Count Your Blessings

Quran Verse:
"ooshkuro lillah”, Be thankful to Allah.

ACTIVITY: Count Your Blessings 
Materials Needed: 
Number stickers, card and colour pens 

Have the child brainstorm the blessings Allah has given them. Can you countthem on your fingers?! 
Use the quote 'What if you woke up today with only the things you thankedGod for yesterday', to help think especially about those gifts we take for granted. Allah tells us in the Qur’an that it is impossible to count how many blessings Allah has given us!

Have them make a poster or decorate a canvas with numbered stickers as areminder to always be thankful to Allah for giving us so much! 

As part of the child's bedtime routine, make it a habit to share together 3 things to be grateful for each day. 

Use the Quran chapter reference, as a reminder that Allah chose Prophet Ibrahim to become his special friend because he was always grateful for his blessings.

Download complete lesson plan: Be thankful

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Eid Treats

Little Eid lolly favours punched through with a Eid Mubarak labelled star card.

Arrange and decorate on a stand by popping into the base of tissue box.

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Learning about Palestine

Learning Objective:
- To give a brief awareness and history of the Palestinian conflict. 
- To understand the importance of standing up for justice.
- To know how to help

Qur'an Verse: u’diluw 
Be Just And Act Fairly (5:8)

Provide a clear visual by printing a Google image map of how Palestine has changed over time.

Use the key talking points from the article published by Noor Kids how to teach kids about Gaza.

1. Muslims lived in an area called Palestine for hundreds of years. We can them Palestinians. About 70 years ago, there was another group of people, Jews, who were treated very badly. The Jews moved to Palestine because it was safe.

2. The world gave the Jews a big portion of Palestine, calling it a new country, Israel. The world did not ask permission from the Palestinians before giving away their land.

3. The Palestinians, and many of their friends were upset at this. They fought against the Israelis. The Palestinians ended up losing even more land.

4. Over the last twenty years, Israel has continued to take more of the land from the Palestinians. Millions of Palestinians are now squashed into living in a very tiny strip of land called Gaza.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free is a statement that demands that Palestinians are given rights and freedom wherever they live within the land covering the whole area between the river Jordan on one side to the Mediterranean Sea on the other.

Did you know? Palestinians were not allowed to fly their flag for 26 years so they used watermelons which share the same colours as their flag - red, green, white and black

Download and print facts to match map images

Use the simple analogy to discuss how you'd feel if you shared your room with someone who was homeless but they then got given more than half of your room and toys, without you agreeing. And further, every year, they would start taking away more and more of your toys and even start saying they're actually theirs!

Recall previous lesson on justice, and talk about the Quranic verse which teaches us the importance and need to stand up for those who are being treated unfairly. 

Talk about ways to help by learning about the situation, giving charity and remembering them in our prayers everyday.

Activity: 

Match the map images to the history time line or worksheet
Have the child retell the story in their own words to reinforce understanding.

Create a visual reminder with the Palestine Map Collage

Set up a fundraising challenge to help the cause
Use the prayers for children affected by war

Watch: Let’s talk about Palestine by Drama Mama

Facts about Masjid Al Aqsa 

Injustice Illustated by Friends of Al-Aqsa

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A World Full Of Colour

Lesson Objectives: 

- Know that everything in creation is a sign of Allah 

- appreciate colour as a blessing from Allah and be grateful for it. 

Quran Verse:

Tafakkaroona fi khalqi 3:191 

Think about what Allah has Created. 

One of the Surahs we recite on Laylatul Qadr, is the chapter of the Romans, in which Allah talks about reflecting on the many wonders of creation around us.  

One of the blessings, Allah makes us aware of is how He has created us all in different colours. Imagine living in a world without colour?! SubhanAllah, have you every stopped to thank Allah for the beautiful shades of colour we are surrounded by?! 

Activity: (younger kids)

Rainbow artwork 

Google images has lots of inspiration!

Activity: (older kids)

Colorful Allah Artwork with confetti tissue paper.

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Ramadhan Book Display

Emphasis the importance of reading by explaining how the first word revealed in the Qur'an was Iqra, Read! Set up a special area with books to be occupied with during the month of Ramadhan and the nights of Qadr.

