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Counting in 2’s worksheets (Year 1)

Counting in 2's worksheet (year 1)

counting in 2s worksheet year 1

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These counting in 2’s worksheets (for year 1) are a must!🥳

Honestly don’t underestimate the importance of teaching counting in 2’s! It’s an important stepping stone in maths. It will help with things like basic addition/subtraction as well as time tables and more.

Making learning fun is super important, especially for younger children so I’ve created these to be interactive and hands on.

Something as simple as cut and paste activities can take your child’s mindset from “work” to “fun activity”. so it’s a good idea to offer hands on activities where possible.

counting in 2s worksheet year 1

This download contains worksheets teaching counting in 2’s with both odd and even numbers and the numbers go up to 20 which makes it perfect for year 1 children.

2 Worksheets are a cut and paste activity which is always a BIG hit with kids! This way they are learning something new whilst having fun meaning they are much more likely to retain this new knowledge.

2 of the worksheets are helping Freddy the frog leap over the lily pads in 2’s to help visualise skipping one number in between.

Counting in 2's activity idea

Aside from worksheets another thing I did with my children when teaching counting in 2’s was to stick some post its around the room with one number on each post it. so 2, 4, 6, 8, etc and stuck them around the room. We then had a go at running to the next number, whoever got to the final number without making a mistake won! It’s a simple yet effective activity so I would highly recommend!

Once they have the hang of it you could slowly introduce the 2 time tables. These posters are perfect to have to help aid them. Just print and hang them in an area your child spends a decent amount of their time. This way they can refer to them as and when they like.

Also as they progress, I would say grab this toy, it is ADORABLE! It’s an awesome fun way to help them understand 2’s in more depth.

Printable Time Tables Posters

Go with the flow

Once your child manages to grasp counting in 2s, why stop there? Keep going and move onto counting in 5s then in 10s!

But wait, give each section some time. Don’t rush to the next section too early because you’re getting confident.

Give your child the time he/she needs to get the hang of it completely so that it’s almost second nature before moving on. – Trust me, I learnt the hard way.

To be honest I learnt the hard way with so many things! It’s what gives me the confidence to advise others. Well that and delusion🫠 I took a more – I did this so you don’t have to approach.😄

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Free Printable Ramadan Colouring Pages

Free Printable Ramadan Colouring Pages

free printable ramadan colouring pages

I’ve created these free printable Ramadan colouring pages for your children for a few reasons.

1 – Kids love colouring (I know mine certainly do) and this will keep them occupied while you get your own work done, whether its some sort of house work, ibaadah, work or anything in between. It’s difficult enough trying to achieve everything you want to during Ramadan. Add kids into the mix  (and homeschooled kids at that) and it’s a whole other ballgame!

So anything to keep them busy without the need for screens is a bonus.

2 – During Ramadan we want the kids to be fully immersed in the month. So it would be good for even little things like colouring pages to be “Ramadan themed.”

With young children it’s important to centre as much as you can around the month of ramadan to emphasise the importance of this blessed month. Whether it’s colouring pages, word searches or crafts.

ramadan activity pack free pdf

Speaking of activities centred around Ramadan, have you downloaded our Ramadan Activity Pack?  

There’s so much variety in there and it’s been downloaded hundreds of time. And we’ve had some amazing feedback from those who have downloaded it Alhamdulillah!

Anyway where were we?

Oh yes, colouring pages!

Something I would personally recommend encouraging your kids to do when they are colouring is dhikr. Asking them to do it probably won’t work. But since kids do as they see not as we ask, I’d say sit with them to colour for the first time and do it with them. Model the behaviour you would like them to have when they colour. 

Do your dhikr out loud so they can hear you and can join in.

Or maybe have something beneficial playing in the background for them to listen to or join in with.

FREE PRINTABLE RAMADAN COLOURING PAGES

What you may find is that over time. Slowly but surely. You’re kids will start to practice dhikr when doing other quiet activities which don’t use too much brain power. In fact it may even be the thing that helps them relax. Can you think of nything better than that? Your child to feel relaxed due to the remembrance of Allah? Subhanallah absolute goals!

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Maybe even leave a short review for others to benefit from.

Also I’d love to see you guys using the worksheets I create, it gives me a little boost and encourages me to create more! So please do tag me on Instagram if and when you use them!

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30 day Ramadan Good Deeds Cards

30 day Ramadan Good Deeds Cards

30 day Ramadan Good Deeds Cards

These 30 day Ramadan good deed cards are an awesome activity for your kids. Teach them empathy, compassion, selflessness, awareness of Allah and much more.

