Parenting ourselves, food for thought! You can read all the positive parenting books in the world but if you aren’t controlling your own behaviour, you can hardly expect your little people to control theirs. Children model our behaviour; they no doubt see you as their role model. If we want our children to be kind, gentle, compassionate and respectful we …
Mini Mindful Muslims Review!
In our home, we have been trying to incooperate mindfulness in our daily lives, with the children and ourselves as parents. Mindfulness allows us to be present in our parenting. Mindfulness is simply acknowledging what is happening inside you and around you at this present moment. In the modern era we live in where days, weeks and months whizz by, …
Quiet time & the gift of boredom!
You may have read the title of this post and laughed especially if you are a mother of young children. What ‘Quiet time’?? I always describe my two as Mini tornadoes and that is the absolute truth particularly in the late afternoon they are little tornadoes circling throughout the house. My children don’t nap so it is vital that we …
Black History month reads!
Black history month enters it’s 31st year of celebrating the important contribution that black people have made not only within the UK but the entire world! It is a celebration of black history, achievements and contributions. There are many events held during this month celebrating African and Caribbean cultures and histories. In our homeschool, black history is every month! This …
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A week without the kids
The kids were gone for a week?? I hugged and kissed them whilst battling the sinking feeling in my stomach. I spent the entire drive back across the M40 talking about them until I dozed off (in the passenger seat of course!) They were gone for the week. I had the house to myself for 5 full days, a whopping …
Playmags – How we use them in our homeschool!
I purchased these magnetic tiles from for the little ones for Eid over a year ago! I had been deliberating about buying them for a while but they are definitely worth the investment. They are played with almost everyday and our home, what I particularly love is they can be used by children of all ages, both my young children …
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Moving home with mini humans!
“I want to go hoooome” followed by high pitched crying from Baby S because she has no idea where she is! Alhamdulilah one month in and we made it to the other side alive. They say moving house falls into the top three most stressful things in a persons lifetime. Packing, and moving home with two young children I had …
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Celebrating black girls – Our favourite books!
Finding children books for kids that have black children as their main characters can be extremely difficult. There is a lack of visibility of black and brown kids in the world of children’s books. Don’t believe me!…. spend a few minutes in the children’s section of a library and see how long it takes you to pick up a book …
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The Animal Box!
If your mini humans are anything like mine and love reading and looking through reference books these are a must have for your bookshelf! 🙂 We were gifted this set which was from TKMaxx and can also be purchased from The Book People. This collection is a set of 10 books discovering every animal you can think of and covering topics …
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Connecting children with Nature!
I’ve recently finished reading ‘How to raise a wild child’ and it has to be one of the best books I have read in a while. I would highly recommend to all parents, and educators it is packed with practical activities, examples and tips to help connect children to nature of all age ranges. It also provides many pointers for …