Home Education
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Spiritual Travel is Education
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is easy to fall into the trap of thinking education is only what the national curriculum shows us, with a bit of Islamic studies added here and there. We…
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Faith, Memory & Learning Outside the Classroom
Reading Time: 3 minutesBefore having children, I assumed faith would be taught through lessons: a quiet corner, a book and a very attentive little audience. Real life had other plans. It turns out…
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Why Travel is Central to Our Home Education
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you asked me to sum up our home ed philosophy in one word, it would probably be “go.” Not because sitting at a table with books is a bad…
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Places Where Kids Learn Without ‘Noise’
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome of the best learning in our house doesn’t look like learning at all. No worksheets, no timetable, no one sat at a table being told to concentrate. It just…
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What Home Education Has Given Our Family (So Far)
Reading Time: 5 minutesI want to start by being really honest with you. This is not one of those posts where everything is wrapped up neatly with a bow. Because the truth is,…
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Why Home Education Isn’t “Running Away” From Reality
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the first things people say when they find out you home educate is some version of “but what about the real world?” And I get it. I really…
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Celebrating Eid al-Adha: Faith, Joy, and the Gift of Giving Back
Reading Time: 2 minutesEid al-Adha has always felt different to me. There’s a stillness to it that Eid al-Fitr doesn’t quite have. It’s quieter, more reflective, but still so full of joy. And…
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Burnout in Home Education: What It Actually Looks Like
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt Does Not Always Look Like Giving Up When people think of burnout, they tend to imagine a dramatic breaking point. Someone throwing their hands up and walking away. In…
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Why Recreating School at Home Is a Fast Track to Burnout
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Myth of “Proper” Learning at Home Home education once felt like a completely alien concept to me. It was not something I had ever really come across, and certainly…
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Leyla Isn’t Reading Yet- and That’s Okay!
Reading Time: 2 minutesLeyla just turned 4, and while we’re excited about all the new things she’s learning, there’s one thing she hasn’t quite picked up yet: reading. Her older brother, Ibrahim, was…