Jeddah Mom
Motherhood and Expat life in Saudi Arabia
I am sharing one of our favorite books today – The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland, illustrated by Ted Lewin. As part of Kids Read the World – Africa, I have chosen this book from Egypt.
Sometimes I come across books that makes my heart happy! Jupiter Storm by Marti Dumas is one such book. I am excited to review this for the Multicultural Children’s Book Day on 27th January 2018.
I’d like to share a children’s book about accepting differences that we have come to love. It is Martin Luther King’s Day on 15th January- a perfect time to talk about rights and diversity. If you have child in grade 1 or higher, then I highly recommend this book about accepting others. It is a …
In this post: Hajj crafts, Simple Hajj activities for kids and Teaching Hajj to kids that require minimal to no prior preparation. At the end of the post, find more resources to plan kids activities, crafts as well as recipes, parenting tips and personal stories from other bloggers on Hajj and Eid al Adha. What is Hajj …
In this post: Janbiya is the the traditional dagger that is worn at special occasions by Arab men in the Arabian Peninsula. We share a tutorial for a Janbiya kids craft. Janbiya, Jambiya, khanjar, Khanjara… there are many variations of the name and spellings but it is found in almost all traditions in Arabian Peninsula (UAE, …
Can learning more languages help fight xenophobia? If yes, how? I am writing this post today as part of a series called A-Z of Raising Multilingual Children hosted by Annabelle of The Piri-Piri Lexicon. All through the month of February, bloggers from all over the world have taken part to talk about different ways to …
I am excited to share with you all Rice & Rocks– a picture book that talks about food from a culture and diversity point of view. I am sure you are wondering what Rice &Rocks are… Read on. The child in the story, Giovanni, hates rice and beans. He calls them rice and ‘rocks’. This …
If you are trying to teach your child to speak Urdu or Hindi, tell me: how many books do you know that can teach them these languages as well as take them on a journey to discovering science? I have recently discovered a book that teaches preschoolers and early elementary level children to learn to read …
I was looking for a book about Eid that my children could relate to. A book with characters who could tell them their story and how people back home celebrate Eid. Amal’s Eid is what we found. Published by Bharat Babies, and written by Amy Maranvillle, this book is about the tradition of Eid ul Fitr. There are …
When you speak more than one language, children give preference to the dominant language. What if there are a few languages spoken, what then? How can you help a child learn a minority language? My family is multilingual. My eldest speaks four languages in varying degree of proficiency although he is only 8years old. …
I recently had an aha-moment when I realized that we are that family who sings in four languages- English, Urdu, Arabic and French. (I haven’t introduced my kids to Hindi yet, but if you counted one of those Urdu songs as Hindi, then, that would be an additional fifth one!) I have talked about my …
