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Sounder Lesson Plan

February 21, 2019 by Imaan 2 Comments

Despite my best intentions, I disappeared again… so I won’t make any more resolutions to be regular about maintaining this blog. ;)

A few things have happened in the past few months! Our homeschooling community in Islamabad has grown tremendously alhamdulillah and there are now loads of activities for the kids. Peep is actually out of the house 7 days a week now, busy with co-ops and sports. This has been a huge relief – he has two busy older sisters and being the social sort, craved company. I am so grateful that that need is met!

The older girls are settled into their own routine now. Marz is finishing up her IGCSEs – she has done reasonably well, no thanks to me! (haha) Alhamdulillah, I am so happy and pray that Allah keeps her safe and well on the next step of her journey. Bear is preparing for school – after much deliberation, tears and even more deliberation, this is probably the best, given her temperament and inclinations. She has come very far as a budding artist and I hope that she will get the guidance she so needs.

One good thing that has emerged from the co-ops – for me, at least! – is that I’ve FINALLY come out of my shell and led one! If you know me at all, you will know that I find it extremely difficult to take the lead in or be in the forefront of anything. I much prefer to do the grunt work.

Well, I don’t know HOW the heck it happened, but I ended up conducting a 5-session workshop on William H Armstrong’s Sounder. TWICE! It was awfully stressful and I did overthink things along the way as I always do, but deadlines have a way of forcing you to roll your sleeves up and finish what you started. So I did. Alhamdulillah.

In shaa Allah, once I’ve polished the resources up, I’ll share the teachers’ guide, kids’ workbook and powerpoint presentations for Sounder. We covered history, literary techniques, moral lessons and our deen, to boot. I love the book to bits and I think it has so many inspiring lessons. So watch this space. I can’t say when I’ll upload the materials, though… I’ve stopped with the resolutions, remember? ;)

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Free Language Arts Curriculum

September 4, 2017 by Imaan No Comments

Language Arts & Literature

  • The Good and The Beautiful by Jenny Phillips – has Christian content
  • Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool – may have Christian content

Grammar

  • English Grammar 101
  • Khan Academy Grammar
  • Daily Grammar
  • Scott Foresman Grammar & Writing
  • Grammar Monster
  • Neo K12

Spelling

  • K12 Reader – for Grades 1-5
  • Home Spelling Words

Free Books – Public Domain

  • Sheldon’s Primary Language Lessons
  • Intermediate Language Lessons
  • With Pencil and Pen: Language Lessons for Primary Schools
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Free High School Science Curriculum

January 15, 2017 by Imaan No Comments

Marz … you have your work cut out for you… bwahahahaha! ;)

Biology

  • Rader’s Biology4Kids … a very nice start to cover the basics of Biology. The site has information on cell structure, cell function, scientific studies, plants, vertebrates, invertebrates, and other life science topics. (Check out the full list of their bio core topics here.)
  • High School Biology @ Khan Academy … get started on the prep page and move on to AP Biology too!
  • Fuse School … I think it is a work in progress, but it has lots of resources and is very very promising with videos and all sorts of info for everything you learn at school!
  • The Biology Corner
  • MIT OpenCourseware Biology courses… It’s MIT, yo! Are you suitable impressed? I am ;)
  • Wikiversity’s High School Biology … lots more resources here
  • Interactive Biology – high school biology lecture videos. There are also Physiology and Anatomy videos.
  • Learner’s TV … High School Biology Video Lectures, Video Courses, Science Animations, Lecture Notes, Online Test, Lecture Presentations. Absolutely FREE. More here.
  • ALISON – Free online Biology course … ALISON hosts over 750 courses with a wide range of subject categories.

Chemistry

  • Rader’s Chemistry4Kids … good introduction to Chemistry… Rader’s has information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry.
  • Khan Academy’s Chemistry Page … Check out the prep page to get started and also move on to AP Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
  • Fuse School’s Chemistry… videos and notes, people! Check them out!
  • Learners TV Chemistry Video Lectures
  • ALISON – free Chemistry course … a wealth of courses – something for everyone!
  • MIT’s OpenCourseWare Chemistry Courses

Physics

  • Rader’s Physics4Kids … with information on motion, heat and thermodynamics, electricity & magnetism, light, and modern physics topics. If you are interested in Astronomy, check out Cosmos4Kids.
  • Khan Academy’s Physics Course … get started here
  • Learners TV free Physics video lectures
  • MIT’s OpenCourseWare Physics Courses
  • ALISON – free Physics course … and with Engineering courses here.
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Journaling

Traveler’s Notebook Tales

December 16, 2016 by Imaan No Comments

I am trying to get into a better habit of curating. I have amassed a collection of quotations, ideas for books and a huge assortment of links to crafts and homeschool materials, but they are all on various devices and in the deep recesses of my head ;) I am now slowly sieving through this stockpile and attempting to transcribe them into my commonplace book.

You might wonder why I should bother when I can just digitise everything. The fact is, it doesn’t really work for me. I have used Pinterest, saved links into bookmarks and even considered using apps like Evernote. All of this should have made me more organized, but I got nowhere to actually synthesizing the information and translating it into actual beneficial knowledge. Cutting and pasting is very quick… for me, though, the pen is mightier than the keyboard. I need more than a cursory glance and prefer a physical repository of ideas.

These are the things I am keeping in my commonplace book:

  • poetry
  • passages from books that I especially like
  • recipes
  • supplications from the Quran and Sunnah
  • quotable quotes
  • speeches
  • articles

Do you keep a commonplace book? What do you journal about?

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Juz ‘Amma Gems

December 14, 2016 by Imaan No Comments

So… my set up is all ready for 2017, in shaa Allah. I have my A5 dori, my grid paper notebooks (I only write on grid paper… grid is good… heh) and my trusty fountain pens. I can’t wait to dig into journal goodness.

Here are some links that I have found very useful for starting out. They are Juz ‘Amma resources:

  • Sheikh Navaid Aziz
  • Sheikh Muhammad Alshareef’s Touched by An Angel
  • Touched by An Angel Tafseer Workbook
  • Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan
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