Islamic Homeschooling

[Muslimsister]

There's always homeschool ;) . No useless subjects, as much of Deen as you can sqeeze into a day. Kids can learn to love learning - a thing that rarely happens in any school...etc.

Excellent school, the best I know, lol and best of all - any area!

[islamonline]

I take it your from the states?...its a different ball game here in the UK

[Live for Islam]

There's always homeschool ;) . No useless subjects, as much of Deen as you can sqeeze into a day. Kids can learn to love learning - a thing that rarely happens in any school...etc.

Excellent school, the best I know, lol and best of all - any area!

Hardly anyone homeschool's here (that I know of). Of course, I'd give my kids the correct tarbiyyah and emphasise deeni knowledge to the utmost, Insha-Allah... but kids really do need to learn to interact with other children and work with them... hence schooling outside the home is preferable (in my opinion). And besides there's too much distractions at home!

[Muslimsister]

I take it your from the states?...its a different ball game here in the UK

Nope, I'm from UK, and it's actually a lot esier here than it is in many states in the US, legally I mean...plus there are loads of homeschooling muslims and non-muslims in this country, and thus facilities etc are well available :alhamd:.

[Muslimsister]

Hardly anyone homeschool's here (that I know of). Of course, I'd give my kids the correct tarbiyyah and emphasise deeni knowledge to the utmost, Insha-Allah... but kids really do need to learn to interact with other children and work with them... hence schooling outside the home is preferable (in my opinion). And besides there's too much distractions at home!

There are actually quite a few muslim homeschooling families around UK, and the amount is just increasing.

The socialization issue you brought up can be valid if one actually keeps ones kids confined to the home and separate from the outside world. But in actual fact, homeschoolers interact more with other people than schoolers, as people in schools only see the same people from day to day, but homeschoolers are encounter with so many different types of people, that they often turn out to be very good in communicating, not only with kids their age, but also with adults, which in my mind is more important.

Nobody will be forced to live in a school like environment in adulthood, but a person has to learn how to deal in the real settings... The whole world is a homeschoolers classroom, they are so curious to new things, and don't need to face being put down by jealous peers calling them 'nerds' etc. This does not mean they don't learn to deal with bullying, as always when there are kids together, bullying of some form occurs...

Homeschooling, inspite of the name, does rarely happen only at home, but rather the whole world is a homeschoolers classroom!

[Daughter of Adam]

Hardly anyone homeschool's here (that I know of). Of course, I'd give my kids the correct tarbiyyah and emphasise deeni knowledge to the utmost, Insha-Allah... but kids really do need to learn to interact with other children and work with them... hence schooling outside the home is preferable (in my opinion). And besides there's too much distractions at home!

as-Salaaamu `alaykum

I just want to respond to what you said here... this seems to be the reason everyone gives for not wanting to homeschool. You said there's too much distractions at home but the reality is that the majority of the time one spends at school is not spent on learning. Statistics have shown that maybe 2 hours of the whole day are spent on learning, some have said 1.5, but I like to say 3 just in case. I myself can testify to this from the schools I went to myself here in amreeka.

With regards the dealing with other kids, then you can take them to the masjid, if they have brothers or sisters then there you go. Invite friends, family over etc... take them to the zoo and what not. Otherwise, they don't need to be around so many kids. I could type out why they don't need to, but honestly I think that you will find the following man (may Allaah guide him to Islaam) explaining it quite well in his book titled, Hold onto your Kids, which was a top-seller in the U.S and Canada. Amazingly, he really shows the problem with our children today and puts it all together with peers and lack of attachment to parents.

Here is the link: http://gordonneufeld.com/HOTYK_ChapterOne.pdf

The guy is not a jaahil. He is a psychologist with many years of dealing with children (i believe almost 30). Please read it. Kids need to learn to pick wise friends and not the friends they get stuck with at school, they need to learn to have respect for elders and unfortunately no one goes to school to hang out with the teachers and respect them anymore (there are exceptions).

It is an eye-opener. Insha'Allaah I hope it helps. That is only chapter one, the rest of the book needs to be bought but you can find it for cheap on amazon insha'Allaah

[Muslimsister]

I just want to respond to what you said here... this seems to be the reason everyone gives for not wanting to homeschool. You said there's too much distractions at home but the reality is that the majority of the time one spends at school is not spent on learning. Statistics have shown that maybe 2 hours of the whole day are spent on learning, some have said 1.5, but I like to say 3 just in case. I myself can testify to this from the schools I went to myself here in amreeka.



