Living Karbala Everyday

Learning Objective: 
To provide a visual worksheet reminder of how we can be like Imam Husayn (as) everyday.

The children complete the figure by 'dressing' with the principles Imam Husayn (as) lived and taught us through Karbala. 

The lesson plans for each principle can be downloaded online: Muharram Activities eBook

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Patience

Lesson Objectives:

- Understand that one way of demonstrating patience is to stay calm and not become angry.

- Know how to calm down

- Understand the importance of being patient

- Know that patience is always rewarded! 

Quran Verse:

‘usbiroo’, Be patient 3:200

Key Learning Point:

Allah tells us in the Quran that He loves those who are patient. One way we can try to be patient is by staying calm and not becoming angry. Being patient helps us to become close to Allah and He will reward us for our patience!

Activities:

Allah loves the Sabireen

How to Calm Down

Quranic Dua for Patience
Marshmallow Test for Patience!

Download complete lesson notes: Patience

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Dua: Talking to Allah

Lesson Objectives:

- to understand that you can pray/talk to Allah about anything, anytime, anywhere!

- to help establish a habit of talking to Allah

- to know that Imam Zainul Abideen has taught us about dua through Sahifa Sajjadiya

- to become familiar with the etiquette of sandwiching our duas with salawaat

Quran Verse:

Odoonee - Call Me 40:60

Key Learning Point:

Allah wants us to call Him and talk to Him about everything. Talking to Allah reminds us of our Creator. It helps us to feel close to Him. We must try and remember to pray everyday. We can thank Allah for our blessings, pray for help, tell him about our family and even how much we love Him!

Download complete lesson notes Dua: Talking to God

Activities:

Prayer Microphone

Prayer Spinning Wheel
Prayer Sandwich
Prayer Hand
My Little Prayer Book
Praying for Iraq
Prophet Yunus (AS) and Forgiveness

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Prayer Sandwich

Quran Verse:'Odoonee..' Call Me 40:60

Lesson Objective:
- To help instil a daily habit of talking to Allah

- To become familiar with the etiquette of beginning and ending our duas with Salawaat.

Visual aid to help remember how to pray but also to understand the need for dua. 
Just as we need food to survive, we need to talk to Allah to stay connected to Him. 
Have you had your prayer sandwich today?!

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Prayer Spinning Wheel

Quran Verse:
'Odoonee..' Call Me 40:60

Lesson Objective:
- To help instil a daily habit of talking to Allah
- To give the children a focused category to talk/pray to Allah about

Activity:
Divide a paper plate into sections and label with various categories of items to talk to Allah and pray for. Insert a paper fastener arrow into the centre.

Watch the fun Fidget Spinner Modification!

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A Good Friend

Lesson Objectives:

- To understand what a good friend is

- To understand why it’s important to have good friends

Quran Verse:

T ‘aawanu alal birri - help each other to be good 5:2

Key Learning Point:

We must try to behave with the best manners and do what Allah teaches us so that we can be super friends!

We should choose our friends carefully to make sure they will help us to do good and become close to Allah.

Activities:
Super Friend!
Choosing Friends experiment
Friends rub off on us!

Download complete lesson A Good Friend

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Choosing Friends

Lesson Title: A good friend

Quran verse: 'T'aawanu alal birri', Help each other to be good 5:2

Key Learning Point:
We should choose our friends carefully to make sure they will help us to do good and become close to Allah.

1. Put a small apple slice into a ziplock bag: Let's imagine, this is a boy called Adam.

2. Run through a scenario emphasising how Adam did not have good manners and did not behave in a way that would make Allah happy. For each negative trait, pour a drop of vinegar into the bag.
(Have the children smell the vinegar)

3. Along came Isa. He thought Adam was fun to play with because he had lots of cool toys. Put another apple slice into the bag.

