Stay Home or Work (Retrieved from "Little Muslims"

Stay Home or Work

This article was retrieved From Little Muslims

A mother emailed in a question. She is considering pursuing a PhD as the opportunity presented itself, yet she has a toddler. What to do?

I apologize for the tardiness of this reply. Last few months our life has taken a beautiful new turn with the arrival of Baby Ali. But as promised, here is my two cents.

I was still doing my PhD when we had our first child, Yasmin. Compared to other professions, where the mother has to go to work full-time or has overtime commitments, doing a PhD with a child is easy-ier.

Having said that, compared to not having any other work or study-related commitments, having a child while doing a PhD is hard-er.

What I mean is this: I regret not being able to enjoy my first-born as I could have because I was constantly worried about my PhD. I believe that if we choose to be a receiver of these little blessings, we ought to prioritize them before anything else.

http://thelittlemuslims.com/parenting-question-on-pursuing-a-phd-or-working/

Teach Phonics from an Islamic worldview.

Teach Phonics from an Islamic worldview.

New Arrival

Phonics Kindergarten 2 textbook. This is the second book to Phonics Reading Readiness. It is 173 pages and has color:

Muslim School Books’ Phonics Kindergarten 2 textbook helps students build foundational literacy skills. It provides listening, speaking, reading, and writing practice activities all in one 173-page textbook.
As a bonus, Muslim School Books integrates Islamic values into every Phonics lesson. Students read fabulous accounts found in Quran and hadith, such as the story of Ismail and his mother Hajar. 
Inside Phonics Kindergarten 2 Level K:

*Teach sound/symbol relationship
*Reinforce lessons with cumulative review
*Enjoy Islamic cultural images.
*Avoid images of animals and humans
*Help decode words introduced in a systematic manner
*Teach high-frequency sight words
Click here to learn more

Your Sister in Islam,
Grandma Jeddah
www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com
MuslimSchoolBooks@GrandmaJeddah.com
Making it easy for you to integrate Islam into your curriculum

Managing Disabilities in Islam (Inssha'Allah, People of Janna)

Islamic perspective on dealing with disabilities such as those with  cognitive disabilities (mental retardation), blindness etc.

https://archive.islamonline.net/?p=844

https://www.icoi.net/multimedia/watch-live-stream/

Develop Your Student or Child's Reading Comprehension Skills (By Grandma Jeddah)

Develop Your Student or Child's Reading Comprehension Skills

Free Islamic-Based Worksheets 

Download your FREE worksheets now. Worksheets include Islamic-based story, vocabulary practice, homonym review, and essay prompt related to story theme.
Click here to worksheets
Your Sister in Islam,
Grandma Jeddah
www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com
MuslimSchoolBooks@GrandmaJeddah.com
Making it easy for you to integrate Islam into your curriculum

https://muslimschoolbooks.com/contact

Learn About a Special Muslim Nigerian Sister

Look for Habibi Youth newsletter Learn About a Special Muslim Nigerian Sister Next Week, Insha'Allah

Do you want to inspire your Muslim child or student? We hope Muslim School Books' Habibi Youth newsletters will do just that! We have over half a dozen free newsletters that have stories about Muslim heroes from the past, as well as present. Who will tell our stories the way we want them told, other than us? Habibi Youth Newsletters show our children that a diverse group of Muslims--all races and colors--contribute greatly to this world Allah has blessed us with. Introduce your children and students to Habibi Youth newsletter--Always Free! Visit our free newsletter archives at: www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com, click on the "Newsletters" tab. Look for the fall issue of Habibi Youth newsletter next week, insha'Allah.  Your Sister in Islam, Grandma Jeddah www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com MuslimSchoolBooks@GrandmaJeddah.com Your partners in educating our Muslim youth

Is Accrditation Best for Your Homeschool (By BJU Press)

Accreditaion May-or May not--be Best for Your Homeschool

I hear a lot of questions about accreditation from homeschooling parents who want to know that their children are getting the highest quality education possible. You might even hear—or read—other parents talking about choosing an accredited curriculum for their children. But for homeschool families, accreditation doesn’t usually apply directly. So what’s accreditation all about, and how does it relate to your homeschool?

