April 2018 - Muslim Bookshelf

30 Apr

Tissue Paper Stained Glass Mosque

With Ramadan approaching, we have been thinking of ways to decorate our house. Obviously, we have the shop bought decorations which are lovely but we also wanted to do some homemade decorations too. One idea we saw was the stained glass mosque so me and my daughter made it together. It was really easy and … Read more

30 Apr

Tips for Box Model Making

Box model making is a great and cheap way for your children to be creative. You can use all your recyclable rubbish (just make sure that the objects are clean and not glass): cereal boxes or any other cupboard box, kitchen roll tubes, plastic tubs such as grape, strawberry containers or plastic bottles. Your child … Read more

28 Apr

KS1 Science lesson – Plan and resource

I have made a free science lesson plan and a worksheet which is linked to Hurayrah the Cat: The Snake Catcher book and linked to the National Curriculum. The focus of the lesson is for children to understand there are different animal groups, what those groups are called and examples of animals that belong to … Read more

25 Apr

Lesson ideas for Hurayrah the Cat: The Snake Catcher

Hurayrah the Cat: The Snake Catcher is a really lovely book full of bright, colourful, child-friendly illustrations. The story is about an adorable tabby cat who has lost his friend, Abu Hurayrah, and sets out to find him. As the Cat waits in the mosque, he sees a sneaky snake slithering up a man’s sleeve. … Read more

25 Apr

Paint for Babies and Toddlers

This homemade edible paint is perfect for babies, toddlers and children who are most likely to put their paint fingers in their mouths. This paint is simple and easy to make and uses things that you will already have in kitchen. It’s lovely painting with your babies, toddlers or small children and with this paint … Read more

22 Apr

Lego Mosque Building: Activity to go alongside Hassan and Aneesa Go to Masjid book

Like most households, we have lots of Lego and both my boy and girl love to construct things. Most of the time, I will just let my children be creative with Lego and create whatever they fancy. However, sometimes I will give them an object to create or a theme to follow. I have … Read more

22 Apr

Activity for All About Prayer (Salah) Activity Book

This book is brilliant for children of a variety of ages. It is recommended for 3-7 years old, however, my 8 year old and 10 year old loved doing the activities the other day. The books provide calm and useful activities. My 8 year old girl completed the colouring in and … Read more

20 Apr

Activity for Ali and the Spider book

A great activity to do alongside reading Ali and the Spider is a bug hunt. It’s brilliant for children to be outside in nature exploring Allah’s world. There are so many mini-beasts to observe, you could spend hours outside. There are so many learning opportunities that will come up when you explore outside. we … Read more

18 Apr

Activity for “Mosques of the World activity book”

We did an activity in the “Mosques around the World activity book”. It was all about the Masjid al-Haram so we discussion the importance of this mosque, how we face it five times a day, how all the Muslims in the world face this way to pray, counted its minarets and dome, name … Read more

17 Apr

How to make coloured rice – Video Tutorial

Watch the video to see how to make colourd rice.

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Month: April 2018