Character Traits- Prophet Ibrahim

Hi guys, today I wanted to share with you a character trait activity we did during our Prophet Ibrahim study. 

Character traits are words that describe and help us understand a character in a story. As Muslims, it's important to point out to our children positive traits for them to emulate. Character traits are something we infer in a story through what the character says, does, and thinks. 

In this activity, you will help your child do a directed drawing of a fire using the video link. Then have a discussion about the positive character traits we find in Prophet Ibrahim. 

Brave- Ibrahim was brave. When the people built the fire to throw him in, he wasn't scared. Even when the angel came to him and asked if he needed any help he said.  

Respectful- Ibrahim's father was an idol builder. Even though Ibrahim knew it was wrong, he still spoke to his father respectfully. 

Smart- Ibrahim knew that the sun, moon, and stars could not be God. 

Clever- The people did not want to listen to Ibrahim, so he showed them how useless their statues were by destroying them and blaming the biggest one. The people were able to see how helpless their idols were. 

Loyal- As Muslims, our loyalty is first to Allah. Ibrahim did not let the people push him into worshipping idols. He remains loyal to his creator. 

Caring- Ibrahim cared about his people very much. He tried to advise them.  

In this activity, you will help your child do a directed drawing of a fire using the video link. Then have a discussion about the positive character traits we find in Prophet Ibrahim.

Watch the directed drawing video here. 

Have your child color the flames according to the video instructions

Write the character traits you discussed about Prophet Ibrahim in your paper. 

You can find this activity as part of our Prophet Ibrahim study in my TPT store. I hope you and your children enjoy learning about Allah's Best Friend. 

Character Study Curriculum

Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you what we have been using for our virtues/character education. In the previous years I've always just kind of threw things together for this aspect of our homeschool. So, this year it was really important for me to have a solid plan for character education.

Spines:

This book gives you one-manner to focus on a day and how to exercises. 

This book is a collection of stories that deal with the development of good character. 

This book has 13 adventure stories that introduces the concept of virtues behavior and how it can make

the world a better place. 

Coloring Page/Narration:

I create a coloring page for each virtue while I read the story. At the end of the week the boys write in their journals a prompt that focuses on that trait. 

 Read Alouds:

To enhance our character building I grab some books from the library for the boys to read during their independent reading time.

 Some of the books we have enjoyed are One Hen, The Quilt Makers Gift, 

The Giving Tree, Rainbow Fish, etc.

We usually work on character education on Mondays as part of our morning basket, you can check out that post here. I also include stories that talk about some of the characteristics of the Prophet (SAW) and stories of his companions. We also read from the Quran and draw lessons from our reading.


That's it! What do you use for character education in your homeschool?

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Morning Time Basket

Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you what is in our morning time basket. I've seen this morning basket idea floating around for a while. Now that my boys are getting older they are no longer interested in circle time so I needed something to substitute that so I could still cover things that do not fit into our other school stuff. The morning basket idea was perfect so I just made our own twist to it and we've been enjoying ever since.

I put together a schedule for me to follow so I know what to cover on each day so I wasn't searching for ideas at the last minute.

I put our schedule in a page protector and write with a visa visa marker so I can reuse it. 

I stick in the basket for easy reference. 

Our Schedule:

Every morning we start with our read aloud and memory work (which is normally poems were memorizing) we move on to what ever activity is schedule for that day.Some times I add a word of the day that I've pulled from our reading.

Mondays-Character trait

Tuesday: Poetry

Wednesday: Fair tales/Fables

Thursday: Art History

Friday: Picture books

Character Building:
Our main spines are Children's book of virtues and The adventures of Mali and Keela.  
We usually have one virtue a month we cover and we supplement with picture books and hands on activities.

Poetry:

The Random House Book of Poetry and Where the Sidewalk Ends is two of our spines and I usually will grab books from the library to switch it up. We also use our poem PowerPoint presentation you can check that out here.

Fairy Tales and Fables:

The boys have chosen Aesop's Fables and Stories from Around the World. 

Art History:

I love this book it has a short summary about the artist and the technique they are famous for. It also gives instruction on how to recreate a piece from the artist.

I am also waiting for this book to come in the mail. I've heard great things about it. 

Picture Books:

I wanted to make sure I continue to read picture books to the boys because there are some great ones we've never read. Especially now that my eldest is reading novels and is interested in longer books. 

The boys loved this one!

Read Alouds:

 We're currently reading The Silver Balloon. 

That's it for our morning time basket. Do you have a morning time basket and what are some of your favorite books?

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