Ramadan Planning

(Sorry for the mess in the post… the editing doesn’t seem to be working for me)

How do you plan for Ramadan ?

There are some really helpful free resources out there to help you plan effectively for Ramadan. With the help of these you can Inshallah enter Ramadan :

• More organized
• More prepared
• More enthusiastic
• More Focused

Inshallah

Here are some Awesome Tips & Free Resources

Deep Cleaning & De Cluttering Checklist @ The Organized Muslimah

DECLUTTERING YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SPACE BEFORE RAMADAN @ The Healthy Muslimah

 

 The Ultimate Ramadan Tool @ Productive Muslim

 

 

 

 

 

Ramadan Planner very cool @Oraganized Muslimah

 

 

 

 

See here @ Creative Morivations

Ramadan Jornal for Moms @ A Muslim Homeschool

Kids Ramadan journal @ A Muslim Homeschool

Also by A Muslim Homeschool

Ramadan Goal Planner

Ramadan Planner @eezeehomeschool

Ramadanm & Eid PLanner for 2016 @ Happy Muslim Mama

Toddler Art Journal

LILMUALLIM # 3 GETS CRAFTY

Every few weeks or sometimes months, Lil Muallim # 3 “Green Journal” and ask to work in it. As I’ve mentioned before he’s quite persistent with his choices. Barakallahi lak !  

Toy Story Art Journal

LIL MUALLIM # 3 NEW ENTRY

 

Latest entry in art journal, click on pictures and guess what we’ve used… 🙂 Lil Muallim # 3 really surprises with me how particular he is with how he wants it and what he wants to use….! 

Allahumma Barik

Paper Fun

Lil Muallimah gets Creative

 

Time and time again children surprise you with their creativity and creative expression. The other day Lil Muallimah served me with tea and cookies Lil Muallimah style:

 

• Tea bag with brown paper in the cup and a tea bag tag fixed with a ribbon hanging from the edge of the cup,
• chocolate chip cookies
• crackers
• yellow and pink paper strips for banana strawberry smoothie (if I wanted to drink something cold)

It was just too adorable Mashallah!

Ramadan Sensory Tub

LET’S TALK ABOUT RAMADAN

Back in 2011 when Lil Muallimah was a toddler, in an effort to get the kids excited about Ramadan I made a Ramadan Sensory Tub. What had been just a brain wave and ended up becoming a fun and enriching experience for all of us by the blessings of Allah.

I spread out an old bordered cloth in tupper ware. Then I made prayer mats & kufi with felt and hijab with left over cloth from an & torn, cloth baggy. Lil Muallim 2 & Lil Muallimah had become really excited seeing those… wondering what they were for. They even laid down the prayer mat and and held the kufi on their heads and made sujood saying: “Look I did it! I made the smallest sajdah ever!”

The idea of a “Ramadan Sesnsory Tub” is to get to talk about Ramadan, it’s importance, requirements and activities.

Ramadan Sensory Tub Contents:

• crescent moon and masjid with shiny card stock
• two prayer mats
• a hijab and kufi
• a date wrapped in cling wrap
• an empty wooden case of a very tiny mushaf for “Quran”
• coins to show we should give Zakat
• a small canvas frame with “Allah” on it to discuss dhikr, remebrance of Allah and being concsious of Allah at all times

When I introduced it to Lil Mualliamh. We got to discuss quite a few things Alhumdolillah! I got to see how her understanding of things could be enhanced by each time we went through the sensory tub Inshallah…..especially the importance and need of Dhikr and Zakah.

All my Lil Muallims really liked the Sensory tub and the older ones found it very cute.

Sensory Tub Vocabulary Words

• Allah
• Ramadan (9th Islamic Month)
• Quran
• dhikr
• tamr (date fruit)
• kufi (head cover for boys)
• hijab (head cover for girls)
• sajjadah (prayer mat)
• hilal (crescent)
• masjid (mosque)
• sadaqah (good deed)
• khairat (charity)
• zakat
• and hopefully more as we go

This year I will be redoing this for Lil Muallim # 3, but in a different way… Stay tuned.