To Teach One Is to Reach One…

By: Khadijah Alandulusi

What will you do with your time here on this earth?

Treat people as if they were what they aught to be, and you can help them become what they are capable of

being.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

The mediocre teacher tells…

The good teacher explains…

The superior teacher demonstrates…

Yet , the great teacher INSPIRES…

How will you contribute to the ummah of the next generation?

You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him

find it within himself.

Truth, beauty, goodness are all qualities Allah loves, they

are qualities we can live…

Narrated Abu Qatadah: “The Messenger of Allah came towards us while carrying

Umamah the daughter of Abi Al-`As (Prophet’s

granddaughter) over his shoulder. He prayed, and when

he wanted to bow, he put her down, and when he stood up he

l ifted her up.” (Al-Bukhari)

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Sunan of Abu Dawood Hadith Narrated by A'isha The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me, "O A'isha, be gentle, for gentleness has never been used in anything

without beautifying it; and it has never been removed from

something without debasing it."

When the planet so desperately needs to think

about the future…

When we realize the children of today are the future

leaders of tommorrow…

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When we fully grasp the disposition to continue to

learn throughout life is perhaps one of the most

important contributions we can make to our children’s

development…

Only then can we call ourselves…

Teachers of Precious Sprouts…

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The Problems that exist today cannot be solved by the level

of thinking that created them…

--Albert Einstein

A mind at peace, a mind centered, and not focused on

harming others is stronger than any other physical force

in the universe.

Wayne Dyer

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Among the many methods we will use, Waldorf inspired

learning considers the moral education of children to be

one of the primary tasks, which is also true in Islam.

Gratitude, Love, Duty, Truth, Beauty, Goodness…

These virtues combine and unify in strong characters…

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The aim of education is knowledge not of fact, but of

values…

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire…

William Yeats

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Thank you for letting me share with you the beautiful things I

have discovered about teaching and viewing education and

children. I look forward to this year, and hope this inspired you for the pleasure of Allah, Thank you and may Allah forgive me for

anything I said wrong.