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Project Of Sound Vision | | | |  | Tips to Ease the Back to School Transition By Miriam Mohamed While the anticipation of returning to school after a long break may excite some, it may not excite others. Getting our children and ourselves ready for back to school is not always an easy task. If parents are calm, helpful, and comforting, their children will feel confident and capable of acclimating to the school routine and overcoming the confusion or anxiety that the start of a new school year can bring. Writer Miriam Mohamed shares nine ideas that can help to ease that transition in the full article. | | | | | | Parenting Tip As the summer winds down, families across the world are making adjustments to head back to school. Be sure to utilize helpful tips and resources to ease the transition for your children (and yourself, too!). | | | |  | Taking Account: Reflecting on Education Goals for our Kids By Umm Ahmed As we gear up to send our children back to school or fine-tune our homeschool curriculum for the start of another “school year,” it is important for parents to take a step back and wrestle with their own notions of education and success. These abstract ideas are essentially based on the belief that by enrolling our children in the best schools and universities or following the most innovative homeschooling curriculum, they will receive the best kind of education which will equip them to do something for themselves and others. But what is our ultimate purpose of this parenting responsibility? Writer Umm Ahmed wrestles with this and other questions about education in the full article. | | | | | | Inspiration “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela | | | |  | Establish a Strong Home to School Connection By Zahirah Lynn Eppard There is a wealth of information about the challenges of Islamophobia for Muslim students. Research confirms that about half of our children experience faith-based bullying. The negative attention, bias, and harassment is reported to come from students, teachers, and administrators. A strong home to school connection is important for all students, but it is critically important for Muslim children. Here are six ways to establish a strong home to school connection. - Plan to attend school functions.
- Communicate one-on-one.
- Share information about your child and family.
- Be present and volunteer to help.
- Make inquiries when you have questions or concerns.
- Express your appreciation and gratitude.
Read more details in the full article. | | | | | | | | Islamic Guidance “The best of what a man leaves behind are three: a righteous child who supplicates for him, ongoing charity the reward of which reaches him, and knowledge that is acted upon after him.” (Sunan Ibn Majah) “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.” (Surah Ta Ha, 20:114) | | | |  | Prophet Muhammad: Lessons from the Best Teacher By Dr. Hernán Guadalupe Being an educator is one of the most invigorating and rewarding professions. Knowing that you can make a difference in the life of a person is one of the greatest acts of charity one can perform as a Muslim and as a human being. Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was not only a Messenger and Prophet, but a teacher and cultivator of human character and intelligence. His Sunnah is full of lessons about the benefits of teaching and we can learn a great deal from them. | | | | | |  | Online Resources for Multidisciplinary Learning By Sumayya Khan When schools shifted from in-person classes to virtual learning, the availability of online resources for children and adults in the area of multidisciplinary learning exploded. Online learning has been around at least 15 years, and many of the well established platforms like Coursera and Khan Academy have gained more traction due to the pandemic as well. Growth of online resources has been most noticeable in two areas - how they provide education on their platforms and in making learning accessible to more students. Here are a number of online resources that can help you meet a wide variety of educational needs for your family (children and adults alike). | | | | | | Interesting Facts It’s not easy being a young Muslim in the U.S. today. - Half of Muslim parents (51%) surveyed reported that their kids experienced religious-based bullying in 2020, compared with 27% of parents among the general public.
- When asked who bullied their child, 30% of Muslims indicated that a teacher or other school official was the source of the bullying, and 69% reported that the bully was a student or group of students.
- In a survey by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, 29% of girls in California who wear the hijab or a Muslim headscarf experienced “offensive touching or pulling” of the hijab.
- A Columbia University Study reported that 29% of youth sometimes use a non-Muslim sounding name.
For more details, visit here. | | | | | | | |  | Adam’s World Video: Adam’s School Project Adam makes a model of his favorite planet Mars and some cupcakes for school. When they mysteriously disappear, he has an opportunity to teach his little sister Aneesah a valuable lesson about making mistakes. The Arabic letter “sawd” for sadqi and “h” for honesty are showcased and followed by a naseed by Dawud Wharnsby called “Everyone Makes Mistakes.” (9:21) | | | | | | | | | | | |  | The Sound Vision Foundation has been a trusted source of Islamic knowledge for more than 30 years. Our work with the world-renowned puppets Adam and Aneesah pioneered creative programming for Muslim children, encouraging them to learn about and love their religion. We continue to bring sound content and engaging programs that stimulate minds, touch hearts, and strive to fulfill our mission of raising better Muslims, better neighbors, and better citizens. This latest effort is designed to support and empower Muslim parents to do the same. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