4. So the boys played together. Adam would shout, get angry if he didn't get a go, snatch the cars and didn't even listen to his mum when she told them to tidy up! Isa noticed that Adam did not have good manners, but He thought well, I'm not like him. I just want to be friends with him so I get to play with his cool toys.

5. Isa carried on going round to Adam's house everyday. Adam would say mean things about some of the people they knew from school. Isa knew it wasn't a good thing to say but soon he started to laugh too.
At each part, add in drops of vinegar and swirl the contents.
What do you think is happening to Isa? Is he still a juicy piece of apple or do you think the taste is changing?
The more Isa played with Adam, the more he started to become like him too!

6. One day when Isa got home, his mummy told him to get ready for dinner. Isa started shouting, 'I don't want to eat rice, I want chips!' He got angry and threw the plate on the floor.

His mummy realised that Isa's manners had changed. He always used to do such good listening and would never shout at her like that. Isa's mummy explained to him how Adam was not a good friend. He did not have good manners and by spending a lot of time with him, Isa was becoming like him too.

Isa understood that his mummy was right. He was sorry. It was more important to do the right thing and make Allah happy by having good manners than play with Adam just because he had some cool toys.

PART 2
Adam started missing Isa. He used to have fun playing with him. He went round to Isa's house and found him playing with his new friends.
Put a few apple slices into a clean, fresh clean bag.

They were all playing so nicely, sharing, taking turns, and helping each other too.
With each positive trait add some sugar into the bag.

Isa asked Adam if he would like to join them.
Add Adam's apple slice to the bag and give it a swirl.

Because Adam's new friends were good, he started to pick up on their sweetness. The children's good manners had rubbed off onto Adam and they had helped him to become good too!

What kind of friend do you want to be? Allah says we should be friends that 'help each other to do good'. We can sweeten our friends with our good manners!

What kind of friends do you want to have? Good friends remind us how to behave in the right way. They help us to do good and become close to Allah.

Our behaviour can change others, so be the best you can be and choose your friends carefully.

Download complete lesson A Good Friend

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Friends rub off on us!

Learning Objective:
To be able to visualise how we pick up on the behaviour and manners of the people we are close to. We start to become the way our friends are.

Have the children draw and colour in their friends with chalk onto black card.
Let them rub over with their fingers, the qualities they would like to 'rub off' on them!
Cross out the remaining negative traits.

Doenload complete lesson A Good Friend

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Making the Right Choice

Lesson Title: Making the right choice

Quran Verse: ‘Atiullaha’ Obey Allah 4:59

Key Learning Point: 
With every choice we make, we must put Allah first. Think, am I doing what Allah has asked me to do? Will it make Allah happy? We must listen to and follow the Quran and our Imams so we can learn how to make the right choice.

Download complete lesson plan: Making the right choice

See also: Imamat

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Imamat: The 12 Imams

Activity by Teaching Young Muslims

Imam means leader. We have 12 Imams. The Imams are chosen by Allah. They never do anything wrong, even by mistake. Allah has sent the Imams as guides to help us understand the Qur'an and show us how to live and behave in the right way. The Imams obeyed the words of Allah in every single way. They are the perfect people to guide us and help us to behave in the right way.

Activity: The Qur'an and the Ahlulbayt
Connect two key rings to each other and label them accordingly. No matter how hard you pull, you cannot separate the two rings. In the same way, the Prophet and his family the Ahlulbayt are connected to the Qur'an. They cannot be separated - we need to follow both. The Qur'an gives us instructions on how to behave and the Ahlulbayt are our teachers who show us how to follow Allah's rules in everything we do.

Activity: Follow the Leader
When someone is the leader, everyone copies and follows them. Our Imams are the only perfect leaders. They always do what is right and obey Allah, so we must always follow them. The Qur’an tells us what Allah wants us to do and the Imams show us how to behave in a way Allah loves.

Activity: The Imam Says
Played like 'Simon says' with the children only following the instructions when 'The Imam Says'. The Imams sent by Allah only listen and do what Allah has said. They always obey Allah.

