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Tips and resources for maintaining a family bulletin board

to keep the household running smoothly, insha Allah.

 

Household bulletin boards can be handy places for holding all sorts of information to keep your family organized.

 

Below are some resources for a family bulletin board and a sample layout.

 

Sample Bulletin Board Layout

Each calendar starts on a different day of the week. (Sunday - Saturday). Laminate or put in a plastic page protector and write the current month and year on them with a dry erase marker. These are also useful for kids' daily calendar activities.

Starts on a Sunday

Starts on a Monday

Starts on a Tuesday

Starts on a Wednesday

Starts on a Thursday

Starts on a Friday

Starts on a Saturday

Weekly Household Schedule (revised version of Chart 1).

Weekly Household Organization Chart 1

Download Daily Meal/Expense Chart

Contains spaces for recording meals and their ingredients and prices as well as other daily household expenses. Days of the week and meal names in Arabic and English.

Weekly Duaa

Learn a new duaa or review an old one each week.

Weekly Adab/Character Focus

Pick one manner to work on for the week. Read quraan ayaat and ahadith pertaining to the manner and practice it throughout the week. Come up with creative and kind ways to remind each other to practice the manner or find lessons and resources at TJ's Islamic Character Education Section (Adab Page) for a list of manners and related ahadith.

Keep in Touch Calendar

Ibn 'Umar said, "If someone fears his Lord and maintains ties of kinship,  his term of life will be prolonged, he will have abundant wealth and his people will love him." (Al Adab Al Mufrad, Bukhari)

 

Make it a habit to regularly call, visit, write, give gifts, etc. to family members and friends.. Use TJ's Keep in Touch Calendar to keep track of your plans.

 

 

Important Phone Numbers

Keep a list of hand/emergency numbers. Write them in large enough print so youngsters can use the list as well.

Quick Family Contacts Sheet

How Long Did it Last?

 

How long did the flour last?  How long did the printer cartridge last?  Record when you opened/started/installed something and when it ran out/finished/ended with this handy chart. 

Helpful for planning future uses of items.

How Long Did It Last Form

 

 

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Grocery/Shopping List Starters

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Think of something you need to go shopping for? Tired of jotting it down on a scrap of paper and losing it? Jot items down on a grocery/shopping list starter.  Keep on the bulletin board for quick, handy reference.

 

 

Try to think of creative ways to ensure

that your board gets used and not become wall decoration.

For example, you might:

 

• Set aside a board changing day where everyone works to get the board ready for the following week.

• Put a daily or weekly "treat" or other incentive for everyone (including you) to look at the board on a regular basis.

• Have a different weekly or monthly theme for the decorations of the board.

• Post artwork around the board.

 

 

month - shahr

week - 'usbu

weekly - 'usbuweeyah

day - yawm

daily - yawmiyyah

year - 'aam/sanah

school year - sanah diraasiyyah

menu/list - qaimah

Sunday - Al ahad

Monday - Al ithneyn

Tuesday - Al thulaatha

Wednesday - Al 'arbia

Thursday - Al khamees

Friday - Al jumuah

Saturday - Al sabt

family - usrah/

phone number - raqm al haatif

drawing - rasm

picture - tasweer

schedule - jadwal (as in printed copy, chart)