As a Muslim homeschooling mom, creating a unified and meaningful homeschool environment for multiple children, can feel overwhelming. Therefore including a morning a basket, which are our family subjects, helped me teach and manage multiple kids. My third year of homeschooling has taught me that strategic planning and intentional learning can transform home education into an enriching experience for the entire family. Therefore, in our Muslim homeschool, doing family subjects allows us to learn together as a family and cover more subjects that are important to us.
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Key Takeaways
• Family subjects allow efficient learning across different age groups
• Morning basket time creates valuable family bonding opportunities
• Islamic resources can seamlessly integrate into academic learning
Understanding Family Subjects in Muslim Homeschooling
Family subjects represent content-based learning that doesn’t require previous knowledge. Unlike skill-based subjects tailored to specific grade levels, content subjects bring children together, creating a collaborative learning environment. So children of any ages can come together and learn the family subjects together.
If you want to learn more about skill subjects vs content subjects, check out this blog post.
The Power of Collective Learning
By implementing family subjects in your morning basket, parents can:
• Maximize educational efficiency
• Encourage sibling learning interactions
• Simplify curriculum planning
• Create meaningful shared experiences
Our Family Curriculum Breakdown in our Morning Basket
Our approach involves six-week terms, focusing on 1-2 subjects per term. This strategy prevents me from being scattered and not focused, which prevents me from finishing the family subjects.
Read Alouds: The Anchor of Morning Time
Read aloud during breakfast has become our secret weapon. This strategy keeps our toddler engaged while introducing rich literary experiences to all children simultaneously. Reading aloud to your kids is very important as it improves concentration and focus, improves listening skills, kids learn new vocabulary and new ideas and so much more. You should be doing reading aloud to your kids daily and I always do in during my morning basket time, with my other family subjects.
Clear Quran for kids
This is an amazing tafseer book for kids. It explains the backstory of why each surah was revealed and it explains the meaning of each surah. We have loved reading the Clear Quran together and we hope to continue it this year in sha allah
Science for little Hands Little Hearts
These science books from the Good and the Beautiful have been really fun to read as a family. These books are meant for kg-2nd grader to learn together. There are 3 different topics that you can choose and we hope to cover 2 science topics from this series this year
Migo and Ali A to Z of Islam
The Migo & Ali A to Z of Islam is a very easy book to read and learn many different concepts on in islam. From Tawheed, to Athan to Dhull hijjah, this book covers many islamic ideas and knowledge that young kids should know about Islam.
Salat educational Book
This year I want to keep strengthening salat with my 7 year old. We already started last year, but this year I plan to continue teaching salat and the action and words behind each salat in sha allah. I found this book at my local islamic book store and I plan to use it to teach all about salat in sha allah.
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FAQs
How do I start homeschooling as a Muslim parent?
Begin by establishing clear educational goals, gathering Islamic and secular resources, and creating a flexible learning environment.
What age groups work best for family subjects?
Family subjects typically work well for children from between 2-3 grade levels, allowing shared learning experiences.
How much time should family subjects take?
It can be how long you want and need to cover what subjects you want to cover. Just adjust based on children’s ages and attention spans.
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