Prayer Logs for Children

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Here are two Prayer Logs for teachers/parents to use when teaching children the different positions of the salat:

The first log (the largest) is for children to colour. Each row shows each position of prayer. As they learn and master how to correctly make sujood, rukoo, etc. they can colour in each corresponding row. When they have successfully learned all of the positions of the salat, there is a space for parents/teachers to give children a star sticker.

The second log (the smallest) is for parents/teachers to check off children's progress as they learn the positions of the salat.

Click on the links above to download each log insha'Allaah.

May Allaah accept your efforts and work!

Hajj Theme Pack (Prek-Kindergarten)

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This theme pack is a small supplementary pack that can be used when teaching preschool and kindergarten children about Hajj. If you have questions about how to use any of the activities please leave a comment insha'Allaah.

Included in the pack are:

• Hajj Themed Montessori three part cards
• Word/Picture Matching activities (for the cards: cut them out, mix them up and invite children to match the picture cards with the word card that describes each picture).
• Hajj Mini Reader
• Hajj Map Skills Activity
• Hajj writing prompt (Includes prompt for students at the pre-writing and writing stages)
• Handwriting practice
• Graphing Work (use a paper clip and push pin on the spinner. Allow each child to spin the spinner 4 times and note/mark down how many times they land on each picture).
• Learning the rites of Hajj Activity
• Visual discrimination activity
• Hajj Sequencing cards (for self-checking you may wish to write numbers on the back of each card that tells which card is first, second, third, etc. in the sequence so that after completing the activity the child can self-correct if needed).
• A Hajj puzzle and more!

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Download The Hajj Theme Pack here insha'Allaah

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You may also be interested in the following Hajj files:
 

Hajj Book of Opposites

Hajj for Preschool_Kindergarten Game

Hajj Game Activity Guide 

Hajj Memory Cards
Hajj Counting Story Board
Hajj Counting Story Board without boxes around the hujjaj
Hajj Counting Story Board without boxes or numbers on the hujjaj 

 Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Qur'aan Centre Work: File Folder Game for Surah An-Nas

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This file folder game, "Let's Read" is part of the word work with Surah An-Nas for the Qur'aan centre:

The game is placed in the Qur'aan centre and when each group of students has their turn at that centre, they play this game to help them in their goal to read surah An-Nas independently insha'Allaah (students have been working with Surah An-Nas before this game is placed in the Qur'aan centre so these words should be familiar to them).

Up to four students can play. To play the game, you will need game pieces for each colour on the board (i.e. one green, one yellow, one blue, and one red game piece). You can use Counting Bears:

Or you can use Snap Cubes (pictured):

To play the game, each student picks a different colour playing piece and sets their piece on the start circle that matches the colour of their playing piece. The playing cards are shuffled and placed face down on the opposing page of the file folder. Students take turns picking a word card. If that word is a word from their column and they need that card, they read the word on the card and then place their playing piece on the word. They return the card to the botom of the stack. The next student takes his/her turn, doing the same thing. If players pick a word card that is not in their row, they replace the card at the bottom of the stack.

It will happen that players end up moving backward and forward on the game board because they will pick words that are ahead of the space they are currently sitting on or behind the word they are currently sitting on. When this happens, the player moves his/her piece to that word.

When a player reaches the last word in his/her row, on his/her next turn, he/she must read, accurately, all of the words in their column to be able to advance to the square that has a picture of the Qur'aan. If/when they do this, they have won/completed the game. If they cannot do this, they must wait until their turn comes again and attempt to read the words accurately. While they wait for their turn to come again, they use the words on the board (in their row) to review the words. When their turn comes again, they make a second attempt. When a player reaches the Qur'aan picture and has finished the game, the other players continue playing.

Insha'Allaah, I will upload the other word work for Surah An-Nas and Surah Al-Fatiha later in the week.

Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Word Work with Surah Al-Ikhlas

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The preschool/kindergarten classrooms are, whenever possible, large inviting spaces. With various learning centres throughout the room, it is a place that invites children to engage in the sheer joy of learning and discovery.

In Islaamic Schools, Quraan and Islamic Studies teachers come into this space to share their knowledge with young students and in support of that, homeroom teachers can try to allocate space to set up a Quraan/Islamic Studies Centre. This centre, given its noble purpose, should be a clean,beautiful space that is superior in cleanliness and beauty than that of its companion centres. What could be found in such a centre?

