Education Centre
A couple of days a go, I was with Eassa listening to one of my favourite childhood recitations of the Beautiful Names of Allah: Eassa: I really like this. They just said the name Al-Jabbar [The Most Powerful], did you hear it?! Such a good name! I want to call my son Jabbar. Me: Do […]
On this very wet Sunday, we are trying out wet on wet water colour techniques. I have been reading about Waldorf painting lessons for children, and loved the simplicity of lessons -working with primary colours, and using one or two colours to begin with. This encouraged Eassa to focus on technique – using his brush […]
Eassa is a reluctant artist. He has doubts. He is a perfectionist. He doesn’t like making mistakes. He doesn’t draw much because “I cant do it!” Doing these structured art sessions helps Eassa be comfortable with the unpredictable aspect of art, its messiness, and the fact that it’s a developing skill. Working along side him, […]
We were inspired by @brb_raisingkids latest post ❤ My Eassa is making this house for his 4 year old cousin’s birthday happening next week. He joined his three older siblings making by hand their gifts, and this gives him a sense of accomplishment. He is usual impatient, but was happy to complete the work over […]
Eassa putting together his first @kiwico_inc Kiwi crate project. I am so impressed with the easy to follow design and instructions booklet. Eassa is six years old. He doesn’t know how to read instructions. But he had no problems following the drawings and using the parts to assemble the project with minimal guidance from me. […]
Art buddies. Best thing about kids learning at home is sharing the joy of new discoveries and skills. It also reminds us that learning is fun no matter how old we are; and that creating art is not wasting time.
Eassa at work using pastels for the first time, and trying out the blending process. We are making here a Quran memorisation tracker inspired by the one displayed @oliveillustration 😍 Seeing Eassa comfortable with experimenting in his art, being messy, and having his hands full of paint, makes me smile. It took a lot of […]
Need some love on this wednesday morning? This one is for you. Put the sound on❤
Sometimes simple activities like this can keep kids busy for hours and give their imagination and creativity more room than many other expensive toys.
Farewell the Holy Month of Ramadan. Looking back through the planner, there is clarity, and an appreciation for the journey. There are also blank days highlighting the fact that I was too busy to record my learning on that day, and that I couldn’t recall after a few days what it was that I learnt. […]