My Blooming Trilliums

Arabic Alphabet Letter Craft (Set 4)

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:12:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Finally!!! Alhamdulillah here's the last set; (sorry the pics aren't so clear)

Faa is for Farawilah (Strawberry)

Khaff is for Kamr (Moon)

Decorated with glitter

Kaaf is for Kursy (Chair)

Covered with toothpick and the legs are from popsicle stick

Laam is for Lowza (Almond)

Meem is for Mifthah (Key)

And here comes the next letter!!!

Tadaa...!! Noon is for Naafizah (Window)

Hhaa is for Halib (Anchor)

Waaw is for Waradun (Rose)

(Doesn't my Waaw looks WOW!!:p)

Made the rose from a piece of ribbon and ran the thread through it.

Yaa is for Yaddun (Hand)

$weety holding a Wardah and Sm!ley with Halib...

Click for- Aabic Letter Craft

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Kindergarten Curriculam

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 08:14:00 +0000

In the name of Allah the Merciful, the very Beneficent

Quran

Thibiyan

Hifl - Juzz Amma in progress

Islam

Revised the Bright Stars syllabus.

Math

SPMG Infant Mathematics 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Pelangi hop on to Math books and activity 3 and 4

Book 6 is not in the pic (it was out of reach)

English

Pelangi Phonics Reader and Activity book 4
Pelangi Phonics Enrichment book B
Pelangi Bright Kids Phonics K2
Pelangi Bright Kids Shine in English
Parragon Gold Stars Spelling

Science

Pelangi Hop on to Science

And $weety is saying;

Oh wait! Smiley needs to say something too

Eid 1436 (2015)

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:15:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

We are in the month of Shawwal and yet we still miss our humble man and also our Eid was lonely without him, we know he too will be feeling down so we made these Eid cards and sent him along with a gift.

Done by $weety

Handmade card by me for Hubby

These are the ones made by $weety for her Pen pal.

An Eid card

And a Sun catcher.

This was how our Ramadan charts were on Eid;

Allhamdulillah she was able to fast twelve days, although her aim was to fast thirty days, but at the end of Ramadan she wasn't well enough to fast.

Colored the days.

This is the Quran and Allah's names tree, covered in apples and leaves, and yet to be covered...Allhamdulillah.

The apples are her memorized Surahs and the leaves are Allah's names.

Ramadan Activity ~ Stained Glass Craft

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 10:25:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

This Ramadan I was concerned in $weety's Hifl, Quran and memorizing Allah's names so we didn't do much hands on activity except for this. We did stained glass craft, actually I would call it a Sun catcher...:)

Another Blessed Month

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:41:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Alhamdulillah we are in the 5th day of Ramadan and here I say "Ramadan Mubarak" to all of the Muslims around the world. This Ramadan I and my kids are missing our humble man dearly, for my hubby is spending his Ramadan outstation. So this year with $weety I made things a little simple;

Hanged last year's bulletin board

What will i do in Ramadan chart made by $weety in Madrasah

Made a tree for memorizing Surahs and Allah's names, will be pasting apples for Surahs and leaves for Allah's names.

Arranged her table for Ramadan

Will be reading Ramadan related books

Doing her Ramadan homework pack from Madrasah

And some of the last year activities we did and did not do.

Ya Allah guide us to the straight path and plz accept the Ibadahs we do in this Ramadan and grant us Jannathul Firdouse...Ameen.

Arabic Alphabet Letter Craft (set 3)

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:40:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Very sorry for the long delay, so here's the set 3 and now going to get busy with set 4 ;).

Saa'd is for Sunduq (Box)

Cut the Saa'd within the box like stencil and pasted on tp of the blue paper and made a flap

Llaa'd is for Llafda' (Frog)

Th'aa is Th'aair (Bird)

Made the tail and the wings with crape papers.

Llaa is Llarafa (Envelope)

Made the envelope and pasted the Llaa, and oh!! there is a letter too.

A'ayn for I'nabun (Grapes)

Crumpled crape papers pasted on A'ayn, attached the leaves and spiral paper ribbons.

Gh'ayn for Ghaymah (Cloud)

Pasted the cloud with cotton wool.

This time Sm!ley with I'nabun.

