Have you started planning for Ramadan? With Ramadan just round the corner, I put together a week by week plan of Ramadan activities you can try with your 4-5 year olds! For more on Ramadan activities for 2-4 year olds check out my previous blogpost here. This post will take you through plans for Ramadan activities […]

I’ve been living in Makkah for nearly 2 years now alhamdulillah – it really is a blessed city – there’s a lot of barakah (blessing) in my time, my actions and what I get upto here. People always ask what it is like – and I really don’t know what to say except it feels […]

With so many resources available to us for our kids this Ramadan – how do you choose between them all? Colouring sheets, fine motor sheets, flashcards, journals, workbooks. As Ammarah grows older (nearly 4), she has a somewhat better understanding of the world around her. So this year her Ramadan learning has turned up a […]

I always thought I’d be teaching Qur’an to Ammarah starting with a basic alphabet book which moves on to short vowels (fat-ha, dhamma, kasra) and helps her to read Arabic. I actually never imagined that she would know some of the shorter surahs in the Qur’an at nearly age 4 -alhamdulillah, may Allah preserve her. Ameen. […]

This week has really been preparation week! I finally have time to think, reflect and prepare for Ramadan like I’ve never done before! I have never really organised how I’ll work through my Ramadan weeks, except maybe try to recite Qur’an throughout the month. This year with the added responsibility of my children and entertaining […]