Start with bismillah.

Give each child a jar with a tight lid, or a string with a knot in it. Ask them to open it. Then ask: "How did it feel while it was hard? And when it finally opened?"

Watch the short time-lapse video of caterpillars changing into butterflies. Do you think it is easy for the butterfly to come out?

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "What does this ayah promise us?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Does the caterpillar know a butterfly is coming?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Ash-Sharh (also called Al-Inshirah) is surah 94. Find ayah 5, then look at ayah 6. What do you notice?

Fact: How long does a butterfly stay inside its chrysalis before it comes out?

Ages 5–8: Draw a four-box comic: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. In which box do you think life is hardest? In which box is it easiest?

Ages 9–12: Interview someone in your family: "Tell me about a hard time, and what made it easier." Write three sentences. Did the ease come after the hard time, or even during it?

Finish with: "I found that ___ was hard, and ___ made it easier."

Talk together:

• When something is hard for you, what helps you?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• Why do you think Allah told us this?
• Can you remember a time when something hard turned out easier than you thought?
• How could we help make someone else's hard time a little easier?

Make a small plan: "This week, when something feels hard, I will ___ (where?) and ask ___ for help."

• Be an "ease helper": do one kind thing for someone who is having a hard day.
• Show your comic or interview to someone at home and explain it.
• Next time: the very next ayah (94:6) says something very similar. Why do you think it comes twice? Read the whole short surah together.

Action: Practise your plan whenever something feels hard this week.