From the pages of. . .

. . . here's a snippet from an article that appeared in our community newspaper last year, but is still fun to read:


Learning on Mom's Lap

Members of the Ottawa Muslim Homeschool Network discuss home-based learning

Nine-year-old Zaahid wakes
up to a cup of hot chocolate,
six days a week. It's a
pleasant way to ease him into
a morning of Quran
memorization. A little while
later, he relaxes before
plowing through his math and
English worksheets so that he
can later indulge in his love of
books.

His younger brother,
Isma’eel, aged 7, has his own
leisurely breakfast before
spending half an hour playing
outside, burning off some of
his endless energy. Later, he
snuggles onto his teacher’s
lap for phonics, which he is
still struggling to master.

Two children, same family,
same basic philosophy of learning, yet two very
different learning programs. Welcome to the world
of homeschooling.

For full article, go to
http://www.muslimlink.ca/downloads/07sep.pdf
page 14