Seerah - When the Moon Split and Al Israa

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Few days ago I just realised it has almost been 2 years since we did Seerah Worksheets, Subhanallaah! We started our seerah study if you remember something like this. We used to do Worksheets based on The Sealed Nectar and Maimoonah used to enjoy them from those days.

Since then we have been reading the Book the Sealed Nectar and revising the Makkan Period as we almost finished off the Makkan period at that time. We lately switched to "When The Moon Split" book as we found that more appealing for reading for Maimoonah, and since it does not go into that much detail but still covers the events Maimoonah enjoys reading by herself as well. Also its by the same author of the Sealed Nectar any way.

So we started off from where we stopped with regard to the Worksheets and, after reading the Miracle of the Prophet and the event led to it we also covered Al Israa and Mi'raaj again and she completed the worksheets yet again.

 

This worksheet is available for dowloading here on My Downloads page over here Inshaa Allaah!

Tarbiyah Girls Club - First Session

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Alhamdulillaah a dear friend of mine who is also a fellow homeschooler had the idea of forming a Girls Club to give our girls different flavours! So we did a small brainstorming and came up with "Tarbiyah Girls Club". 

As you see above we hope to cover the topics mentioned and carry on this club with 12 girls who have enrolled from ages 6 to 11 Inshaa Allaah. Today was the first class and this is our classroom.

Each child is given a binder, notepad and a small notebook. All notes and worksheets will be filed in the binder and the kids are taught to organize themselves by noting down homework they need to finish up and any other important matters they need to tell their parents or things they need to bring for the next class. Just creating a sense of responsibility here Inshaa Allaah.

 

We started off with explaining the Khutbatul Hajjah and the girls introduced themselves. Then we went through the "Manners of a Student" as we see from our salaf.

We are using the book "Al Waajibaat" to cover Aqeedah. So today we did lesson 1. We are using the Waajibaat Worksheets done by our dear sister Umm Khadeeja which you can also download here.

So we explained to the girls certain important terms and gave them notes to file and worksheets to do some homework.

Today for home - making the girls were taught some basic kitchen safety rules and since the recipe for today was Dates and Chocolate Chips Cookies they were taught some hadeeth about dates and given some homework to do on dates.

Then the girls were taught the importance of washing the hands before cooking. They all washed their hands and were now ready for a cooking lesson with another homeschooling sister. Maashaa Allaah she did a wonderful job with the girls. They learnt to measure using cups, teaspoons, tablespoons and measuring cup. They also learnt different skills such as breaking eggs, stirring, mixing, blending, using an oven and so on.

 

 

While the cookies were put for baking we carried on with the Tahaarah lesson. We are using Shaykh Uthaimeen's (raheemahullaah) book " Arousing the Intellects with the Explanation of Umdatul Ahkaam - Book of Tahaarah". Maashaa Allaah a very nice book with very short explanation. So we did the first hadeeth which is of course "Actions are in accordance with the intention".

After which the girls tasted their delicious cookies and went home.

We hope all the girls enjoyed today as much as we did preparing for them Inshaa Allaah. Maimoonah was very pleased with the whole idea and the class today. My sincere thanks to the dear sister who opened her doors for us and having us use her home for this class and preparing all the things and I also thank the other sister for coming along and helping us with home making. Jazzakumullaah Khayr! Inshaa Allaah we will meet again in another 2 weeks for the next interesting class.

Inheritors of the Prophets - Imaam Sufyaan At Thawree

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

The next scholar we completed some time ago in our Inheritors of the Prophets series was Imaam Sufyaan at Thawree Raheemahullaah.

We used the following link to read about his biography

• The Biography of Sufyaan At Thawree

We learnt about his birth place and about his father who was also a scholar of Islaam. We read that he was a Mujtahid, Imaam of the Memorisers and the most noble scholar at his time who was well known for acting upon his knowledge. 

We went through his teachers and his students and some of the wonderful saying of other scholars about him.

We read and re read some of his wise statements through which we understood that he was always seeking to learn hadeeth to the extent that people were asking him when will you stop seeking for hadeeth!

We learnt that he died of a stomach pain and in fact made wudoo 60 times that particular night before he died raheemahullaah.

The document we did for this could be downloaded here Inshaa Allaah.