It’s important to teach children about Ramadan, not only the fasting aspect of it (which is of course super exciting!) but other aspects too! This is why we have created these Ramadan Good Deeds Cards!

From an early age we need to teach our children to utilise this precious time we have during Ramadan and not waste it before it’s too late.

Yes our time table should look different during this month. Yes our kids must know Ramadan is different to every other month. There shold be excitement, a build up for the coming month. We need more ibaadah, more love, more spirituality, more discipline etc.

The beauty of homeschooling is that we can create a time table that works for us and allows us to get more out of our time.

These Ramadan good deed cards have been created with our children in mind.

The aim is that they are used to help teach our children about doing good deeds consistently. It can help make them more mindful of their behaviour throughout the day as they will need to make sure they have completed their daily good deed.

The cards are the perfect place to begin and in sha Allah over time they will try to do a daily good deed without the need for the cards. (Also the cards are great to begin with because sometimes it’s difficult for children to try to come up with ideas, so these are a great aid).

Save for many Ramadans to come

I suggest keeping these cards durable so they can be used time and time. Cut the cards and then laminate them (and then cut again). This way they will be much more sturdy as well as somewhat waterproof.

Go that extra mile and whole punch one corner of each card and link together with a keyring hoop.

Have you seen our range of Ramadan printables?

Feel free to check them out and share the link to our website to others! 

Nothing makes me happier than seeing you guys using our resources. It honestly warms my heart knowing all my hard work is paying off!

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Ramadan Colouring Pages free printable

Ramadan Colouring Pages Free Printable

ramadan colouring pages free printable

Download these Ramadan colouring pages (free printable) to help keep your kids busy this Ramadan.

My aim for this Ramadan is to get as many free printables as possible for you guys to use with your kids to help make the most of Ramadan.  I will be creating and posting over Ramadan in sha Allah so keep your eyes peeled!

As always, if you have any worksheet suggestions, leave a comment in the box below. Or DM me on Instagram.

Sometimes during Ramadan you just need some quiet time for reflection and ibadah. What better way is there than colouring sheets (which you could even do with your child). You could could also encourage your child to do some dhikr as you colour.

We have an awesome FREE Ramadan activity pack with all sorts of fun to be had, click here to take a peak

ramadan activity pack free pdf

I’ve actually also created another pack of colouring pages, which I’d say are aimed at slightly younger children. I will upload them before Ramadan in-sha-Allah, so keep an eye out for those as well as other awesome Ramadan printables.

All these printables are FREE for you guys, all I ask in return is that you share my website with others so they can benefit too!

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Ramadan Activity Pack free PDF

Ramadan Activity Pack free printable PDF for 5-9 year olds

Free printable Ramadan pack

This ramadan activity pack (free PDF) is a great way to keep your child excited about Ramadan.

So I don’t usually like to attach an age to worksheets as each child works at their own pace, however I feel like sometimes is necessary to get an idea of what kind of content the activity pack will contain. I would say this ramadan activity pack would be great for kids between 5 and 9 years.

ramadan activity pack free pdf

The pack consists of a variety of activities which include drawing, colouring, handwriting practice, crosswords and some more hands on activities like cut and paste as well as Eid card making.

This ramadan activity pack has been designed to not only keep your child occupied, but it’s also educational whilst creating exciting for ramadan. 

ramadan activity pack free pdf

I’ve included a simple crossword in the printable ramadan activity pack. This is so children can get their thinking hats on and feel a sense of accomplishment when they complete it. 

Ramadan Activity Pack free PDF

This pack also contains a fast tracker, ramadan I spy, Ramadan word search, dhikr tracker, 5 pillars of islam activity and much much more!

All I ask in return for this Free Ramadan Activity Pack is that you share the link to the website with friends. And leaving a review in the bottom comment section would make my week!

 

Ramadan Activity Pack free PDF

Why not download this ramadan bunting and get your kids to help decorate the house ready for this blessed month!

ramadan bunting free printable

It’s so important to get the excitement of ramadan started and ideally we want to start long before ramadan is here. We usually spend time decorating the house. And planning some meals together as well as making a loose plan of what we would like to achieve during this month.

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Ramadan Bunting Free Printable

Ramadan Bunting Free Printable

ramadan bunting free printable

How cute is this pastel bunting!

This Ramadan Bunting Free Printable was created with our wallets in mind! 😅

Every year there’s a new style we want to go for or we are just bored of last years. So this year we aren’t buying, we are printing. And let’s be honest, printing, cutting and hanging is like 80% of the fun!

I don’t know about you but whenever I see Ramadan or Eid decor, it’s always that similar style with the golds and greens and black. Which is STUNNING don’t get me wrong! Very grand, royal vibes!

But why stick to just that, why not opt for something different, like cute pastels this time?

I personally find pastels ADORABLE!

Not just for the home.

Ramadan bunting is definitely not just for the home! 

If you’re a teacher it would be perfect for the classroom! Or even if you’re a childminder it would be a lovely addition to your teaching space.

Simply print, cut and hang!

You can either use a whole punch to make holes to feed string through, or you can staple it onto a piece of ribbon.

As always, for durability you could always laminate!

Remember, cut, laminate then cut! That way its completely waterproof and much less likely to fall apart.

I had originally planned to hang this in our dining room, on the cork board where we add our display work.

BUT.. it ended up being soo much cuter than I thought so I’m thinking of finding a batter spot for it!😁

Leave a comment below or DM me on instagram if you would like similar Eid bunting!

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Number Bonds to 10 Worksheets

Number Bonds to 10 Worksheets FREE Printable PDF

Number Bonds to 10 Worksheets

Number bonds.

What are they and why are they so important?

These worksheets are aimed at helping your child the number bonds to 10.

So, what are number bonds?

Simply put, number bonds are the “parts” to a whole number.

For example, for the number 5, the number bonds could be 2 + 3 = 5. Meaning 3 and 2 are the “parts of the “whole” number 5.

Teaching number bonds is EXTREMELY helpful when it comes to teaching and learning mathematics. It’s the difference between quick mental arithmetic and working out basic sums using your fingers.

I usually like to start by teaching number bonds to 5/10/20 and the rest then becomes much easier.

Number Bonds to 10 Worksheets

Number bonds to 10

This download consists of 5 worksheets which focus on teaching number bonds to 10.

Working with number bonds encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills. It will require your little student to figure out different ways to break down or combine numbers to make 10. This is honestly such an important skill and when they finally start to grasp it, it will change the game for them!

Beginning to learn number bonds is like a domino effect for maths. Once they know 4 + 6 = 10, they will find it much easier to understand 14 +6 = 20 and 24 + 6 = 30, and the cycle continues.

It’s so important to allow plenty of time to lay this foundation for your child’s mathematics development. 

Often we feel the need to rush past this stage so they can excel further on, but I honestly cannot stress enough the importance of working hard at the early stages! This stage will determine how the rest of the journey goes.

A weak foundation will never support a sturdy structure!

I will be working on creating some more number bonds worksheets soon, but in the meantime if you have any worksheet suggestions please leave a comment below and  I’ll be sure to look into it!

Another awesome way to break down numbers into easy to digest information is to partition the numbers into “tens” and “ones”.

Click here to check out my worksheets on partitioning numbers.

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FREE Printable Time tables Worksheets

FREE Printable Time tables Worksheets

Printable Time tables Worksheets

Why did we create these FREE printable time tables worksheets and how would we teach our children the time tables?

I don’t know about you but when my child reached the point in their book which needed them to learn their times tables, there was little to no help with the book! 😩

I definitely felt at a loss when I was homeschooling my older children as I was new to the home schooling world.

As time went on I managed to come up with a system of learning time tables which worked for us. So of course I want to share it with you all!

Over the years I’ve learnt how I can best help my kids with them and I’m finally at a stage where I know exactly what I’m doing and can get it done within a good timeframe.

Now, the way in which you teach would depend massively on the age/ability of the child.

I taught my 6 year old with this method (and I’ve found this to work the best for us).

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  • First thing I do is to visually show him what it means. So we worked on “lots of 2s”

1 lots of 2 is 2…2 lots of 2 is 4 etc. So we spent around 10 minutes grouping things into two’s and seeing what happens when we add more groups of two’s. I found this helped him understand what it was that he was learning.

  • Next I grab a visual of 1 timetable. Whether that’s a book or poster. You don’t need to go and buy a book or poster, you can simply write them out. But make it a little more visually interesting than simply writing them out on a plain paper with pen.

I’ve made these printable posters for you so head over and get them printed (and laminated for durability).

We started with 2 x tables (but we only worked on the first half of them to begin with).

