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30 Jun 2014

Making Goals For Ramadhan



Learning Objective: 
- To prepare some goals using the Sermon of the Prophet welcoming Ramadhan as a guideline for what is important in this month.

Activity: My Ramadhan Goals
Replicate the look of an aged document as a visual reminder of where the important words are from. Paint over a sheet of paper with a used tea bag. Rub in some coffee granules to deepen the colour. Allow to dry before crumpling to add in creases. Iron out flat before writing on.


Activity: 5 Ramadhan Goals Worksheet
A guided worksheet to create goals for the month of Ramadhan


Activity: Ramadhan Tracker

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23 Jun 2014

Praying for Peace



Lesson Objective:
- to understand how children are affected in countries at war
- To become aware of the need to pray for the situation to bring peace
- to have an idea of what to pray

Have the children choose a different dua to pray everyday.

Download Dua Sheet: Praying For Peace

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20 Jun 2014

Year 1: Qur'an Verses Summary


I AM A MUSLIM (Year 1)
Lesson plans for each week during one academic year for children aged 5-7 years. The topics covered provide a foundation for what it means to be a Muslim.

Hajj Activities eBook
Wa ahsinDo good 28:77
La tusrifu, Do not waste 7:31
Ooshkurolilah, Be grateful 2:172

Muharram: Lessons from Karbala eBook

Kono ma'as sadiqeen: Stand for the truth
AtiullahObey Allah 4:59
T'aawanu alal birri, Be a good friend 5:2
Usbiroo: Be patient
OdooneeTalk to Allah 40:60
Living Karbala Everyday

Rabil Awwal: Prophet Muhammad eBook
The Life of the Holy Prophet (S) 
Atiurrasool: Follow the Prophet

Animals from the Quran
Handprint Animals Book
Innallaha 'ala kulli shayin qadeerGod is the most Powerful 35:1
Jahido fi sabilihi, Do your best for God 5:35
Tafakkaroona fi khalqi, Think about Allah's creation 3:191

Islamic Beliefs eBook
Surah Ikhlas and Asmaul Husna: There is only One God 112:1
AminubillahProphet Nuh and belief in Allah 4:136
U'diloGod is Just 5:8
Najzil muhsineenAllah rewards those who do good 77:44
Usool e Deen

Bibi Fatima (a)Wa bil walidayni ihsana: Goodness to parents 17:23

Rajab
Imam Ali (a), Kalima and Nahjul Balagha
Fastabiqul khayrat, Rush to do good 2:148
Udhkurullaha katheerunRemember Allah Much! 8:45

Shaban
AstaghfirullahProphet Yunus and forgiveness
Imam Mahdi (ATF)
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14 Jun 2014

Dua Hujjat


This is a Du'a for the protection of the 12th Imam al-Mahdi (as). It is recommended to recite it often during the ghaybat of the Imam.

Activity: 
Learn the Dua + Translation by Teaching Young Muslims
Download and Print: Dua Faraj for Little Ones
Listen: Dua Hujjat
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13 Jun 2014

Imam Mahdi (ATF)

Lesson Objectives: 
- To know Imam is still alive but in ‘ghayba’
- To know the etiquette of behaving when we hear Imam’s name.
- To become familiar with the hadith ‘Imam is like the sun behind the clouds’, deriving lessons from it.
- To become conscious of Imam’s presence even though not visible to us.
- To instil a habit of how we can remember Imam daily and be in waiting for his reappearance.

Activities:
Sun Behind The Clouds
Imam Knows!
Imam Can See Us
Areeza: A Special Letter to Imam
What would make my Imam happy?
Remembering Imam Mahdi (ATF) 
Read and listen to Dua Hujjat
Balloon Banner Quiz
Imam Mahdi Wordsearch Quiz

Download complete lesson plan: Imam Mahdi (ATF)

Resources:
Celebrating the Milad of Imam al-Mahdi (af) by Academy For Learning Islam
15th Shabaan Mini-Amaal Book & Game by Teaching Young Muslims


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Areeza: A Special Letter to Imam Mahdi (ATF)



Learning Objective:
- To become conscious of Imam’s presence even though not visible to us.
- To instil a habit of how we can remember Imam daily and be in waiting for his reappearance.

Lesson Introduction:
When someone we love is far away, we really miss them. We think about them all the time and try and keep in touch by calling, writing to them and getting excited about the day when they'll be back! This is how our love for Imam should be.


Imam loves us to talk to him. He prays to Allah for us and all of creation and is always there when you call him. Whenever we need help or are in trouble, we must ask Allah through Imam. We can even write him a special letter!

Activity:
Use the template to have the children think of some goals and express their duas.
Download template: Areeza - Letter to Imam Mahdi (ATF)

Download complete lesson plan: Imam Mahdi (ATF)
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Imam Knows!



Learning Objective:
- To become conscious of Imam’s presence even though not visible to us.
- To instil a habit of how we can remember Imam daily and be in waiting for his reappearance.


Just like Allah who is always watching us, Imam too knows everything we have done. Every Thursday night, Imam gets a report from the angels recording our deeds. When he sees the book full of wrong, it makes him extremely sad. If we want to keep Imam happy and proud of us, we must make sure our reports are full of good deeds. 

Activity:
Use a white crayon on white paper to write/draw a message. Magically reveal the drawing/note by painting over it with liquid watercolours.


Imam knows everything we have done, even our secrets! If we want to keep Imam happy and proud of us, we must make sure our reports are full of good deeds.