Rocks!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

This year we have not been using one particular textbook so far for Science (due to relocation I have left out some science books back at home). But we have been doing from here and there using the Cambridge Primary Science Curriculum that we follow. 

We completed our study about Rocks. I was looking for a simple Lapbook on Rocks but could not find anything suitable. So dug up all the resources what I had and found some nice simple stuff Alhamdulillaah. 

We read this book and understood some of the facts about rocks and explained to her the wonderful creation of Allaah.

I got this (pictured below) book at a bargain store for almost free (it was so cheap something like less that 1 riyal). It is an Indian book but a very old edition, however the information was very clear and simple. So we used this book and studied further about.......

• Soil has Rocks

 

 We learnt that soil contains rock and did this experiment as shown above.

Then I asked her to write the experiment and the observation on her book with a picture.

• How is soiled formed? - We learnt how soil is formed. Did this experiment and then I asked her to write the experiment and observation. She also drew a flow chart explaining how this happens.

• Three types of Rocks - We learnt about three types of Rocks Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic. She did some of the activities that were in the book and I also told her to make a table and write the names of each rocks under the correct type of rocks. 

 

 Rock Activity Kit

This Rock Activity kit and the Basic Rock Collection set became so handy for hands on especially because I do not know where to go and collect rocks here. I got these sets from www.rainbowresource.com The kit has 11 rocks samples, a book with scientific activities, puzzles and riddles with information about each rock. The Basic Rock Collection set has samples of all three types of rocks.

 

We had to go through the booklet and identify each rock and write on the specimen card the name of the rock. It was really fun doing this Maashaa Allaah and Maimoonah enjoyed this. 

Then we did many activities from this kit and Maimoonah enjoyed all of them. Here are some of those!

Looking at Pumice through the microscope for its holes.

Experiment - Pumice floats in water because of its holes.

Learning about Dolomite the rock used for constructing roads.

Growing Crystals by putting the dolomite in vinegar

Watching the words rising through the Ulexite!

Nature Challenge - December

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

This month for the Qatar Museum Authority Nature Challenge Maimoonah had to write a poem on 

"Imagine and look up to the sky. What shapes do you see?  What stories are the clouds or the stars telling?" 

Since her success in the last month poem, she has been into looking for rhyming words to write poems and awaiting this month's challenge. 

So I asked her to write down all what she sees when she looks up in the sky. She went to the window looked up in the sky and wrote what she sees and what she used to see. Then I asked her to write what each of them look like for her and what she would want to do with them. She wrote on her note book. Then I asked her to put everything together and make the lines rhyme. So she wrote...

The Sky Like a Canopy

I see..............

Clouds like woolly sheep,

to cuddle and keep.

Sun like the yellow bright ball,

to play and crawl.

Moon like a rocking cradle,

to nest and label.

Twinkling stars like sequins,

to sprinkle the penguins.

Far away planets like tracing dots,

to doodle on the pots.

Flashing lightening like zig-zag,

to stop all our chit-chat

Colourful rainbow peeks out like an arch,

to go under and march.

Glory be to My Lord,

and hoping for His reward.

 

QMuslimah Children's Library - Bigger Premises!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Assalaamu Alaikum sisters!

Alhamdulillaah! QMuslimah Children's Library has yet again moved to another bigger premises by the grace and Mercy of Allaah. 

We thank the Tawar Compound Management for this facility and now we are at the Masjid Basement area. 

This is the area where books and toys are stored!

We have a separate area for cozy reading and story time! 

Little bit of Educational Toys to learn through play!

And all this for many quiet and beneficial activities Inshaa Allaah!

 

 Sisters, if you are in Doha, please do visit the library with your kids. And look out for beneficial child friendly workshops and activities every now and then Inshaa Allaah. The Library is open for sisters and kids

 ( ages 0 - 9) on Sundays 10 am to 12 Noon and Wednesdays 4 pm to 6 pm.

Crafting at the Park!

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Alhamdulillaah we had a lovely time today Crafting at the Park. A couple of great sisters have organized this event today for kids. They were given a picture with a nature scene each and the kids were asked to do an artwork using things at the park.

The kids were walking around happily looking for things to decorate, They found dead leaves, branches grass, and sand around. Here are some of the masterpieces of the kids.

This is what Maimoonah did.

 They also played and enjoyed the rest of the day at this beautiful Museum of Islamic Art Park!

Jazzakumullaah Khayr sister for organizing this nice event.