Ali and Sumaya

Imanimation studios

http://www.aliandsumaya.com/index.html

Ali and Sumaya is an animated step by step guide to learn how to perform salah (prayer). Little Sumaya doesn’t know how to pray but her friends do. So she fells left out. Her big brother Ali teaches her how to pray properly. I love the way the animation is done. No musical instrument has been used. The Qur’an recitations are done by children.  Meanings and transliterations are also given with the Arabic verses.  This guide also teaches how to do wadu (ritual purification), what can invalidate wadu and sunnah duas after wadu, salah times, adhaan (call to prayer), Dua Qunoot and some beautiful supplications we can do after salah. There is also a quiz section for children to benefit from.  Children can learn at least 8 surahs (Surah Fatiha, Surah Ahad, Surah Al-Falaq, Surah An-Nas, Surah Al-Kafirun, Surah Masad) from the Quran through this guide. There is also a short booklet provided with the cd to practice the verses and duas with children.

My three kids are all under five. I thought they may not appreciate this guide that much but Alhamdulillah they actually love watching Ali and Sumaya. Sometimes they even bring their own small prayers mats and copy Ali and Sumaya. Even I have benefitted from the cd in terms of adding some more duas during the salah, Alhamdulillah. I would highly recommend this animated guide for your little ones.

Little explorers: The Muslim kid's magazine

LE is a children’s magazine which is published every other month to stimulate the young minds of our children as well as teach them the true teachings of Islam in a fun and interactive way. http://www.littleexplorersmagazine.co.uk/

According to the LE team, the purpose of the magazine is to nurture our children into good Muslim citizens who make a positive contribution to the society in which they live.

Alhamdulillah I have been reading this beautiful magazine with my children since Ramadan 2010. When I received the first issue, I was quite impressed by the quality. At that time, my son was only two and a half years old and my daughter was 15 months but they enjoyed flipping through the magazine! I love the way the images are done mashallah! It just shows that we can indeed create an interesting magazine for children without images with eyes. In 18 months, the content of the magazine has almost doubled. Now it has more articles and activities. My children really love reading the magazine with me. We are really lucky to have Little Explorers for our precious children.

It is very important for our children to read magazines which they can relate to. I would highly recommend this magazine to all parents home and abroad insha-Allah. Trust me you won’t regret subscribing to this wonderful magazine for your precious ones insha-Allah! May Allah swt reward the team behind this wonderful project, ameen.