HOMESCHOOL CURRICULUM CHOICES 2015-2016

Year 1 and Preschool

It’s that time of year again…and I love it! Time to plan next year’s Curriculum for Our Muslim Homeschool!

Like most homeschooling families, I started planning for the next year of home education at least 6 months ago, and have been slowly collecting different resources as I find them. 

Below I have listed the curriculum we will be using for M as he starts Year 1 (Kindergarten) from September. For A, my pre-schooler, we will not be following a set curriculum, but will draw ideas from few different books, which I have listed below.

The books listed below are the ‘main’ texts we will be using, but we will also take from many other resources we have at home, online and from our library, as well as frequent field trips we take. If you are interested in any of these books, just click on the title for a link to Amazon  or the relevant website (includes some affiliate links).

Please note: This does not include our reading list, i.e books (fiction) that M will read or will have read to him.

I hope this curriculum helps to inspire other Muslim Homeschooling Families, as so many others have inspired me!

YEAR 1 / Kindergarten

Islamic Studies

It is my opinion that religion should not be taught as an academic subject, but rather it should be something that children witness as part of normal life, learning from your example and other good company. However there are some books that we will use for activities and to stimulate discussions:  

My First Quran Story Book

by Saniyasnain Khan & Maria S Puri 

I Love Islam Textbook: Level 1 (With CD)

Available to purchase from the HOMESCHOOL SHOP

QURANIC MEMORISATION                         At Home

ARABIC
                                                 
Dino Lingo 

First Thousand Words in Arabic

Language Arts

READING

The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

 

PHONICS:

Modern Curriculum Press Phonics, Level A

SPELLING:

Spelling Workout, Level B by Modern Curriculum Press

HANDWRITING:

Copy-work from some books of Hadith into these Handwriting school exercise books

Math:

Saxon Math

History/Geography/Social Studies

For this year we will follow an interest-led approach for the humanities. By this I mean that we will have a relaxed approach to these topics, studying what-ever M wants to learn about using books from our local library.

Science:

We will be primarily doing the study of nature this year. However when the weather doesn't allow us to go outdoors, we will use the latter two book for fun science experiments:

Looking at Nature: Bks. 1-4  by Elsie Proctor



Usborne Spotter's Guides: 

Trees Woodland Life Bugs and Insects Birds

Mudpies to Magnets: A Preschool Science Curriculum

Everybody Has a Body: Science from Head to Toe

Sport:

Football 
Trampolining with home-ed group 

Bike rides / country walks / trips to the park 

PRESCHOOL:

Where Is Thumbkin?: 500 Activities to Use with Songs You Already Know

Slow and Steady Get Me Ready

 

If you would like more ideas for Curriculum choices, particularly for older children, I would recommend visiting Noor Janan Homeschool and Iman's Home-school; both great resources for Muslim Homeschoolers.

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Thanks for stopping by! 

Peace and Love.

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