Our activities integrate the different subject areas which are taught in a thematic way. Research shows this makes it easier for children to grasp new concepts and reinforce concepts they may have already learned. For example, during the science theme of plants, student activities may include the following:

• Gardening projects which teach basic science concepts such as parts of a plant, plant growing cycle, and develop cooperative social skills.
• Cooking projects which develop math concepts such as counting, estimating, measuring, and timing. When students cook vegetables they have planted in our garden themselves, they love to harvest and eat them!
• Plotting on a map where different plants grow around the world, develop concepts for mapping skills and location of places far and near
• Narrative stories & reading books aloud about plants, builds literacy concepts of reading top to bottom, left to right in English- right to left in Arabic, sequences of events, phonics and comprehension. It also helps develop a love of reading!
• Art projects help develop fine motor skills of holding a crayon-paint brushes-markers, cutting, eye-hand coordination, and encourages imagination/creativity.
• Singing songs like "Oats, peas, beans, and barley" develop listening and speaking skills. Incorporating hand & body movements while singing the song, develop eye-hand coordination and nurtures comprehension of vocabulary & concepts.
• Field trip to an orchard or farm reinforces all of the above concepts students learned through our classroom activities.
• Home/school connection reinforces all concepts taught in class, because students share an activity with their family at home by relating what they learned in class. Students are also encouraged to share projects created in class with their family do develop speaking skills and validate their learning.
• Arabic and English letter project for different types of plants develops phonics and letter recognition in both languages.
• Sharing Quranic Ayahs that relate to plants teaches students Islam is everywhere in our life.
• Memorizing surahs that relate to plants sets a purpose and shows students how everything is interrelated so they internalize Islam.