Islamic Studies

Hey guys, today I wanted to share with you some of our Islamic Studies topics we've been covering. The boys each have their own workbook they work through daily, but we also do some work together.

Here are some of the resources we use along with the Quran. 

I usually pick either a Surah or a topic I want to cover with the boys, and we read through it together and draw lessons from it and journal in our notebooks.

Surah Feel (The Elephant)

After we learn the background story of each Surah the boys will narrate and write out their narration. They will also add a drawing, copy out the Arabic and English translation.

Surah Masad (Palm Fiber)

I give them some art supplies to help make their notebooks more colorful and enjoyable to work in. They can use colored pencils, markers, stamps, stickers, washi tape, and whatever else they want to help with their creativity.

Surah Quraish

I will also complete a page along side them just to give them some ideas and show them mommy studying the words of Allah. 

Surah Ikhlas

They boys and I also pick out vocabulary words to concentrate on from each Surah. Throughout the week they will practice writing out the words in both Arabic and English. 

Pillars of Islam

We also take topics they are learning in their individual books and expand on it. Here we covered the 5 pillars of Islam.

Since Ramadan is approaching we took this opportunity to expand on the fifth pillar which is fasting. 

We focused on Surah Baqarah Vs. 183-186.

Click on the image above to grab this game. 

We learned the phases of the moon since Ramadan is dependent on the sighting of the new moon. We also learned the Du'a(supplication) for sighting the new moon.

We played this fun matching game I put together for them. I just painted some wooden discs I got from Michael's.

With each lesson, if it is applicable, we add in some Arabic language lessons. I usually pick a theme related to the study, for example, in Surah Masad it talks about the hands of Abu Lahab. So we learned about the body parts in Arabic.

We also use our movable Arabic alphabet letters to spell out the words. 

I hope you enjoyed getting a peek into how we incorporate Islamic studies into our homeschool.