Mention a family that chooses to homeschool for religious reasons and it is easy to think of the Christian faith. While there are a large number of homeschool families who are Christian, there are those of other belief systems as well. One of those family is an Islamic homeschooling family of eight living outside Richmond, Virginia. The matriarch of the family, Adeela, sat down with Everyday-Learning to give us a glimpse into the life of a homeschooling Islamic family.
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It all started simply enough: I needed to get my children passports so we could visit their aunt in Germany. As we went through the process of applying for our passports, I thought it might be fun to give my children their own version of a passport that they could use, as it is safe to say I wouldn’t hand my 4-year-old his official passport for the day.
That simple idea started my family on a global adventure, one we were able to take without ever leaving the couch!
When I was ten years old, I read Lowis Lowry’s excellent book, “Number the Stars.” At ten, I thought I knew everything and was surprised I had never heard the story of the Holocaust before. Although this book is fiction, it opened my eyes to the struggles of millions of people before me. What I found most intriguing about that time period was that some of these people I had read about were still alive…most of them my grandparents’ age.
There are certain houses, such as a builder’s model home or one for sale, that are the essence of serenity. While most wouldn’t describe a homeschool room as “serene,” that’s just the feeling we get from Cheryl Wilcox’s homeschool room. The family of seven has five children, ages one through ten.
Contrary to what the local guidance counselor might have you believe, a high school diploma is not always necessary to go to college. In fact, you need not step foot onto a high school campus in order to find yourself roaming the grounds of the university of your choice. According to Blake Boles, author of “College Without High School: A Teenager’s Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College,” it is perfectly possible to make yourself an attractive candidate for an admissions office without sitting through History101.
Amy is a mom of a homeschooling mom of a 5-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl. They tend to follow the Charlotte Mason method, Amy explains, and they love “living books.” When it came to making the decision to homeschool, Amy says having it any other way was never an option, they just knew it was what they wanted.