Click for Arabic Letter Craft;

set 1

set 2

Pre Kindergarten Curriculam

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:31:00 +0000

In the name of Allah the Merciful, the very Beneficent

Quran

Alhamdulillah Memorized 10 Surah's.
Thibiyaan ($weety's Madrasah Qaidaah)

Islam

Bright Stars Pre-Madrassah Syllabus by Ta'limi Board KZN (Duah's, Fiqh, Aqaaidah, Akhlaaq and Seerah)

Dua's

Sleeping (2)
Wake up (2)
Exit Bathroom
Eating (2)
Entering the house
Sneezing (4)
Traveling (2)
Thunderstorm
Protection against vermin (2)
Drinking milk
Using Essential Duas for Muslims by Ta'limi Board KZN

Math

SPMG Infant Mathematics 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Gold Star Starting to Add.

English

Pelangi Phonics, Reader and Activity 3.

Pelangi Phonics Enrichment A.

Science

Pelangi Hop on to Science Reader and Activity 1

Five Pillars of Islam

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:54:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

We learned the Five Pillars of Islam. $weety tried to remember it in order but keeps forgetting it. So we did some hands on activity, a mobile craft. I loved the mobile from Umm Abdul Basir's corner and decided to do it with some changes.

So I cut the pillars and arranged everything, I want to add some art so I gave $weety to paint the pillars with different materials. First she painted with;

Marble

Sponge

Cylinser Block

Messy finger painting

and spots

Then cut the pictures and colored them

After combining all, we saw a colorful mobile.

Attached a party hat on top and $weety wrote "ISLAM"

A closer look at the painted pillars

These are the pictures, to be steady pasted them on popsicle stick and attached to a string with a knot.

Shahadah, $weety wrote the Kalimah and the meaning

Salah

Zakath

Sawm

Hajj

Ramadan Activities

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:49:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

These are the remaining activities we did.

I love you card for $weety's Abu who was in I'thikaf

Fasting day sequence cards from UABCC

These are from $weety's Madrasah journal which I totally forget to take a pic of her Journal.

Had some fun with flash cards

We also played with moon phases nomenclature cards, and always checked the moon phases through this App (above pic)

Ramadan Activity ~ Moon Star Mobile

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:54:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

I was planning to do a moon star mobile and luckily one day $weety came from her Madrasah holding a craft which was perfect for the moon star mobile. So I only had to attach some more stars.

Her Madrasah craft

$weety cutting the stars

Punched holes at the bottom of the moon and the stars. laced all the stars with a knot and tied them to the moon.

Ramadan Activity ~ My Sadaqa Jar

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:18:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

On Ramadan I and $weety discussed about charity and the rewards we get, we also talked about Zakath. So on that day we made: Sadaqa Jar

Bought an empty plastic bottle

Gave her to decorate, and wrote My Sadaqa Jar

Alhamdulillah with the flowers (from Big Sis) it turned out beautifully.

Poked a slit on top

$weety and Sm!ley started to fill it

And here is her jar waiting on the table to help the poor (and also refills soon as possible :)

Ramadan Activities

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:20:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

This Ramadan I planned some activities for $weety and wrote a post about it here (planning Ramadan). I also said I will be updating the activities we do each day, but honestly we didn't do everything. Each day was different and we did what we can and skipped the rest. So here is what we did:

Spelling out Ramadan in Arabic and English

Find the moon...Telescope

Colored and read the Ramadan little Readers

A journey of a lifetime.

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:32:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Alhamdulillah by the grace of Allah (SWT), he the only one and the great showered his mercy and blessings on us, Praise be to him who gave an opportunity to visit his home, The Ka'bah and a chance to greet our dearest, beloved prophet Muhammad (sal).

On the 21st September 2014- 26th Dul Qa'dah1435. We were ready to go on a journey of a lifetime ~Hajj~. I have no words to describe Allah's mercy, out of all the people I know he chose us to fulfill the last pillar of Isalm,...Subhanallah.

Alhamdulillah we did all the rituals and performed Hajj, celebrated Eid on the land of our Nabi (sal). We did all with our best and may Allah accept everything only by his mercy. Ameen.

On the Eid day 1435 (2014)

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:50:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Wishing everybody a very...very... late Eid Mubarak and may Allah accept our small deeds, and make us the ones who got the blessings of Lailathul Qadr, Ameen. Last year we had an Eid party at our place, but this time we didn't. So $weety was a little upset and I thought, let's give something for her friends and family (and yes I had something in my mind already:). Get ready for a lot of pics.....and as usual let me start from the banner...