Activity: Hot And Cold
Hide an object for the child to find by listening to and following instructions. When the child is far from the hidden object use the phrase cold and as he nears finding it state from warm to hot.
The Qur'an and Imams are our guides. They give us all the instructions we need to 'atiullah', obey Allah. We must listen to and follow them, so that we know what to do.

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Ashura Amaal

A'maal Sticker Chart
Younger children may use a sticker per recitation whereas slightly older ones could use the stickers for the Surah Ikhlas and a tasbeeh for the Salawaats.

A'maal Dhikr Square
Colour in the hundred grid Dhikr Square as a tracker to help you recite one hundred Surah Ikhlas throughout the day

Older Children:

Surah al-Ahzab Worksheet

Surah al-Ahzab is recited in the Ashura A'maal. The worksheet allows children to gain an understanding as to why this chapter may have been recommended. They will need an English translation of the Qur'an to locate certain verses and learn about the high position of the Holy Prophet (S)

Salaams on Imam Husayn (as)

Download Ziyara Card

Other Resources

A'maal sheet produced by Towards Jannah

Muharram Workbook ages 4-6 

Muharram Workbook ages 7-9

Workbook: Knowing the Ma'sumin: Imam Husayn (a) by Academy for Learning Islam

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Karbala Landscape

Materials Needed:

A4 sheet of sandpaper

Foam shapes

Have the children make a picture of the landscape to include: The hot sun, Euphrates river, fewer tents of Imam Husayn's camp away from the river, and those of the enemies close to the waterbank.

Can be used as a visual reminder to emphasis the importance of saying salaam to Imam Husayn (as).

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The Heroes of Karbala

A hands on way to learn the family tree of the heroes of Karbala.

Write each member on a mini post it note, colour coded by siblings. The children can sort the families and arrange accordingly onto an A3 sheet. The notes can be reused for practice and as a game to help recall by removing various names for the child to place correctly. A larger version can also be used as a whole class exercise or wall display by using regular post it notes. 

 

Do the family tree exercise together step by step.

1. Who brought us the message of Islam?
Let's put Prophet Muhammad at the top, in the middle of the page.

2. Did he have any children? Who?
Let's put Bibi Fatima underneath the Prophet.

3. Who did Bibi Fatima marry?
Let's put Imam Ali next to her.

4. Did they have any children together?
They had 2 boys and 2 girls

What was their first child called?
Let's make a new line underneath and put Imam Hasan at the beginning.

5. Who was born after Imam Hasan?
Let's put Imam Husayn next to him.

6. Who were Imam Husayn's sisters?
Let's put Bibi Zaynab and Umme Kulthum in the same line.

7. Now let's look at their children.
Imam Hassan had a boy called Qasim. You will hear about him in the story of Karbala.
Let's put him underneath Imam Hassan.

8. Do you know the names of Imam Husayn's children?
Let's put them all underneath 

9. Bibi zainab had two boys who were also in Karbala.
Let's put Aun and Muhammad under Bibi Zainab.

10. When Bibi Fatema died, Imam Ali married Ummul Banin.
Let's put her on the other side of Imam Ali

8. They had a son called Abbas.
Let's put him underneath the name of his mother Ummul Banin.
Abbas was Imam Husayn's little brother.

Use the family tree to question and check understanding of the relationships between each member.

Take off the labels and have the kids practice again, saying out loud the names on the cards to help them form the connections.
A black and white version can also be printed to check understanding without colour coding.

Review Questions:

Who was Imam Husayn’s mother and father?
Who was Ali Akbar’s father?
What are the names of Bibi Zainab’s sons?
Who were Imam Husayn’s sisters?
Who was Qasim?
Who was Hazrat Abbas’ mother?
Who was Imam Zainul Abideen’s father?
Who was Bibi Sakinah’s uncle in Karbala?
Who was Imam Husayn’s grandfather?
Who was Bibi Zainab’s mother and father?

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Fruit Experiment

Learning Objective:
- to understand that Imam Husayn showed us to stand for the truth
- to become familiar with the Quranic ayat, 'be with those who are truthful’ 9:119 
- to learn the Arabic vocab word ‘Sadiqeen’, truthful

Quranic Verse:
Koonoo ma’as saadiqeen, be with those who are truthful’ 9:119

Materials Needed:
Various fruits

Activity:
Ask one child to leave the room. Tell the others about the experiment. 
'When I show you the apple you must all say its an orange!' 
Call the other child in and go through the various fruits asking the children to name each one.
Does the child who left the room say the apple is an orange because all the children do so?!

Explain that it is brave to go against what everyone else is doing/saying.
You must do/say what’s right even if no-one else will.
Talk through examples – times when it’s hard to say the truth etc

Download complete lesson plan: Standing for the truth

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Hajj Card

ACTIVITY: Pop Up Ka'ba Card

Material Needed:

Card

Scissors

Black colours, paper, felt

Gold card or glitter

Fold a card in half and cut two small vertical slits inwards from the middle crease. Open the card and now fold back on itself in the opposite direction, while gently pulling out the rectangular cut out.
Decorate the Ka'ba and write a farewell card for family travelling to Hajj or to celebrate Eid.

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Qibla

Key Learning Point: 
Muslims from all over the world pray facing the same direction, towards the Ka'ba in Makkah. It is called the Qibla. Everyday when we pray, we remember that we are facing the House of Allah. It helps us to check if we are doing good deeds that are taking us close to Allah.

Quran Verse: 
Wa ahsin, do good 28:77

ACTIVITY: Qibla Arrow
Materials Needed:
Cardboard
Colour pens
Compass
Map

Use a map/globe to point out the locations of the home city and Makkah and have the children use a compass to locate the Qibla direction.
Decorate an arrow with a picture of the Ka’ba and stick it in bedroom.
Explain how it is good to try and face this special direction every time we do something. It reminds us of Allah and makes us think about whether we are doing something that would make Allah happy.

Other Resources:
Qibla and Cardinal Directions by Teaching Young Muslims

Extention Activity: Make A Compass

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Maqam Ibrahim

Quran Verse: 
Ooshkurolillah, be thankful to Allah

Lesson Introduction: 
There is a special place near the Ka’ba called ‘Maqam Ibrahim’. Inside it are the footsteps of Prophet Ibrahim, from when he was building the Ka’ba. Pilgrims pray a 2 rakah salaa beside it after tawaaf.
It reminds us how with every footstep Prophet Ibrahim took, he said Alhamdulilah. He thanked Allah for everything and it made Allah love him so much!

Activity: Maqam Ibrahim 
Prophet Ibrahim (as) always remembered the blessings Allah had given Him and was always busy saying thank you to Allah. This good action was loved so much by Allah that He choose Prophet Ibrahim to become His special friend, Khalilullah. 

Materials needed: 
Card 
Gold glitter/paint

Have the child think/write/draw one thing they are grateful for each day.

Every time emphasise the Quranic phrase ‘ooshkuro lillah’ as a prompt to thank Allah for our blessings

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What’s In Your Heart?

ACTIVITY: What’s In Your Heart?
Materials needed:
Large cardboard heart cut out
Post it notes

Have each child write on a post it note, one good deed they have done to beautify their heart.
Have them hold a large heart cut out and say “Allah looks at what I do, not what I look like” and then stick their note onto the heart before passing onto the next child to do the same.

Prayer: O Allah. Help me to remember that what I do is more important than what I look like. Help me to do lots of good deeds that make my heart beautiful.

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What's Inside Counts!

ACTIVITY: What's Inside Counts
Materials Needed: 
Two gifts, one dull and the other exciting! 
Wrap one in a plain box and the other in a box covered with fancy paper,
bows and ribbons.

Show the two gift boxes. Have the children point out which they would like to choose. Open each to reveal the more exciting present in the plain wrapper!

The wrapping is like our appearance, and the gift inside is like our hearts. To Allah, it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside. It is more important that our heart inside is full of good deeds. 

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Paper Chain Dolls

ACTIVITY: Paper Chain Dolls
Materials needed:
Paper
Scissors
Colours
Heart stickers

Cut out a chain of paper dolls. Have the children colour each one differently.
Place a heart sticker on each one.

To Allah, it doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside, whether you’re tall, short, what colour your hair is or if you wear glasses. Allah cares about your heart inside. Is it full of good deeds?

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Ihram

Key Learning Point:

To Allah, it doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside, whether you’re tall, short, what colour your hair is or if you wear glasses. Allah looks inside us, at our heart to see if it is full of good deeds.

Quran Verse:

Wa ahsin, do good 28:77

Lesson Introduction:

In Hajj, people from all over the world gather together. All these people have different ways of dressing, speaking, eating etc.

When we perform the Hajj, Allah tells us all to wear the Ihram, the same simple white clothes. You wouldn’t be able to guess who is rich or poor, what kind of job the person does, where he comes from, even if they're the king! Everyone is concentrating on doing good deeds and not what they look like!

Name some different nationalities and look through images that show their cultural ways of dressing. Talk about how some look a lot grander than others, some are more colourful, each one helps you identify where a person is from. Discuss how whether what you think of someone depends on how they look?

We shouldn’t look at people and think we know what they are like just because they dress a certain way. Only Allah knows what their heart is like. If they have been doing lots of good deeds, their inside will be beautiful and that's what matters.

Activities:
What's Inside Counts
Paper Chain Dolls
What's In Your Heart?
Sweetness of Good Deeds

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Good Deeds Magnet

Key Learning Point:

Every good deed brings you closer to Allah!

Quran Verse:

Wa ahsin, do good 28:77

Lesson Introduction:

Allah is our Creator and the One who has given us so many blessings.

He is our Master and our job is to listen to Him and do what He has told us.

A Muhsin is one who does good.

Allah tells us in the Qur'an that He loves the muhsineen!

ACTIVITY: Good Deeds Magnet

Materials Needed:

Magnetic selection of 1p/2p coins

Tub of rice

Large Magnet

For each coin, have the child say a good deed and place it into a box of rice.

‘Let’s see what happens when Allah sees you doing a good deed.'

Hover a magnet over the rice and watch how the coins are pulled up.

Good deeds are magnetic!

Every time you do a good deed, Allah pulls you close to Him!

Every good deed brings you closer to Allah.

Allah loves those who do good deeds :)

Point out:

-There is no such thing as a ‘small’ good deed, all the coins were magnetic!

-It doesn’t matter if no-one saw you do the good deed. Even coins hidden atthe bottom of the pile were pulled up by the magnet. Every good deed is

seen by Allah and pulled towards Him!

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Sleep is a Blessing

Download from Islamic Pixels

Learning objective:
- to learn the Arabic vocabulary word for sleep and its mention in the Qur'an
- to understand the importance of sleep
- to appreciate sleep as a blessing
- to implement a bedtime routine as recommended in Hadith

We have made sleep for rest 78:9

Why do I sleep?
Every living thing sleeps, from the smallest insect to the largest whale. Allah has made the night especially so that we can rest our body, muscles and mind.

Without enough sleep you can:
Forget what you learned/Be grumpy/feel too tired to play/Become impatient/Have trouble listening and concentrating/Become ill.

Sleep is a blessing from Allah.

A bedtime routine helps you relax and get ready for bed. There are some actions recommended by the Ahlulbayt. A bedtime checklist can be printed from Muslim Mums Magazine or Islamic Pixels.You can also draw up a poster or make a bedtime book using photos of the child carrying out the routine.

