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Circle Time Success

I love to spread the joy of Eid. Those who know me know I LOVE to give gifts and decided to pass out candy on Eid day. So, I went to Costco and found Chocolate wrapped like gold coins and decided that it would be cute to pass those out on Eid and give some to my non-Muslim co-workers as well. I ended up making these cute gifts for my co-workers. I took two coins and wrapped them with pre-cut tool (I think that's how you spell it), attached a note that said "Eid Mubarak" with a brief explanation of the holiday and tied it to the candy with gold ribbon. They came out really pretty. As I passed them out to my co-workers, everyone expressed their gratitude and asked questions about Eid and Ramadan. One of the teachers was so interested that he asked me if I would talk to his students about Eid. So, of course I say "SURE!" I used to teach and miss it dearly, so getting back in the classroom for a presentation seemed exciting. As I prepared my power point presentation in my head about Ramadan and Eid, the thought hit me..."Wait, they are three years old. Wow...how am I going to explain Ramadan and Eid to three year olds while making it interesting??" I thought about it and thought about it and decided to read them a story, but found that I didn't have one. So, I decided to make them a coloring page that said "Happy Eid" with Eid Mubarak written in Arabic, and give them chocolate treats as well. That took care of the "gift" portion, but what was I going to tell them? I decided to wing it and go with whatever came out of my mouth when I got there. This made me really nervous, because I'm used to always being prepared. So, I just asked Allah (swt) to bless me with the words to tell these children about this wonderful holiday and ALHAMDULLAH, it went sooooooooooooo well. The children were VERY attentive and interested in everything I said. I made sure to include them in a lot by having them say "Eid Mubarak" to each other and things like that. I also colored one of the pictures and colored each Arabic letter a different color and we went over how to spell Eid Mubarak in Arabic. It was really nice. At the end, I gave each child their own chocolate candy gift, which they were VERY excited about. They gave me a "roller coaster" at the end which is their way of clapping...it was too cute.

posted by Madeehah @ 9:48 AM