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How We Use Thinking Tree Funschooling and Schoolnest Journals in Our Homeschool

April 29, 2023 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Journaling Has Helped Add Creativity to Our Homeschool Routine I’ve always been a fan of journaling since childhood. I recently learned about different ways to add them to our homeschool routine. We primarily use the journals from Thinking Tree ( https://www.funschooling.com/) and Schoolnest (https://www.theschoolnest.com/). Thinking Tree offers a wide variety of guided journals and activity …

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 26, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

As busy parents, sometimes we forget to take care of our spiritual well-being. It can be challenging to juggle work, homeschooling, maintaining physical health, nourishing our bodies, cooking family meals, and other tasks in our day. Many of us end up burnt out or mentally drained because we ignore our spiritual health. Many of …

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, …

October 7, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

What is a Morning Basket? The morning basket is a very popular concept with homeschoolers. It’s somewhat comparable to circle time in traditional schools. Families usually start their day with books they want to read together, prayers, calendars, games, or art. It looks completely different to each family. I’m going, to be honest, we don’t …

October 3, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Kind Kids Cards Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 Fact-Filled Maps African Tales : A Barefoot Collection A Bedtime Full of Stories: 50 Folktales and Legends from Around the World Yoga Pretzel Cards Melissa and Doug My First Daily Magnetic Calendar Math With Confidence Curriculum …

October 2, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

“Mom, What Would We Do If We Saw a Coyote ?” They’ve been really into learning survival skills lately. They enjoy watching videos about building forts, starting fires with natural materials, and what to do if you encounter wild animals. As a nature-loving mama, I realized my knowledge of survival skills was a little rusty. …

October 2, 2022 prayersandcrayons 0 Comments

Today I’m going to share one of my son’s favorite fine motor activities that we learned from his occupational therapist. The best part about it is that it’s quick, easy, and requires little prep! What’s The Activity? We’ll be taping paper or a coloring sheet to a vertical surface, coloring the paper with watercolor coloring …

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. …

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