Wow, A Whole Week Has Passed

It has been so busy behind the scenes this week - my husband is working weird hours so by the time I think about it, blogging is on the back burner. Still, I'm just now realizing that it's Thursday?!

The good news is that the boy can read now! He's getting more confident each day, alhamduLILLAH. He read one books that we kept from our Calvert days, and then I read Goodnight Moon to him and he completed the workbook page for it.












Next, I opened the pack of Saxon Math 1 workbooks and started it with him. I like Singapore Math too but I still had this extra pack sitting around and didn't want to waste it.He gets a kick out of coloring in the blocks anyway.






While he didn't mind reading and he really likes the math, he absolutely detests writing. It's the most stressful part of his day because he is still struggling to hold his pencil properly. He does much better with a fat pencil or a pencil that is super short.




Oh, and to his penpal: InshaALLAH this weekend he is getting his letter ready for you! He's very excited.

My daughter is doing well and she's moving right along with her studies. She finished her phonics book so I had to think about what to do. She reads all the time on her own - she's finished her 28th chapter book so I owe her an ice cream this weekend, InshaALLAH.

I started reading Black Beauty to her last night and we're using a unit study from Currclick. We're also doing animal classification for science, specifically mammals, so horses fit in nicely with that. There is a curriculum called History of the Horse that I am thinking about using. It is a literature-based program and I think my daughter might like it. I don't know, maybe; I have to think about it a bit.



She's also practicing her Arabic by reading from this book:





Right now, we're just combining short vowels and tanwin with each letter.




I'm trying to strengthen her math skills by doing extra work outside of the Singapore Math curriculum. Today, we focused on place value. I think it makes more of an impact on the mind to see the numbers, so she simply wrote the numbers in the table and we placed it in her math binder. She was surprised by all the zeros, but I think the exercise helped her mind to absorb it.




For spelling/geography, we focused on Canada. I gave her a stack of index cards with the names of the ten provinces and she looked them over for a few minutes.




Then, I tested her and she got six out of four right.


Today, I had her spell them out loud and she got them all right, MashaALLAH.


The kids got out into the back yard again to see what wonders lay under the snow. They brought back a goody bag of leaves for us to dry, pressed between some cardboard squares.





And lastly, my daughter wanted to make a sandwich for me yesterday. Can you see the tuna? Neither could I, lol, but still a sweet gesture.

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Are We On The Right Path?

Rasool Allah (p.b.u.h) said:

“At that time, there would be a lot mischief. A person would be Muslim in the morning and kafir (unbeliever) in the evening.”

This Hadis predicts the imaans of the Muslims would become so weak that you would not be able to make it clear if the person is Muslim or not. Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h) had said:

“It would so happen that the nations of the world would gather to fight against you (Muslims), and would invite one another (to attack you) just as the hungry invite one other to dinning.”

A man asked, “Shall we (Muslims) be in very small number and the Kufar in great number at that time?”

The Prophet replied: “No, the Muslims would be in a great number at that time. But they would be like garbage flowing in the direction of the river current. The Kufar would cease to fear you (Muslims). And your hearts would develop ‘Wahan’”.

Someone asked, “What is Wahan”?

The Prophet said: “Love of the world and hatred for death.”

Muslims now are one and a quarter billion but they are being aimed at by the non Muslims like vultures. It seems like there honor has died. The love of this world has made place in their hearts and they have forgot to remember Allah. They don’t learn Quran which is the book of faith of Muslims.

In another Hadis it is said by Hazrat Muhammad p.b.u.h“As long as the best amongst you are your chieftains; the rich are generous and your matters are decided with consultation, the surface of earth is better for you than the underside of earth. But when it so happens that your chieftains are the worst people are your chieftains, the rich become miser and your government is led by women, then the underside of earth is better for you than its surface.”

Now we see that the practice of Quran learning is put aside as we are too busy in performing the worldly acts. People like said in a Hadis will adopt the ways of the Christians and the Jews.

Just like the Christians who kept the Bible in the pocket next to their hearts, Muslims have kept the book of Allah in the shelves to show respect but don’t read it any more even when they can read Quran online.

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Week in Review

This past week was very productive, mashaALLAH. We finished The Story of Muhammad (Peace be upon him), in Makkah and have moved forward to Madinah. The children enjoyed hearing the story and I also asked them to narrate and had my daughter complete a few activities in her notebook.

She really liked the story of Prophet Muhammad's (Peace be upon him) Night Journey, so she made a mini book and illustrated to my writing.



Originally, she attempted to write it herself but her handwriting was too large to fit inside and she became frustrated.



Although it was very cold, we managed, okay, they managed to get outside and explore the backyard. I just snapped a few shots from the door, lol.







My son had fun with his phonics lesson - he's doing well now that I've figured out how he works. We are using an eclectic mix to help him learn to read, including Progressive Phonics, a free site (with registration), that has printable stories that we read together.



His Pathway Reader curriculum comes with a few cut and paste pages that we add when we have the time. On this page, he had to read the word to me and then I gave him the proper picture to glue over the word. It took a while but he eventually finished.




There were clock puzzles,



towers constructed,







crowds controlled,



sabotage,



and busy babies too!




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History of Quran

Quran learning has always had its importance as it is the last scripture of Allah. Allah sent in Prophets in all times to guide people and most of them deviated from the path. At last he sent his most dear prophet in Arab and the last revelation of Allah came in 7th century.

Muhammad p.b.u.h was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. His parents passed away and never went to school, yet he was a spiritual man and did meditation at the cave called Hira. In his first revelation he was asked to ‘recite’.

All his life before and after he declared to be the messenger of Allah he practiced Islam and when he asked the Arab if they would trust him. All the Arabs said that they trusted the prophet as he never lied.

Muslims learn Quran and it has been a practice of Muslims since the Quran was revealed. Quran was revealed in parts some before hijrah and some after.

Muslims after the revelation of Quran started were exiled from Makah and Muslims headed to Madina. Later they when Allah gave them enough power they conquered Makah without killing anyone out of the kufars. All this times Muslims learnt Quran by heart or they wrote it down on different materials.

The teachings of Quran were further practiced by the Arabs. Now the Muslims read Quran online and Islam is practiced by the Muslims in all the parts of the world.

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