Read More:
http://blog.bjupress.com/blog/2019/04/30/homeschool-accreditation/?utm_source=hs-solutions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hss-august-2019&utm_content=8-14-2019-accreditation

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

Your Late Blooming Young Adult (By Saleh Ali)

Our society is overly obsessed with early achievement. 

Unfortunately, late bloomers and kids who possess non-traditional talents are often left behind. Your child may not be making straight As - and that's OK.

I won’t forget this girl for a long time. No, she didn’t score well on exams and she hardly grasped any of the concepts the first time. Or the second time. All year long she sat at her desk relatively quietly and was very reluctant to share.  ...

... Perhaps they will bloom later than the schedule society has set for them. You don’t want to lose them before their time comes. Keep watering the dirt, even if you’ve yet to see the shoots emerge from the soil. It’s coming. Be patient. To join the mailing list, send an email to salehericali@gmail.com and write “join the mailing list”.

Please click here to Read the entire article.

Saleh Eric Ali (Los Angeles Credentialed Teacher)

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

What reading books are you using to teach your homeschool child to read?

What reading books are you using 

To teach your homeschool child to read?

Muslim School Books’ Phonics Reading Readiness textbook has full color pictures to engage students and avoids Islamically offensive images such as witches, magic, and wigs. It includes images such as Kaba for K, hijab for H, and miswak for M to help our students develop a positive self-image about their religion, insha'Allah. It is a great resource that can help your early kindergarten students learn how to read basic three-letter c-v-c words, insha'Allah. 

You can learn more about the book and/or order it at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com. Please click on the “Store” tab.

You can see a sample of the book at the same link, insha'Allah.

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

This Month's Newsletter

Enjoy reading this months FREE Habibi Youth Newsletter: A Companion Promised Paradise and a Famous Muslim Wife.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4a443fd7-9a66-4ec3-a148-423e004fe27b/downloads/Newsletter%20kids%20June%202019.pdf?ver=1560132412327

Discover what Muslim School Books can do for your children.

Discover what Muslim School Books can do for your children.

Making good readers

To be good leaders

Look for it soon, Insha'Allah!

Learn More at WWW.MuslimSchoolBooks.com

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

DO SOMETHING SPECIAL THIS SUMMER!

DO SOMETHING SPECIAL THIS SUMMER!

LEARN TO READ AND WRITE WITH MUSLIM SCHOOL BOOKS READING READINESS TEXTBOOK LEARNING SYSTEM! 

Studies show writing in conjunction with reading helps develop successful readers.

·      

•           Pages provide simple instructions to guide you step-by-step
•          Textbook provides cumulative review lessons to reinforce and evaluate learning.
•          Alphabet Writing Chart shows the proper way to write each letter of the alphabet.
•          Alphabet Sound Chart displays objects to make memorizing letter sounds easier.·    
•          Textbook uses colorful images to engage interest.
•          Images contrary to the Islamic way of life are not used.
•          Pictures that foster a positive Islamic identity are used throughout the textbook.
•  

LOOK FOR IT SOON, INSHA’ALLAH!

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

Learn to Read with Muslim School Books

Learn to read with Muslim School Books 

Reading Readiness Textbook.

Grandma Jeddah has taught hundreds of children how to read with her phonics system.  Now, you can use this systematic reading program to teach your kids to be successful readers, too, insha’Allah. 

Match pictures with their beginning letter sounds, Learn to write letters of the alphabet, Write letters for beginning sounds of words, blend letter sounds, identify vowel sounds, write missing vowel letter for vowel-consonant-vowel words,  read words with vowel-consonant-vowel structures. 

No songs, no animal or human images, no witches or fantasy found in the textbook. Images related to Islamic culture are used throughout the textbook, such as K for Kaba, H for Hijab, and M for miswak.  Coming Soon, insha’Allah!

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

Teach Your Pre-Kindergartener to Read This Summer, Insha'Allah

Teach Your Kindergartener to Read This Summer, Insha'Allah

Teach your pre-kindergarteners to read this summer with Muslim School Books phonics books. Images reflect your young learner’s Islamic identity. Our books avoid images that might be offensive to the Islamic way of life, such as musical instruments, wigs, magic, and witches. Your young learner will match letter sounds to pictures that include the hijab, niqab, Kaba, masjid, Zamzam well, coofie, miswak, and other Islamic cultural items that help him or her feel comfortable about being a Muslim, insha'Allah.