$weety helped me hang this cute banner...

And then we made Eid cards for friends, family and for her usthad too

This was my idea for give away...Cake in a Jar!!!!

Do you remember the Ramadan Bulletin Board, here's what it looks like on Eid.

On Ramadan

Alhamdulillah she fasted for five days which I have marked with gold star in fasting days

So by filling the chart with a lot of good deeds on Eid $weety waited for her gift.

Gifts for $weety, Sm!ley, hubby, me and for a special friend who's gift is still in my cupboard..

And these were for $weety's Usthads.

$weety got a kitchen set and sm!ley got a toy train. And a moment for my creator......ALHAMDULILLAH...and I know its not enough.

Ramadan Bulletin board

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 20:22:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

I wanted to make this Ramadan special for $weety and make her understand the blessing of this month, so due to that I made her a Ramadan Bulletin board with 30 days activity for $weety. I know that the activities are time consuming but I thought this will be the age for it, coz when she gets a little older she has better things to do than crafts and activities. So I thought to enjoy the most with her before she gets five, Inshallah.

I wanted the board to be viewed often so I hanged it in the kids room.So here's our Ramadan Bulletin Board; Sorry for the pics, they aren't so clear.

The theme of my kids room is purple and pink, so I made the board to go with it.

The first chart is, the good deed chart ready to be filled with stars I hope so.....lol. So I said $weety this is your sky and its plain with a moon so make it beautiful with stars by doing good deeds and if it is filled you will be getting a gift, I think now it will work...lol.

And the other board contains.....;

The Fasting day cycle downloaded from IBB, I made it without the cover and added a peg to indicate the action.

Things that break fast is also from IBB

To count and color the days or maybe if she fasts will be adding a star sticker.

And this is the moon phase from NoorJanan, will be adding as the moon changes.

You'll be wondering what are the pegs hanging down??

These are the 30 days activity, for each day $weety would turn the card and will be doing that activity Inshallah. Its not a must that we should do it all, it depends on our day and $weety's mood. We do it or we skip it :)

Alhamdulillah we are covering everything and has done some activities so far and also skipped some, If I had time Inshallah I will post the activities in Ramadan or after the month.

Ramadan Mubarak

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:24:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Ramadan prep was going on and I thought I wouldn't finish and Alhamdulillah all was done in time. We made the banner and the Bulletin board. For the banner I printed the letters for "Ramadan Mubarak" in bold and we started to color, even Sm!ley was interested in coloring.

$weety has a taste for color...you can see it.

My young artist

Sm!ley's master piece...

And these are my designs and $weety thought I was crazy when coloring the "M" letter.

So after coloring I cut the letters, pasted in red and beige colored papers, laced it and hanged in the living room.

I was verry happy seeing my first banner looking lovely with the touch of my little artists and my hubby was surprised when entering home after work and wished us all with a big hug. Alhamdulillah!!..

A wonderful day

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:24:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

From the day I homeschool my kid I always dream about a workshop for us, where homeschool children meet to share their joy, have some fun and we mothers get to have a talk about our experiences and see our kids get along with others etc.....the list can go on. But I only know Umm Aaminah and another friend who homeschool, So thought we three can meet up.

After talking with Umm Aaminah we thought to organize and Subhanallah, I was glad to know a few mothers who homeschool too.

So on Rajab 5th 1435 - May 4th 2014 we had our very first Homeschool Workshop at my home. I organized everything and Umm Aaminah was ready with a presentation she made which made the workshop a beneficial one. Some pics to remember;

Arrangements were done for kids to make cards from their own creativity with the materials given, while the presentation was done by Umm Aaminah for mothers.

I packed some goody stuff for the kids

And these were the things inside

And this is the card made by $weety

Alhamdulillah we had a wonderful day and the kids too enjoyed a lot, Umm Aaminah from Almah's journey have given a beautiful post about the workshop with details.

Happy Ramadan For Penpals

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:51:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Subhanallah it's Ramadan 11th, the first days are gone and may Allah accept all the A'maal we did on these days Ameen.
Before Ramadan we thought to wish $weety's penpal a happy Ramadan. I thought to make a card but $weety suggested the door hanger we did last year. So did it a little different painting by hand.

