Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What do you think about most in a day? Games? Food? Friends?" Then ask: "What do you think should matter most of all?"

Watch the video of thousands of starlings swirling across the evening sky. They move like one giant shape. Who guides every single bird?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "This is the third ayah of the surah. What new thing does it tell us about Allah?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What does it really mean to worship?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah An-Nas is surah 114. The first three ayat each describe Allah in a different way. Read the translations of all three. Then count: how many times does the word for "people" appear in the whole surah?

Fact: How do starlings fly so close together without bumping into each other?

Ages 5–8: Draw three boxes, one for each of the first three ayat. In each box, draw or write one word that the ayah uses to describe Allah.

Ages 9–12: Compare ayat 1, 2 and 3. How is each description different? Why do you think they come in this order?

Finish with: "I found that the word for people appears ___ times in Surah An-Nas."

Talk together:

• What does it mean to worship someone?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What things can pull our hearts away from Allah?
• How does it feel to pray to the One who guides every starling in the sky?
• Which ordinary parts of your day could become worship?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will turn ___ (an everyday job) into worship by doing it for Allah, at ___."

• Teach a younger child the three descriptions in ayat 1 to 3, with a hand sign for each.
• Lay out your prayer mat before the next salah and invite someone at home to pray with you.
• Next time: the next ayah (114:4) tells us what we are asking protection from. Explore it together!

Action: Keep to your plan all week, and tick it off each day.