Concrete will – this is a phrase that I think will stick with me forever now that I’ve heard it once. Care Bear has been listening to Nouman Ali Khan’s tafseer lectures for the past two weeks for her tafseer lessons. I instructed her to take detailed notes, and today I had her teach me […]
Reassessing Islamic Studies
Our Islamic Studies curriculum has done us fairly well for a few years, but we’ve since changed some things. I’ve talked about how to manage with puberty in full force, and one thing is to scale back on some academics, particularly memorization. Care Bear used to be a whiz when it came to memorization, but […]
I’m Not Religious Enough to Teach My Kids
Let there be people among you, who invite to the best [in religion]; and command that which is just, and forbid that which is evil; and they shall be happy. [Qur’an 3:104] Do you ever think you can’t advise your kids about something because you aren’t practicing it yourself? This issue is not limited to […]
Incorporating the Bible into a Muslim Homeschool
Each school day, I have Care Bear do 15 minutes of independent reading for her Islamic studies. We started with her reading the Qur’an with a simplified translation for young readers and after she was done, I decided to have her start reading the four gospels in the Bible. Why? For one, Care Bear is surrounded […]
Qur’an Memorization Through Puberty
We’ve already talked about how to get through puberty alive in the past, but memorizing Qur’an with a girl in puberty presents slightly different challenges given she will have her period from time to time. Since she shouldn’t be handling the mushaf (moos-haf, the Qur’an in its original Arabic text) directly, what are we to […]
