Category: Homeschooling
Defining Intellectual Vitality and Intellectual Curiosity
Ever wondered what Ivy League and top-tier (Top 50) universities and colleges really look for? Well, Antonio Buehler of Buehler Education introduced this amazing term to my girls and I: “Intellectual Vitality”. So, what is it? How do some kids possess this, and others do not? Intellectual Vitality defined by Stanford University We want to [...]
A Natural Process: Homeschooling While Pregnant
So you’re expecting! The alarm rings and you roll over, hit snooze, and pray that hint of nausea goes away with every second on the clock that ticks until the next ring. Mornings just arent the same anymore. Remember that extra energy you had? Where you could do arts and crafts all day, mop the [...]
Top Five Useful Google Tools Most People Don’t Know About
Google has been the most innovative and intelligent presence on the internet for many years now. With some of the smartest and most creative brains in the industry, the mega master has created search tools, applications, and websites that have revolutionized the way in which we use the internet and the way in which we [...]
Do You Know What a Gamma Camera Is? A Lesson from a Homeschool Parent’s Profession
Determined to get to work on today’s homeschool project, I told my daughter to call Baba. “Baba, what’s a Gamma Camera? or a nuclear camera?” While on the road, and unable to hear, he kept yelling “What? What?” So, she continue to ask, “What are they? How are they different?” “What are What!?” It was a [...]
Cashing-In on the Back-to-School Season – Tips for Homeschoolers
Fortunately as homeschoolers, the Back to School season is faced with only the best feelings and experiences for. There’s no fear, anxiety, depression, regret, (aka “school phobia“) etc. that many of our school family and friends express to us. The bitter sweet joys both from the kids and parents are all foreign emotions in our [...]
Balancing School and Ramadan/Eid
Time truly is flying by, SubhanAllah- Glory be to God. I feel like just last week was my college freshman orientation, when in reality, it was over a year ago. I remember my first semester in September 2010, it was still Ramadan. In fact, it was the final third of the month, the fully-blessed last ten [...]
Apply Ramadan Habits to Academic Life
Developing good habits in Ramadan can help you throughout the year in activities that you may not have realized. You can apply the routine from Ramadan during the academic year for your children! Qur’an Recitation Muslims try to build an especially close relationship to the Qur’an in Ramadan, because it was the month in which [...]
Board Book Albums Design Team Search! Our “We Love To Homeschool” Design
We shared our excitement about working with Board Book Albums a couple of weeks ago, and we’re happy to share with you our Homeschool Themed Take Your Pix Board Book Album Design. Surprisingly, this was a 9.5 hour weekend project that started at 8pm Saturday night. We had NO idea how much fun we were [...]
Is a MBA necessary for an Online Business Owner? Blogger? Social Media Expert?
What it all comes down to, is do you think getting a MBA (Masters in Business Administration) is necessary for your career advancement? I truly believe it depends if you’re an employee or an entrepreneur. And, because our blog was grown dramatically over the past year, we’re getting many more employees where it was more [...]
Enjoying a Playaway
Since we’re all settled now, Alhamdulilah we had some time to kind of explore our new city. It’s a pretty big city so we more just explored our county. The libraries are great! Well, we at least the the two we’ve been to (our local branch and the Main downtown library). While at our library [...]