Print Online: Muslim Mums Magazine 

Activity: 
To be safe from nightmares make up a 'Sweet Dream Spray' of water on which Ayatul Kursi and 4 Quls have been recited. Have the child spray it around the room before going to bed while asking Allah to keep you safe at night.
Also recommended to keep Surah Dukhan under the pillow.

Prayer Lullaby by Dawud Wharnsby, based on the Prophet's (ﷺ) dua when going to bed: Listen online

Part with the reassuring Quranic phrase 'إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا Allah always watches over you' (4:1) instead of just 'sweet dreams' :)

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Water is a blessing

Lesson Objectives:

- Appreciate the blessing and need for water.

- Know that a way to be thankful for our blessings is to use them in a way Allah will be pleased with. 
- Understand how important it is not to waste

Quran Verse:

La tusrifu, do not waste 7:31
We send down water from the sky 23:18

Song: 
It’s raining, it’s pouring, Allah’s blessings are falling
We could not live, If He didn’t give
Blessings all night and all morning.

Arabic Vocabulary: Ma'an - Water/Samaa - Sky

Worksheet: How can we save water?

- turn off tap when brush teeth / between wudhu
- Shorter showers
- Not throw away half drunk water: save for
later/use to water plants
- Collect rain water for watering plants

Download complete lesson plan: Water is a blessing and worksheet 

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Eid Takbeer

Learning Objective: To create an atmosphere of celebration and remembrance of Allah as soon as Eid night sets in.

Listen to the Eid Takbeer

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Eid Gift Treasure Hunt

Learning Objective: A fun way to incorporate Islamic clues with finding Eid gifts!

Give the child the first clue to read, solve and follow the trail.

Suggested clues:

We put it on after ghusl on Fridays
PERFUME

You should try to always start your meal with it
SALT IN KITCHEN

Medina is the city of the Prophet
UNDER DOME OF MODEL MOSQUE

Allah sent this book to teach us how to live
IN THE QURAN

Iqra!
ON BOOKSHELF

Allahu Akber, Allahu Akber!
It's time to pray 
IN MUSALLA

Allah has made sleep for rest
ON BED

We first eat this when we open our fast at Iftar
IN DATES CONTAINER

Allah filled the world with so many colours
IN PEN POT

When you go out, you must first put on your right ________
PRESENT IS IN THE SHOE CUPBOARD!

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Sponge Painted Eid Card

Learning objective: A fun and easy to make Eid cards for all the family 

Cut a mosque outline from a washing up sponge. Dip into paint and stamp away! Add detail with glitter pens. You could even try the method to make a sheet of wrapping paper :)

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Pop up Eid Card

Follow the template, cutting on the black line and then folding the card back on itself in the opposite way while pushing out the mosque. Complete drawing with minarets and decorate. 

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Quiet time Eid Card

Sticky back plastic film covered with small paper squares, stuck onto a folded card and covered with a mosque stencil cut out.

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Surah Ankaboot

Learning Objective: 
- Gain an understanding from Surah Ankaboot

Allah talks about the home of the spider being the flimsiest of houses. What about our homes? Are we spending our time building a strong or weak house? Good deeds are like bricks, which we can use to build our house in Jannah.

Write some good deeds onto rectangular card, lollipop sticks or blocks and have the child 'build' a house.

Talk through the analogy and use the craft as a visual reminder. We must spend our time well and keep busy with doing lots of good deeds so we can build a strong house!

"Ya Rabbi, build for me, near you, a house in Jannah" Holy Qur'an 66:11

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Laylatul Qadr Amaal Activity Book

Activity: Laylatul Qadr A'maal Activity Book
Help children prepare for the blessed night of Qadr with their own prayer activity book. 

You can select which content is suitable from the online index and print the PDF into a personalised booklet accordingly. Pages 1-12 are suitable for younger children upto 6 years and the complete booklet for children 7-9 years.