Believing in and being committed to the power of literacy, I propose that teachers can furnish this centre with literacy based activities. The oft used word work can easily be adapted to be used with the Quraan. Children's familiarity with word work and literacy games can aide them in learning to read the shorter suwar (pl. of surah) from the Quraan independently. Here are some suggested games that can be used in a Quraan centre:

Pictured are 3 games. The first game has game boards for up to four players. There are 3 different boards in the file and the teacher can print enough so that some student's boards will be different and some the same. On the boards are words from surah al-ikhlas. Students shuffle the word cards (in the lower right hand corner of the tray and found on pages 7,8 and 9 in the file) and place them face down on the table, making sure that the name of Allaah is not on the bottom. Each player takes turns picking a card. They must read/say the word on their card and if that card is one they need to complete their board, they keep it and place it on the board. If they do not need the card they replace it at the bottom of the stack. If a student has the board that has the picture of the Quraan in the bottom left corner, when he gets the Quraan picture card, he has the pleasure of being able to recite the entire surah (or he can pass if he wishes). The first player to fill up his board is done. Other players keep playing until all boards are completed and only one player is left with an incomplete board.

The second game pictured is a variation of Go-Fish. Students take the cards and shuffle them/mix them up. One player gives all players cards (i.e. 1 for me, 1 for you, 1 for Ibrahim, 1 for Sa'ad, 1 for Faisal, etc.) until there are no more cards left and all players have cards. The players hold their cards in a fan like fashion in their hands where other players cannot see their cards. The player on the right starts and can pick a card from the hand of any player he/she wishes. If that card is one they need (i.e. they have the matching card in their hand of cards) they take both cards out and place them on the table. Play continues in this way until 1 player is left with the card that says: "Iqra! - read!". This player has the privilege of reciting surah al-ikhlas from memory to the other players. The player with the most sets of matching cards wins.

The game can also be played using other alternate ways of playing Go-Fish.

The third game pictured is to be used with a CD player. The teacher records the words that are on the cards (i.e. Ahad, As-Samad are on one card.) After she says the words that are on a particular card, she asks the student to use the clothes pins that have the words on them to show the word she just said. This game can be played with students saying the words on the cards and their partner must find the clothes pin that has the correct word. It is suggested that all cards and pins not be used/introduced at the same time but start with 2-3 cards and matching clothes pin words and add more as children become more proficient.

Other work/games in the file that are not pictured include:

• Students cut out the word cards from surah al-ikhlas and paste them onto a worksheet that has some of the words missing. They must glue the correct word into the correct space so that the surah reads correctly insha'Allaah. (Pages 5 and 6 in the file). You will use the cards on pages 7-9 in the file for this activity.
• Match the words in the right hand column to the words in the left hand column. This is to help students recognize the words in the surah (page 10 in the file) and move toward being able to read them on sight with fluency insha'Allaah.
• Handwriting practice: Trace some of the words from surah al-ikhlas (page 11 in the file).
• Cut and paste to match the ayaat in surah al-ikhlas (pages 12 and 13 in the file). This activity is different from the one on pages 5 and 6 in that no words are blank but students use the shadow/traced words to help them match the words correctly insha'Allaah. 
• The Quraan card game pictured above (the variation of Go-Fish) is on pages 16 thru 22. *You must print these pages twice so you have duplicates of each card so students can match them*
• On page 23, teacher/parent cuts out all of the sentences and then mixes them up. The student must re-arrange the sentences so that the ayaat read in the correct order.

Using games and activities that children are familiar with and enjoy, this centre supports children as they endeavour to learn to read the Quraan independently. If you are a teacher in an Islaamic school, do you have a Quraan centre in your classroom? What activities and/or games do you have in your centre? How do you and the Quraan/Islaamic Studies teacher work together to incorporate the Quraan and Sunnah across the curriculum?

Theme Pack: I Eat (Manners From the Quraan and Sunnah))

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This is a thematic pack that helps teach preschool children that wasting food is not from the correct Islamic manners. Children also learn/review that we eat with our right hand only and they learn the terms/concepts "right" and "left", "near" and "far". They also learn about foods that are healthy and foods that are unhealthy and should be consumed infrequently.

Included in the pack is a mini-poster with an ayah specific to not wasting food, two mini- student readers (in Arabic only). The first student book teaches the manner in which we eat (رابط التحميل); the second student reader teaches how healthy food helps us grow (رابط التحميل). In the pack there is also a 20 page student workbook (رابط التحميل). Each activity in the workbook helps children develop a specific skill such as: determining which object does not belong in a group, sorting based on the characteristic of healthy and unhealthy foods, a math activity (addition sentences) and several other activities.

A place mat (رابط التحميل).that reminds children to say 'Bismillaah', eat with the right hand, and helps them place their eating utensils in the correct place. This can also be used as a Montessori activity by giving the child a small plate, small spoon and small cup and inviting them to place them correctly (without food or drink in the cup and bowl).

The Student workbook (رابط التحميل): cover page, sample pages and assessment page on the back cover

The teacher/parent assessment sheet

Due to time constraints the mini-student readers are not available in English but in the English student workbook, the last page is an assessment page for the teacher/parent that is intended to help in the record keeping process. This is not in the Arabic version. 

After the child completes the workbook, the teacher/parent can quickly go through the checklist and mark off what applies. In this way, when needing to refer back to the students work at a later date, the teacher/parent can see at a glance how each student interacted with this particular activity. 

Download Theme pack here insha'Allaah

Download Workbook (English) here insha'Allaah
Download Place mat here insha'Allaah

Download student workbook with no text here insha'Allaah

(this file has no text enabling teacher/parent to hand write the directions in the language of choice insha'Allaah)

Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Aqeedah Activities for Preschool Children (Part 3)

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The next activity for aqeedah is centered around the following sentence/phrase:

 و خلق السماء التي فيها الشمس و خلق القمر و النجوم التي في السماء و خلق الناس و الجبال و الأشجار و كل شيء

{And He created the sky where the sun is. And He created the moon and the stars that are in the sky and He created mankind and the mountains and the trees and everything.}

Children listen to some of the ayaat in the Qur'aan where Allaah mentions these things. Some of the ayaat are:

1). أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ

See you not how Allah sets forth a parable? A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the sky (i.e. very high).

{Ibrahim (14): 24}

2). إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Indeed your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and then He rose over (Istawa) the Throne (really in a manner that suits His Majesty). He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His Command. Surely, His is the Creation and Commandment. Blessed is Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists)! 
{Al-Araf (7): 54}

3). أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنَ النَّاس وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَذَاب وَمَن يُهِنِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ 

See you not that whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and Ad-Dawabb [moving (living) creatures, beasts], and many of mankind prostrate themselves to Allah. But there are many (men) on whom the punishment is justified. And whomsoever Allah disgraces, none can honour him. Verily, Allah does what He wills. 
{Al-Hajj (22): 18}

4). وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّه إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

And if all the trees on the earth were pens and the sea (were ink wherewith to write), with seven seas behind it to add to its (supply), yet the Words of Allah would not be exhausted. Verily, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise. 
{Luqman (31): 27}

The first art project for this activity was a tree collage:

And children can also make a tree card:

The front of the card

Children use a mixture of various construction paper scraps to design a tree.

Then they are given a small square of sand-paper and some crayons and invited to draw a tree on the sandpaper:

Lastly, I wrote a small poem about a tree that they can glue inside of the card (you can download the words by clicking the link below):

Download: The words of the poem:

This Sturdy Tree

Climb up high, high with me,

Into this great big sturdy tree.

And from the top we may just see,

Butterflies, birds and even the sea.

Climb up high, high with me,

Into this great big sturdy tree.

On the earth by Allaah’s Decree,

Like everything around us that we see.

Climb up high, high with me,

Into this great big sturdy tree.

Together let us try to be

Good little Muslims, you and me.

When the ayaat of Allaah we see,

We’ll praise Allaah, you and me!

The next activity is a Montessori 3-Part Card Lesson:

All of the 3-Part cards in this set feature things mentioned in the sentence. Children match the cards in the manner demonstrated in the lesson presentation. There is a glare in the pictures that makes it a bit difficult to see what is on the cards. There a). a sky b). stars c). a sun d). mountains e). trees and f). the moon. These 3-Part cards are in Arabic and have the vowel marks (tashkeel).

This activity can even be used with children who are not yet readers. After the child has matched the cards, you can read the words on the card and ask the child to point to the picture that shows the word you just read. You then place the word card next to the picture the child indicated.

Children are then given magnets that feature some of the pictures and words that are found in the ayaat above:

These are for additional reinforcement/fun on the fridge.

The Story of Prophet Sulaiman can be read aloud to compliment this lesson insha'Allaah:

Read the story out load. Pause on page 3 in the story. There is a picture of the sky. Point this out to children and ask them who created the sky. Continue reading and stop on page 10. At this point in the story, we are told of how the Hud-hud bird relayed the news to Sulaiman of the queen Bilqees and her people who worshipped the sun. Briefly talk about this asking students why this is wrong. Ask who created the sun, can the sun create anything, what does the sun give us (i.e. heat, warmth) and point out that this is only by Allaah's Permission and Mercy. Ask if the sun can heal people when they get sick, give them clothing when they need it, provide housing, etc. Point out that there is no reason anyone should worship the sun or any other created thing. 

To allow children to interact with the part of the sentence that mentions that Allaah created mankind, children can label pre-cut paper doll chains to show their families insha'Allaah.

Children cut off (subtract) or add enough dolls to show the number of the members of their families.They then glue their doll chains on the paper. Lastly, they glue the labels underneath the dolls to show the name/title of each member of their family. Depending on the number of members in the child's household, you may need to tape two pieces of construction paper together to allow space for all of the dolls and labels.

I made this chain just so children could see an example but the children's dolls do not have the labels on the chest of the doll. The labels are pasted on underneath each doll.

You can see a way to make the paper doll chains here insha'Allaah. 

The titles of family members can be downloaded here insha'Allaah.

We also did a collage of stick people:

Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Aqeedah Activities for Preschool Children (Part 2)

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These activities are extensions to the Islamic studies curriculum of Saudi Arabia. Again, they have been adjusted for toddlers and preschoolers.

The aspect of tawheed covered is that Allaah is the only Creator. This sentence/phrase is the centre of the activities: الله هُوَ آلَّذِي خَلَقَ آلأَرْضَ آلَّتِي نَمْشِي عَلَيْهَا (Allaah is the one who created the earth that we walk on).

After a brief discussion invite children to follow the footsteps on the floor using alternating feet (i.e. right then left, right then left...). This activity is intended to provide practice with gross motor skills and practice balancing alternately on one foot.

As the walk progresses, remind the children that what we are walking on is the Earth that Allaah created.

The feet wind around the room in an alternating fashion, right foot then left, until the construction paper feet come to an end and children are invited to jump to the last two feet that are side by side.

Afterward, give children two worksheets to a). work on right and left direction skills and b). practice fine motor skills. This worksheet also fits in the math curriculum due to the sorting aspect.

The completed work of a child

Blank worksheet

This worksheet mentions the hadith about the manners of entering the masaajid as recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari. Children are then invited to sort right and left footprints into the right and left hand columns.

I also made a mat that was placed on the floor in the area where shoes are put on. Children are invited to step on the mat and match their feet to the footprints as they are reminded which is the right foot and which is the left.

The sheet is laminated and then it was taped to the floor in front of the shoe area.

The next worksheet gives children practice with fine motor skills (i.e. pencil grip) and tracing a vertical line and as they progress, a meandering line. Children use a crayon or marker to trace over the red line that directs each foot to the picture of the earth.

A tracing worksheet for children whose fine motor skills are in the beginning developing stages

A tracing worksheet for children with more developed fine motor skills.

Download the worksheets here insha'Allaah:

Manners of Entering the Masjid_Right/Left Feet Sorting

Feet Floor Mat

Beginning Vertical Line Tracing Worksheet

 Line Tracing Worksheet

Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Aqeedah Activities for Preschool Children

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These reading comprehension worksheets are basic Aqeedah activities for children three years and older (in Arabic). I've designed the worksheets to compliment the level 1 textbook from Saudi Arabia. I've simply adjusted the material for pre-school aged children. The text from the first worksheet pictured is from the Aqeedah for Children book (I translated the questions from one of the pages into Arabic and made my own worksheet concept using the questions only) and because this is a copyrighted document, I cannot post the worksheet I made for it until I receive permission from the copyright holder. However, you can see the basic concept in the picture. 

The first worksheet, using the questions from the Aqeedah for Children book, teaches children that Allaah is the Creator of all that exists. Children are then asked to circle specific items in each box.

 A completed worksheet

The second worksheet (done the following day), reminds children about Allaah and then asks them by what do they know Allaah. The answer is provided and then two of the ways are discussed (i.e. that He Created the sun and the moon; the day and the night). Children are then invited to place the sun in the picture that shows the day and the moon in the picture that shows the night.

A completed worksheet

The last worksheet (again done on a different day), tells children that know they know that Allaah is our Lord and that He Created everything. Children are invited to draw some of the things that Allaah Created.

I remember that some sisters asked for work in Arabic (with tashkeel) and insha'Allaah these worksheets are of help/benefit.

You can download the worksheets here insha'Allaah:

Allaah Created the Night/Day; Sun/Moon Worksheet

What Else Did Allaah Create Worksheet

Allaah Wakes Me Up Each Day (Book 7)

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*Post Updated to include missing page from the book*

Alhamdulillaah, here is the seventh book that compliments sister Umm Maimoonah's curriculum. She is now on weeks 7-12 and insha'Allaah, I will try to make books for each week as was done with weeks 1-6 (I still haven't done book one....I will try to get that done as soon as is possible insha'Allaah).

