Nature carnival

While we were learning to keep our environment clean , we got a chance to visit a Nature carnival at Race course park lahore in which many school children took part. It was a good learning experience for us and Hashir enjoyed the colorful stalls prepared and showcased by kids. The main theme was to keep our environment and ourselves clean.

Hashir in a Jungle scene

Junk food and Balance diet

A puppet show on keeping our teeth clean. 

Hashir enjoying watching a young kid's presentation on how to brush

Our homes and city must be clean

Buses are a great source of fascination for him these days.

 

The waterfall, cactus groove and the ducks at the race course park.

Care of Self

After successfully achieving  our goals of january I have planned some  activities involving the care of self , personal grooming and hygiene in sha Allah. We will continue with our care of environment as to make it part of our daily routine and habits and along with that we will start the following care of self activities.

• Learning the names of parts of body
• Learning the names of the fabrics used and clothing items especially the winter clothing items as its winter nowadays.
• Learning to keep clothes clean while  playing , cleaning and washing hands etc.
• Learn to dress oneself ( creating a dressing corner)
• Read the  book 'clothes' and  'keeping ourselves clean' by learn about series
• Changing Shoes, putting on slippers
•  learn to use Zip, Velcro, Buttons, Press Studs, Hook & Eye, Lacing
•  Folding Clothes
• Blowing Nose & Coughing , sneezing and properly throwing away the tissue
• Care of Teeth, Nails, & Hair
• Hand washing
• Washing face
• Cleaning  shoes
• Combing hair
• Running water in the bath, learning to wash hair and bathing.
• Hanging up towels after use
• Hanging a jacket on a low hook
• Putting clean clothes in a drawer
• Learning wudhu steps

January : Care of environment activities

Asalaam 0 aliekum. Alhamdulillah we had a busy January , a month full of fun. The weather was cold so most of our activities were indoor. We started the year with taking care of the environment activities .Things mostly went as planned.  I have started labelling things in the room as seen below 

Hashir has started helping in folding laundry. These days he perfectly sorts the laundry items like caps, bibs, handkerchief in different piles and match the socks in pairs. He then put them on their assigned places Ma sha Allah. this has made things easy for me and he love to help me while learning maths skills like sorting and matching. 

He has helped with taking out the peas from the pods a couple of times and now he is bored of the activity so he just plays with the peas and sometimes try to through a bunch full on the floor. 

We did this beading activity with a ribbon which is taped at one end and knotted at the other and here you can see it is so easy to learn to bead for young toddlers.

Stacking the rings

Learning to roll and unroll the mat. We are practicing to use the mat as a work and play area to keep home organized and clean.

Next Insha'Allah we will work on keeping Ourselves clean .

Care of Environment

We are focusing on learning how to take care of the enviroment in January. I have selected these activities according to his age and the weather as it is cold therefore no activities related to water are added.Following are the practical life activities Hashir is learning this month.

1. Opening Closing doors, cupboards, drawers without making noise. Correctly handling drawer knobs and handles.
2. Learn to put away toys and other house hold items on their proper places.
3. Putting dirty clothes in laundry basket and dirty diaper in  bin.
4. Help in sorting and folding laundry.
5. Cleaning spills with cloth, sponge and tissue.
6. How to carry items from one place to another specially delicate items.
7. Carrying a tray and mat.
8. Rolling unrolling mat. Using mat  for work and play.
9. Opening closing locks.
10. Hanging clothes on clothes line with a clothes pin
11. Learning the names of household items.I have started labeling furniture and things in the room.
12. Help me in making bed, placing pillows correctly and folding his sister Rahmah's small blanket. 
13. Keeping the room clean at all times :)

Our Goals for 2014

Alhamdulillah we are back after relocating and settling in Lahore. These are our plans for the year 2014 insha'Allah. 


Islamic studies


1. Listen to Holy Quran by six different Qari through out this year.
2. Listen to para 30 as much as possible. Repeat one surah daily from last para.
3. Learn the names of prayer in order and learn about the timings of each Salat. Listen to Azaan  and try to memorize it . learn the sequence of positions in prayer. Visit Masjid often
4. Read the Stories of Prophets from the Quraan.


Montessori Practical life


5. Hashir will be Learning to get independent by toilet training, eating independently, taking care of self and environment. We will focus and work on each area on monthly basis.


Literacy


6. Continue flashcard reading and label the things in the environment with their names.
7. Learn to recognize Arabic Huroof e hijaya and learn them orally.
8. Learn to recognize Math letters from 0-10 and organize them in order.
9. Learn to trace straight lines  horizontal vertical and cross directional thus learn to make basic shapes.




Arts and crafts/Computer


10.  Learn to paste , stick and glue things. How to use paintbrush, ruler, rubber, pencil sharpener.
11. Learn computer basics such as operating mouse cursor, clicking ,typing, backspace. Opening and closing a program. Start and shutdown a computer, Laptop.


We plan to start  Preschool this year Insha'Allah