Guest Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Can I ask what people are doing for Eid and have I got the date right 24th Oct?
Guest Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 I've just checked the date of Eid-ul-fitr (end of Ramadan) and your date matches the one I found
AnonyMouse_3735 Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 (edited) we find the DVD a good foundation for this and hads ideas included, children often reqqest things they see on the DVD to try at pre-school during the session, we try to ensure we have resources just in case! childs eye view festivals DVD Sorry not watched it for a while but from memory it was well worth the cost and you can get it with Elcs Inge Edited September 17, 2006 by Inge
Guest Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 (edited) We focussed on Eid for a week last year to raise the self esteem of 2 children and their families in the class.Here are some of the activities we did (pasted from planning so sorry if they seem misjointed ) Look at non fiction books about Eid Discussions about Eid – especially with the two muslim mums and the muslim children in the class Express likes/dislikes of dates and Eid pudding Display examples of ‘Happy Eid’ in English, Urdu and Bengali Sign name on Eid cards Posters on display Listen to Eid song and story by A's mum. 'A date to Eat' - story ‘Happy Eid’ song in Arabic (A's mum) A's mum to talk about visiting a mosque and praying 5 times a day. Artefacts brought in – prayer mat, hat, oils Visitors and their children to dress in traditional dress. Eid cooking (star and moon biscuits, eid desert) and sweet giving. Look at globe to find where the 2 children used to live in relation to here. Try dates at snack time. Develop an awareness of cultural and religious festivals. Making and giving Eid cards and sweets. Take photographs Palydough with glitter in – use rolling pins and star/moon cutters. Cutting out hand shapes for Mendhi patterns Eid el Fitr jigsaw Decorate shiny stars Clay moon and stars – using cutters, decorate and suspend Print out Eid card Star and moon printing with paint – selection and choice. Designing a Mendhi pattern on cut out hand Mendhi pattern on girls hands (A's mum) Learn ‘Happy Eid’ song (A's mum) We had a fantastic week and the 2 children in question just puffed up with importance; their mums came and worked with us and made the staff a 3 course meal at the end because they had enjoyed themselves so much! I may attempt to put some pictures on for you but I've never tried it before so it may take a few days Ok trying an attachment This was our display(not quite finished in the picture) - one of the mums decided to do the mosque on the wall so a bit adult led but I hadn't the heart to stop her We hung the painted clay mooons and stars around it and infront of it. Edited September 17, 2006 by Guest
Guest Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Sounds like you had a fantastic celebration and so meaningful for the children and parents. Well done on the attachments too. Can I ask, what did you use for the hand painting? Peggy
AnonyMouse_468 Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 It looks from the photo to be henna painted on the child's hand. We have a large number of Muslim children, and often invite the mums in during celebrations to paint the children's hands if they want it. (Always get parental permission first!) The children select a design from a chart that the mums bring in, then have it painted on. They leave it on until it has dried (up to about half an hour), then wash it off. The orange coloured pattern that remains on their hands lasts up to a week. Eid this year falls during our half term. We also celebrate Diwali which is on 21st October this year.
Guest Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Thanks Peggy, It was henna brought in by one of the mums but another local school used brown felt tip pens (with parent permission!). Henna stayed on about a week as Jackie said - the problem was waiting for it to dry on the child's hand - they would keep going to play and rubbing it off - had bits of henna all over the place Worth it though. Megsmum.
AnonyMouse_73 Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Both 'little' and 'big' Eid fall during school holidays this yearas I think does Diwali. Having an very large Moslem population and being situated opposite the local mosque, its the biggest festival our families celebrate. Most of our children are already 'henna.d' so its the staff that get that privilege as part of the Eid festivities.
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