Start with bismillah.

Tap a tuning fork or a spoon and touch it to water. Ask: "What do you see?"

Watch the Grammarsaurus video How does sound travel?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What will be blown?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How will everyone hear it?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Muddaththir is surah 74. Find ayah 8. The key words nuqira fin-naqur mean the horn is sounded. This is the start of the Day of Judgement. Sound travels as waves, and that sound will reach everyone.

Fact: How fast does sound travel through air?

Ages 5–8: String phone. Make a cup-and-string phone. Can you hear a whisper through it?

Ages 9–12: Sound speed. Stand far from a friend who claps two blocks. Do you see the clap before you hear it?

Finish with: "I found that sound travels about ___ metres every second."

Talk together:

• How should we feel about that Day?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What can we do now to be ready?
• What good sounds would you like to fill your day with?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will listen to the adhan and stop what I'm doing."

• Stop and listen to the adhan.
• Play with the string phone.
• Tell someone how fast sound travels.
• Next time: the next ayah (74:9) says that will be a hard Day. Explore it together!

Action: Listen to the adhan and stop what you're doing.