Parts of the Body - Lapbook

Masha Allaah we finished our lapbook today. Here are the details.

She really loved making this book, she liked cutting, pasting, colouring and finding things, masha Allaah good method to develop motor skills too while having some fun at the same time.

These are pics of we working on the Lapbook. Colouring the organs, while doing that we were discussing the marvelous creation of organs and I indicated to her how Allaah has covered the body with the skin to protect the organs. Then she sequenced the steps of brushing her teeth.

We had to cut things from magazine to find what else would be her eye colour brown. So here she goes..

We had to mueasure some of the parts of the body and record it.

We traced her hands and decorated the cover.

We wrote the actions that could be done with her arms and decorated the stars with gel pens.

Pasting the answers to the Parts of the body riddle...

Then we organized all the contents to lay it out

So here is how the Lapbook looks inside...

Close up..

We had real fun doing the A-Z Exercises, and then we acted out how each creatures move pondered over how Allaah has created each one with a unique difference.

We decided to use sis Umm An Nu'man's hard work to decorate our front cover. How can I forget you my dear sis : ). So this will enable us to keep in mind the Arabic Terms too. Also I added two Aaayahs from the Quraan which talks about How beautifully Allaah has created man and how the parts of the body will bear witness on the Day of Judgment. We spoke a bit about that too, am not sure how much she understood but for sure she knew her legs and hands are going to talk on that Day. Also we added the dua to be said while looking at the mirror to the cover page. So the cover looks like this...

Masha Allaah it was a great learning experience and I enjoyed it more than Maimoonah I guess. I intend to ask her to do this Lapbook on her own when she grows up Insha Allaah. and here she she is exploring ....

One more activity left to finish the Lapbook, but I need a butcher paper or something similar to it which I do not know from where I can get over here lol. So when I do get or come up with some other alternative am hoping to that Insha Allaah : ).

We got the guide and the templates for this Lapbook from here

Learning Time with Abi!

We are busy these days with Parts of the Body Lapbook Masha Allaah, its very interesting and loads of things to do. Will keep you updated soon Insha Allaah once we finish it.

Meanwhile Maimoonah has been having some quality learning time with her Abi last few weeks. Here is a glimps of it Insha Allaah..

Doing some Arts and Crafts...

She wanted to learn to tell the time so that she could tell "Its 5 o' clock, take me to the alligator (our play area) and its this time pray magrib etc etc. So here it goes Abi trying to teach her to tell the time.. no interference from me lol!

Masha Allaah she learned something! Good work Abi! Keep it up!

Then they had a BBQ... She was like "Abi is cooking" !!!!

Alhamdulillaah that was a good dinner!

Will be back with the Lapbook details Insha Allaah!

Possessor of the kingdom!

"Say (O Muhammad sallaahu alaihi wasallam): "O Allâh! Possessor of the kingdom, You give the kingdom to whom You will, and You take the kingdom from whom You will, and You endue with honour whom You will, and You humiliate whom You will. In Your Hand is the good. Verily, You are Able to do all things". (Aali Imran 3:26)

"You make the night to enter into the day, and You make the day to enter into the night (i.e. increase and decrease in the hours of the night and the day during winter and summer), You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. And You give wealth and sustenance to whom You will, without limit (measure or account)." (Aali Imran 3:27)

Subhanallaah, I just experienced a test from Allaah like many women do bi idhnillaah and pondered so much over the above aayaahs. Just wanted to share with others too.

Alhamdulillaah Allaah is indeed Ar Rahmaan who guides us through trials and calamities and makes us close to Him. Oh Allaah Forgive my sins and replace this with something better Aameen!

Parts of the Body - Perfection in the Creation of Allaah!

So we started our Theme/Unit study again masha Allaah. It was so nice to come back after along time. So we chose parts of the body. Main goal was that Maimoonah should identify the parts and know the names both in English and Arabic.

We bagan with sis Umm An Nu'man's beneficial meterials which could be found here Insha Allaah. We cut them out and pasted in her Environmental Studies book and I asked her to show me the parts of the body and name them both in Arabic and English.

Then we took out this book whcih I have been using from the time she was born to introduce words and pictures to her.

We opened up the pages that teaches about the parts of the body and read them, pointing to her body parts all the time. Also we discussed how Perfect Allaah is in His Creation that He has made us so beautifully and explained to her that we need to thank Him very often for this Insha Allaah.

Then we made a Muslim paper doll which we took from here.

She enjoyed this so much masha Allaah and still plays with it, makes the doll prays with her too!

To continue on this theme Insha Allaah we will be doing a lapbook. Will keep you updated Insha Allaah.

Somethings to remember!

Hijaab Day!

Our little Muslimah was all day in Hijaab today Masha Allaah. She insisted she wanted to wear my hijab and from morning till evening she was in Hijaab doing her day to day work.

She prayed, ate went to the toilet and even slept with the Hijaab lol. And the most important point is that she behaved very well just like a Muslimah masha Allaah. I was so surprised she on her own remembered all her manners. She spoke softly, gave salams, said all her duas without me prompting and said sorry when necessary.. Oh it was like too much for me to digest masha Allaah lol!

Subhanallaah see how well kids know it so naturally and this is indeed their fitrah! May Allaah keep our children upon this fitrah and guide them Aameen.

Reading and reading...

We have been not able to do our activities for some time now due to many reasons, Insha Allaah hope to come back soon with learning Insha Allaah. But we've been reading and reading aloud these days and taking things easy...

Maimoonah brings books one after the other from her little book cupboard and we were reading aloud these books for the past few weeks masha Allaah,

This is a book on Quraan stories. We read this very often and she loves the story of Allaah created the First Man..

These books are from the series "Prophets sent by Allaah" by darus salaam.. She enjoys listening the stories of the Prophets masha Allaah and getting accustomed with the names of the Prophets and their respect stories. And we have been talking and discussing a lot about Islaam, Tawheed, Hell and Heaven. Masha Allaah children learn a lot by just talking to them.

These little books are from the "Learn about series" by Darul Kitab.

Nice little books to read and read and make the kids learn and get familiarized with Islamic etiquette and facts. It has many levels and Maimoonah likes me to read to her the higher levels even though I assume she does not understand much, nevertheless there is no harm in reading lol.