Complete Kindergarten Curriculum 2011/2012

Innalhamdalillaah we are back to base again with the mercy of Allaah. First we would concentrate on completing our Kindergarten Curriculum within the next 4 weeks and end of school year Inshaa Allaah.

I have completed lesson plans for all 31 weeks and you can now download all the weeks as one file here Inshaa Allaah.

As for Seerah we have completed Makkan Period in detail but Madeenah Period we will continue to do in    detail with worksheets next year Inshaa Allaah.

Hope this would help others out there and you can use it according to your child's capabilities and needs Inshaa Allaah!

All About Me!

I had this Lap Book Templates printed out a year ago I guess but now was the right time to do this with Maimoonah as she could complete most of it independently and her understanding is also age appropriate for this All About Me Lapbook. I did not use all the templates just chose the relevant ones only. 

It was a very nice experience actually knowing my daughter. This Lapbook helped me understand her more and taught me how much little kids understand things when basics are taught constantly. I was actually very proud of her All Praise be to Allaah alone as all her answers were instant answers and showed pure fitra subhanallaah. May Allaah increase this Fitra with time to come and keep her upon this till this end, Aameen. She is grown but still innocent with a very strong firm personality upon Tawheed Allaahu Baarik Lahaa!

We used the large Cornflakes Box for the lap book. We had an old wrapping paper and covered the box and folded it into two and this is the front cover of the Lapbook.

 This is the Back Cover of the Lap Book.

I gave her to decorate the mirror and write the title. And she did a nice job.

The inside of the lapbook looks like this.

 Now for the details.


She wrote all her personal details here (Myself, Me and I) including an imaginary email address with gmail!

She wrote some of her favourite things.

I must mention this, I asked her what is your favourite restaurant? She immediately said Gulf Paradise Hotel. We happen to live there for few days and she was only 2 years and 3 months at that time. She loved that place especially because the birds used to make noises and wake her up she was so happy! And she loved their breakfast and all the attention she got there with a variety. And up until now that is her only favourite restaurant even though she had been to many other places. 

I told her to get old magazines and cut out pictures of some of her favourite things she would love to have and what she already has. Then she pasted them on this "Few of My favourite Things" book.

  

Then she wrote details about her house, room, with an imaginary pet called bunny : ) And so heart warming thing was she had to write in a small booklet " My Heart Belongs to ...... " She did not think even for quarter of a second she said Allaah and wrote. This is indeed pure fitra! No one taught her this except her Lord.

Then she wrote how she spends her free time.

And what she would want to do when she grows up inshaa Allaah!

The Time Line!

 Little details about where she lives! She used the world fact book to record the information.

She wrote her favourite books and the authors names. 

 

Her schedules.

She drew her family.

Interesting part was this sweet interview! 

And I loved this more than anything else Subhanallaah!

 

All answers are written as she dictated. The Jannah details are fresh for her because she on and off reads the Darul Kitab My Little Book of Jannah and what she told me were the exact words written on the book.

Finally traced both her hands and we cut and pasted on the back cover of the lapbook and she wrote!

Nice experience Innal Hamdalillah!

Here are some other homeschooling kids' All About Me Lapbooks. It was nice to see different children doing the same thing!

http://ummihomeschoolsme.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/a-whole-day-of-lapbooking/
http://diaryofamuslimhomeschool.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-about-me-lapbook.html
http://imanshomeschool.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/all-about-me-lapbook/

Kindergarten Curriculum Summary - Week 23

Islaamic Studies

• Seerah - We read about the People of Madeenah coming to Makkah and accepting Islaam and the marraige of Aaisha radhiyallaahu anha to the Messenger of Allaah sallaahu alaihiwasallam.

• We read and Discussed the Darul Kitab Book - Asking Allaah alone. I realised making it a habit to read one book of the Darul Kitaab Laean about Series is helping more now because Maimoonah is grown now and her understanding is different from few months ago. Reading about Asking Allaah alone she understood the meaning of it and it really boosted her Tawheed and Eemaan. It was a very fruitful discussion and a good read. Alhamdulillaah!

