Ramadan Readiness for Students in Grade 2

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Ramadan activity preparations for the little ones is under way, but it would be nice for students in grade 2 to have activities as well. With that in mind, an activity book for grade 2 students is in progress alhamdulillaah!

In shaa' Allaah, the Ramadan Activity Book for grade 2 will be posted before Ramadan, however, this book will most likely not be as large as the Ramadan Activity Book for grade 1, due to time restrictions. The book will include activities for ahadith, math, and science biithnillaah. 

Check back closer to Ramadan to download your free copy of the Ramadan Activity Book for grade 2 in shaa' Allaah! You can also subscribe to the blog to be notified when the book has been posted. 

Book Recommendation: Field Trips

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Allaah, aza wa jal, says, in suratul Mulk: 

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

and 

الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ

ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ

Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion, and He is Able to do all things.

Who has created the seven heavens one above another, you can see no fault in the creations of the Most Beneficent. Then look again: "Can you see any rifts?"

Then look again and yet again, your sight will return to you in a state of humiliation and worn out. {Al-Mulk: 1, 3-4} 

 
There are many ways we can help children see that there is no doubt Allaah is the sole creator, the only Rabb. How?

If you have a child or class who loves the outdoors, and the birds, insects, and amphibians and mammals to be found there, a child or class who loves observing the creation of Allaah and noting how each creature is so varied yet has so much in common with other creatures in the world, or a child or a class who loves to draw the natural world (without facial features, of course), introducing Field Trips by Jim Arnosky, might help develop that love and give it method and focus. The book can also, and most importantly, help draw children's attention to the fact that there can be no other creator, other than Allaah.

The book has short chapters that introduce children to different types of outdoor trips (shore walking, bird watching, bug hunting, and animal tracking), but each chapter also has illustrations that will help children learn to identify the various creatures they see. The book is also small enough and light enough to be taken along on outdoor trips, without adding much additional weight to your list of essentials things (magnifying glass, notebook to record what is seen, etc.). 

Field Trips also has important warnings and guidelines for observing, so Allaah's creation is not harmed or endangered and so the observing child (also part of His creation) is safe, as well.

A book that can be used to introduce children to the natural world or further encourage the child who is already enamored with the outdoors and the various creatures who live there, Field Trips is a book that will help children see further proof of Allaah's Power and Greatness.




 

November Pages for My Morning Book

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Alhamdulillaah, here are the November pages for My Morning Book.

Although these pages are for use with My Morning Book, they can also stand alone and be used to help students review previously learned concepts. With these pages, children will have the opportunity to work on the following skills:

• Islaamic Studies (Qur'aan, Sunnah, Akhlaaq, Social Studies) - The questions in this section have been revised, to allow children in grade 1 to be able to answer them without the aid of a teacher or parent in shaa' Allah.
• Story elements: main character & setting & problem using stories from the Qur'aan and Sunnah
• Phonics - consonant blends and digraphs
• Grammar - plurals, nouns, irregular nouns, common and proper nouns, silent e
• Math subtraction facts to 20

Benefit & Enjoy In shaa' Allaah!

Habitats: Supplementary Interactive Science Notebook

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Alhamdulillaah, this is a supplementary science notebook for students to use when learning about habitats. This 32 page workbook is interactive, to allow students the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the material in different ways in shaa' Allaah.

The notebook, once assembled, is a bit thick for a regular stapler. You will either need a heavy-duty stapler, such as those used at copy centres, or you can have students leave the pages uncut (there is a line down the middle of each page for students to cut) and hole punch the pages at the top and place the pages in a duotang. **NOTE: On page 11 of the book, the instructions say the template is for this activity is found on page 31. This is an error. The template is found on page 22 of the PDF. Alhamdulillaah, the file has been updated to reflect this correction.**

Also, here are books that you may wish to have available to students when studying about habitats.

   From right to left:

1. About Habitats: Deserts
2. About Habitats: Forests
3. About Habitats: Mountains
4. About Amphibians: A Guide for Children
5. About Insects: A Guide for Children
6. About Birds: A Guide for Children
7. About Penguins: A Guide for Children
8. About Rodents: A Guide for Children
9. About Crustaceans: A Guide for Children

**NOTE: In each of these books, the dedication page has a verse from the bible. This page is easily modified by placing a sticker over that sentence.**

Download your free The Creation of the Most High: Habitats interactive workbook here inshaa' Allaah.

If you have any questions and/or need clarification about any aspect of the notebook, please do not hesitate to leave a comment and ask.

Benefit & Enjoy In shaa' Allaah!

[Cross Post]: Unable to Download Files? Problem Fixed Alhamdulillaah

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If you have experienced difficulty, recently, downloading files from A Muslim Child Grows Up or A Muslim Child is Born, please note that the issue has been fixed alhamdulillaah; you should be able to download without any problem now in shaa' Allaah. 

Jazaakumallaahu Khayran!

Getting Ready for Grade 1 - English Language Arts Pack

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Sister Umm Layla, 

Here is a sample of some activities to help transition your kindergartener to grade 1 in shaa' Allaah. As I mentioned in my reply in this post, please have a look at these pages and provide your feedback to let me know if this is what you need/had in mind. If it is, I will continue in shaa' Allaah and just update this post as I complete the pack in shaa' Allaah. If you have other skills/concepts you would like to see or if this is not what you had in mind, please do not hesitate to provide your input so I can modify the resource to meet your needs bi ithnillaah. 

For pages 8- 12, the black dots represent the beginning, middle, and end of the word (sound wise); in other words, where we hear the vowel sound in a word. So, if a child hears the short a sound in the middle of the word, the child will place his/her finger on the middle black dot.
 
Click on the picture to download the sample pages in shaa' Allaah. 

Jazakillaahu Khayr!

ELA Activities for the Last Ten Days of Ramadan (Gr.1-3)

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**Post Updated/File Modified** 

Astagfirullaah, there was an error in the story "The Gift" in this pack. In the story, it says that the main character's parents bought him a cat, and the main character knew he couldn't buy all of the brothers a cat. This is a mistake on my part because the Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) forbade the selling of cats. 

Muslim (1569) narrated that Abu’l-Zubayr said: I asked Jaabir about the price of dogs and cats. He said: The Prophet ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) told us not to do that (i.e., sell them). 

And there is also the hadith: Abu Dawood (3479) and al-Tirmidhi (1279) narrated that Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ( رضي الله عنهما) said: The Messenger of Allaah ( صلى الله عليه وسلم) forbade the price of dogs and cats. Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

Therefore, the file has been modified to reflect the command of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).    

Alhamdulillaah, here are a few stories for the last ten days of Ramadan, with activities, for students in grades 1, 2, and 3. 

This language arts pack can either be used as supplementary pages for the Big Book of Ramadan Activities or it can stand alone in'shaa Allaah. This pack is also helpful for those who wish to differentiate instruction because there are activities for each story for grades 1,2, and 3.

This resources has 4 stories and activities for each story. The activities cover the following topics:

• Reading Comprehension
• Parts of Speech
• Types of Writing 
• Alphabetical order
• Sight word practice
• Rhyming words
• Making Connections With Texts
• Blends and Digraphs
• Telling Time
• Using Tally Marks
• Multiplication (Beginning)
• Addition

Download your free Last Ten Days of Ramadan Language Arts Pack here or from A Muslim Child is Born's Teacher Notebook Store. 

Benefit & Enjoy In'shaa Allaah!