Homeschooling: Learning about Hajj

It was the hajj season so we decided to make a special eduplay group on hajj.
We started off by reminding the kids about the 5 pillars of Islam and hajj being the 5th pillar.
Then i got my dear homeschooling mate to do a story telling about the life of Prophet Abraham 'Alayhissalam and how hajj came about.

After that, I shared a few pictures i found on an islamic encyclopedia showing the kaabah, Arafah, the jamaraat etc.. basically pictures related to hajj to give the kids some ideas about the rituals. We had an interactive discussion with question and answer in between.

Then, the fun part... for the smaller kids, we got them to do handprint wooly sheep for slaughtering.
For the bigger kids, we got them to make a diorama of the hajj journey.

Then get them to use the pilgrims to perform their hajj. To make it more interesting, I used a double-sided tape to paste the hair of the male pilgrims so the kids could 'shave' the pilgrims hair as a part of the ritual ;)

Then show the kids.. using the cardboard pilgrims, how to perform hajj.. step by step..
Alhamdulillah, the kids enjoyed making and then playing with the model, most importantly they also got to learn another important pillar of Islam.. Hajj.