Bismillaah

Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuhu

Maashaa'Allaah, its so lovely hearing the progress of your kids.  I have a question for you,

My daughter has learned around 50% of her arabic alphabet now alhamdulillaah, so should I move on to the next chapter of joining letters or should I keep repeating the alphabet until she has mastered it?

Hi there,

I joined a program called the mutu system, designed for busy busy moms,

its great, makes you feel really good, and takes only a few mins a day

check it out

http://mutusystem.com/

hope it helps!

Hi everyone,

this link on potty training in 3 days also helped me a lot:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-in-three-days-or-less_10310078.bc

Hello Maquenzie

Thank you for the advice.  Karma to you. 

bk87

Hi MummyRoo

The hard plastic potty also didnt work for me so I bought her a similar soft padded toilet seat with handles and she uses that.  I think it makes her feel like a big girl.  Im really proud of her!  You just have to be really patient and keep going ... when you get one successful "catch", it gets easier there onwards.  I just gave my little one lots of love and cuddles, lots of encouragement and that's what works best.  I know its difficult but try to enjoy it.

One other thing I think really helped was the phrase "pee pee goes in the potty!"

As for nights ... that's another thread in and of itself!  My daughter woke up 3 TIMES last night to tell me "mama potty"!  can anyone help?!

Hi everyone!

Due to a thread I read some time last week on this forum on potty training, I decided to dedicate a lot of time to teach my daughter how to go potty.  Ever since she was 11 months I have been getting strong instincts that she is ready to use the potty.

Using the advice and tips from all of you on the forum, today my daughter is successfully potty trained at the age of 16 months.  Amazing.

So a special thanks from me to all of you on this forum and wishing you all the best!


-bk87

hi there,

try these websites:

www.blurb.com
www.lulu.com
www.china-binding.com
www.sun-fly-printing.com

let us know how it goes!

Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem

Assalaamu Alaykum Wa rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuhu

km276 - maashaa'Allaah!  its very encouraging and exciting to  hear the progress of your little one, may Allaah reward you for your efforts. 

At what age did your little one start recognising the letters.  My daughter can say most of them randomly but still does not recognise them at 16 months.

BaarakAllaahu feekum

Wassalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu

bk87

[Hamzatul-wasl:]

BK87 - as salaam 'alaikum.  i need your advice, please.  deep sigh. I began teaching the girls Surah al-Inshiqaaq, ayat 1 - 5 today, alhamdulillah; when i realized something. i am teaching the individual words first, and then how to connect them with tajweed rules, but hamzatul wasl is giving me a challenge because an individual word may be technically spelled a certain way, "ٱنشَقَّتۡ" (technically it begins with hamzah + kasrah), but pronounced another way (with dhamma of preceeding word) due to tajweed rules. so, now i think i have to add a shaded "hamzah + vowel" on top of the beginning of each word with hamzatu wasl (that is only written in the Qur'an) due to script/writing rules . . .all of this because i want the girls (and myself) to recognize the correct spelling of individual words for dictionary/sarf/grammar later. uggghhhh.

please see attached ppt for individual flashcards and i adjusted the words the surah, and i think i will do this for the other suwar in Juz 'Amma as well.     i am also going to add a space in between the "wa" for 'and' or 'an oath' to show that it is actually two words, although they are written together.  what do you think?

and for the ayah cards, should, i also include the "shaded hamza + vowel" to show the actual/technical spelling of individual words?  ohhhhhhhhhhhh - what to do?  i need to get the final method down and adjust all of the other suwar for juz 'amma (for consistency) so i can upload them to the forums.  ya Rabb! 

Bismillaah

wa 'alaykis salaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu ukhtee al-kareemah

Hamzatul-wasl:

The shading method seems too confusing for me.  I would suggest the best way to do it is how it is done in this book:


The first section of the book is similar to qaaidah nooraaniyyah, i.e. teaching the diacritic marks, pronunciation, etc.

Then the second part of the book is tajweed rules ...



The first section in this chapter teaches hamzatul wasl and its rules.  It shows different forms of how it appears in the qur'aan e.g. at the beginning (kasrah / fathah/ dhammah) or in the middle of an aayah.  If you make it a priority to create flash cards similar to these using examples from juz amma, and then teach them the surah, inshaa'Allaah they would be able to comprehend better how hamzatul wasl works and that will help them with their quraan reading inshaa'Allaah.

Wallaahu a'lam.

I can try help you if you like, then we can see if it works inshaa'Allaah.


Regarding the "waw", I think instead of the space, use the "/" in LR to change the colour so that the girls can see it is a separate word.

May Allaah increase all of our children in knowledge.  Aameen.

Wassalaaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatulllaahi Wa Barakaatuhu

Here is the link to purchase the eemaan reading series by Bilal Phillips:

http://www.olivebooks.info/index.php?page=books

Has anyone used them before and could you share your reviews of their books please?  they same nice and easy for toddlers

Thank you

Samples:

Yes I intend to homeschool and even if I lived in the country which had the best education provided in the universe I would still homeschool - as Doman says - there is NO better teacher for the child than his/her mother.

Hi there,

I downloaded LR and I'm experimenting with creating my own playlists.
My question is:

Some of the audio's cut before they have finished and the next slide appears.  How can I prevent that from happening?

Thanks very much and I would also like to let you know that I'm loving LR for the last 2-3 hours that I have purchased it - thanks a lot!

bk87

Congrats!

I would like to know if this offer be used with a discount coupon?

Hi there,

The first level of jones geniuses includes teaching the child how to write the letters so if they don't know how to write yet that is not a problem.   Perhaps teach your baby how to write first by doing some exercises to improve fine motor skills.  Perhaps even introduce montessori sand paper letters/ numbers to encourage tracing the numbers before writing.

All the best!

Very good thread idea.

How can I start puzzles with my 1 year old?  Are there any guidelines?

- How many pieces?
- What sort of picture puzzles are the best for early learners? 
- Any recommended puzzles to purchase?

Thanks