First cut the board and printed the crescent by hand

And then printed the stars by closing the fingers together

And then wrote the words "Happy Ramadan"

Decorated with small star stickers

And finally to add some sparks, I added glitter and attached the ribbons etc...

This card, she made for her new penpal

Wishing all RAMADAN MUBARAK :)

Planning Ramadan

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:17:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Click here to view the Activities

Last Ramadan I didn't have a chance to organize the days for $weety, I felt like... I missed a part of homeschooling, since then, I thought...wouldn't do the same next year. Allhamdulillah with the help of Pinterest I have planned Ramadan Activities for her, and only the preparations like printing, cutting, arranging etc...is needed to be done . So this Ramadan...Inshallah...I think we are going to have some fun....I hope so...lol.

Inshallah I will post the done activities and say how did it go with $weety.

Ya Allah make this Ramadan important, beneficial, memorable and a blessed month for $weety, our family and all the Muslims around the World, Ameen.

Pistachio Fish Craft

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Fri, 09 May 2014 19:22:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

From the day I started Homeschooling, I also started to collect things that can be recycled or things that I can use for crafts, and specially anything that I can DIY. So in that case I had lots of pistachio shells that I collected, and planned to do a craft with it. The main reason for this craft was, $weety was not in a friendly mood on that day so this was to cheer her up.

Drew a Fish

And the pasting was also going with some fuss (She wants to do and then doesn't, but then again she wants. Oh my! I couldn't forget that day)

After the pasting was finished I let it dry for one day and the next day I marked the colors and $weety was ready to paint (today she was OK:)

Mashallah her moaning and whining just turned into a lovely fish.

Arabic with Ice

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Thu, 08 May 2014 06:36:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

We did an ice activity with Arabic Alphabet letters. I filled a plastic bucket of water and dropped all the Arabic Alphabets in and froze it overnight in the freezer. When I presented it to $weety she very excited and asked "what did you do ummi?" and went right away to explore it without waiting for the answer.

Finding and naming the letters which are hidden and talked about how the ice felt, "very coool ummi!!!"

Then I asked her "would you like to take the letters out?" she said "No ummi that will come out". So she waited and waited and lost her patience, took a hammer and banged!!

She also chipped some ice with a screw driver.

And then we tried it with some salt on the ice

Subhanallah it was amazing, how the salt makes the ice melt fast and it also created ravines as it melts.

At last a letter popped out

I was admiring the effects on the ice made by the letters and salt, but $weety was so interested in taking the letters out.

So we tried it with water and $weety added salt in it.

trying to pull some letters out

Some letters sticking out

Finally all the letters was free.

When $weety takes a letter out she would name it and I would ask what object will start from this letter? Alhamdulillah she answered it all. $weety knows her letters very well, but I needed her to revise it with a fun activity going along without realizing that i'm revising, coz she hates revising.

Alhamdulillah I can see $weety progressing in Arabic. She is pronouncing her Makhraj well and is writing the letters in order too. Below are the homework worksheets given by her Muallimah. Once I explained her what we must do, she ran to the class and said me not to come while she finishes. I was like "oh my god I need to do a lot of erasing". After a while she came up with these.

I know the "Raa" and "Zaa" must be other side, but this is what she wrote and I don't want to disappoint her.

I was very happy and speechless, I was hoping up and down with excitement and gave a lot of hugs and kisses to my dear daughter who wrote this without any fuss and any mistakes (except for the "Raa" and "Zaa". Coz writing is not her thing, not at all, but Alhamdulillah what I realized here and learned with my $weety is for everything Allah has kept a time, before that we couldn't expect everything will come as we wish. All we could do is keep up what we do and raise our hands to the one who is doing everything.

English Alphabet Letter Craft (set 2)

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:35:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

I think I'm just neglecting to post the crafts :/, so here's the set 2

"H" is for House

Attached windows, door and a roof

"I" is for Iguana

Colored and attached face, tail and tongue.

"J" is for Jellyfish

Attached a half circle and pasted colored paper ribbon

"K" is for Kettle, (a new trendy fashionable kettle, lol)

Attached the handle and the lid (I hope it looks... sort of a kettle)

"L" is for Lamp

Punched the lamp's hood, laced ribbon and pasted on the letter

"M" is for Mouse

Attached the ears, pasted the eyes and the nose with silk wire underneath.

"N" is for Net

You can say "simple as that"!!!

Inshallah more coming a little late, I think so. Anyway I'll try to post soon.

