No printer? Not necessarily a problem OR Homeschooling without a Printer

So you’ve come across some great homeschooling PDFs or made them yourself only to find that you’ve run out of ink, the printer is broken…or maybe you don’t even have a printer.
The kids can still do those worksheets insha Allah. Here’s a little trick that I use with Microsoft Paint when we are going through [...]

Learning Styles

A big buzz phrase in home education (or any type of education for that matter) is learning styles (and there are many other terms for this).  It is helpful when teaching/tutoring someone to know how they learn best so that you can tailor their learning towards this style. 
When I started homeschooling, this was one [...]

Flashcard Fever

Forget the diamonds, Flashcards are a homeschooling mom’s best friend (well at least this homeschooling mom) 
If someone were to ask me personally what I thought the best aid or tool for homeschooling was, I think that I would probably say flashcards.  They are cheap, you can make them yourself and they provide a quick way [...]

Math Facts Tips & Tricks -To Teach or Not to Teach; Adding and Multiplying with 9/Miscellaneous

Tags: multiplication, multiplication tricks, multiplication facts, math facts, nines tricks, teaching math facts, math drills, math speed tests, mastering math facts, memorizing math facts

I started out intending to post a few simple math tricks that we are using to learn the math facts. But as I searched for some already written instructions for [...]

Homeschool Teaching Tips

I wanted to share some teaching tips for those who might be new to homeschooling. I remember how scary it was when I first started. I have learned that as I got more experience, I was able to improvise more and didn’t need to follow step by step scripted lessons, masha Allah. So I thought [...]