Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How old is the oldest person you know? How many birthdays is that?"

Watch the National Geographic video about giant tortoises that can live for more than a hundred years.

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

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "How can one night be better than a whole lifetime?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Qadr is surah 97. Find ayah 3. Look for the number "thousand" in the translation.

Fact: A thousand months is how many years?

(Hint: there are twelve months in a year.)

Ages 5–8: Count it out. Make a pile of 100 dried beans or buttons. A thousand months would need ten piles like that!

Ages 9–12: Do the maths. Work out how many years a thousand months is, and how many nights. Then compare with how long a giant tortoise can live.

Finish with: "I found that a thousand months is about ___ years."

Talk together:

• Why is this one night worth more than a whole long life?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• How does Allah reward small good deeds so generously?
• What would you like to do on the last nights of Ramadan?
• How can we look after our time, which Allah gave us?

Make a small plan: "In the last ten nights of Ramadan, I will ___ every night."

• Write your Ramadan night plan and keep it safe for when Ramadan comes.
• Use one spare minute today for dhikr instead of wasting it.
• Next time: the next ayah (97:4) tells us who comes down on this night. Explore it together!

Action: Share the "thousand months" maths with someone at home.