 

English

• Grammar - We learnt about Exclamations and I had to explain certain Exclamations should not be made by Muslims and gave her the supporting hadeeth like not saying yucky for food since the Messenger of Allaah never criticised food and if he did not like he left it. Also explained to her the Islamic Exclamations like Subhanallaah! Allaahu Akbar and so on! The work book was very interesting and she loved the activities. 

 

 

  

• Writing - I forgot to mention this last week, since we were learning about writing address I gave her a post card and said think as if a friend is writing a post card to you and write your address and the message. Maashaa Allaah she remembered an old friend of her's who left to Egypt sometime back and she wrote as if that friend is writing to her.

Social Studies

• Comminty Helper - She wanted to learn about Nurse. I could not find any Lapbook for this so we made our own little book.

 

 

If She was to become a nurse I asked her to write what she would do. This is what it says!
I will be kind. I will check blood pressure. I will look after new born babies. I will give medicine to the sick.  I will keep medical records. I will dress the wounds. Inshaa Allaah!

Maths

• MEP is becoming nice and interesting for Maimoonah now and she does with lot of interest.

Arabic

• We are practicing Reading and Verbs with Fatha TJ unit study. Also revising the different forms of letters as still she gets confused a bit with different forms. But the daily Arabic Drilling and the TJ unti studies have really helped her and she is catching up! Innal Hamdalillaah!

  

Kindergarten Curriculum Lesson Plan - 2011/2012 - Week 24

Islaamic Studies

·         Seerah – Al Israa and Miraaj – Discussion only

·         Etiquettes of keeping yourself Clean – Darul Kitab “ Keeping Ourselves Clean”

English

·         Grammar -  Sounds of Animals and Objects

·         Writing – A letter to Grandma

·         Reading – Noddy Goes to School – Chapter Book

Social Studies

·         All About Me Lapbook

Maths

·         MEP Year 1

Arabic

·         TJ Arabic Unit Study Fatha -  https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11026810/arabic/reading/la_arabic_yes-book-03-unit-02-fathah.pdf

·         Iqra

·         Verbs

·         Revision – Soorah Falaq and Naas

Slow!

Assalaamu Alaikum warahmathullaah! We are going slow but still around Alhamdulillaah! Insha Allaah 7 more weeks to finish our Kindergarten Curriculum and another successful School Year!

But due to family commitments I will be slow in blogging and replying mails. Please do bear with me and keep us in your dua. We really need them.

Insha Allaah there will be a small change with regard to Seerah, we have almost finished the Makkan period as per the Raheeq Al Makhtoom (The Sealed Nectar) but again due to constrains I will not be doing the Seerah Worksheets till the Next school year Inshaa Allaah. We will continue to read the seerah and finish but without any formal worksheets or activities. Then we will try and finish with the SK Islaamic Studies Kindergarten Curriculum within the next 7 weeks as per schedules Insha Allaah! For those of you who are using the worksheets I am sorry for the inconveniences caused.

Once again our next few final weeks activities will be very minimal and then we will get ready for Ramadhaan and the next school year! I am sorry again for not being able to blog hop as usual and leave comments. May Allaah reward all of you for all your hard work and will catch up soon!

Baarakallaah Feekum

Kindergarten Curriculum Summary - Week 22

Islaamic Studies

• Seerah - We covered the following topics and she did the worksheet
• General Boycott
• Year of Grief
• The visit to Taif

 

English

• Grammar - We learnt about Conjunctions. 

 

 

• Raeding and Writing - Maashaa Allaah she reads a lot of books now. I need to get her a new collection now. she has started reading within herself now. : )

Social Studies

• Safety -  http://www.ummmaimoonahrecords.blogspot.com/2012/04/safety.html
• Neighbourhood - We have covered this topic last year, so we just revised. 
• Map Skills - We leant some map skills and did these two worksheets. She could do this independently and enjoys such activities.

 

Maths

• MEP - We did more activities and its was more interesting for Maimoonah now : )

   

Arabic

• We learnt about Verbs and how to read them using the TJ yes Arabic unit study. Will continue next week too. The Arabic Drilling that we do daily is really working well masha Allaah along with these unit studies. 

 

• Qur'aan centre Activities - This week I gave her the words of Soorah Ikhlaas and asked her to make all the sentences and she did well Maashaa Allaah, I could not get a pic of that. Next week we will continue Soorah An Naas Insha Allaah.