Resources To Start Your Own MUSLIM HOMESCHOOL

Want to homeschool your children? Don’t know where to start?

In Part 3 of this series 'Homeschooling:Getting Started,' ...

I will be listing useful resources for Muslim families considering home education, or for families in the early stages of the process.

If you are looking for a source of INSPIRATION or practical advice on HOW TO DO IT, check out the links below.

If you missed Part 1 or Part 2 in this series 'Homeschooling: Getting Started', please click the links below.

Part 1: What is homeschooling? A guide to what it is, could be and definitely is not!

Part 2: Homeschooling: Is it really for me? Advantages and Disadvantages of Home Education

All the resources in this list are linked to Amazon (affiliate links) or other relevant websites. 

Resources for New Homeschoolers

Books

National Curriculum - Parents Guide, UK

Educating Children: Classical Advice for Modern Times by Imam Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Ramli, Abdul Aziz Ahmed (2013) Hardcover Translated by Shaykh Abdul Aziz Ahmed

Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt
Written to encourage parents to read to their children. Contains excellent recommended reading lists.

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise

They also have a website and a Youtube channel.

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- To 8- Year-Old Child (Prima's Home Learning Library)

Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School
This book is based on the US Education system. Still very useful.

A Funny Kind of Education by Ross Mountney
Memoir of a homeschooling family.

Blogs

Blog are fantastic for giving you an insight of how REAL families homeschool and the different ways you can do it.

Bloglovin’- Follow all the blogs you love from one place. Useful search engine. Just type in 'homeschool' or 'Muslim Homeschool' to find all the relevant blogs.

Noor Janan Homeschool

Rahmah Muslim Homeschool

Traditional Muslimah

Confessions of a Muslim Mommaholic

Confessions of a Homeschooler

Websites

Education Otherwise

Great for learning the legal side of home education

Homeeducation centre

Islamic Parenting: Raising upright children
Online course by Seekers Hub Global (free). Highly recommend.

Social Media

There are so many homeschoolers using social media to show how they home educate their kids. Many have coordinating blogs and Youtube channels.

Pinterest
Brilliant for getting ideas how to teach a topic or craft project ideas.

Facebook
Join your local HE group for updates on events.

Instagram
Supportive online community of like minded homeschoolers.

Youtube

There are so many videos out there of homeschool curriculum, homeschool room tours, etc. My favourite channels are:
JadyA
A Farmhouse Full
Erica Arndt

Local Home Ed group

As I mentioned before, you can find your local group of homeschoolers on Facebook. Another place you can look is Home Education in the UK who have a list of all the homeschooling groups around the country with contact details. Surrounding you and your children with like-minded people is so important, especially in the beginning. Go along to one of the group's social events and ask a lot of questions. That's what I did!



Starting this 'journey' is such an exciting time. The main advice I would give is learn as much as you can about home education, stay flexible, and don't be disheartened if things don't go as planned. It's still early days!

We are so blessed to have this opportunity to stay home and educate our children. Alhumdulillah!

For more experienced home educators: What resources would you recommend for a newbie homeschooler? Please share with us in the comments below.

Next in this series:

'A Day In The Life Of A Muslim Homeschool.'

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