on activities, trips and nature walks could also work very well with this unit study. I'll research on that and see what we could incorporate in our homeschooling this year.

Besides just learning about animals (which will be packed by the way), we will work on her reading and writing skills. It may or may not have anything to do with animals. My daughter has been showing an overwhelming desire to read and write, so we will work on that too. She can write letters and even short words, I just didn't think it was necessary to focus on that before. These days, there are children reading and writing even at the age of 2, but I think we're rushing our children to do things they would eventually learn at a more developed age anyway. If it works for your child, go for it, just don't feel pressured to follow the trend. Homeschooling is really what you make it to be and what works for your family.

Let's wrap it up now. I just wanted to share this new update with those who have been following our journey so far. I also didn't want to keep you hanging, wondering what's happening. This is also to help anyone (new or old) reading this to gain new inspirations or ideas.

I'd probably be sharing what we do along the way this year to give you a more realistic view of how it could work. Is this something you would like to get more info about?
Orrrr, would you want me to make an animal unit studies journal!?
I could probably do that at the end of our journey while still sharing bits and pieces along the way.
Let me know!

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Umm Sumayyah is a mother of two and a former teacher who turned into a home educator after becoming a mother. She is also an editor and a researcher who loves collecting and sharing information on social matters, education, career, and entrepreneurship.

8/25/2018

HUGE Back-to-School Islamic Education Bundle for Muslim Kids - more than 10 Contributors (ENDED)

As it's almost time for most children (school-educated or home-educated) to go back to school/homeschool, this is the perfect time to gather useful educational resources. A group of Muslim educators came together to offer a HUGE discount deal as a back-to-school Islamic education bundle for children!
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This bundle is full of various educational printables that you can use throughout the year. It is the value of $82+ that you will be getting at only $11! And guess what? The total number of printable pages you would be getting in this bundle is more than 500! That's a once-in-a-blue-moon deal to not miss!

Just to give you an idea, here are some of the resources that come with this bundle:
  • Teacher planner 
  • Arabic letter cards 
  • Du'a workbook 
  • Arabic activity
  • Stories of the Prophets workbook  
  • and much MORE!


 You can learn more about this bundle HERE or buy it HERE.

You wouldn't want to miss this deal!
Share it with your family and friends, and HURRY, get your copy NOW!

I wish you a wonderful and productive homeschool/school year.

Assalaam 'alaikum!
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Umm Sumayyah is a mother of two and a former teacher who turned into a home educator after becoming a mother. She is also an editor and a researcher who loves collecting and sharing information on social matters, education, career, and entrepreneurship.

8/08/2018

2018 Back to School GIVEAWAY! - 3 Winners - Ihsaan Home Academy - 'ENDED'

   
Assalaam 'alaikum! It's summer now, but before we know it, school will be back on! I'm assuming that most of you are either home educators or aspiring home educators. Althought some homeschoolers have a different schedule than most educators, the majority still seems to start the school year around the same time. Because of that, I've put this awesome giveaway together as an appreciation and a thank you to all those who have been supporting this blog.

This is really my first "real"giveaway. I tried one before; I believe last year when I was newly starting out, but I wasn't too sure what I was doing. So, I'm happy to share this giveaway campaign with you and hope you'd love it as well.

This back-to-school giveaway will have three winners and each will receive a different prize.

Free Giveaway to Winner #1:
The first to be selected will receive the A-Z Muslim Preschool Curriculum Lesson Plans & Planner: 28 Weeks of English and Arabic Lesson Plans with Workbooks and Activities.
Worth £21.78, but currently on sale for £16.34

This bundle comes with:

Lesson Plans Package
Within the lesson plans package, you will find:
Important suggestions
Curriculum Overview
Learning Bags (ideas for child independent learning)
Basic Year Supplies
30-Week Planner
28 Weeks of Lesson Plans (with three days a week worth of learning plans, one day for free learning/nature walk/library, ability to check each accomplished day, weekly snack ideas for 10 weeks, and empty space for more snack ideas.): 
Morning Rug
Activities for one letter recognition and writing a week; English (upper and lowercase) and Arabic
One number a week (1-10); English and Arabic
One color a week (10 colors); English and Arabic
One shape a week (9 shapes); English and Arabic
Reading Log Sheet
Suggested Book-list

Morning Rug Package
(Commonly known as "calendar time"): One Surah a week, one name of Allah a week, Islamic & Gregorian months of the year, days of the week in English and Arabic, seasons of the year in English, weather of the day, English and Arabic Alphabet, numbers1-10/20 in English, 1-10 in Arabic.

