Start with bismillah.

Ask: "Which animals are busy at night while we sleep?"

Watch the Little School video "Nocturnal Animals".

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What is the night doing in this ayah?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Where do night animals go in the morning?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah At-Takwir is surah 81. Find ayah 17. The key word 'as'as means as it departs (or as it comes). The night slowly turns and leaves, as Allah commands it.

Fact: Where do bats go when the night ends?

Ages 5–8: Night and day animals. Make two lists: animals awake at night, and animals awake in the day.

Ages 9–12: Night senses. Find out how bats, owls and moths find their way in the dark.

Finish with: "I found that bats spend the day ___."

Talk together:

• Why is it a mercy that night always ends?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What prayer do we pray as the night ends?
• How can the end of night remind us that hard times end too?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will try to wake up for Fajr."

• Try to pray Fajr on time.
• Show someone your night-and-day animal lists.
• Look outside just before dawn if you can.
• Next time: the next ayah (81:18) is an oath by the dawn as it breathes. Explore it together!

Action: Try to wake up for Fajr.