Start with bismillah.

Ask: "Have you seen sheep all running after the first one?"

Watch the Intermittent Diversion video Herding Behaviour: How Following the Crowd Leads Us Astray.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "How did they follow their fathers?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why do people rush to copy others?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah As-Saffat is surah 37. Find ayah 70. The key word yuhra'un means rushing, hurrying. They did not just follow; they rushed, without stopping to think. Rushing after the crowd can take us somewhere we never meant to go. Slowing down to think is a strength.

Fact: What is the name for the way animals like sheep move together in a big group?

Ages 5–8: Follow-the-leader pause. Play follow the leader but stop and ask "is this safe?" before each move.

Ages 9–12: Trend check. Write about a trend at school and whether it is good to follow.

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

Talk together:

• Why is rushing after others risky?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can we slow down and think?
• What trend have you chosen not to follow?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will pause and think before copying a trend."

• Pause before copying.
• Play follow-the-leader pause.
• Share your trend check.
• Next time: the next ayah (37:71) says most earlier people went astray. Explore it together!

Action: Pause and think before copying a trend.