Start with bismillah.

Put one small plant on a sunny windowsill and look at its leaves. Ask: "What happens to a plant that gets sunlight every day? What if it was kept in a dark cupboard?"

Watch the BBC video of plants in a forest racing towards the light.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Who does this ayah warn? Is it surprising?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can my prayer help me become a better person?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Ma'un is surah 107. Find ayah 4. Read the translations of ayat 4 to 7 together. They describe the same people. What do they do wrong?

Fact: Why do plants bend and grow towards the light?

Ages 5–8: Window test. Put a small plant or a cup of sprouting beans by a window. Draw it on day one and again after a week. Which way did it lean?

Ages 9–12: Shoebox maze. Cut a hole in one end of a shoebox and add two card walls inside. Put a sprouting bean at the other end and close the lid. Check after a week: did it find the light?

Finish with: "I found that my plant grew towards ___."

Talk together:

• If prayer is like sunlight, what should it help us grow?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How could someone pray and still be unkind? What is missing?
• How do you feel after a prayer where you really paid attention?
• What would you like someone to explain more about these ayat?

Make a small plan: "This week, after ___ prayer, I will do one kind thing: ___."

• Show someone at home your window plant or shoebox maze.
• Talk as a family: "What is one way prayer has helped us become kinder?"
• Next time: the next ayah (107:5) tells us more about these people's prayer. Explore it together!

Action: Stick with your plan for seven days.