Winter 2020 – Spring 2021

This small group setting with a maximum of 8 students is designed to help older struggling readers (ages 8 – 16) develop the skill with confidence. Our instructor, Ustadha Enrica Sow, is an Orton-Gillingham trained reading teacher with over 20 years of classroom experience in the U.S., Mauritania, Qatar, and the U.A.E. She has helped […]

The Elementary English Reading and Composition (8 – 10 Years) class will focus on an engaging, age-appropriate book list coupled with complimentary development of skills in composition.  The goal here is to have a of broad selection of genres and perspectives to be explored with a practicing Muslim educator as a guide.  Children will learn […]

Struggling with how to introduce your child to numeracy and math? Then this course is for you! Students in Beginner’s Math will learn myriad numerical concepts and introductory mathematical operations, such as addition and subtraction, in an Islamic online environment with a Muslim instructor. Our instructor, Enrica Sow, is trained as a Montessori and International […]

Teaching a child to read is one of the most difficult tasks faced by homeschooling parents but one of the most essential. Starting November 16, Dar al-Afia will offer a 17-week course aimed at getting young children started with reading. Our instructor, Ustadha Enrica Sow, is trained as a Montessori, Orton-Gillingham, and International Baccalaureate PYP […]

10 – 12 years. Imam Haddad’s classic work, The Lives of Man, based on the Qu’ran and Hadith, explains that every human being passes through several “lives:” before conception, life in the world, life in the grave, the Resurrection, and finally, the Garden of the Fire. A complete Muslim must be aware of each of […]

In this course, designed for adolescents and young adults between 13 and 18 years of age, the instructor will guide students through Dr. Jordan Peterson’s well known work, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. The text provides young people with a common-sense guide to responsible adulthood, upright character, hard work, and success.  Much […]

The primacy of Arabic in acquiring Islamic knowledge cannot be understated.  The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ stated that “Whosoever speaks Arabic is an Arab” in reference to Bilal ibn Rabah, Salman al-Farsi, and Suhaib al-Rumi (may Allah be well pleased with them). Depending on translations for our relationship with the Qur’an, Sunnah, and our scholarly tradition […]

Due to demand for this course, we are opening another section beginning November 16 in sha’ Allah. The English Reading and Composition (10 – 12 Years) class will focus on an engaging, age-appropriate book list coupled with complimentary development of skills in composition.  Our preliminary list consists of the following readings, but adjustments can be […]

Science, for many, is among the most vexing of subjects for homeschooling parents as well as those with children in traditional schools. For homeschoolers, it is often difficult to arrange the experimental aspects of science in a manner which contextualizes the knowledge for students and engages their interest.  For homeschoolers and children in traditional schools, […]