Jun 18 2007
Songs/Rhymes to Teach Islam to Little Children
These come from Kristie Karima Burn’s Islamic Waldorf School Online website and use the tunes to popular nursery rhymes to teach the basics of Islam - alhamdullilah!:
THE FIVE PRAYERS by Karima Burns
(sung to the tune of ‘Five Little Ducks’)
Five Muslim Prayers I’ll pray today.
As Muslims we pray five times a day.
Before I pray I do wudu
Before the sun rises I’ll pray Fajr with you.
Four more Muslim prayers I’ll pray today.
As Muslims we pray five times a day.
Before I pray I do Wudu.
Near lunch time I’ll pray Duhr with you.
Three more Muslim Prayers I’ll pray today.
As Muslims we pray five times a day.
Before I pray I do Wudu
In the Afternoon I’ll pray Asr with you.
Two more Muslim prayers I’ll pray today
As Muslims we pray five times a day.
Before I pray I do Wudu.
And at sunset I’ll pray Maghreb with you.
One more Muslim prayer I’ll pray today
As Muslims we pray five times a day.
Before I pray I’ll do Wudu
And at night I’ll pray Eisha with you!
WE’RE MAKING AN IFTAR CAKE Modified by Karima Burns
(to the tune of “The Farmer’s in the Dell”)
We’re making an Iftar cake, we’re making an Iftar cake;
We’re going to make it really big,
Because we’ve all been fasting.
Flour in the bowl, flour in the bowl;
Stir it with a great big spoon,
Flour in the bowl.
continue with other ingredients: sugar, salt,
dates, butter, etc.
Put it in the oven, put it in the oven;
Until it’s nicely cooked.
Alhamdullilah!
Icing on the top, icing on the top;
Spread it with a big, flat knife,
Bisimillah!
Bisimillah, we all have a piece;
Some for you and some for me,
Alhamdullilah!
And now it’s all gone, and now it’s all gone;
Yumm it was very good,
Alhamdullilah
DATES FOR IFTAR By Karima Burns
One date, two dates,
Three dates, four;
We Break our Fast with Dates,
But can I please have some more?
FIVE PILLARS HAS ISLAM by Karima Burns
(to the tune of Old Macdonald Had a Farm)
Five Pillars has Islam.
The first pillar is Shaahada.
La ilaha Ilallah
Wa Muhammedan Rasuulallah
Five pillars has Islam
The second one is to pray
Muslims pray five times a day
Each and every day.
Five pillars has Islam
The third pillar is zakat
Zakat Means to give Alms
We All give Zakat
Five pillars has Islam
The fourth one is Siyam
Siyam means to fast
The month of Ramadan.
Five pillars has Islam
The fifth one is the Hajj
Hajj means to make pilgrimage
to Mecca.
First posted on July 18, 2006
As Salaam Alaikum,
Thanks sooo much for this post. I have been in search of little Islamic songs to teach children. This is so helpful.
Masha’Allah, a nice rime for the children which is beneficial at the same time. As a Muslim mother in the west I find it difficult to find nice islamic toys for my children. Then I found these two websites www.uprightfamily.com and www.learningroots.com
I found muslim dolls and great games for the children to learn about Islam. There were some organic babydolls as well.
Hope you find them as beneficial as I
Fi amani llah