Exactly! and the one-to-one time with a teacher (which is best for learning), even if the whole 6 hours would be spent in learning is 10 minutes per student!!! And this is a minimum! How much better can we do at home?
I also know many kids that are constantly distracted at school, by either being teased, or whatever during class... At home we are able to cultivate the willingness to learn, so no need to thing about distractions, as the kids will actually put everyting else out of their mind, when they want to learn something.

[mountain-muslim]

Salaam u alaykum

i see you're talking of islamic schooling, i'd be interested to have a teacher come to my house, does anyone know of any in the London area? Im over 18 though and female, will this make it more difficult? :) thanks

wa salam

[ummtalutali]

Assalamualaikum Sisters

If you are interested in getting together (sort of) with other sisters (from UK, US and other parts of the world) who are homeschooling their kids, you may want to join us here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimsandhomeeducation/

"As salamu Alaikum! The aim of this Group is to provide a friendly forum for Muslims Home Educators, Parents and Carers. Join today to Download/Print FREE Educational materials! *WOMEN ONLY*"

They offer many useful resources, advice and support on homeschooling Muslim children, inshaAllah.

Wa Salaam

[clover]

as-Salaaamu `alaykum

I just want to respond to what you said here... this seems to be the reason everyone gives for not wanting to homeschool. You said there's too much distractions at home but the reality is that the majority of the time one spends at school is not spent on learning. Statistics have shown that maybe 2 hours of the whole day are spent on learning, some have said 1.5, but I like to say 3 just in case. I myself can testify to this from the schools I went to myself here in amreeka.

With regards the dealing with other kids, then you can take them to the masjid, if they have brothers or sisters then there you go. Invite friends, family over etc... take them to the zoo and what not. Otherwise, they don't need to be around so many kids. I could type out why they don't need to, but honestly I think that you will find the following man (may Allaah guide him to Islaam) explaining it quite well in his book titled, Hold onto your Kids, which was a top-seller in the U.S and Canada. Amazingly, he really shows the problem with our children today and puts it all together with peers and lack of attachment to parents.

Here is the link: http://gordonneufeld.com/HOTYK_ChapterOne.pdf

The guy is not a jaahil. He is a psychologist with many years of dealing with children (i believe almost 30). Please read it. Kids need to learn to pick wise friends and not the friends they get stuck with at school, they need to learn to have respect for elders and unfortunately no one goes to school to hang out with the teachers and respect them anymore (there are exceptions).

It is an eye-opener. Insha'Allaah I hope it helps. That is only chapter one, the rest of the book needs to be bought but you can find it for cheap on amazon insha'Allaah

Excellent answer sis.

This whole socialisation thing is just rubbish pure and simple, I point out to those who risk taking their children to school, how can you leave ur child in the hands of people u just don't know.

[clover]

There's always homeschool ;) . No useless subjects, as much of Deen as you can sqeeze into a day. Kids can learn to love learning - a thing that rarely happens in any school...etc.

Excellent school, the best I know, lol and best of all - any area!

Haha, that's a good one :D

[andy8118]

Assalamualaikum Sisters
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimsandhomeeducation/

"As salamu Alaikum! The aim of this Group is to provide a friendly forum for Muslims Home Educators, Parents and Carers. Join today to Download/Print FREE Educational materials! *WOMEN ONLY*"

They offer many useful resources, advice and support on homeschooling Muslim children, inshaAllah.

Wa Salaam

Sis that's excellent MashALLAH. I went to the website link (not the groups page) and had to laugh, insie insie ankabut :cheesygri

Coz i'm a dude i'll try and get the mrs to join the actual group, but she's not much for this online society click thing, she's not too fond of this site either, she reckons there's too many people arguing (at least in the hot topics). And it may turn into an avenue of idle chat.

She graduated with Bachelor of Arts with honours so InshALLAh she'll be doing the home schooling for our future (pious InshALLAH) kids.

Don't know where your material come from, but here's our state government requirements sample..
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/walna/testcontent.html

[ummatti]

:salam: I homeschool in the UK , and it really is a positive experience and kids learn alot more at homeschool .

[aishah muhammad]

as salamu alaikum I have been gone for a long time now iam back to know the best way to go by homeschooling my kids and for free islamic well i have a 10 she gose to her mother house and when she was there she picked up alot of this like likeing boy and looking at things porn on the neternet she told me that she seen her mother do in so she would like to know what is was about my lil baby is call she is 1yr i have 5 kids my husband have 3 and i ahve 2 thank you for your time why are kids getten in to things like this and what can we do? :salam:

[Hafiz-al quran]

A great discussion on Islam homeschooling. (http://www.*****************/family-society/134280950-homeschooling-good-bad-idea.html)

You can continue this discussion here if needed,insha'Allah