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

A Ramadan of Patience for Parents (By: Grandma Jeddah)

A Ramadan of Patience for Parents

Looking for ways to become a better parent this Ramadan?  Well, if you have one of those older kids who looks for trouble wherever she goes . . . and if she can’t find it, she’ll make her own . . . why not work on becoming more patient with your challenging child this Ramadan.

Read the entire article:  https://blog.islamiconlineuniversity.com/a-ramadan-of-patience/

Grandma Jeddah is a teacher of over 35 years and the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a kindergarten through 6^th grade educational publishing company developed to help our youth feel good about being Muslim.  She publishes reading textbooks that have no images, no fantasy, no magic, and no immorality. All reading content reflects Islamic values, culture, and perspectives. Learn more at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.

Learn QUran in English for Free on Youtube

A wonderful, easy way to learn the Quran in English this Ramadan and it's all free on YouTube, Masha'Allah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHNMiOZaywg

Du'a to Recite During Ramadan

Du'a to Recite During Ramadan

SOME SUPPLICATIONS WHICH MAY

BE RECITED AT 'ARAFAT, AT THE

SACRED SITES, AND AT OTHER

PLACES OF SUPPLICATION

Retrieved from

A GUIDE TO HAJJ, UMRAH AND VISITING THE PROPHET'S MOSQUE

O Allah! I ask of You integrity and soundness in my religion, my life, my family, and my possessions. O Allah! Cover my shame, pacify my fears, guard me from what is in front of me and behind me, from what is on my right and on my left, over my head and under my

feet. O Allah! Grant health to my body. O Allah grant health to my hearing. O Allah! Grant health to my sight. There is no deity except You. O Allah! | seek refuge in You from unbelief and

poverty, and from the punishment to the grave. There is no deity except You.

O Allah! You are my Lord. There is no deity except You. You are my Creator and I am your creature. I try to keep my covenant with You and to live in the hope to Your promise as well as I can. I seek refuge in You from my own evil deeds. I acknowledge Your favors to me, and

I acknowledge my sins. Forgive me my sins, for there is no one who can forgive sins except You. O Allah! | seek refuge in You from worry and sorrow. I seek refuge in You from impotence and sloth, from stinginess and cowardice, and I seek refuge in You from the burden of debt and from being humbled by men.

O Allah! make the beginning of this day good, the middle prosperous, and the end successful. I ask You to grant me the good of this world and of the Hereafter, O Most Merciful of all Who show us mercy!

O Allah! I ask of You to make me pleased with what You decreed for me return to good life after death, and earnestly seek the pleasure of looking at Your Glorious Countenance and the craving to meet you, without distress or affliction or misguiding trial. I seek refuge in You from

oppressing others or being oppressed, from doing wrong or suffering wrong, and from committing an error or a sin which You will not forgive.

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the feebleness of old age.

O Allah! Guide me to the best of deeds and the best of morals, as none can guide to the best except You, and save me from bad deeds, as none can save me from what is bad except You. O Allah! Strengthen my faith, expand my living space and bless me in my livelihood.

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from negligence, degradation, and destitution. I seek refuge in You from unbelief, wickedness, vanity and show; and I seek refuge in You from blindness, deafness and leprosy and bad diseases. O Allah! Give my soul piety and my conscience purity. You are the Master of my soul and the Guardian of my conscience. O Allah! l seek refuge in You from a knowledge which does not benefit, from a heart which does not tremble, from an ego which is not sated, and from a supplication which is not accepted.

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I did and from the evil of what I did not do; from the evil of what I know and from the evil of what I did not know. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from a decline in Your favor, from a change in Your protection, from Your sudden punishment and all Your displeasure.

O Allah! I seek refuge in You from ruin and falling, from drowning and burning, and from senility: I seek refuge in You from Satan's beguiling me at my death, and I seek refuge in You from being bitten by venomous creatures. I seek refuge in You from greed, bad manners,

bad actions, bad desires and bad diseases. I seek refuge in You from the burden of debt, from being humbled by people, and from the ridicule of enemies.

