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Our Favorite Ramadan Children’s Books

March 18, 2023 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Our Favorite Ramadan Children’s Books Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Ramadan is this week! We are becoming so excited. During this time of year, we pull our Ramadan books out of our shelves and read them together daily as a …

December 24, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Homeschooling For Dummies I was first exposed to the world of homeschooling through Instagram, blogs, and Youtube back in 2016. I eventually started checking out homeschooling books from the library. One of the only books our library had was ” Homeschooling for Dummies”. I learned so much from this book and it answered all of …

December 10, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Our Family’s Love for Soccer Our Favorite Scene From the World Cup 2022 Books For Soccer Loving Kids National Geographic Kids Everything Soccer: Score Tons of Photos, Facts, and Fun The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia: World Cup 2022 What Is the World Cup? (What Was?) by Bonnie Bader Eyewitness Soccer (DK Eyewitness) Pelé: The King …

October 22, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

I had my first child in 2014, at the time there weren’t many quality children’s books about Muslims, Islam, or hijab. There also didn’t seem to be many mainstream Muslim authors. Within the last few years, numerous Muslim children’s books have been published that include books about Islamic holidays, hijab, Islamic practices, Muslim historical figures, …

July 2, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Wait..didn’t Muslims just celebrate Eid? There is only about one week away from Eid, a holiday for Muslims. You may be thinking,” didn’t you just celebrate Eid?” We actually have two Eids! We have one after Ramadan and one a few months after Ramadan that honors Prophet Ibrahim/ Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail. …

June 25, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Did you know Morocco was the first country in the world to recognize United States independence? Did you know one of the world’s oldest universities started in Morocco? My husband is Moroccan and my children are very proud of their Moroccan heritage. It’s a country very dear to our hearts and we consider it our second …

February 13, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

A Story for Second-Generation Americans Many of us who grew up in the United States are second-generation Americans who have at least one immigrant parent. I am a second-generation American whose family originates from the Punjab region of India. My husband is an immigrant from the Atlas Mountains region of Morocco. This also makes our …

February 5, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

The Importance of Reading Aloud Reading to your children has a multitude of benefits. Some of the many benefits include bonding together, stimulating their imagination, teaching life lessons through stories, fostering their emotional and social development, helping their cognitive and language development. I loved being read to as a child and I enjoy reading …

June 30, 2021 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

When I discovered that I was pregnant for the first time, I instantly began daydreaming of all of the plans that I wanted to do for my child. The idea of writing a children’s book for them lingered in the back of my mind for years. The ideas for a story continued to grow with …

June 29, 2021 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

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