Fitra Journal ⼁Getting Started with Muslim Homeschooling: Issue One

Whether you are a seasoned homeschooler or just curious about this educational option for your children, Fitra Journal offers a community of Muslim homeschoolers' experiences so that we may travel this less-worn path together, in sha Allah. Our diverse contributors hail from both Muslim and nonMuslim-majority countries and have experienced a wide variety of homeschooling styles. The journal publishes personal accounts, methodology explanations, resource reviews and a bounty of general homeschooling information and ideas, always from a deen-centered perspective.

Issue One - 'Getting Started' has several articles that are especially helpful for beginning and organizing your homeschooling lifestyle, such as

Budget planning

Curriculum explanations

Our favorite resources

A peek inside homeschooler's daily life

Advice for reluctant parents (especially fathers)

And solid self-care tips to avoid burnout.

Plus: We hear from children who are homeschooled, a single-parent homeschooler, families in Pakistan and Morocco, and a mother of a child with Dyslexia.

About the Author
Benoit, Brooke: - "Brooke Benoit runs her own private Sudbury-like school with her children on the southern coast of Morocco. She is a writer, magazine and book editor, writing workshop facilitator and the founding editor of Fitra Journal - a Muslim homeschooling publication. She is unschooling her '2nd generation' homeschooled children as she was also unschooled at the high school level before continuing to college ahead of time."Reyhana, Ismail: - Reyhana Ismail is a UK-based graphic designer who specializes in print design, with a primary focus on books and magazines. She is the Design Director of SISTERS magazine and has her own freelance design firm, Rey of Light. Reyhana enjoys baking, art and travelling with her two kids, and is also a keen swimmer.