WVMA Kids Corner Newsletter
Exclusive for kids in Ramadan!
Salaam Alekom young explorers!
Welcome back to another exciting week of Ramadan adventures in our Kids Corner! Get ready for more fun puzzles, hilarious comics, and thrilling weekly challenges! This week, were embracing the theme of kindness and generosity so gear up to spread joy and make a positive impact on the world around you!
Click here for last week's answers.
Instructions: Can you fine these at the masjid?
Feeling up to the Challenge?
Put on your thinking caps and see how many of these riddles you can solve! (Answers in next weeks newsletter)
- When you meet them, be kind and tender! Lets go say Salam to a beloved community _________. Can you find one at the masjid tonight?
- Extra reward do you obtain, when in this you do partake. You cant do this all alone, so line up a group of new and known.
- Love for your brother what you love for yourself, with sincerity. This month lets be generous with this simple charity.
- God consciousness does this generate, steadfastness and empathy does this create!
(Answers in next weeks Newsletter)
- What two pillars of Islam came in pairs most of the time in the Quran?
- What is the difference between Zakat and Sadaqah?
- What is the relationship between Zakat and Tazkiya?
- What is the percentage of wealth obligatory to give for Zakat?
- How often do Muslims pay Zakat in a year?
Lets embark on a journey of kindness and make our world a brighter place, one good deed at a time because remember, whoever performs a good deed in Ramadan will be rewarded like one who performed seventy good deeds in any other time of the year" as narrated by Abu Huraira (Sahih Ibn Hibban)
- Pray Tahajjud and make Dua for someone going through hardship
- Play with someone who needs a friend
- Prepare iftar for your family
- Memorize a new Ayah or dua
How many of these books can you read in Ramadan? (Hint: You can find most of them at our Reading Corner after Storytime on Saturdays!
Kids:
- What Did Allah Create for Me? By Heba Subeh-Hyder
- The Arabic Alphabet Series
- Ramadan Nights by Jenny Moiendyk Divleli
- Bedtime Sunnahs: Emulating the Prophet One Night at a Time by Alia G. Dada
Advanced:
- 1001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization
- A Blessed Olive Tree : A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories by Zain Hasmi
Get creative with our Gratitude Grove! Print and cut out the circle shape provided and then let your imagination run wild as you color and design it however you like. Bring your masterpiece to the masjid and watch it bloom into a beautiful community artwork!
The link to the cutout can be found here.
On Saturdays, kids get to come and enjoy a Ramadan storytime with fun activities afterward! It's a fun way to start your Saturday with your little ones! Join us next week for our last session.
Saturday afternoons filled with creativity and art! Our young learners enjoyed a fun Calligraphy project with local artist Yasmin Khafagy. MashAllah, the talent in our community shines bright!