Summer Fun

We had a nice time at the zoo yesterday.It was dreadfully hot and there was lots of walking and lots of people.




We had to park so far away that I had a little bit of regret right at the beginning, lol.




We decided to get a membership to the zoo because it is open all year long (didn't know that) and it really is the best value for us.




Since my daughter is studying Earth science in the coming year, InshaALLAH, we can really take advantage and visit at least a few more times before next August.



The only disappointment for us was the elephant exhibit. They weren't outside this time so I was annoyed because that's what I was most looking forward to seeing. Oh, same thing with the hippos.




The older children were able to ride the camels thanks to their father's enthusiasm and they liked it a lot, except they said their camel was stinky.



There were several exhibits showing artifacts.







Even my mother-in-law had fun!

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Art

Take your old calendars, cut out the pictures of the mosques and laminate them. Instant art for your learning space!




Instead of buying expensive rolls of Kraft paper to decorate the bulletin board, grab some rolls of gift wrap from the dollar store:


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Busy Day

I took the kids to a local mall with my mother-in-law today for some quick errands and I am so tired now.

We stopped at the local Dollarama store and what a find!







Here are the titles if anyone is interested (click to see it larger).

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Islamic Social History

I am planning to go a different route with the social studies/history curriculum in the coming school year, InshaALLAH. I used a U.S. based social studies book and workbook last year and I would rather they learn about other cultures and parts of the world right now since we live here in Canada and are exposed to the Western world every day.

I am thinking of doing small unit studies with countries that have significant Muslim populations(and not so significant in a few cases).

Here is my possible list:

1.Saudi Arabia
2.Iraq
3.Somalia
4.India
5.Egypt
6.Morocco
7.Turkey
8.Afghanistan
9.Nigeria
10.Libya
11.Syria
12.Indonesia/Malaysia
13.Mali
14.The Gambia
15.Kenya
16.Bosnia
17.Yemen
18.Kurdistan
19.Chechnya
20.Pakistan
21.Palestine
22.Bangladesh
23.Sudan
24.West Indies
25.Mauritania
26.Algeria
27.Kazakhstan
28.Uganda
29.Tanzania
30.Philippines
31.Lebanon
32.Oman
33.U.A.E.
34.Peru
35.Spain
36.China (Uighur)
37.Australia
38.U.k.
39.Canada
40.U.S.


We will try to get to as many as possible, InshaALLAH.

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