Month of Ramadan Activities

As the month of Ramadan approaches a lot of us start thinking about how we will enlighten our children and teach them about this sacred month. For the younger ones, it’s always good to have things that they can see and perhaps do themselves and also activities that will involve daily participation. We can get them involved with preparation of food, reciting prayers, Quran, and arts and crafts are also great fun! I have found many websites with wonderful ideas so I thought I would do a jumbo list of them.

Here goes:

• Ramadan Activities, Crafts & Lesson Plans - I love the yemenlinks website, she’s got great stuff on there, especially in her Arabic Resources section. She also has a wonderful blog: Educating the Muslim Child


• Ramadan Craft by UmmLayla (The Egyptian’s Wife) – As you can see sister UmmLayla is very creative and talented. She has created a beautiful Felt Ramadan Surprise Calendar and has given step by step detailed instructions on doing it yourself. And who can also forget her beautiful Date Chain she did last year and also gave the detailed instructions for. I look forward to her Ramadan craft every year!
  


• Mission Islam Ramadan Special - This page is full of articles and has a wonderful kids section at the bottom with lesson plans, word searches and all sorts of activities. I especially like the Ramadan bookmarks.
  


• Talibiddeen Jr.’s Ramadan Resources - A very attractive and organized website full of activities and different printables, great for very young kids too.
  


• Ourseeds Ramadan Activities - More ideas at this great homeschooling website.
  


• Ramadan at Crayola.com – Coloring and crafts
  


• Ramadan Activities from The Muslim Connection - This is a great website. I especially like the “Ramadan is…” storybook, and the Activites calendars for preschoolers and older children. I use them and they both have some very wonderful ideas. Definitely check this one out!
  


• Ramadan Fun Time by Modern Muslima - Great ideas for activities with smaller children, older children, family and friends, parties, iftar, decorations, and crafts. I love the idea of customized banners welcoming Ramadan and Eid.
  


• Ramadan Blessings Tree - There's also the blessings tree I did last year with my kids.
  


• Ramadan at Play and Learn – Did I ever tell you how much I love and I mean LOVE the play and learn site? Great stuff on their for new muslims and kids. Lots of info on Ramadan.
  


• Holy Ramadan - There are no arts and crafts for kids here, but lots of info on the month of Ramadan and also supplications, etc…

This week at Madressa we had a little time left over so we decided to do a quick Ramadan craft with the kids, it really only took about half an hour. First on a large sheet of construction paper we drew a ribbon and bow to make it look like a big present. The students then decorated it and we wrote Eid Mubarak on there. Next we cut strips of paper about one inch wide and ten inches long. Then we had the students make a paper chain with the strips of paper with 30 links in it and we attached it to the bottom of the Eid present. So their homework for each day of the month of Ramadan is to remove a link from the chain (with their parents) so they can see how many days of the month are left until it is Eid. They are all very excited about it and ran home to put them up in their room somewhere. My 5 year old did one as well. Once the month of Ramadan is here and we get it up I’ll take a picture and post it so you can get an idea on how it looks. It’s VERY easy and quick to do if you don’t have a lot of time.

Enjoy the links and please let me know what you are planning to do with your children this month of Ramadan!