O Allah! Strengthen my religion which is my fortress. Make this world a better place of sojourn for me, and grant me a good life in the Hereafter which will be my abode. Make my life increase In all goodness and my death a rest from all evil.

O Allah! Support me and help me, and do not let others overpower me. Guide me and make the following of Your Commands easy for me.

O Allah! Make me grateful to You, mindful of You, full of fear toward You, devoted to obedience to You, humble before You, earnest in supplication, and penitent. My

Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sins, answer my supplication, establish my veracity, guide my heart, make my tongue truthful, and remove all ill feeling from my heart.

O Allah! I ask You for a resolute mind and firmness in following the guidance. I ask You to make me thankful for Your favor, to be of good service to You, and to grant me a sound heart and a truthful tongue. I ask You to grant me what You know to be good and to give me refuge

from what is evil, and to forgive me - and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah! Inspire me with good conduct and save me from the evil of my selfishness. O Allah! I ask You to guide me to the doing of good deeds and abstaining from bad deeds and love those who are humble, and to forgive me and show mercy to me. And if You wish a trial for Your servants, take me to You before falling into lt.

O Allah! I ask You for Your love and the love of those who love You, and for the love of every action which will bring me closer to Your love.

O Allah! I ask You for the best of this request, for the best in my supplication, for the best success and the best reward. Strengthen me, make heavier my balance of good, confirm my faith, elevate my rank, accept my worship, and forgive my mistakes. And I ask of You the highest ranks in the Garden of Paradise. I ask You for good beginnings, good endings, the totality of goodness, from the first to the last, from within and from without, and I ask of You the highest ranks in the Garden.

O Allah! I ask You to exalt my fame, lighten my burden, purify my heart, keep me chaste, forgive me my sins, and I ask of You a high rank in the Garden O Allah! Bless me in my sight, in my hearing, in my soul, in my body, in my conduct. Bless me in my life, in my family, in my work. Accept my good deeds, and I ask of You a high rank In the Garden.

O Allah! I seek refuge In You from difficulties, calamities, troubles, oppression and the ridicule of enemies.

O Allah! O Controller of the Hearts. Keep my heart firm In Your religion; keep it contented with Your worshlp.

O Allah! Grant us increase and not decrease, honor and not dishonor; give us Your favors and do not deprive us; prefer us, let not others be preferred to us. O Allah! Grant us the best of outcomes in all our affairs, and save us from disgrace in this world and from punishment in the Hereafter.

O Allah! Grant us such fear of You as will come between us and acts of disobedience to You, such obedience to You as will bring us to Your Garden; and such certainty that the calamities of this .world will be made easy for us by You. Let us enjoy our hearing, our sight and our faculties as long as You grant us life, and let it be, the last to be taken away from us. Avenge us from

those who have wronged us and help us against our enemies. Let no calamity befall our religion; let not worldly affairs be our greatest care or all about which we know; and let not those who have no fear of You and who do not show mercy toward us rule over us.

O Allah! I ask You to bestow Your mercy on me, to forgive me, to protect me from every sin, to give me a share of every good, and to grant me the attainment of the Garden and salvation from the Fire.

O Allah! Leave not for us a sin which You have not forgiven, nor a shortcoming which You have not concealed, nor a wary which You have not removed, nor a debt which You have not paid, nor a need from among the needs of this world or the Hereafter, the fulfillment of which is beneficial for us and pleasing to You, which You have not fulfilled, 0 Most Merciful of all show us mercy!

O Allah! I ask for a mercy from You by which You will guide my heart, settle my affairs, remove my worries, protect me from what is unseen to me. Make my face radiant, purify my deeds, inspire me with wisdom, avert calamities from me. and protect me from every evil.

O Allah! I ask You for success on the day of judgment, and a life of happiness, and the rank of the martyrs, the companionship of the prophets, and victory over the enemies. O Allah! | ask You for correctness of belief; for a faith which leads to good conduct; for a success which results in eternal felicity; for mercy, health and forgiveness from You, and for Your pleasure.

O Allah! I ask You for health, for integrity, for good character, and that I may be pleased with my portion.

O Allah! seek refuge in You from the evil of myself, and from the evil of every creature which You are grasping by its forelock. O my Lord, keep me on the straight path.

