Year 2 Autumn Term 2018 Homeschooling Lesson Plans Part 1

Year 2 Autumn 1 Term 1 2018 Lesson Plans-page-001 (1)Below are our homeschooling lesson plans for Year 2 based on the National Curriculum in England:

Theme: Vacation

English/Literacy:
1. Vacation diary + recount our last vacation (where we travelled; how did we get there).
2. Revise the GPCs and the common exception words taught in Year 1.
3. Read words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes.
4. Continue reading the Oxford reading tree books level 2.

Maths/Numeracy:
1. Counting review – up to 100.
2. Counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s forward and backward.
3. Recognise the place of value (tens, ones). Continue reading

Guest Post: The Muslim Homeschool Guide Book

310785_213567478699983_5366515_nTitle: The Muslim Family Guide to Successful Homeschooling

Author: Sister Jamila Alqarnain

This handbook is a valuable tool full of advice from Muslim families who successfully homeschool their children. The Muslim Family Guide to Successful Homeschooling not only motivates and encourages, but also describes in ‘real life’ experience how to teach your own. We all want our kids to become lifelong enthusiastic learning Mu’min. The Muslim Family Guide to Successful Homeschooling can help you teach your children to develop the attitudes to do just that. In essence, your attitudes, outlook and guidance based on Islamic educational tradition that is best done everyday at home. This book will help show you how its done. In sha Allah!

The Muslim homeschool guide will teach you: Continue reading

Guest Post: The Significance of Interaction between Homeschoolers and Students at School Level

Guest PostGuest post from Flora G Aleana.

The Significance of Interaction between Homeschoolers and Students at School Level

School education is a solid foundation of every student’s academic life. It is the perfect base on which a student’s academic growth and success is built. The ambience of the school plays a very important role in shaping students’ life. The teachers at school play the role of guardians, teachers and even friends for young children. It is said that a teacher should be like a friend, philosopher and Continue reading