The Imam’s Daughter

UmIbrahim 2006/2007 Preschool Daily Schedule

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
8:30	Watch Arabic Cartoons	Watch Arabic Cartoons	Watch  Arabic Cartoons	Watch Arabic Cartoons
9:00	Free Play	Free Play	Free Play	Free Play
9:30	Qur’an	Qur’an	Qur’an IslamicStudies	Qur’an
9:45	Tafseer	Tawhid Series	Arabic Alphabet	Qur’an/Islam Activity
10:00	Arabic Alphabet	Arabic Alphabet	Math(shape)	Arabic Alphabet(review activity)
10:30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
11:00	Math(number)	Math(color)	Library	Math(review activity)
11:30	Dhuhr Prayer	Dhuhr Prayer	Library	Dhuhr Prayer
11:45	Outdoor Play	Outdoor Play	Library	Outdoor Play
12:00	End	End	End	End

 

Yeah, i know what you’re saying… what? watch TV is part of the schedule…  well IT IS. I have a satellite (free-to-air receiver) where i get several Arabic channels and the cartoons happen to come on at that time. I do not allow English in any form in my house, and that applies to TV as well, except in rare occasions or when the DVD player is not working. So the alternative is Arabic cartoons and it helps them learn classical Arabic as opposed to a certain dialect. It helps to have Arabic as much in the environment as possible if you want to keep up their Arabic in an English speaking country. I tape the cartoons, my DVD player can record, and my daughter watches it after she comes home from school. I make sure they are of the innocent kind - no violence or scary characters. And once in a while there is an educational program like once there was Barney translated, an Arabic letters learning show, etc.

As for Dhuhr prayer, i have them pray 2 rak’ah sunnah with me. Then they play quietly in the corner where i have a box with some toys while i pray Dhuhr in peace. Took me a while to find a solution for this but finally worked something out. Because Dhuhr prayer is a silent one, and a full 4 rak’ahs. The sunnah prayer one can recite aloud which keeps their attention and they can recite with me. And 2 rak’ahs is just short enough for them to stand for. And i give them a kiss and a hug if they keep praying until the taslim. They have their own big girl/ big boy rug and scarf/ kufi. I have those small prayer rugs but they feel ‘big’ with the big ones.

Also, lunch is early in the schedule because they often have a light breakfast and are hungry by that time and i don’t want to fill them up with snacks and then lunch time would come and they wouldn’t eat but a little of their food. So i switched it around.

The outdoor play time was a much larger block of time earlier in the year when the weather was nicer. It’s gotten cold here so i’ve shortened it and moved it to noon time when it’s a bit warmer and the sun is strong. 

Um Ibrahim 2006/2007 Preschool Plan for the Year

QUR’AN & TAFSEER 

Month 1 – Fatihah

Month 2 – Naas

Month 3 – Falaq

Month 4 – Ikhlas

Month 5 – Masad

Month 6 – Nasr

Month 7 – Kafiroon

Month 8 – Kawthar

ISLAMIC STUDIES

Month 1 – Shahada

Month 2 – Du’a for Sleeping

                  Du’a for Waking

Month 3 – Du’a for Dressing

Month 4 – Du’a for Before & After Eating

Month 5 – Du’a for Sneezing

Month 6 – Du’a for Leaving the House

Month 7 – Du’a for Riding in a Vehicle

Month 8 – Du’a for Entering Home

TAWHEED SERIES

                 Week 1    Week 2   Week 3        Week 4

Month 1 – Allah,         Shirk,       Tawheed,     Review

Month 2 – Al-‘Alameen, con’t,    Al-Ghaib,     Review

Month 3 –Kutub, Nabeeyeen,      Yawm AlQiyamah,Review

Month 4 – Jannah,    Jahannam,   Du’a,           Review

Month 5 – Salat,       Zakat,         Saum,          Review

Month 6 – Hajj,        Jihad,          Isti’aanah,    Review

Month 7 – Tawakkul,   Dhabh,     Nathr,          Review

Month 8 – Al-Khabeer, Al-‘Adl,  Al-Aziz,        Review

ARABIC

               Week 1      Week 2         Week 3         Week 4

Month 1 – Alif,           Ba,                 Ta,                 Tha

Month 2 –  Jeem,        Hha,                Kha,             Review

Month 3 –  Dal,          Thal,               Ra,                 Zay

Month 4 –  Seen,        Sheen,             Saad,              Dhaad

Month 5 –  Review,     Tta,               Thah,              ‘Ayn

Month 6 – Ghayn,       Fa,                 Qaf,                Review

Month 7 –  Kaf,           Lam,             Meem,             Noon

Month 8 –  Ha,            Waw,           Ya,                  Review

MATH

                  Numbers ,                   Colors                  Shape

Month 1 – Wahid, Ithnan, Thalatha, Ahmar & Asfar,      Daairah

Month 2 – Arba’a, Khamsa,            Azraq & Akhdar,     Murabba’

Month 3 – Sitta, Sab’a, Thamaniya, Burtuqali & Arjuwani, Muthalath

Month 4 – Tis’ah, ‘Ashara               Review,                     Mustateel

Month 5 – Ihdash, Ithnash, Talatash, Bunee & Zahree,       Nijmeh

Month 6 – Arba’tash, Khamstash,     Ramadi & Mushmushi, Hilaal

Month 7 – Sittash, Sabatash, Tamintash, Aswad & Abyad, Baydawi

Month 8 – Tisatash, ‘Ishreen,                 Review,                Qalb

(2 to 3 numbers a month, two colors a month, and one shape a month)

A homeschooling post is long overdue!  

This curriculum is based on Ad-Duha Institute ALP Preschool Curriculum, but the Arabic & Math are re-arranged into shorter daily lessons & also the english parts of the curriculum (letters/numbers/shapes/colors) were removed and will inshaAllah be done next year but i’m focusing this year on Arabic only. Alhamdulillah it has been a lifesaver to have a curriculum to go by and not having to do it on my own. 

The Qur’an is taught through Baba Salam laptop & Islamway kids recitation.

Tafseer, in an easy language, is provided in the lesson manual. I just discuss it with them while they are playing because a 3 yr old can’t really just sit still and listen to tafseer.  

The Tawhid lessons are given in a Ad-Duha workbook where the lessons are taught through stories of a little girl and boy with a page to color of an object from the story.

Islamic Studies is really just teaching the various daily du’as. Also use Baba Salam laptop which comes with the package.

Arabic, i am making my own worksheets. They only provide flashcards, software, activity ideas, and arts & crafts supplies. I arranged the curriculum as you see above, they have a totally different way. I felt it is important to have Arabic everyday, not once a week. And it was too much for my son to learn 3 letters a week.

Math, i am also making my own worksheets. Their worksheets are too difficult for a normal 3 yr. old. (this ALP program is geared towards gifted children so it’s really intense). I also arranged the curriculum so that Math is once a day and in smaller pieces.

My ability to re-arrange was helped be removing the english sections which gave me room to expand the arabic sections into smaller chunks. Hopefully next year i can use the curriculum as is - if they learn the arabic well enough this year, then next year it will be just like a review and practicing their writing skills more, and the new info will be the english letters/numbers/colors/shapes inshaAllah. Then they will be ready for Kindergarten.