Quranic Ayah
Surat al Baqarah, 2:148
“And everyone has a direction to which he should turn, therefore hasten to do good works..”
STREAM- Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math
Science
Football and penalty shoot outs – Lets be Husayni strikers!
Reading
Activity: Reading in acrylic paint
Materials:
- Acrylic paint
- Clear ziplock sandwich bags
Pour some paint inside a sandwich bag and seal it. Ask the children to write the word khayrat,(from the ayah) on the bag using their fingers. As the children write, talk to them about our direction being towards Allah. We should hurry towards Allah by doing khayrat, good
Engineering
Activity (2-5 years): Engineer an obstacle course
Life is like an obstacle course. The end of this obstacle course is Allah and the destination is Jannah. We should work hard to reach this destination.
Activity (5+ years) : Engineering your own foosball game.
Materials:
- Cardboard box (e.g. cereal box)
- Long wooden cocktail sticks
- Rubber bands
- Pipe cleaners – 2 different colours
- Lollipop sticks – 2 different colours
- Scissors
- Paint
- Paint brush
Talk to the children about keeping the end in mind while they are creating their games. Allow them to play with their games and watch them score!
Art
The Art of Gardening
Talk to the children about how one of a Farmers goal is to work hard to ensure the growth of healthy fruits and vegetables. A farmer must work hard to achieve the desired outcome. Similarly, we must keep our end goal in mind and reap great things because we have sowed amazing seeds in our lives! Remember we reap what we sow.
Math
Activity: Making Lemonade
Materials:
- Lemons
- Mint
- Water
- Blender
- Ice
- Measuring jug
Though this activity allow the children to develop an understanding of fractions. Focus on half, quarter and three quarters. Using correct amounts to achieve the desired result- yummy yummy lemonade!
Connect the activity of making lemonade to the concept of niyyah- sincerity of our intention. We can perform acts or good deeds half heartedly, quarter heartedly or full heartedly. The level of sincerity and amount of effort we put into our actions will affect the outcome. The correct amounts of sincerity and effort will allow us to achieve the desired results.
Rhyme
As I bounce x5
To my goal x5
Which direction do I go
To Allah’s team I belong
I bounce to the left
And to the right
Bounce up and down
And keep my goal in mind
We have one direction
All towards Allah
To do khayrat
And be a superstar
Mawla Husayn in Karbala
Knew his goal very well
Towards Allah he must go
Through good actions
He made his way
We want to be be be like him
Score a goal the Husayni way
We want to be be be like him
Score a goal the Husayni way
Ayah 2:148
As I bounce x5
To my goal x5
Which direction do I go
Additional Activities for 5+ Years
Wonderful Wudhoo
Ask your child to demonstrate the performance of wudhoo. Talk about how wudhoo is a prerequisite to salaah and salaah is the mehraj of a mumin. We all want to go on a journey as special as this. We want to constantly keep this end in mind of returning to Allah with khayrat. Isn’t salaah so fabulous!
The Walk of Life
Ask the children to form two rows facing each other with a gap in the middle. One by one each child will walk through the row of peers. The row of peers represent the love of this world, their desires etc and the test of each student is to pass through without allowing these things to occupy them and stop their journey.
Objective: If we constantly journey like this, with our end in mind than nothing will take us away from Allah.
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