Our Shams (age 4-7 yrs) group played an Islamic version of the Simon Says game. And I'd like you all to guess how the game might have been. For those who are new to "Simon Says", here's a brief description:
One person is chosen to be "Simon" the others stand in a straight line. The simon then calls out an action for the children to follow. It can be anything like.... touch your toes jump 10 times on 1 foot...... The simon when giving an action can simply state the action by it self..."touch your ears" and whoever does it is out and has to sit down. Or the simon can say "Simon says, touch your ears" and them everyone must follow the instruction. You can vary the actions according to the age group of children you are playing with. The last person who is standing can then be "Simon"!Let me give you a hint! The object of the game was to teach them to recite "Bismillah". Go on, guess awaaay....
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Simon says Bismillah
yea, close..
the kid who's "Simon".. will say, bismillah raise your hand. And the rest should do it. If he says, brush your teeth, no one should do it ('cuz he didn't say bismillah)
did i mention, the kids loved it!!
..and the point of that is ?
they learn to begin every action with bismillah (meaning, in the name of Allah)
The game works better than lecture-based learning
Assalaamu alikum groups
This game can be played with a small change, as it is done in Arabia. Instead of using the english phrase, we an use "qaala Naasir", or any other name in place of Naasir, so that children get used to the word Qaala which they would be hearing time and again during recitation. This way we will be promoting the arabic language.
Wassalaam
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