Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How have you changed since you were a baby?"

Watch the Kidco Tv video Human Life Cycle for Kids.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What stages of life does this ayah describe?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Who decides how long each person lives?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ghafir is surah 40. Find ayah 67. The key word tiflan means a child. Every person begins as something tiny that grows inside the mother, then is born as a baby, grows into a strong adult, and later becomes old. Some people live long lives and some shorter ones; Allah decides each person's time. These stages are signs to ponder about Allah's care.

Fact: About how many bones does a newborn baby have, compared with an adult's 206?

Ages 5–8: Then and now. Compare your hand with a baby's or a grandparent's hand and talk about how we change.

Ages 9–12: Life stages. Draw the stages of life in this ayah and write one blessing for each stage.

Finish with: "I found that a newborn has about ___ bones."

Talk together:

• What changes most as we grow up?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How can we care for elderly people?
• Why does Allah decide how long we live?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will do something kind for an older person in my family."

• Be kind to an older person.
• Compare hands.
• Share life stages.
• Next time: the next ayah (40:68) says Allah only says Be, and it is. Explore it together!

Action: Do something kind for an older person in your family.