Contents: 
Page 1: Cover
Page 2: Checklist before starting a'maal
Page 3: Surah recitations to mark with a sticker
Page 4: Pictorial translation Surah Qadr
Page 5: Surah Qadr Vocabulary Quiz
Page 6: Asking for Forgiveness
Page 7: The Quran
Page 8/9: Qualities of the 14 Masoomeen
Page 10: Prayer Hand
Page 11: Dua list
Page 12: Flags
Page 13: Praying for the world
Page 14: Surah Ankaboot
Page 15: Surah Rum
Page 16: Surah Dukhan
Page 17: Quran Reflection
Page 18: Makarimul Akhaq
Page 19: Peace Pledge

Download and Print Booklet in English

Download and Print Booklet in French

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Imam Ali (as) and the Poor

Learning Objective: To share food with the needy and understand this aspect of Imam Ali's character.

Imam Ali (as) took such great care of the poor, going out every night to deliver sacks of food in the dark to those who were in need.

Though we may not see beggars on the streets, there are many people here in our city, that are poor and struggle to eat properly.

Activity: Find out about your local food bank and gather the items required on their shopping list to make a donation.



Activity: 30 Days of Giving

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Ya Ghafoor

Learning Objective: 
Prepare for the amaal of Laylatul Qadr by understanding the ism Al Ghaffor in connection with the tasbeeh of 'Astaghfirullah'.

Part of the night's amaal is to remember the things we have done that have made Allah sad. We have a chance to say sorry and promise to try our best not to do it again. Allah in this month, and especially in these last 10 nights, is extra kind in listening to our duas.

Allah is Al Ghafoor. When Allah accepts our forgiveness, He rubs out the wrong actions from the book of deeds that the angels have been writing in.

Rhyme:
Can be sang to the tune 'Frère Jacques'

Al Ghaffor x2
I am sorry x2 
For the things I've done x2
That I shouldn't x2 (shaking head)

Activity:
Label an eraser with 'Al Ghaffoor' and prepare the child's notebook with 70 pencil marked Xs.

Explain how part of the night's amaal is to recite 70x Astaghfirullaha wa atoobu ilayh'. We are saying sorry to Allah for the things we have done that have made Allah sad.

Allah is Al Ghafoor, and insha'Allah He will accept our forgiveness. He will rub out the wrong actions from the book of deeds that the angels have been writing in.

Symbolise this by having the child rub out each cross after every recitation of Astaghfirullah.

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Laylatul Qadr Shoebox Display

Learning Objective: To provide a visual to talk about the Angel Jibrael bringing down the Qur'an to Prophet Muhammad (saw) on the night of Qadr

Draw around child's hand for wings and cut out an outline for the body and head which can be decorated with glitter.
Attach to a tissue roll to make it stand.
Form a halo using a pipe cleaner and stick onto the tissue roll to float over head.

Can also make a Quran stand using two cardboard strips, cut halfway through both to slot together. Make a small book by folding cardboard and covering with foil to symbolise the Quran.

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Handprint Animals from the Quran

Learning Objective:
To know the Arabic vocabulary and learn about some of the animals mentioned in the Quran

Activity: Handprint Animals
Use Google images to inspire you with ideas for animal hand print art. You can use paint, adding detail when dry or draw the animal outlines using colour pencils.

Compile the pictures into a special handmade book, labeling the animals with their Arabic vocabulary and adding a few facts.

Download and print Animal Fact Files 
Learn about each animal and what Allah tells us about them in the Quran.

Games
Arabic Letter of the Week

Extended Activity: Quranic Lessons from Animals in the Qur'an

The Elephant and Birds

The Bee

The Spider

The Camel

Resources:
Animal in the Qur'an Snap Cards
To reinforce the Arabic vocabulary, play games like animal snap, pairs and charades.

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