Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What is the quickest way between two points?"

Watch the LessonsfromQuran video What Is Sirat al-Mustaqim?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What is the straight way?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "What makes worship a straight way?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ya-Sin is surah 36. Find ayah 61. The key word u'buduni means worship Me. Early in the surah the Prophet was on a straight path. Here we learn what that path is: worshipping Allah alone. Worship includes prayer, but also honesty, kindness and helping, done for Allah.

Fact: What is the shortest line between two points called in maths?

Ages 5–8: String path. Stretch a string between two chairs and see how it makes a straight line.

Ages 9–12: Worship web. Draw yourself in the middle and connect ten everyday actions that can become worship.

Finish with: "I found that it is called a ___."

Talk together:

• How does worship keep us on a straight path?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Which everyday action can become worship?
• How does this ayah link back to ayah 4?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will do one ordinary job with the intention of pleasing Allah."

• Do a job for Allah.
• Stretch a string path.
• Share your worship web.
• Next time: the next ayah (36:62) asks why people did not use their minds. Explore it together!

Action: Do one ordinary job with the intention of pleasing Allah.