Category: Islam
Saudi Aramco’s Virtual Walking Tours
Who wouldn’t want to take a tour of the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Masjid? Want to take one right now? “But Ponn, we’re sitting at home in front of our laptops reading this blog post…we can’t just get up and fly to Jerusalem. That needs preparation!” Check out this link. Yes, a VIRTUAL walking [...]
Homemade Clay Allah Ring
We love thinking of new ways to be creative. Here’s the latest project! Our 11-year-old aspiring fashion designer rolled out some play-clay. She flattened it into the Arabic letters for “Allah.” After doing that, she burnt it in fire so it could harden. While it was still hot, she brushed olive oil on top of [...]
Life in Gaza: Homemade Wrapper Flowers
Our Qur’an teacher’s 76-year-old mother gave us this beautiful flower arrangement that she makes by hand. The shiny blue wrappers are the foils found inside cigarette boxes. She even showed my girls and I how she rolls the petals (folded blue wrapper) around an air freshener bottle, takes string and winds it around the foil [...]
Refocusing Behavior
Stretches in life can easily be difficult. That may sound like an oxymoron, but it is a true one. Life takes many turns, and different things may bother us at different times. What happens to us affects our attitude, and sometimes, our attitude slips up. When this happens, it’s a good idea to refocus our behavior. [...]
Homeschooling While Pregnant- Islamic Energy Boosters
If you have not already done so, read the first article on homeschooling while pregnant. I Need Energy! When pregnant, sometimes you have to muster up the energy just to get out of bed. The days feel long and you feel like you can barely keep up! So, I decided to look up some natural, energy-boosting foods that [...]
The Very First Scientist & The Scientific Method
The girls share their “Scientific Method, Experimentation, Astronomy & More with Al-Hazen” presntation they gave years ago in our Scientist & Inventors homeschool coop. The video below shows how used the study of Al-Haytham (aka al-Hazen) as a Science, Inventor, Math, History, Home Economics (cooking), Art & Astronomy, culture & religion (Islam to our non-Muslim [...]
Islam and Mathematics – The Golden Age of Muslim Learning – Video
An enlightening 2.5 minute must-watch video about how Muslims and Islam influenced the growth of Mathematics and Science. Every Muslim, inshaAllah, should know our rich Islamic history and the role we play in all the major subjects, that is untold in mainstream curriculum, therefore no one appreciates our brilliant scholars of years past, mashaAllah. May [...]