English Workbook
With activities for each day of the planned week

Arabic workbook
With activities for each day of the planned week

Extra Activities 
35 different activities in English and Arabic ranging from letter/number games, puzzles, logic, object grouping and differentiation, beginning letter activities, matching, pillars of Islam matching game, and more.

Assessment Sheet
A list of what your Muslim child/student needs to know before Kindergarten

Preschool Certificate of Completion
Optional to use

319 Pages; no image making

In addition, the first winner will receive the First Day of Pre-K Poster.
Worth £1.99, but currently on sale for £1.49

Free Giveaway to Winner #2:
The second winner will receive the Learn to Read with 54 Easy Lessons - Phonics Bundle for Early Readers.

Worth £9.19, but currently on sale for £6.89

This is a 90-page bundle which contains:
  • 26 Parts
  • 52 Lessons 
  • 17 Word Families 
  • 28 Sight Words 
  • 21 Books 
  • 1 Certificate of Achievement 

Free Giveaway to Winner #3:
The third winner will get the I.H.A. 2018-2019 Homeschooling Planner.

Worth £7.85, but currently on sale for £5.89

It Contains:

1. Cover Pages (2 customizable)

2. Tabs (2 pages with different colors)

3. Planner Bookmarker

4. Notice Board

5. Homeschool Information

6. Goals (general and monthly)

7. Dividers (7)

8. Year Calendar (August 2018—July 2019)

9. Year at a Glance (2 types)

10.  Weekly Schedule (2 types)

11.  Month at a Glance (1, color coded)

12.  Week at a Glance/This Week in… (12, to print 5 each, color coded)

13.  Attendance (2 designs)

14.  Resources

15.  Field Trip Tracker (2 designs)

16.  Weekly Spelling Checklist (empty)

17.  Progress Report (can be used for anything academic)

18.  Weekly Assignments (2 types)

19.  Grades Record

20.  Reading Log

21.  Library Book Log

22.  Notes (13 colors)


How to enter the giveaway:
  1. Visit the Ihsaan Home Academy Facebook page
  2. Follow @IhsaanHomeAcad on Twitter
  3. Comment on this blog post answering the question: How do you plan on using the resources?
Optional: Pin this post if you like; thank you in advance :)

 Total giveaway worth: £40.81 or $52.53

This giveaway is opened for home educators, aspiring home educators, or anyone thinking of offering the giveaway as a gift.

Opened to everyone WORLDWIDE!
Age: 18+

 Giveaway Time: From August 8, 2018 to August 20, 2018

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I wish you all the best!

WINNERS OF THE GIVEAWAY ARE:
Before naming them, I would like to first point out that I didn't randomly select the winners as I would have liked to. The reason for this is because not everyone followed all three ways of entering the giveaway. Also, I couldn't verify some entries. So please, always submit using the same or a similar name/nickname on all entries. Next time, please make sure to submit all entries for a possibility of winning.

And now, the winners are:
  1. Nausheen
  2. Christin Wilbanks
  3. Melissa Ann Stacy 
Congratulations to our winner! I will email you your prize within 24 hours. So PLEASE, make sure to check your email. I hope you submitted the correct email, if not, I will message you on twitter to ask for your updated email.

Once again, congratulations!
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Umm Sumayyah is a mother of two and a former teacher who turned into a home educator after becoming a mother. She is also an editor and a researcher who loves collecting and sharing information on social matters, education, career, and entrepreneurship.