Make a simple and compact Ramadhan book display, using a shoe box with the lid as a supporting back. Reinforce the sides of the box with tape and decorate!

You could even help build the anticipation by making a Ramadhan Countdown Book Basket!

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Thank you card

Quran Verse:
"ooshkuro lillah”, Be thankful to Allah.

Hadith teaches us that not thanking the creation is the same as not thanking the Creator! And so thanking people is actually a way to be thankful to Allah!

ACTIVITY: Thank You Card 
Make a thank you card or write a letter to someone who has been kind and good to you.

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My Little Prayer Book

Learning Objective:
- To help build a closer connection with Allah by increasing the frequency of making duas and praying for them
- To increase in gratitude to Allah, by thanking Him for prayers answered

Quran Verse:
Odoonee Call Me 40:60

Activity: 

Have the child choose a special book in which to write down any dua requests that arise daily. Instill a routine of having them use the book to pray from at either salaat time or before bed everyday. As they look back at prayers made, have them be thankful for those that have been answered and tick them.

Make it special by having the book cover personalised.

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Bag Of Blessings

Key Learning Point: 
Everything we have, has been given to us by Allah. Being thankful to Allah is one of the best good deeds we can do to make Allah happy and bring us close to Him.

Quran Verse:

"ooshkuro lillah”, Be thankful to Allah.

ACTIVITY: Mystery Bag Of Blessings
Materials Needed:
Gather some small objects that represent ‘blessings’ in life.
Pen - write and share information
Car - transport
Soap - keep clean
Bulb - Electricity
Plaster - health, Medicine, doctors
Money - to buy things
Food/Trees/Books/Animals/Family/Toys/Sun/Water

Place all the objects into a bag. Have the children place their hand inside and pick out one object and guess what it could be. Use the prop to talk about what blessing each object represents. Describe what life would be like without it and how there are people in the world who live without many of the things we have.

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My Book Of Blessings

Quran Verse:"ooshkuro lillah”, Be thankful to Allah.

ACTIVITY: My Book Of Blessings
Materials Needed: 

Magazines/camera 
Have the children cut out or take pictures of things around them that they are grateful for. Compile the images into a simple photobook or a collage poster displayed as a daily reminder of the gifts to be thankful for. Older ones could be challenged to produce an alphabetical theme.

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Qunoot Dua To Be Thankful

ACTIVITY: Dua Of Prophet Sulayman (as)
Decorate and learn the qunoot dua ‘O Allah help me to always be thankful for all the blessings you have given me’

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Fishing for good deeds!

Lesson Objective:

A fun way to introduce and 

emphasise what good manners are and the concept of good deeds.

Qur'an Verse: 

Wa ahsin, do good

Activity: 

Write some good deeds on foam/cardboard cut out fishes and attach a paperclip to each one.

Write some disliked actions onto a couple of the fishes and leave these without paperclips.

Make a rod by taping a magnet with some string onto a long stick.

Have the children fish out the good deeds. Can specify colours/time/how many etc.

Point out how only the fish with the paperclips can be caught. 

This is because only the fish that did good actions were magnetic and could be fished out.

Key Learning Point:

Good deeds are magnetic. Allah tells us in the Qur'an that He loves those who do good deeds. 
Every time you do a good deed, it makes Allah happy and He pulls you close to Him! Its like getting a special hug from someone who loves you so much!

Song: Wa ahsin wa ahsin

Sing to the tune of twinkle twinkle.

See also: Good Deed Magnet

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Make Gratitude Your Attitude!

Quran Verse:
"ooshkuro lillah”, Be thankful to Allah.

ACTIVITY: Make Gratitude Your Attitude!
Materials Needed:
Notebook/Diary or large roll of paper to use as a banner/poster

To instill a habit of being thankful to Allah, start a gratitude journal and have the child write or draw one thing they are thankful for each day. Alternatively use a wall display as a visual reminder for the family to share daily what they are grateful for. Decorate the display with Qur'an verses and hadiths about gratitude.

Emphasise how important it is to spend some time everyday thinking about and remembering all the good things Allah has given you, and being thankful for them. There is no act of worship greater than being thankful to Allah!


Activity: 30 Days of Gratitude Challenge

Download complete lesson plan: Be Thankful 

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