Start with bismillah.

Ask: "What do squirrels do in autumn to get ready for winter?"

Watch the SciShow Kids video about why some animals hibernate.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What will that person wish they had done?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can I 'send ahead' good deeds?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Fajr is surah 89. Find ayah 24. The key word qaddamtu means I sent ahead, I prepared before. The real life, hayati, is the Hereafter.

Fact: How do animals that hibernate get ready for winter?

Ages 5–8: Store it up. Make a "good deeds store" jar. Add a bean every time you do something good this week.

Ages 9–12: Prepare list. Write how an animal prepares for winter, then how a person can prepare for the Hereafter. Compare.

Finish with: "I found that animals get ready for winter by ___."

Talk together:

• Animals prepare for winter. How can we prepare for the Hereafter?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What good deeds keep giving reward after we've done them?
• Why does the ayah call the Hereafter "my life"?
• What would you like to send ahead this week?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will send ahead ___."

• Do a deed that keeps on giving: plant something, teach someone, give charity.
• Show someone your prepare list.
• Next time: the next ayah (89:25) is about Allah's punishment that no one can match. Explore it together!

Action: Fill your good deeds jar and count the beans on Friday.