I received many messages by people who were interested to know how she learnt enough to start university level courses. And also how my kids went from unstructured learning (a.k.a. playing all day ๐) to academics in such a short time.
Author: The Niqabi Coder Mum
The ShiftClick Club
Introducing my new project, The ShiftClick Club. , It is a free online STEAMD (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths, and Design) club for kids and young at heart adults ๐
Fava beans and life
Today’s lunch was fava beans, sautรฉed Swiss chard, and homemade flat bread. We mostly eat a vegetarian and simple lunch. Simple as in opposite of fancy, not simple as in quick and easy. Often when I am cooking a “simple” meal from scratch, I ponder over the irony that it can take a lot of… Continue reading Fava beans and life
Create your own life (and happiness)
โCreating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if itโs to rise to the top… Continue reading Create your own life (and happiness)
Diesel and Rocky
Meet our guard dogs. Diesel (the black one) is a Rottweiler, and around 9 years old. Rocky is an Anatolian Shepherd, a rescue. He is around 3, but likes to think he is still a puppy ๏ Living in Johannesburg, guard dogs are a necessary deterrent to crime. They live in the yard (as dogs… Continue reading Diesel and Rocky
๐ Art with code
๐ Introducing Art with Code, an online workshop to learn the fundamentals of HTML and CSS, by creating art through code.
Make with Umar
I am embarking on a new adventure! Meet ‘Make with Umar’. ‘Make with Umar’ is a free, virtual makers camp I want to start for kids and adults who like to make things. We will experiment with electronics, coding, crafts, STEM and DIY toys, and maybe even cooking, baking and gardening projects. There are any… Continue reading Make with Umar
Grandpa Amu
I have a weakness. I like to watch YouTube videos of old men and women living in mountains, villages, wilderness. Living simple lives. Making simple things. Cooking simple food. I have watched a lot of these. From a granny in a SriLankan village, to grandpa Amu somewhere in far east, to people in Russian mountains.… Continue reading Grandpa Amu
From Sirius to Woolly Mammoths
Living with my kids is like living within an encyclopaedia. At any given time you can be fired with information, on anything from prehistoric civilizations to modern gizmos and everything in between, at dizzying speed. Every day I am served a glorious cocktail of history, politics, sciences, philosophy, tech, languages and more, with an assortment… Continue reading From Sirius to Woolly Mammoths
๐ Changes to ShiftClick – my side project
I started blogging about the educational resources in 2009 at Homeschool4Muslims. I had found so many cool tools and resources during homeschooling my kids and I wanted to share them with others. I blogged for almost eight years. But as my homeschooling methodology changed (leaning more and more towards unschooling), I felt a need to… Continue reading ๐ Changes to ShiftClick – my side project