Celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr!

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Celebrations New Beginnings

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Objectives

Early learning goals

Talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members.
Know that other children do not always do the same things, and are sensitive to this.
Know about similarities and differences between others, and among families, communities and traditions.
Sing songs and dance.
Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Represent ideas, thoughts and feelings through art, dance, role play.

Lesson Planning

Celebrate the end of Ramadan with the Muslim festival ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ Recall at least 5 facts about this important event in the Muslim calendar.

Children will:

Learn about the Muslim festival ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’; recall at least 5 facts.
Consolidate their learning with role-play.

Planning

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

Selection of Muslim artefacts concealed in treasure chest and glittery tinsel, balloons
Paint, paper cut into large regular shapes, square, circle, rectangle, equilateral triangle
Dried pulses such as orange and green lentils, dried beans
Glue, glue spreaders, stiff paper
Dates and almonds for eating

Weblinks

Teacher information about Islam from reonline.org.uk
Eid from bbc.co.uk
Easy lental pictures from notimeforflashcards.com