The Muslim Parent's Guide to the Early Years

The Muslim Parent's Guide to the Early Years (0-5 years) is an invaluable aid for parents to help bring up their pre-school age children in an Islamic setting. It offers advice from the Qur'an and Sunnah to the busy parent about a variety of issues from how to create a child-friendly, Islamic home environment right through to how to deal with a disruptive child. It is packed full of ideas and activities that will keep children from the ages of 0 to 5 stimulated in all areas of their physical, mental, emotional and religious development, with sample daily activity plan, themes and observation chart.

The author, Umm Safiyyah bint Najmaddin is a mother of two. She received her diploma in Child Care and Education (DCE) in 2003 and is currently working towards her degree in psychology. A passionate advocate of Islamic education of the future generation, she has extensive experience working with pre-school children in both nursery settings and private tuitions.