Kids' Class: The Story of Nuh (AS)

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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

The Story of Nuh (AS) was introduced to kids between the age of 4-10 with the following presentation.

Kids' Class: Wudu

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

The Islamic education class for kids (4-10 years) began with greeting the kids with Assalamoalaikum and the kids greeted back with Walaikumusalam.

Quran Time

They revised Surah Fatiha, Surah Naas and Surah Falq by repeating after the audio recitation.

Duas Time

The students were introduced to the duas for going to bed and waking up in the morning. The students repeated the duas after the teacher and were given a dua card to post on their beds as a reminder for them to recite the duas every day.

Lesson Time

Next the children were introduced to Salah as a means of talking to Allah as everyone likes talking to people close to them and Allah is closest and most special to us. They were told about the five daily prayers and their names and times. The main lesson of the day was about Wudu. The students were told about the importance of Wudu as a means to clean themselves before prayer. All the steps of wudu were described and demonstrated to the students. Then every student demonstrated the steps of wudu with some help from the teacher.

To appreciate their effort, they all received a copy of My Wudu Book by Darusalam Publishers.

Arabic time

The students learned the Arabic numbers from 0 to 10.

Toddlers' Class: Masjid

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

The Islamic education class for toddlers (1-4 years) began with greeting the kids with Assalamoalaikum and the kids greeted back with Walaikumusalam or their own version of the greeting.

Quran Time

The toddlers revised Surah Fatiha, Surah Naas and Surah Ikhlas by reciting themselves or, in the case of younger ones, listening to their mothers repeating after the audio recitation.

Arabic Time

The kids revised the first 3 Arabic letters (Alif, Baa, Taa) and were introduced to the fourth letter Thaa. Then they danced to their favorite Arabic Letters Song, “again” and “again”.

Next they revised the Arabic numbers from 1 to 5 and listened to the number song in Arabic.

Lesson Time

The main lesson of the day was about Masjid, the house of Allah. The children were shown pictures of the most important Masjids in Islam and were told about the etiquette of entering a Masjid and what to do there. This lesson was further reinforced with the Upsy Daisy song by Yusuf Islam and friends. The mothers had been given copies of the lyrics to sing along with the kids.

Duas Time

The toddlers were reminded of saying Bismillah before eating and drinking and saying Alhamdulillah when finished. They when introduced to the Islamic etiquette of drinking water and were given a handout with colorful illustrations of a child drinking water sitting down, with his right hand, saying Bismillah and drinking in three sips. Everyone was given a cup of water to practice with in class.

Worksheets

The children were given a coloring worksheet for letter Tha and a connect the dots Arabic numbers worksheet.

The class concluded with some delicious snacks which everyone enjoyed very much

The class presentation can be found below: