Holistic Learning

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

I have been working recently on developing my own "mini" curriculum that I can do with my children (age five and three) at home and after school. Why am I doing so?

• Although My son is enrolled in one of the best schools alhamdulilah, which is an international one. They still are missing some aspects that every human being requires to be better ones
• I am afraid that I might miss my children's strengths/weaknesses.
• Pointing out/improving/consolidating their strengths and talents
• improve my parenting skills (of course :))
• I have studied in an education system that unfortunately did only focus on memory skills (memorise, MEMorise, MEMORISE), with no creativity, no encouragement of it, and it KILLED talents

So why am I sharing my thoughts here?

• Maybe someone can tell me where I am going wrong/what can I add/modify?
• someone might find it a good idea/sharing is caring
• so I can arrange my thoughts

I didn't know what to call it, is it a continuum of home schooling? I just called it holistic learning. I am looking at the following aspects, and designing activities in relation to that:

• taffakur/tadabur (I did not know how to translate it, but it means fathoming/deep thinking) which will be on Quran, Islamic literature, fathoming on how/why we were created, be independent thinkers and deeply thinking about what has been created/why and so on (I got one site which focuses on this, it is actually a school curriculum but it has some products for parents. http://www.tafakkur.com
• emotional intelligence, I've a book that you do it together with your child in Arabic and it enhances this aspect of intelligence in a fun way 

• Home project: crafts, baking, handmade stuff
• an outing that is to somewhere for a purpose/objectives that will be discussed prior to the outing.
• and a story time/reading time

What are you doing with your children, any suggestion please :)

I want to go to Janna

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

My father-in-law's eyes were filled with tears I was told. My son who is going to be five years old in two months inshallah was with his Auntie (father's youngest sister), he wanted to see old photographs of our grandparents. He asked her; where is 'my mom's grandmother'?, 

my sister-in-law: she is dead..

My son: is she in janna (heaven)?

Sister-in-law: yes she is

My son: I love Allah, I want to go to janna, are there beautiful things in there?apples, toys etc etc.. 

and so was the conversation.

When my father in law knew the story, he was touched and said that inshallah he'll remain like this as this is planted in him at young age..

I was touched, being me worrying a lot and thinking that what I am teaching my kids is not enough and their deep believe and knowledge of Allah is not there yet..I was touched and knew that what you teach at this young age remain deep within your children's faith..

small things lift your spirit.. make you believe that you are affecting people's life around you in a positive way.

Al hamdulilah..