Ramadan Activities

Assalamu 'alaykum, 

SubhanaAllah, it seems as if Ramadan has begun yesterday but we are almost half way done.  Before Ramadan I have prepared some Ramadan activities for the kids to keep them busy during the day and so they would learn more about it.  These are some which we have done:

We made a Ramadan calender that we printed from Islamic Bulletin Boards.  I colored the background with black water colors so it would resemble night and the rest was colored with crayons.  I also added some Velcro on each date so we can put a corresponding moon picture every day on each of them.

We also printed a Ramadan coloring book from Talibideen Jr. that they have enjoyed coloring.

Found at Crayola's Islamic Activity Page

My son liked using water colors for this masjid.  I have noticed that he likes this more then coloring with crayons, could be because he thinks he is 'painting'.

We made this Lap Book from umm Abdul Basir blog.  There were two Lab Books so we took some things from one and some from the other one to make one. Then we practiced writing Ramadan on our dry erase board.

We'll add this to Lifetime Learning At Home's Ramadan Giveaway. Make sure you check it out and enter, the giveaway ands Ramadan 15th!

Walmart: Back-To-School Laptop, Printer, Case and USB Flash Drive Bundle ONLY $318 Shipped

Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh,

Another great deal especially for those who are in a need of a computer especially if they will use it for getting homeschooling resources is this find.

Walmart is offering a laptop computer, printer, laptop case, and USB flash drive for as low as $318 plus .97 shipping. You can choose which computer, printer, case and usb flash drive that you would like to have and the base price is $318 for everything! It says the shipping is only .97 too = $318.97 shipped!
In addition, you can add more options like a mouse, wireless router or software to your bundles for the additional low prices listed!
Head to the Walmart site here and see this deal to make your bundle.

Great Staples Back to School Deals

As we get ready to homeschool, it is great when we run into deals such as this one.

• Notebooks $.01 (limit 6)
• Free mechanical pencils and copy papper (500 sheet) after mail in rebate
• Sharpie Markers $.25
• Dollar deals - $ 1.00 each: colored pencils (reg. price $4.00), hole puncher, 4 pack stick glue...

There are so many to write them all, so check your Local Ad for more great deals and hurry prices are good while supplies last.  I hope this was helpful to you inshaAllah.

Entertain the islamic way

Assalamu 'alaykum, after so long we are starting in Ramadan with our Homeschooling and Ramadan activities. For a start here are some Islamic cartoons we ran at today on YOUTUBE:

This one is from the producers of Zaky and it is from their new DVD, but nice and very well illustrated Ramadan nasheed.




This one illustrates the steps of prayer.

AND the next one goes in detail about the  5 Pillars of Islam and it has 2 parts: