Here are a few for starters......
1. Make a Ramadan Bulletin Board!
At our house, things get moving in the Ramadan direction by getting crafty and putting up a Ramadan Bulletin Board. It makes the house more festive and provides a great central point for keeping important information handy, and displaying wonderful Ramadan artwork. It can also serve as an interactive learning/review center.Visit TJ Ramadan's Bulletin Board center to get ideas and printables to make your Ramadan board.
...and remember to make it a family activity!
2. Review Ramadan and Fasting
Got young ones fasting for the first time? Kids need review? Here are some resources to help introduce or review Ramadan to/with kids.A Day of Fasting (TJ PowerPoint) (2006)
A Day of Fasting (TJ PowerPoint (2014)
My Little Ramadan Primer - Download My Little Ramadan Primer - a little book I made for my kids to learn about Ramadan and fasting.
3. Read Ramadan Articles/Fatawa
4. Make Ramadan lapbooks/notebooks
Visit TJ Ramadan's Foldables & Notebooking section for foldables, links to lapbooks around the 'net and ideas for lapbooking/notebooking
5. Let Kids Help You Plan and Serve Ramadan Meals
- Also, let kids in on planning dinner for guests.
- Start a Ramadan cookbook with your favorite Ramadan recipes or Make a Ramadan Recipes box (get inspiration here from Umm Abdul Basir's Recipe Box).
6. Review/learn about the phases of the moon
Get science and Islamic Studies in by teaching about the phases of the moon.- Keep a moon sighting journal to make a hands on activity so that kids can countdown til Ramadan.
- Make Crescent Cookies to go along with your studies.
- Visit TJ's Moon Phases tag to find resources to teach about the moon phases:
- Moon phase lessons/plans, activities, worksheets
- Moon phase journals/diaries
- Moon phase telescopes
7. Plan your Ramadan Schedule Together
Do you need a special schedule for Ramadan? Let the kids in on planning it. Browse TJ's Ramadan Schedule/Routines for sample routines/schedules and templates.8. Have kids set goals for Ramadan and work on good behavior
As Ramadan approaches, what a great time to teach kids goal setting skills by making Ramadan goals....Read a juz a day? Learn the Arabic alphabet during Ramadan? Go to Taraweeh prayers. Fast a certain number of days (young kids)
Teach your kids to write down their goals and track them. Make a Ramadan goal book or post goals on your Ramadan Bulletin Board.
Check out TJ Ramadan's Ramadan Goals for charts and ideas for setting Ramadan Goals.
Make/decorate a Ramadan journal book or Check out TJ Ramadan's Journals tag to find and print out journal templates from TJ Ramadan and around the 'net) and put in a binder or make construction paper covers and decorate. Kids can write about and reflect upon how their Ramadan days were spent.
9. Start a Ramadan journal
Make/decorate a Ramadan journal book or Check out TJ Ramadan's Journals tag to find and print out journal templates from TJ Ramadan and around the 'net) and put in a binder or make construction paper covers and decorate. Kids can write about and reflect upon how their Ramadan days were spent.