Eid Presentation for schools
(Suitable for young children, but can be adapted to suit older children)
Below is a presentation that was given to a school to explain the concept of Ramadan and Eid.
Lesson Plan
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Time |
Activity |
Resources |
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2 mins |
Greet -salaam Say what is going on today |
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2 min |
Fast from sunrise to sunset No food Why Fast – to remember poor, will power, change behavoiur |
Sunrise and sunset behind a screen
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5 min |
At sunset – Pray Break fast with dates Then eat yummy food |
Show them dates Juicy dates rhyme |
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2 mins |
Special book – Qur’an read a lot everyday |
Your child reads a Sura |
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2 min |
Can you find the moon??
Fast from one cresent moon to another – that is one lunar month about 29 to 30 days..who can count till 30? |
Someone holding moon another corner of the classroom
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2 min |
At the end – EID
Morning – special prayers Rest of the day Just like Christmas: visit family Give presents Eid cards Put mehendi (henna) New clothes
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Show them eid cards
Fancy clothes
Mehendi (henna) |
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5-10 mins |
Story about Eid/Ramadhan |
A story book on eid celebration |
In more detail:
Talk about what we do when we break our fast at Sunset
- Play
- Break our fast with dates
- Eat Yummy food
Then ask them to sing the Juicy dates song:
(It starts with 5 juicy dates but we can start with 4 to shorten the rhyme- same tune as 5 little speckled frogs)
5 little juicy dates
Sat on a shiny plate
During the month of Ramadhan, YUM YUM
Then at the end of day
Eat one before you pray
Then there will be 4 more juicy dates, YUM YUM.
Then mention the Qur’an and that it came from the heavens on this month and that we recite it a lot and show them the Qur’an, that it is written in Arabic. (Your child can recite a Sura for the class at this point)
Muslims follow a lunar calendar which means that we follow the moon every month.
The lunar month (moon) has 29 or 30 days every month.
Shall we count to 30? Then make them all count to 30.
Can you see the moon in the classroom? (Someone can be standing in another corner of the room with a crescent moon and the children can look around for it)
This is the crescent moon and it means it is the beginning of the month. At the end of the month of Ramadhan, Muslims look for the crescent moon in the night sky to find out if it the start of the new month.
The start of this new month is known as EID and Muslims all round the world celebrate on ths day. They where nice clothes like you are all wearing today. Many muslims go in the morning for special Eid prayers.
And the rest of the day is just like Christmas or Diwali. Muslims give presents to each other and we have delicious food and give each other cards and paint our hands with henna.
Suggested Reading Book: First Fast, by Uthman Hutchinson
Pictures from the presentation:
