WEEK 3

Qur'an and Arabic and Islamic Studies

For the past couple of weeks, we have been spending our mornings on reading in Arabic and memorizing suras from the Qur'an.

There are 3 classes and they are divided by skill level into 3 groups A,B, and C. Group A consists of campers from kinder garden to 2nd grade. Group B has campers from 3rd grade to 6th grade. Group C is 5th graders and older.

Qur'an:

Group A: This class is working on short surah memorization.

Group B: This class is working on memorizing either Ayatul Kursi or Surah Ar'Rahman.

Group C: This class is memorizing Surah Ar' Rahman.

 Arabic:
Group A: Works on alphabet recognition. They are working out of 2 elementary arabic books. 

Group B: beginging arabic/ interemediate

Group C: Arabic lessons from Iqra Reader 2: "Ana Muslim"






Islamic studies:

Group A: They are learning stories from the Qur'an from an elementary Islam book called "Learning about Islam." They are also learning how to do wudhu and memorizing salat in Arabic.

Groups B and C combined: They are studying the history of Islam after the death of Muhammad and the rise of the khalifates.






Women's Shelter

 


This week for our community service we went to the Woman's shelter.  Each child brought a food item that they donated to the woman's shelter. At the Masjid we  prepared box lunches and then delivered the food. At the shelter we got a tour and explaination of the shelter's services. After the tour we got a chance to meet the facilities residents and staff. 

Park Game Day

On Thursday we spent the whole day at Crab Cove. We did relay races like the 3 legged race and balloon relay. We also played capture the flag, played in sand, and rode bikes. 



Projects 

This week our Science top was the Earth.  In studying the earth we learned how to make paper and made a volcano. 

To make paper we put shredded newspaper, egg cartons, boxes or card, computer paper, napkins, tissue paper, and colored paper into a bucket full of water. We added some food coloring to give the paper its desired color. Then we put the paper "mush" on a wire frame.

Once on the frame we allow the paper "mush" to dry until it became firm. This firmed final product is our paper.

To make our volcanos we put vinegar into a water bottle and added food coloring to the vinegar. We decorated the outside of our water bottle by taping different colored paper to the bottle and decorating the paper.

When we were ready to make our volvanos erupt.

Its amazing what a little baking soda can do!