When i’m interested in anything, i research by reading a book on it or reading online. Usually, I read MANY books, other people’s opinions, experiences and reviews, and anything i can get my hands on, so to speak. I have always been interested in homeschooling. However, what drove me to do it full-time in the beginning was not teaching my [...]
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What are your goals for your children’s education?
Posted in getting started, tagged "Islamic homeschooling", islamic parenting, Muslim homeschooling on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Starting over again and beginning anew: the parrot years and logic stage
Posted in Classical education, getting started, k12 curriculum, spelling, tagged k12, Muslim homeschooling with Well Trained Mind on July 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When you have a child, you naturally begin teaching them even before they begin talking or walking. In the medieval past, the Trivium was taught as mainly three subjects: grammar, logic and rhetoric but perhaps the reason the classical method has experienced a revival is because it transcends all time and people because, it roughly corresponds [...]
Hard decisions, changes and new wonders
Posted in getting started on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have gotten a few requests as to my well-being because I haven’t posted in quite a while.* InshaAllah that will be changing for it is my intention to post weekly at a minimum now. One reason i shall be more consistent is because…..drum roll please…..i am starting all over again homeschooling my youngest child, my son. He is six years old and starting “first [...]
Beginning Homeschooling, Classical, WTM, and Islamic
Posted in getting started, tagged "Islamic homeschooling", getting started, Islamic Classical homeschooling, Muslim homeschooling, Muslim homeschooling with Well Trained Mind, the Well Trained Mind on August 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This post is an answer to questions I was asked from a Muslim mother who wanted to begin homeschooling her child using the Well Trained Mind method/ Classical education. There were a few other points I wanted to make in addition to adding some insightful quotes to elaborate on a couple things I wrote from books I [...]
The beginning of our Journey
Posted in getting started, tagged "Islamic homeschooling", First Language Lessons, First Language Lessons substitutions, getting started, Muslim homeschooling, Muslim homeschooling First Language Lessons, Muslim homeschooling with Well Trained Mind, Tarbiyyah, the Well Trained Mind, unschooling on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Greetings, ” IN THE BEGINNING” Omigosh I have been so busy, mashaAllah, I wasnt able to write the very next day when I wanted to. And Allah is the best of Planners. Even though my blog will be about following The Well Trained Mind, we are i guess i reluctantly agree, “eclectic” homeschoolers meaning we take [...]
Sister Seeking ilm
Welcome! i'm an American Muslim woman >30 indie-hippie-nomad, my life's passion is READING. I grew up in the Texas hill country and became Muslim when i read the Quran at age 20. Using k12 and the WTM to educate my children. i'm thrilled for any comments or suggestions!
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