Edmonton Islamic Child Care Centre

Farm Tuff Tray Activity!!

We set up a farm-themed tuff tray by adding paint and a variety of farm animals. The children explored making marks by using the animals’ hooves to print and create patterns in the paint. Toward the end of the activity, we introduced a small amount of water, enhancing the sensory experience and encouraging further exploration.

This activity supported several areas of learning, including:

Communication and Language
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development
Literacy
Mathematics

Resources used:

Farm animal figures🐖🐄🐴🦓🐐
Paint

Eid Mubarak

Melting Polar Ice Caps: Creating an Interactive Tray

This activity was designed to develop the concept of global warming and climate change. Children watched a block of ice slowly melt in the sunlight, simulating the melting of polar ice caps. This process was enhanced and accelerated by adding warm water and a dropper. The children also used rulers to measure the surrounding water level, helping them understand the rise in sea levels caused by melting ice caps.

This activity stimulates several aspects of learning, including communication and language, personal, social, and emotional development, physical development, and an understanding of climate and weather changes.

Materials used: Polar bears, ice, glitter, blue tissue paper, rulers, blue magnets, dropper

Washing Up Tuff Tray

The children enjoyed a fun and simple washing activity using sponges, brushes, soap, and water. They explored washing pots, pans, and utensils while engaging in imaginative role play.

This activity supported several areas of learning including communication and language, physical development, personal, social and emotional development, and understanding the world.

Materials used:

Pots and pans 🫖🍲🥄
utensils
sponges🧽
brushes🪥
water🧼

Today in the toddlers room 🧸, children learned about prayer and the mosque 🕌 through coloring and storytelling 📖. We read I Can Pray Anywhere and talked about how Muslims pray 🤲 at home and in the mosque. Children colored mosque and prayer mat pictures 🎨🖍️ while practicing focus and creativity ✨. We introduced simple words like Prayer, Mosque, Ramadan 🌙, and Sajadah. This activity supported fine motor skills ✋, hand eye coordination 👀, and helped children connect with Islamic values in a gentle way 🤍.

🌙 Mosque & Prayer Activity – Toddlers Room 🕌✨

Today our toddlers learned about Ramadan and prayer with a focus on the mosque 🕌. Children colored the green dome 💚 and threaded ribbon through the golden square on the mosque template.

We focused on key words: Prayer, Ramadan, Mosque, Dome, Prayer Mat, while supporting fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

🌙 Ramadan Glitter Craft 🏮✨
Today toddlers explored Ramadan symbols 🌙⭐ by decorating lanterns, stars, and crescent moons with glue and glitter. We introduced simple Islamic symbols and talked about why Ramadan is special.

This activity builds fine motor skills, creativity, and sensory exploration.

Materials:
• Lantern, star & crescent cutouts
• Glue
• Glitter
• Ramadan lights 🏮✨

Ramadan Drawing Tuff Tray✨️🌙

Materials Used
Drawing Tray
Purple Magnait Sand
Wooden Writing Sticks ✍️
Wooden Ramadan Decorations 🌙✨️🕌🌟

This activity allowed early childhood children to explore artifacts associated with the month of Ramadan through creative and sensory play. The shimmering purple sand represented the night sky, creating a vibrant and visually appealing base. Wooden Ramadan decorations, including mosques, a Ramadan banner, crescent moons, and stars, were placed on the sand. The children used their fingers and writing sticks to carefully draw the shapes, outlining and highlighting each design. This process supported the development of fine motor skills and encouraged concentration, creativity, and keen observation. The finished pieces were a beautiful reflection of the spirit and beauty of Ramadan, showcasing the children's growing skills and their conscious engagement with the theme of the month.

Creating an Interactive Ramadan Tray
Since it's Ramadan, we thought it was a great time for the children to make a crescent moon out of clay and place it among twinkling stars and cosmic dust. They enjoyed listening to an explanation of the importance of Ramadan and the svmbolism of the crescent moon and star, and thev learned about the shapes of a mosque, a lantern, and a coffee pot. They also enjoyed sensory play with the interactive tray.
This activity stimulates many aspects of learning, including communication and language, personal, social, and emotional development, physical development, understanding the world and cultures, and expressive arts and design.
Materials used:
rolling
paper cutouts in the shapes of stars and crescent moons. star-shaped
cookie cutters crescent moon mosquel tantern coffee poto

Today in our Toddlers Room we introduced the beginning of Ramadan Mubarak 🌙⭐🕌 through a hands-on crescent and star craft. Children learned that the crescent 🌙 marks the start of the month, the star ⭐ represents the Ramadan night sky, and lanterns 🏮 bring light and joy during this special time for Muslim families. This activity supports fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, focus, and introduces important Islamic symbols in a simple and meaningful way.

Materials used:
• Crescent & star outline paper 🌙⭐
• Colored paper pieces
• Glue
• Red trays
• LED lanterns 🏮

Ramadan Mubarak to all our families ✨🤍