Assalamu aleikum!
We have a new teaching aid alhamdullilah. Please check it out. It’s referred to as TLIP in short form.
It’s book two of Understand Your Child Development.
Thanks for reading.
~A Ducktrinor Mom~
Assalamu aleikum everyone! Long time.
Author: Rabia Bashir
Illustrator: Laila Ramadhani
Summary:
Are you looking for Ramadan books for toddlers or older children?
Ramadan’s Coming is a beautifully illustrated rhyming book showing multi-cultural families from around the world as they:
~ prepare for Ramadan
~ take part in the blessed month
~ and celebrate Eid!
Children will learn about the key aspects of Ramadan:
~ The Qur’an was first revealed in Ramadan
~ The moon sighting
~ What fasting is and how it benefits
~ Suhoor (pre-dawn meal)
~ Ifthar (breaking of the fast)
~ Taraweeh prayers
~ Not over-eating at ifthar!
~ Doing good deeds and rewards being multiplied
~ Giving Zakat
~ I’tikaf
~ Moon sighting before Eid
~ Festivities of preparing for Eid
~ Eid Salah
~ Gratitude and spending time with family
Age Range: 3 & Up
Review: Ramadan’s Coming! has beautiful illustrations and meaningful texts to help teach about Ramadan to little ones. Though we didn’t read it as a songbook, we enjoyed the messages and the tools it provides about the Blessed Month. We definitely recommend Ramadan’s Coming! Find it below on Amazon:
Rating: 4/5
Thank you for reading,
~ A Ducktrinor Mom ~
Authors: Jameela Ho at Muslim Parenting & Ilma Ed
Irna Fathurrubayah at Atfalna Education
Weronika Ozpolat at Multicultural Motherhood
Nabila Ikram at Everlearning, Everlasting
Afshan Mohammed
Hannah Morris at ActiveMindCare.
Summary: By understanding your child’s development you can help to nurture your child’s growth in the six areas of development: thinking and intellect, speech and language, motor skills, physical growth, emotional, and moral development.This is a practical book for the Muslim parent, full of activities to nurture each area of growth. Know what to do, when and how.
Review: I always knew by instinct not to rush my child into achieving milestones because the sunnah says that until the child is seven years old, it’s all about playing with the child. Not only did people around me (Pediatrician included) made me feel at times like an unfit mother, they didn’t hide it. What did I do? I prayed on it, and I tuned them out because there was a little voice inside me that kept telling me to just persevere and be patient with my child’s development. And I did, and he got there when he was ready and on his own chef. It hasn’t been easy. I mean how could they dismiss the fact that each child learns and grows at their own pace. It simply baffled me.
Anyway, I nurtured my son’s growth and development by reading any parenting books I could get my hands on, and they supported my decision to let children be children. However, when I came across Understand Your Child’s Development or UYCD, I felt complete and happy at last. This book covers the child’s life cycle to the teenage years; which is a plus alhamdullilah. With in-depth, concrete Islamic and scientific evidences, the book felt like a dream come true.
So in these lights, UYCD is an amazing resource and a must-have for every Muslim parent. May Allah always help us raise great citizens, vicegerents of this earth and above all, great Muslims, aameen.
Get it on Amazon here. And read the press release here.
~ A Ducktrinor Mom ~
Assalamu aleikum!
This amazing resource is by the following professionals :
Jameela Ho at Muslim Parenting & Ilma Ed
Irna Fathurrubayah at Atfalna Education
Weronika Ozpolat at Multicultural Motherhood
Nabila Ikram at Everlearning, Everlasting
Afshan Mohammed
&
Hannah Morris at ActiveMindCare.
Book launch hosts :
Tiah Ayesha designs ParisLondon
The Muslim Woman Blog
TeacherMabid
Our Amanas Our Futures
Discount Domestic
Alizehmysoul
Let’s Learn Mama
Ilma Ed Muslim Parenting
Black Seedlings
Amuslimmama
All Book Edu PNW
Papatya Feauxzar at a Ducktrinor Mom
EBook link: https://www.amazon.com/Understand-Your-Childs-Development-M…
Paperback link : https://www.amazon.com/Understand-Your-Childs-…/…/1947148281
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Assalamu aleikum!
In West Africa, Henna is often referred to as Diaby (Dee-ya-bee.) On the eve of eid, I looked forward to apply Diaby on my hands and feet even if I don’t have a daughter. It was more of a self-care intention. Anyway, my son wanted to take part in it, and I kept telling him that it’s only for girls, and that he had more hair and a beard, he could have partook in. Boy that I was wrong.
After his vehement requests and my husband saying once it was fine for him to play with Henna, I came to the conclusion that he could become my henna buddy. Yes, I’m not always right, haha!
I decided then that Diaby would take the role of a harmless kid’s tattoo. The lessons I learn from being a Mom are simply too many to list here. Alhamdullilah.
You learn more about yourself in the journey actually. Eid Mubarak folks!
Thanks for reading,
~ A Ducktrinor Mom ~
Assalamu aleikum!
When you have little people around you, they mess with your stationary. All my markers are dried up or empty because the toddler prefers them to his own crayons. Now, I’m stuck with using his crayons for my own notes….smdh!
Anyway, the above list is a pre-k milestone check-list I found around to check if your kiddo is reasonably progressing before trying to enroll them. That said, I have found out that from doctors to everybody else with an opinion about raising children, there is a great willingness to want to rush children into reaching certain milestones.
Alhamdullilah, we have checked all these milestones naturally without pressure. I have learned that children do things on their own time. You have to pray on it, leave it to Allah and finally show them regularly until one day, it clicks and they become independent with the task you want them to master.
Thanks for reading,
~ A Ducktrinor Mom ~
Assalamu aleikum bloggers!
So the kiddo is quite chatty these days alhamdullilah. I taught a small human being how to speak English! Yay, me. I know, it’s giving me a little of a big head I must admit. Anyway, it’s time for phonics which of course he doesn’t care much for. He throws any letters at me that he has heard from alphabet songs…laughs.
The Islamic reader depicted above is the one we are using. You can get it on amazon or here along with other Muslim homeschooling tools.
Hoping y’all are staying warm! Thank you for reading,
~ A Duckrinor Mom ~
Summary: …a raw list…of the rules, obligations, guidelines, regulations, orders, directives, instructions (or however you’d like to perceive them) derived from the 114 chapters, 6,236 verses and 77,449 words in the Quran – the Holy Islamic book.
Author’s Name: A.E.
Publisher: Prolance
Review: Believe is 34 pages long. I thought it was about what to do and not do with the Quran. But Believe is a simple journal filled with Quranic verses to help the believer live and act by golden rules.
It can definitely be useful when looking for a quick Quranic verse to support a point because the book is divided into 5 easy categories:»»worship »»character»»giving & taking»»relationships »»eating & dressing. In the last section, I found it a bit peculiar that there is a lot of stress on Quran (24:31); I mean the verse is mentioned three times. It would have been better if Quran (33:35) was also added to balance out things. Even adding Quran (24:30) would have worked too. That said, the »relationships » part before the last part helps into smoothing things out because men’s duties are also highlighted.
Moreover, Believe can be used as a reflective tool. Having read the whole transliterated version of the Quran myself and working on reading the whole Arabic version, I recommend using Believe in addition of this short guide titled The 5 R’s of Tadabbur al-Qur’an: A Family Halaqah Guide by Umm Afraz Muhammed. Muhammed’s short guide is about sixteen pages including front and back covers. It’s also an easy and simple read. Check it out here.
Below is a sneak page for Believe. Each of these pages is followed by a page to jot down thoughts or ideas.
You can purchase Believe here.
Thank you for reading,
~ A Ducktrinor Mom ~
Assalamu aleikum!
How have you guys been? We have been busy between homeschooling, all my hats (my different jobs), and a lot of etc. alhamdullilah. I have a small list of things that have worked for us alhamdullilah. Check them out.
1. Making Time for Child Play
During the week, we strive to go outside at least three times. There are weeks where we go to outside playgrounds more than three times. Every week brings its own challenges. So, do what works for you but take them out to play so they can bloom and let out that bouncing energy and joy they possess masha’Allah.
2. Going to Creative Children’s Playgrounds
Crayola experience, Children’s Museums and Lego stores are just a few places that will spark your child’s creativity. Watch out for discounts and free promotions. Then, go enjoy a nice time with your family. You will witness a genius in the making just by them being in such colorful environments and brushing shoulders with other wonderful spirits like them masha’Allah bi’ithnillah. May Allay preserve and protect our children, aameen.
3. Freedom
If they mess up the carpet or write on the walls or floors with crayons or paint. That’s fine. It’s not the end of the world. The mess can be cleaned. Let them express themselves but give them limits or where it’s appropriate to let their imagination flourish every now them. That way, they don’t take too much advantage of your leniency. Besides, all this is part of their development.
4. Teach them with Patience
Check yourself often so that your momentary crankiness doesn’t spill over. They will notice that you’re less nice than the people around you if you don’t have an handle on your mood. Also, tell them new words and believe that will absorb quickly and fast! Masha’Allah, they have a computer (brain) that still has a lot of memory. It’s the only way they will learn from you and talk. There is no magic. The vocabulary you expose them to, is what they grasp and run away with. Remember that if you’re struggling to get your only child to speak.
5. Dua
This is everything. Without constantly supplicating, your mental shield will disintegrate. Once they start misbehaving and that you keep your cool while supplicating and carrying on, you will notice that the screams, the cries, etc. will not penetrate and mess with your vibes. You will be like walking in the rain without getting wet. Trust me on that *wink*.
And when they show you an inspired side of them, make dua for them too so that Allah always increase their knowledge, allahumma aameen.
That’s it for now. Thank you for reading.
~A Ducktrinor Mom~
Summary: This rhyming book outlines several nighttime Islamic practices for kids —and even adults— to implement before going to bed. Fostering a love for the Prophet’s Sunnah, as well as teaching children to practice good deeds consistently. Also includes references to associated hadiths, an explanation of Islamic terminology, and additional advanced practices.
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About the Author: Alia G. Dada was born and raised in Southern California. She graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and a Minor in the Spanish Language. Shortly after, she moved to Cairo, Egypt. After privately studying Arabic she went on to obtain her degree in Islamic Law (Shariah) from the Al-Azhar University. Blessed with a child who has a love for reading, she was inspired to write a book that would help caregivers water the seed of faith and Islamic literacy in the hearts of young Muslims.
The Illustrator: You can read more on Robin Boyer here.
Publisher: Prolance
Review: Bedtime Sunnahs is a colorful, rhyming, and informative children’s book. Young and old can learn something anew on bedtime sunnah practices insha’Allah. It shows and portrays many Muslim families of diverse background. Bedtime Sunnahs is definitely inclusive and a must-have for every Muslim household masha’Allah! I give this free review copy a 5 stars! You can buy it at Prolance here.
Thank you for reading,
~A Ducktrinor Mom~
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