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Fast Feet – Race to Learn about the Imams and Find the Object!

Fast Feet – Race to Learn about the Imams and Find the Object!

Inspired by a game I played recently, I put together a game to play with extended family to try and get some learning going, as well as some activity (lots of running around!) and fun too!

You can play it for the wiladats of all of the Ahlul Bayt – why not try it for Imam Ali’s birthday which is round the corner! I have included the documents I’ve put together so far, and will keep adding different personalities over time as I do them Inshallah.

So how to play? You can do this just with your own families or do it on Zoom and challenge other families too! The host asks a question and gives the children some time to look up the answer if need be. Then the children need to rush and get something to show the answer. E.g. To show the answer 5, they may bring 5 pens, or a 5 fingered-glove!

I’ve also included information related to the question to add to their learning – this can be relayed to them once they’ve brought the object. The information will need to be paraphrased to be made simpler for younger children, or can be given in full to older children.

(Note: I’m a fan of collaborative games as opposed to competitive ones. So there was no scoring or noting who came first. The emphasis was on siblings working together to answer the questions, thinking of an object and taking turns to bring it!)

I’ve played this with two different sets of families and it’s been SO MUCH fun!

Here is a pic of them on Zoom with the objects they found to answer a question:

And here is one of all the items together (based on questions on the 9th Imam!). One of the answers is zero, which they are showing with their hands!

Here are the questions for the Imams done so far:

Imam Ali (as)

Imam Muhammad Baqir (as)

Imam Muhammad Taqi (as)

Here are questions for younger children:

Imam Ali (as)

Different Types of Salawat

Different Types of Salawat

One of the beautiful ways to being and end the group recitation of Quran is with a Salawat – sending blessings on the Prophet and his family.

Here are a few:

 

Here are the wordings to go with the above Salawat: Qur’anic Salawat

What does COURAGE really mean in our lives?

I love his thoughts on courage. We talk a lot about the courage of the Ahlul Bayt, but how does it translate to us in this day and age? Here is a very practical perspective on how to practise true internal courage…

Jummah Mubarak!

Bedtime Series – Idea 6: Use that time to remember the family of the Prophet (saw)

Bedtime can be a great time to help children remember the names of the Ahlul Bayt. If done informally, it will Inshallah not be so stressful on the child to try and memorise them and can be learnt in fun ways!

I just tell my daughter that it’s time to go to Ziyarat, and we can do all 14 ziyarats by simply saying Salaam to each one. Sometimes, we hush and try and listen out for their ‘Alaikum Salaams’.
Another thing we did was write out the names on small pieces of card and stick them all with blue tack on one of the slates of the bunk bed on top of her. This way when we said Salaam, she also had the visual cue in front of her. Sometimes we would mix them up and she would then put them back in order!

Rhymes are also great. There is one in Gujrati (pratham ali bija Hassan…) as recommended by a mum, but here is a link to an English one! It’s the second rhyme – do also check out the others!

http://www.qfatima.com/index.php/q-kids-audio?view=playlist&id=210