O Allah! You hear my words. You behold my situation, You know what is open and what is hidden within me; nothing is hidden from You. It is me alone who is in need, a humble seeker of Your forgiveness. I beseech You with humility in my heart, with trembling and fear, in prostration and utter helplessness. O Allah! Grant me soundness of belief, goodness of character, forgiveness of my sins, and Your eternal pleasure in the Hereafter. May Allah's blessings be upon Muhammad and his family and companions.

Your Sister in Islam,

Grandma Jeddah

www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com

MuslimSchoolBooks@GrandmaJeddah.com

Schoolbooks that help them feel good about being Muslim

Seeking Knowledge

This Quarter's Newsletter

Whoever travels a path in search of knowledge, Allah makes easy for him a path to Paradise. (Muslim 2699, Sahih)

This quarter’s Habibi Youth newsletter illustrates our honorable tradition of seeking knowledge. Share with your dear young Muslims the amazing story of Zaid bin Thabit (ra) who became the Prophet’s scribe and Maryam Masud Laam who memorized the entire Quran before 6^th grade.

Habibi Youth newsletters were developed to help Muslim educators and homeschool parents provide their beloved youth with a learning environment that is rich in Islamic culture and morals. Our hope is that our newsletters will help our youth feel proud of being Muslim rather than ashamed in today’s Islamaphobic environment.

Print out over half a dozen FREE full color newsletters with topics on Islamic culture and history, Islamic morals and values, and inspiring Muslim heroes at—www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com. Click on the “Newsletters” tab.

Grandma Jeddah

Founder of Muslim School Books

www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com

MuslimSchoolBooks@GrandmaJeddah.com

Schoolbooks that help them feel good about being Muslim

Habibi Youth Newsletter for February/March 2019 (By Grandma Jeddah)

New Issue of Habibi Youth Newsletter

Share Habibi Youth Newsletter with your kids. It's Free, and it teachers them about their own Muslim heroes from the past and present. This issue is about a Muslim child genius from the time of the Prophet (saw) and one during their life time.

Here is the link to the newsletter:https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4a443fd7-9a66-4ec3-a148-423e004fe27b/downloads/1d38gdinp_725000.pdf

Find over 1/2 a dozen inspiring newsletters about Muslim heroes for your kids at WWW.MuslimSchoolBooks.com. Click on Newsletters.

You are more than welcome to print them out and share them with family and friends.

Grandma Jeddah is an elementary-middle school teacher who has taught at an Islamic School in Los Angeles, California for over 35 years. She is the founder of MuslimSchoolBooks, a publishing company that produces Islamic oriented educational books and materials for Islamic Schools and homeschool families. Order the 5th and 6th Grade Reading Comprehension workbooks for your students at www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com

We provide Academic Books That Promote Islamic Values

What books are you using to teach your homeschool child his reading lessons?

What books are you using to teach your homeschool child his reading lessons?

Are you tired of fairy tales make-believe and stories about magic?

Now you can teach your child core reading comprehension skills from a Muslim reading book. Your child will answer reading comprehension questions from some of the following titles, insha'Allah:

Timbuktu: A Hidden Treasure,

Awesome Arabic,

The Boys in the Cave (Surah Kahf),

The Miracle Honey Bee (discover Allah's Magnificence),

Sacrificial Animals, and much, much more.

The Reading Comprehension Grade 5 workbook includes vocabulary lists with each story and accompanying vocabulary worksheets. Language arts lessons are included for each story, as well. Also, a writing composition page related to the story topic is included for each story.

No human or animal images are included in the Reading Comprehension Grade 5 workbook.

As educators, we know the significant impact that any educational system has on it's children. Schools are institutions in which children develop their perspective about themselves, others and the world. Much of this information is conveyed through books. Books are one of the most dominant factors that influence our children's thinking. Therefore, we must develop our own academic books (and curriculum) that deliver to our children academic excellence, as well the lofty morals and culture our religion upholds. As Muslim elders who are obligated to educate our children from an Islamic perspective, we must take advantage of resources developed to further this admirable goal.

Visit our site to order or learn more about Muslim School Books. www.MuslimSchoolBooks.com