Arabic Huroof # 1

Learning 

Arabic Huroof with Islamic Vocabulary

Using the idea from Aasiya's Homeschool we made the following basic huroof Lapbook. This idea can be used for any language and vocabulary.  Let me explain what we did step by step.

For Arabic I try to incorporate Islamic Vocabulary from the beginning to make the learning more meaningful. I will explain more in other posts. For now I really wanted to make my Lil Muallims understand that Arabic is the language of Quran. Hence the cover of our Lapbook 

This is an untraditional lapbook and is made by connecting two piecs of bristol board. It opens up as a long display board on the ground :) Each colorful booklet has actually almost 7-10 more colorful sheets under it for vocabulary words. 

In the beginning I ontroduced the Lapbook just like this empty from inside. Then as recognition for a harf was accomplished that harf and a vocabulary picture was added under that booklet.  

For example first there was only Alif while the rest of the covers were all blank. This way the eye wasn't distracted and could concentrate on only that Harf. Alhumdolillah.

Check out some of our vocabularu picturtes for Alif

ALIF BOOKLET

 

 

As recognition of the huroof increased more huroof were added on the covers. As you can see below some are still empty, showing only the ones we have done.

You can check out some of our booklet pictures below

MEEM BOOKLET

 

DAAL BOOKLET

QAAF BOOKLET

KAAF BOOKLET

  

 

For re-enforcement of the letters done we also play a huroof recognition game, and a vocabulary match game. I will be posting those shortly Inshallah .

Ball Painting and More

CHANNELIZING ENERGIES WITH COLORFUL FUN

Got the idea from Rawdah tul Ilm, I really liked using this idea when  the Lil ones were feeling quite energetic but I needed them to be  not so rowdy. When we sat down to do we turned it into a lot of eploring and experimenting. Lil Muallim # 2 and LIl Muaallimah thoroughly enjoyed this one. 

 

 

Both my little ones LOVED rattling the box turn by turn.

OTHER THINGS WE USED

Lil Muallimah # 2 especially liked predicting what the end result might look like, based on how he thought the chosen objects would move. I was really impressed by his thought process Mashallah! 

 

 

 TA DAAAA!!!

After all this kids wanted to paint by themselves, I asked them if they wantedto learn some cool tricks. Check them out in our Painting Effects post.

Painting Effects

PAINTING WITH ODDS AND ENDS

Right after our Ball Painting fun, kids wanted to paint by themselves. I thought I would use this opportunity to teach my Lil Muallims unconventional ways of painting. I wanted them to have fun and think out of the box. They learnt special effects can be given by using other things besides the brush. The pictures are pretty self explanatory. Not the the utensil used to get the desired effect.

Check out the pictures below to see what we did.

LINED TEXTURE WITH STICKLE BLOCKS

MIXING COLORS WITH FINGERS AND MAKING RAYS WITH A FORK

 USING A PLASTIC TOY TREE TO GIVE FOLIAGE EFFECT

USING A FORK TO GIVE THE EFFECT OF GRASS

We had a lot of fun doing this.... in the end our play room was filled with papers spread to dry form both of our painting adventures that day!