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Assalamualaikum,

Hi, I am Isti, a Muslim homeschooler from Indonesia.  I created this blog as a journal to keep and track our family's homeschooling journey.




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Belief in the Holybooks

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Bismillah, Listening to prophets' stories is always fun.  Children request many times to tell the stories about prophets.  I use a story book titled "Kisah Shahih Para Nabi dan Rasul" written by Abunnada. I start to make a morning reading where children can pick their own favorite books or they can ask me to read the stories.  The same like what we did today, prophets' stories were chosen.  Prophet Isa alaihissalam became our topic discussion.  Actually, when I read the stories, I also ask questions to check their understanding.  Thus, it seems like a discussion room for us. Spontaneously, I also discuss about four holy books revealed to some prophets, including Prophet Isa alaihissalam.  Using whiteboard, I wrote name of prophets in the right and the books in the left.  It's simple checking idea as children match between the prophet and his holy book. Instead of using marker to draw the lines, children used buttons.  It gave more variation i...
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Shape Matching Activity

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Bismillah, Auf is in the stage of naming many objects around him.   He has vast improvement in linguistic skills where he can construct sentences quite well and pronoun them clearly.  I think, it is the best moment to boost his vocabulary by introducing various words that he has not known yet.  The same like what I did to his other siblings, young learners are introduced with basic information, such as: number, letters, shapes, math concept and others. Using materials that are available at home, then I created two pieces puzzle of shapes, made from card board and colorful paper.  I draw basic shapes then stick into the board.  To make into puzzle, just cut the middle part of each board.  Finally, the puzzles are ready to use. Auf found himself enjoying the matching puzzle activity as this is new for him.  He also can name several shapes such as circle, square, while the others with repetition. Beside playing with puzzles, I also make a poster of s...
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Nature Walk at Rimbun Consevatory Village

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