Here is book 7:

In this book, children learn that it is Allaah who wakes us each day. Children are invited to make words with the -ay ending sound and the -ight ending sound. They are also invited to join the challenge to memorize a few ad'iya (pl. of du'a) related to sleeping and waking up. They also learn two more of Allaah's most Beautiful Names walhamdulilaah.

I had to have pages 12 and 13 separate due to technical difficulties. Please download these pages and add them into the book insha'Allaah. Jazakum Allaahu Khayran!

Download 'Allaah Wakes Me Up Each Day' here insha'Allaah

Download pages 12 and 13 of 'Allaah Wakes Me up...' here insha'Allaah

Download the (Missing) Dua Page from the book

Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Last Minute Hajj Story Board/Game

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This is a game I thought up because I can use a story to teach math (subtraction) with it. I once read a picture book that had a cute rhyme so I adapted it to fit this story board:

Put the picture out and set five hujjaj on the board (see below)

Then read the rhyme (see below) and take away a hajji each time you finish the rhyme and then start again until all hujjaj have left the haraam.

Here is the rhyme:

Five Hujjaj went out one day,

Down to the Haraam because they wanted to pray.

The guide soon called for them to come pack,

But only four hujjaj came walking back.

**Continue changing the numbers in red until all hujjaj have left the haraam.**

Then read,

The worried hajj guide went on his way,
down to the haraam where the hujjaj went to pray
He called and called for the hujjaj to come pack
And all five hujjaj came walking back!

Then place all of the hujjaj back on the board if the child(ren) wish to play again insha'Allaah

Download Hajj Counting Story here insha'Allaah

Download Hajj Counting Story without boxes around the hujjaj here insha'Allaah

Download Hajj Counting Story without boxes or numbers on the hujjaj here insha'Allaah

(I put ten (10) hujjaj in the file just in case)

Enjoy insha'Allaah!

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Allaah Created Nature Mini-Workbook (Book 6)

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Alhamdulillaah, here is the sixth (and last) workbook that supplements Umm Maimoonah's six week long range plan. In this mini-workbook, children learn that Allaah Created nature and that it is not a separate entity that has the capability to create. They have beginning consonant sound work, handwriting practice and more alhamdulillaah.

Download Allaah Created Nature mini-workbook here insha'Allaah

Insha'Allaah, I will be posting one more workbook which is book one (1) for Sis Umm Maimoonah's long range plan. Insha'Allaah your children benefit from the books.

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Enjoy insha'Allaah!

Some Activities for the letter Daal

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One of the best words to teach the letter daal is the word du'aa! With autumn here alhamdulillah, that means rainstorms, thunder and maybe a bit of lightening...waallaahu alim. This is a great time to teach the ad'iyah related to this type of weather insha'Allaah.

Here are two file folder games that can be used with the letter Daal insha'Allah: One for teaching the different ad'iyah (with some number practice/teaching) and another for teaching the letter Daal itself insha'Allah.

Download Dua/Rain File Folder Game here insha'Allaah (Arabic only)

*New* Download Dua/Rain File Folder Game here insha'Allaah: Large Rain drops (Arabic only)

Download Dua/Rain File Folder Game here insha'Allaah (English) *Coming Soon insha'Allaah* 

Download Daal file folder game (Small Umbrellas) here insha'Allaah

Download Daal file folder game (Med. Umbrellas) here insha'Allaah

In the picture, I printed the umbrellas without the letters and with (I didn't do that on purpose...*smile*). In the file, I included two pages of umbrellas with the letter daal on them and one page of blank umbrellas (as pictured). This way you can have the child match the letters on each umbrella insha'Allaah or by colour. The game was played and enjoyed here and I simply pointed out that each of the umbrellas has the letter daal on them and asked that they please match the correct colour umbrellas. 

I forgot to mention: As you probably noticed in the picture, I made the pieces for this game rounded to preserve the handles of the umbrellas. This way toddler hands can easily manipulate each piece without the threat of the umbrella handles breaking/tearing *smile*.

Oh! Sister Saraa from UmmahReads also sent me this great link that has FREE du'a posters to download. They're beautiful masha'Allaah! They also have books that I really am eager to read insha'Allaah *smile*. Jazakillahu Khayr sis Saraa! 

There is also a postcard for the letter Daal too alhamdulillah *smile*.

Enjoy insha'Allaah!