Art Gallery

A clothesline and tape work great for displaying the children’s artwork in the kitchen/schoolroom!   I believe that when we display their beautiful artwork that it makes them feel loved and encourages their imagination and creativity.

Spin Off

Even though our homeschooling organizational system is already fairly well organized, I am always looking to improve upon it.   Many other homeschoolers have raved about the workbox system which looks like a wonderful organizational method regardless of the type of homeschooling style you carry out. 
The only downfall that I could find to this system was the extra space that [...]

Week in Review (Sept. 28)

This has been a very book learning intensive week in our home.  We came back from an Eid break with much work to complete.  Even though we started our book learning schedule at the start of Ramadan, we hadn’t had a full work load yet.   
Honestly, I am also still adjusting to the intense tutoring sessions with [...]

Extracurricular Activities and a Large Family

Managing extracurricular activities such as sports and physical education can be a bit challenging with many children, but it is possible.  We have found from experience that the easiest way to handle this is to have them participate in the same activities preferably together.  In previous years, the children who were old enough all played [...]

Getting it Together

Since we have returned from our trip, I have been frantically attempting to organize and do some fall cleaning.  One of the most important areas I straightened up and DUSTED was my office space.  Now I am ready!
Most of the children’s curricula was purchased this past spring, but there were a few odds and ends I [...]

Baby Proofing Homeschooling

We don’t have a seperate room for homeschooling.  Basically, we utilize the whole house for learning and storage of supplies.  Most of the in home activities are completed  at the kitchen table and in the living room.  The removal of a coffee table and most of living room furniture a long time ago made our home much [...]

Little of This and a Little of That

Since we got back from our trips with past weekend, we have been playing it really low key, masha Allah.  Swimming lessons are over, so we are not as on the go as much and there has been more time around the house.   They also have been finishing up with some of the curriculum they [...]

Homeschooling Organization in a Large Family

Each of the three eldest children have three ring binders where most of their work and weekly schedules are kept.   Their schedule is updated weekly and kept in front of their binder so they are  able to locate it easily, masha Allah.  Normally, I use these weekly planners.

We also use dividers to organize the binders into [...]