Tag: "Books"
Video Review: Noor Kids Book Series
Asalaamu Alaykum! Thursday has become a video day here on American Muslim Mom, and this Thursday is no different. Here is our video review of the Noor Kids Book Series. You probably heard about them previously, too. They advertise with us on the online Eid Gift Guide, and we have a written review about them [...]
Raising Kids to Love Reading
Reading is a skill a child should get used to and enjoy, because he or she will be engaging in it for the rest of life. It’s a means to learning, a tool and pastime far too often overlooked. Sharing My Love of Reading with the Next Generation I have always had a love for [...]
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 [...]
Review: Allah Made The World Application for iPhone
I was visiting my family last week in Ohio and downloaded Allah Made the World, created by Suzanne Muir, on my generous mother’s iPhone 4. It would not download on my iPhone 3GS because I had to update my software and that seemed like a rather arduous task at the time. I sat in a [...]
American Girls Helps Start a Book Club for Girls
Have you ever thought about having your own Book Club for girls? Well if you do want to create one, I found the perfect things to help you out. Since American Girls collection believes in reading and literature, I’m happy that they made this package available for free online, and does not make you read [...]
Pizza Hut Book It! Program registration began.
Pizza Hut Book It! Program registration began… ends June 9, 2006. Available for K-6th grade students for the 2006-07 BOOK IT! Program. Call 1-800-426-6548 (9 am to 4 pm, CT M-F) to receive your free materials in September. Program Dates: October 1, 2006 – March 31,2007. Or, Click here for the direct link to a [...]
Hurricane Katrina – lessons to learn
Hurricane Katrina is truly a tragic natural disaster! Although are girls are all under 5 years old, there’s many lessons to learn: 1. Geography: We started learning from the Rookie Read-About Geography series just the day before Hurricane Katrina. Great books! Check them out right now! 2. Science. How and where hurricanes form, weather differences [...]
Ready, Set, Read! Target & RIF.
John Kremer’s Open Horizon Book Marketing Blog pointed out Target.com’s Ready, Set Read website. 12 tips…but, stay posted, the website is sure to blossom. I just completed the RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) Summer Reading Challenge for our 5 year old. Ages 5 and up, children must have read a certain amount of hours during the [...]
It’s a Girl-Thang!
As I absolutely love blogging…I had to find a whole new voice, direction, and focus for us, as we make our “official” first-year’s journey through homeschooling here in the state of Ohio. ..Toledo to be more specific. As I see huge difference in my raising girls than I would if I had boys…this changed our [...]
