Summer Central

Creative ideas, along with safety advice, about how to spend the summer offline, in real life, enjoying the best of what the warm months have to offer, all from Sound Vision's Dawud Wharnsby Ali. 

Food, friends, and fun: the three “f” ingredients of a fantastic summer for most kids. But what’s missing from this recipe is faith – and this is the ideal time to nurture it.

Summer is a good time to help your kids reconnect with the Muslim community, since weekend Islamic school and other programs at the mosque take a hiatus. Here are some unique ways to do that. 

While it’s tempting to give in to children’s demand for video games, online chatting, constant texting, and other digital doings, it’s hardly healthy or productive. Here are some alternatives.

For kids under the age of 10, being active and outdoors are a necessary element to a fun and fruitful summer. These 40 ideas with an Islamic flavor offer unique ways to make the days off meaningful and memorable. 

Even with a job and summer school, the summer weeks can and should be marked by fun and frolic, balanced with a growing sense of responsibility as young adults. Here are a couple of ideas for tweens and teens.

Step away from the Wii console, put down the MP3 player you paid too much money for and don’t waste another half hour watching a TV playing nothing but reruns for the next three months. Instead, get up and get out. Into nature, that is.