Jeddah Mom
Motherhood and Expat life in Saudi Arabia
We are talking about Islamic toilet etiquette for children as part of the Manners for Muslim Kids series. This post has tips for teaching children Toilet Etiquette according to Islam and book recommendation that teaches the best way to clean yourself after using the toilet, how to use the bathroom and well.. just the basic Bathroom …
Do your children have a bedtime routine? Today’s post is about teaching children to sleep according to the Sunnah. I found a wonderful book this year, Bedtime Sunnah -Emulating the Prophet One Night at a Time by Alia G. Dada Published by Prolance Publications.
Inside: As part of the Islamic Manners for Children Series, We discuss how to teach your child to use their right hand to eat.
As part of the Islamic Manners Series, we are teaching our children the Etiquettes and Rules of Handling the Holy Quran. We also talk about some of the essential manners like ‘reading the Quran without Wudhu’ and the proper way to read. Children need to be taught that the Holy Quran is not an ordinary …
Inside: Patience in Islam – Sabr. What is patience, types of patience, Duas for Sabr and teaching children to have patience. As part of the Islamic Manners for Children series, we learn about the letter P is for Patience. Patience in Islam is called as Sabr.
Here is a list of Sunnah of Eating for children. For the Manners in Islam series , we are teaching our children about table Manners in Islam according to how our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught us. We will be discussing eating and drinking according to the Sunnah and follow it up with activities. How to teach …
Don’t we all want children who will obey our commands and accept our authority as adults? Well.. That is what we talked about today. O is for Obedience: Why you should listen to your parents and teaching children to accept authority. Do you want your child to be Obedient or do you want them to …
In this post: The rights of neighbors in Islam and different ways we can show kindness to them. Teaching children the Islamic etiquettes, how to be good to your neighbor and the manners that we should keep with them in conflict. N is for ‘Neighbours who are your brothers too’. We learnt about the Rights …
We talked about M is for Modesty today as part of the #AtoZofAkhlaaq series that we are doing every day this month. My kids learnt the meaning of the word Modest and the three types of modesty that there is: Modesty in dressing, modesty in talk and modesty in living. I discussed with them the different …
We studied L is for ‘leaving alone that which doesn’t concern you’ for the next letter in the A-Z of akhlaaq series. One of the qualities of a believer is that he leaves alone that which does not concern him. How can you teach that to children? I have thought about this so many times …
This post is about how we taught the kids about the Hadith on Intentions. I chose the word Intentions for today’s letter, I. Intentions make or break a deed. I have often wanted to talk to my children about Intentions and how it is important to keep your conscience clear when doing things. This was …
I know… silly title. This is the only thing that I could think of to describe what I am feeling right now. Today’s post is a personal letter to my readers. To the ones who have in the past week signed up for my newsletter and those who are following our A-Z of Akhlaaq series.I …
How do you teach a child the importance of telling the truth? Lectures and words usually don’t work with children. How then do you teach them the importance of honesty and sincerity? We dealt with this subject as part of the Manners for Children series. H is for Honesty that is speaking the truth. We …
G is for gifts: The etiquette of gifting and what to do when you don’t like a gift. Isn’t it so important for children to learn? For Morals and Manners, this is our next letter. We made a list of all the gifts we can give to family and friends. I took the opportunity to …
Making the right friends and being a good friend is a life skill that we need to teach our children. As part of the A to Z of Akhlaaq series, I chose to teach my children the qualities of a good friend using the example of Abu Bakr (RA) so that they can practice being …
As part of the Islamic Manners for Kids series, we teach children the importance and meaning of Charity in Islam. We discuss the different types of charity as well as simple ways children can practice the art of giving. As soon as I asked my children what C is for… they exclaimed Charity. I wanted …
Welcome to day 2 of the #A-Zof Akhlaaq series. This series is part of the Ramadan for kids activities and today we are talking about the letter B. B is for Believers. We have The Morals of Believer Book and activity to help remember the words from this book. This book is beautiful reminder as to what …
Happy Ramadan! Welcome to day 1 of the #A-ZofAkhlaaq series. This Ramadan, I am posting a series for children to help teach them manners and morals using the alphabets. Today is the first day and we are talking about Akhlaaq and what manners mean. We all want to teach our children to be better mannered. …
In this post: Hands on activities to teach children Manners in Islam one letter at a time. This 26 day series contains art, craft and books activities that help children learn the correct Islamic manners according to the Quran and Sunnah. (Updated 2020)
Teaching children to love to pray Salah from from a young age. Everything about Namaz for kids and how to gently encourage them to pray Salah from from the beginning. As part of the Kids in Ramadan series, lets talk about how to set children up on the foundation to pray Salah from a young age.