Click for English Alphabet Crafts (set 1)

$weety's Arabic Madrasah

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:25:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Arabic language is so important to me than English or any other language coz it's the language of our Rabb and the language to understand The Quran and the language of our beloved Prophet (sal).

Everything $weety learns from me, Everything that I teach her, I do the best with my knowledge, except Arabic. I and my Hubby really love to engage her with Arabic from the beginning of homeschool. But the sad part is I have no knowledge of the Language.

So we made a lot of Dua's regarding for a Best Arabic Madrasah, and began to search for one. And Alhamdulillah found one with some help from a good friend (may Allah grant her the best)

So after all the procedure my little girl went to her first Madrasah on Rabbi Al Thaani 5th 1435 - 5th February 2014, Mashallah she's very very happy about it and love to go. And I pray to Allah to keep that pure love only for him till the end and to give her the best knowledge with Akhlaq, Iman and Taqwa. Ameen!!!.

Preschool Curriculum (Review)

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:01:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Alhamdulillah $weety finished her preschool only with The help of Allah. We followed the Preschool Curriculum I designed for her with some in and outs. Coz some were a little advance for her, so we did what she can with her ability and liked to do, so this is a review for me of what we did.

Quran

Mashallah memorized: Surah Fathiha, Surah Ikhlas, Surah Kausar.
Qaidah: Finished the Alphabets, the connected forms and started the Fatha
Completed the Coloring book

Islam

Alhamdulillah finished the Pre-Madrasah Syllabus by Ta'limi Board KZN
Knows the first and the Second Kalimah
Memorized Aayatul Kursi

Dua's

Sleeping
Wake up
Enter bathroom
Dressing
Before Eating
After Eating
Leaving the house
Thanking

English

Knows the Alphabet's and their sounds well
Knows some sight words
Recognize upper and lower case letters well
Mashallah reads three letter words
Knows to spell and write the three letter words
Did the Alphabet crafts here
The books she finished;

Pelangi Phonics, Reader and Activity 1 and 2.
Vikas upper and lower case writing practice

Arabic

Knows certain words from our Learning cards
Did Arabic Alphabet letter craft (set 1 and 2)
Post Regarding Arabic

Numerals

Recognize the numbers well from 1 to 10
Writes the numbers in order
Knows the value of numbers 1 to 10
And did a lot of hands on activity with numbers
The books she finished;

Writing

Knows the proper method of pencil grip
Traces well
And knows to write the six strokes
The books she finished;

Science

Knows the primary and the secondary colors
Knows most of the Animals
Did Myself & My family
Knows only the Shapes
The book she finished;

Gold Stars Shapes and Colors

Without Allah's grace we couldn't complete all of this Alhamdulillah.So we have done some and left out some and did some that I never planed Subhanallah, So I though to post the coming curriculum only after finishing them Inshallah, coz we don't know what Allah has planed for us,... what do I say here now...yes...Allahuakbar!!!

MySelf & My Family

noreply@blogger.com (A.Rinzy Moosa) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:21:00 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum

Still it's last year with $weety, We did Myself and My Family

For Myself first I made her look at the mirror and talked how Allah has created us beautiful. We then discussed the difference between her appearance and mine and how Allah is so powerful to make the differences although we have the same parts and that just made me say "Subhanallah what a perfection in his creation. And then set off to do something funny with her. I traced her!!!

$weety slept on a large paper and I outlined her with a pencil

She got up and was excited, said 'ummi is that me, I'm in a paper" lol

Then she began to outline with a felt pen

Then she drew the parts of the face and measured her height and weight

She enjoyed drawing her face again on the whiteboard, cute ha!

Then the parts of the mouth, I drew the the lips and she drew the teeth and.....tongue

Then we did name practice, kept some wooden letters and wrote her name

Mashallah she did it and spelled the sounds too!!

And now Alhamdulillah she can write her name

And for My Family, we did a lot of talking and discussed the roles of the family members and their duties, and to thank Allah for giving us a beautiful family. I made some printables according to how she understood and the talk we had.

Pasting the pictures of the family

Matching with names

Circling the appropriate dresses

And a lot more such as the work, things and the roles which I didn't take the shots, coz she needed my help and wanted to tell a story for each work. We read some books online related to the theme. I planned a lots of activities for her but did only what she wanted. Which was Alhamdulillah.