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Remembering Imam Mahdi (atf)




Learning Objective:
We feel the same about Imam being hidden from us. We love Imam so much that even though we know he is there, we miss Imam. We feel sad to see the darkness of all the bad things happening in the world. 
We must pray for Imam to come quickly and shine his bright light on Earth, bringing peace and justice. Imam Mahdi (atf) is our real life superhero! We must try to be our best so we can join his team when he reappears.

Activity:
- To instil a habit of how we can remember Imam daily and be in waiting for his reappearance.

When we look outside and see that it's a cloudy and grey day, it reminds us that the sun is hidden. On cloudy days, even though we benefit from the sun, we still wish it was a brighter, sunnier day!

Everyday we must remember:
1. Say Salaam to Imam 'Asalam Alaika Ya Imam e Zamana'
2.Give Sadaqa
3. Pray for Imam to come quickly!


Set an alarm to ring at a set interval from the time of waking until bedtime. At every ring, stop what you're doing and recite a salawat ending with ATF. 




Activity:
A laminated chart to be used with a whiteboard pen to record and make it a habit to remember Imam Mahdi (ATF) everyday. 
Download template: Remembering Imam Mahdi (atf) Everyday
Download complete lesson plan: Imam Mahdi (ATF)
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Imam Can See Us



Make a small pinhole cut in a large piece of cardboard. Have each child look through it and notice how they can clearly see all that is around them. But can the children on the other side see the child who is behind the card?

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6 Jun 2014

Prophet Yunus (as) and Forgiveness



Lesson Title: 
Prophet Yunus (as) and Forgiveness

Lesson Objectives:
- To recap the story of Prophet Yunus (as) and derive lessons from it
- To understand the importance of asking for forgiveness and how Allah responds.
- To learn the ism Al-Ghaffor
- to become familiar with the way to say sorry as taught in the Qur’an

Quran Verse:
oostaghfirullah
Say sorry to Allah 4:106

Key Learning Point:
The story of Prophet Yusuf (as) teaches us how we should always listen to Allah, never give up and say sorry when we have made a mistake or done something wrong.

Saying sorry does not mean just saying the words. We must remember Allah and feel sad for what we have done. We must try our best not to do it again and then go back to doing what makes Allah happy.

Allah is Al Ghaffor, the Most Forgiving. He rubs out the wrong actions from the book of deeds that the angels have been writing in. He gives us a second chance.

When people do wrong to us, we must forgive them instead of getting angry and upset.

Activity: The story of Prophet Yunus (as)

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Clothes peg whale craft


Can be used by the children to retell the story of Prophet Yunus (as) and share what they have learnt.

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How to ask for forgiveness



Lesson objectives:
- To become familiar with the way to say sorry as taught in the Qur’an


Quran Verse:
oostaghfirullah
Say sorry to Allah 4:106

Saying sorry does not mean just saying the words. We must remember Allah and feel sad for doing something wrong. We must try our best not to do it again and then go back to doing what makes Allah happy.

Activity:
Role play scenarios and use the 5 step action plan worksheet to learn how we should ask for forgiveness, as taught in the Qur’an.

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Prophet Yunus (as) and the whale game



Learning Objectives:
- A visual to demonstrate the story of Prophet Yunus (as) and derive lessons from it
- Know that Allah is Sami and can hear us wherever we are - even in the tummy of a whale!
- Understand how the story of Prophet Yusuf (as) teaches us how to always say sorry when we have done wrong.
- Know that Allah is Al Ghaffor and forgives us when we ask Him

Quran Verse:
oostaghfirullah
Say sorry to Allah 4:106

Game: 
1. Place a toy figure such as a lego man, weighed down with blue-tak into a painted recycled milk carton filled with water. Have the children look inside to see how dark and difficult it is to spot the little man inside.
2. Have the children recite a continuous tasbeeh of 'astaghfirullah' 
3. While reciting, take it in turns to pour the water from the whale into a glass each. 
4. The winner of the game is the one who is pouring when the man flows out with the water! (Since the figure has been weighed down, it should take a few turns before the man falls out.)
5. Allah has listened to the dua of Prophet Yusuf (as) and saved him from the belly of the whale!

Talk about:
- How it must have been for Prophet Yunus (as) to be inside the belly of the whale. 
- Try to imagine how sad he must've felt as he realised that he had done wrong. 
- How he spent many days and nights, praying and saying sorry to Allah. 
- Can also point out how it took more than just one 'sorry'. Many of the a'maal we do, teach us to recite Astaghfirulla 70 times! 

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The Story of Prophet Yunus (as)



Lesson Objective: To retell the story of Prophet Yunus (as)

Activity:
- March to Nineva
- Tell the people 'Aminubillah, believe in Allah'.
- After numerous attempts, become disheartened and slowly walk to the sea
- Get onto a boat, pair up and row along to the rhyme- Imagine being inside the whale and curl up into a dark space- Realise it was wrong to give up on the people and became sad 
- Pray to Allah 'Astaghfirullah', we are so sorry. 
- As the whale throws you onto the beach, roll on the ground.
- Say thank you as you eat fruits from trees that Allah had made grow especially 
- Become strong again, happy that Allah has given a second chance and march enthusiastically back to Nineva to tell the people about Allah.

Read online: Story of Yunus (as) 

Download complete lesson plan: Prophet Yunus (as) and Forgiveness
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