Children’s Islamic Calendar
We love using an Islamic calendar in our homeschool. Teaching the Islamic months is an important part of any Muslim homeschool, and we use ours during “Calendar Time” in the morning.
I have been looking online for an interactive calendar for the
kids with inter-changeable Islamic months, lunar cycle and prayer times.
However after many
months of searching, I couldn’t find anything that I felt was suitable. So I
decided to make my own and share it with you!
It includes days, Islamic months,
Year (AH), the lunar phase and the 5 prayers times.
It is so easy to make! You definitely
don’t need to be ‘crafty.’
We use this calendar as part of our ‘calendar time’ in our
homeschool day. After Quranic memorisation in the morning, the children work on
this calendar and their Gregorian calendar.
It is a great way to introduce small
kids to the Islamic months, the lunar phases and prayer times, as well early
years numeracy. We use it to discuss the significance of certain months in Islam, as well as a countdown to Ramadan!
Below are the instructions for how to make your own Islamic
Calendar including a
FREE download
I would love to see how yours look and how you decorate
them. Please share you pics on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag
#MyIslamicCalendar, or leave a link in the comments below.
My Islamic Calendar
Materials Needed:
- A3 coloured card (1 sheet) – I used navy blue to match my
Gregorian calendar
- Laminator and laminating pouches
- Patterned ribbon or card (optional)
- Strong adhesive glue
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- FREE Printable Pages. Click HERE to download.
- Coloured card (two different colours) – for the hands of the
clocks
- Paper fasteners (x5)
- Velcro/Hook & Loop self-adhesive dots (13mm)
- Small pin
- Cut and glue the patterned ribbon or card around
the edge of the A3 card to make a decorative border (optional).
- Cut out everything from the Free Printable Pages
- Arrange the cut-outs on the A3 card.
- Using your glue stick, glue on the ‘My Islamic
Calendar’, ‘Date’, ‘Month’, ‘Year’, ‘Lunar Phase’, ‘Fajr’, ‘Dhuhr’, ‘Asr’, ‘Maghrib’,
‘Isha’ tabs.
- Laminate the remaining cut-outs.
- Using your strong adhesive glue, glue the blank
white rectangles/squares that you have laminated onto the A3 card. These will
act as a background to each inter-changeable section. Leave to dry according to your
glue’s instructions. My glue required me to leave for 24h.
- Stick the Velcro dots onto the back of the
numbers, months, years, lunar phases. Stick the Velcro dots onto the front of
the blank laminated rectangles/squares on your calendar. Note: you will need
two Velcro dots in the ‘date’ section, and one in the other sections.
- Now its time to work on the clocks. Using your
coloured card, cut out 5 long clock hands in one colour, and 5 short clock
hands in another colour.
- Position the clock faces on the A3 card below
each prayer name. Using a pin, pierce a hole in the centre of each clock face,
and through into the card below. Thread the clock hands onto the paper fastener.
Then use your this paper fastener, to go through the small holes, securing the clock
to the card.
Your calendar should now be ready
to use!
The calendar in this download has straight title text. After playing around with it, I felt it looked better. However, if you would prefer ‘My Islamic Calendar’ to be curved, please leave me a comment below, and I will upload another printable insha’Allah.
We keep all our extra pieces in envelopes next to the calendar; one envelope for the numbers and lunar phases (things that change frequently) and one envelope for the months and years. By keeping them in two envelopes, it makes it easier for the kids to find what they need. You could also use little baskets or attach separate pouches to the calendar itself.
I would love to see how yours look and how you decorate
them. Please share you pics on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag
#MyIslamicCalendar, or leave a link in the comments below.
Please remember us in your duaas,
Peace and Love x
