Tag: "homeschool"
American Muslim Mom Homeschool & Kid Bloggers Club Audio Post
Salaam! Here’s something new, our first unedited, free-speaking, unrehearsed audio recording. We’re all packed up to travel for the next few months, and we’re finding new ways to stay connected. answer a couple of homeschool questions as a follow up to our new Homeschool channel, and the Homeschool Halaqahs webinar.We share how the Kid Bloggers [...]
Friday Link Love and Thanks
It has been quite a while from linking out to some wonderful online acknowledgements for our work here at American Muslim Mom. So, without further ado: Jummah Mubarak! Have a Blessed Friday! Volunteer Spot’s Support Like, wowser! MashaAllah, God has willed, this incredibly humbling view of our 79 Ways We Support Our School Our Way [...]
Our First American Muslim Mom Channel: Homeschool! Yay!
Salam. We’re excited to launch American Muslim Mom’s very first channel on the American Muslim Mom Blog Network…alhumdulilah! Again, to our fabulous dedication, and awesome work Ummah Design developed the site, so conveniently linked to on the top navigation bar as “Homeschool Channel“. We have not forwarded all the past homeschooling articles, however as we [...]
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 [...]
What Ways Do You Give Back to Your Community?
Thanks to Walgreens for sponsoring my writing. Help Walgreens help others! Visit their Facebook page here to learn about their charitable partners and decide which cause Walgreens will donate to with a quick vote.” First, charity starts at home. Beyond our family duties and responsibilities, its incumbent of all Muslims to give back to the [...]
79 Creatives Ways I Supported My Kids’ School My Way…and, Now YOU Can Too!
As you may know, we’re definitely an unconventional homeschool family that ”schools” our girls our way, from car-schooling to airplane-schooling. One may suspect that we’d run some “school” ‘case studies’ as well, right? For example, overseas private classes, Egyptian overcrowded schoolrooms, an Islamic private academy, and yes–public school! I was the only non-sixth grade parent acknowledged in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
3rd Annual Summer Islamic Reading Challenge
We are so proud to announce the 3rd Annual Summer Islamic Reading Challenge with a few major updates: (1) We’re nice an early this year, so we can end in time for the 3rd Annual Ramadan Qur’an-a-thon Sadaqah Drive inshaAllah (God willing) without doing 2 programs at the same time. Since traditional school is in [...]
Free Summer Reading Programs for 2011 – Free Prizes, Reading Lists & More!
We absolutely LOVE Summer Reading Programs! Every year since 2004, we’ve been updating our lists here of all the Summer Reading Programs nationwide for everyone to join in the educational fun with the incentive of cool prizes on top of all this great family time and content consumed! So, far only 1 program already started, [...]