I had him read them out loud around 10 times just so he can familiarise himself with them.

  • Then once we had read over it a few times we used the printable time tables worksheets above and had a go to see what we remember. We wrote them out 3 times and marked them together each time. If there were mistakes we would make “lots of 2” so we can see where we went wrong.
FREE Printable Time tables Worksheets

To save me from printing them again and again I stick the sheets in these wipe clean pockets, that way we can reuse them over and over again – I printed mine soo long ago but they’re still going strong)🥳

Simplify the time tables

We alternated between writing them on the white board and using the worksheets.

We then did the same for the 3 times tables, 4 times tables and 5 times tables.

  • Once he had slightly improved we started using a free app called MathShed (pictured below). It gives you the option to do 1 table at a time so we would select the table we were currently working on and do it approximately 5 times (or until he was bored- he would usually not get bored but would need to stop due to the queue which was forming behind him😅)

Since I was teaching my 7 year old and 6 year old at the same time I would get them to test each other, which led them to competing with each other which really helped speed up the process!

  • Once he managed to get them all correct 3 times in a row we moved onto the next one, however we practiced the previous one twice a day up until the moment he knew all of them. (We would also practice them on the app daily)
  • Sometimes I would use the app and read out the question and the children need to shout out the answer, this was so fun and we had a good laugh during these mini quizzes!

Honestly it really was that simple. THE most important part of it was consistency!

We took a month out of our usual schedule to focus a lot of our energy on the timetables.

I started teaching my 7 and 6 year olds all at the same time.

Of course, they didn’t work at the same pace and I didn’t expect them to.  7 year old finished first and was able to have a go testing her younger brother. It was definitely helpful having them work on the same thing.

If you don’t have siblings who can learn together, you can still get them to test each other – it’s a nice break from the same person teaching them.

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Free Printable Time Tables Posters

Free Printable Time Table Posters

Free printable time tables posters

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These Printable Time Tables Posters have been created with your child in mind!

My children have been learning their time tables and a visual aid really helped them, so I created some printable time table posters for FREE for you guys to use with your children.

As parents who homeschool, we know education costs can add up. That’s why this blog is all about sharing free resources that make learning easier and more affordable for our kids.

Anyway, where were we – Multiplications can be daunting and overwhelming (for both teacher and student!) so it’s important to take it slow. Having some sort of visual aid is highly recommended so you can refer back to it over and over again.

These free time tables posters have been created with your children in mind.

Printable Time Tables Posters

Laminate, laminate, laminate!

If (like me) you can’t bare the thought of another poster on the wall, I would recommend keeping them in a folder and using them as and when needed.

If so then you neeed to laminate them! That way you can go over them with your child without having to worry about them getting ruined or ripped.

(I try to make my worksheets as printer friendly as possible and I have done so with these posters too but it would still be helpful to not have to print them again and again).

What do I get in this printable?

This download consists of 12 posters, 1 for each multiplication table.

They are all A4 sized so can be printed without difficulty on standard paper.

If you’re completely stuck and need help teaching time tables, click here to see how I taught my 7 and 8 years olds.

We used simple straight forward methods and focused solely on time tables until they were confident with them.

The beauty of homeschooling is that you can choose your schedule to your current needs.

Family tree of Prophet Muhammad (saw)

The Family Tree of Prophet Muhammad (saw) - Children of the Prophet.

Family tree of Prophet Muhammad

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When we teach our children about Islam, it’s important to teach them about the family tree of Prophet Muhammad (saw). 

At the same time we want to keep it fun and engaging which is where we come in.

We’ve created these worksheets to do just that!

Teaching in a fun, hands on way will help ensure your child is able to retain the information they are learning. 

We decided to break it down into bitesize pieces to make it easier for your children to digest.

So our first worksheets in this range are the children of the prophet (saw).

We plan to launch many more so if you have any suggested worksheet ideas please leave a comment below and we will try to accommodate!

To know him is to love him (saw).

How can we expect our children to have love and yearning for our beloved prophet (saw) if they don’t know him?

It’s our duties as parents and educators to make sure they learn about him (saw), whether that’s teaching them ourselves or sending them to someone who can.

The more we learn about him (saw) the stronger our connection with him and in turn the more we love him (saw)

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This book is really awesome and I would highly recommend it. It deals with “the various aspects of the prophet’s (saw) life, such as his early years before receiving revelation, members of his family, his servants, miracles, signs of his prophethood” and much more.

Click here if you’d like to purchase a copy.