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
Category: Parenting
Resources for Young Unschoolers and Their Parents
UPDATE (August 2021): I now share these kinds of resources regularly on a Telegram channel. When it comes to helping your child to learn, there are a lot of resources available on the web in varying degrees of quality. So, living in this age and time we can’t complain about not having enough resources to… Continue reading Resources for Young Unschoolers and Their Parents
Documenting Unschooling
I previously wrote about the two kinds of reactions I get when people learn that our kids don’t go to school or do any school like work at home. Turns out there is a third kind of people too. People who are genuinely interested in learning how unschooling works. And how does an unschooling day… Continue reading Documenting Unschooling
Is unschooling the lazy parents’ way out?
Whenever I tell people that we unschool, I get two kinds of reactions. On one side there are people who believe that I must be lying when I say that we do not use text books and worksheets or do any formal learning. They believe kids cannot learn without formal instructions, period. On the flip… Continue reading Is unschooling the lazy parents’ way out?
Take That First Step
People often ask me tips to connect their children to Quran. Studying Arabic has connected us to the word of Allah as nothing else could do.
Reflections On Homeschooling And Life In General
Here are a few reflections, or musings or advise I want to give to homeschooling mothers and mothers in general, as a long time homeschooling mother. 1. DO NOT COMPARE YOURSELF TO ANYONE. I wanted to write this one at the end, but then I decided to write it in the beginning, so even if… Continue reading Reflections On Homeschooling And Life In General
My toddler is not his torn jeans
Being a human being, my toddler has the freedom to choose his own clothes from his drawer at the start of a day. Being a toddler he normally chooses the weirdest combinations and loves to wear his favourite worn clothes even if they are torn. And being a curious little person his clothes bear the… Continue reading My toddler is not his torn jeans
Seeing the big in the small
As a parent, most of us can make any juggler envious. We have many hats to wear and lots of responsibilities to carry. Time is always short and energy span, even shorter. So it is only natural to be impatient, and snap out an answer or two and to shorten the bed time hugs. But… Continue reading Seeing the big in the small
Filters can be misleading
My sister-in-law took the black dress off the shelf. “It’s perfect!” she breathed. “Perfect” is what I also thought about it. I had already liked that dress for myself and I wanted it. So I just showed her a few more dresses, stressing that they were superior to the black one she had chosen. She… Continue reading Filters can be misleading