yes, homeschool can be cool.. and the secret is to have a cool mum around..
in reality though, its difficult to keep cool especially when you have a sink full of dishes, baskets of clothes to be folded, a baby to be nursed and changed, a toddler to be washed, a husband to be fed and a few kids to be homeschooled...oh yeah, plus the ironing, and the floor to be mopped, rugs to be vaccumed and the list goes on..
and to top it all..its summer.. temperature is up, fajr is at 3 and isyak is at 9..
so how can it be possible to keep cool??
find a cool homeschool buddy.. and support each other, inshaallah..
remind yourself why you choose to homeschool the first place..
a true and sincere intention can turn a seemingly difficult stress-inducing task easy and even entertaining, inshaallah
of course ask from Allah to give you the strength,
believe that there is no other intention that can keep you strong, other than, a sincere intention for the sake of Allah..
make doa for me inshaallah, this year is my first formal year of homeschooling my 5 year old Mus'ab..
inshaallah, i am feeling excited and fired up.. but i guess thats what most of us would feel when starting something new, yeah.. inshaallah, May Allah keep the fire burning! Ameen
the reason i am writing this post is to share some activities me and my homeschool buddy did, in what we call our eduplay group... educational playgroup..
Alhamdulillah, we had 4 sessions already, so far, and we focus on adaab and daily doas..
Theme for the first session was on the house, we talked about the different kinds of houses, and also learn duas on entering and leaving the house..
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| Paper house craft |
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| Dua when entering the home |
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| Dua when leaving the house |
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| A paper cupboard |
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| Dua when getting dressed |
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| A toilets door hanger: we learn the adaab on entering the toilet. Note the simple pictures depicting things you have to do upon entering the toilet.. |
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| This side is for leaving the toilet |
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| Here we learnt about the story of how Allah sent the spider to protect the Prophet SAW and Abu Bakr RA in the cave |
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| This is just one way of making learning dua fun for the kids. i just googled for the images, including the dua and paste it on a word document.. |
Inshaallah... thats it so far.. hope this will benefit mums out there who are trying to live up a deeni environment in their houses..in the effort to create love for deen in the hearts of our future generation..
