12-Week Islamic Studies Curriculum
A comprehensive curriculum for children ages 4-8. Aqeedah, Seerah, Fiqh & Manners.
12-Week Islamic Studies Curriculum
منهج دراسات إسلامية — للطفولة المبكرة (الأعمار 4–8)
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📋 What's Included in This Curriculum
✅ 12 weekly lesson plans
✅ 36 structured lessons total
✅ Age-appropriate activities
✅ Daily dua for each week
✅ Quran memorization goals
✅ Learning objectives per week
✅ Aqeedah foundations
✅ Seerah highlights
✅ Fiqh basics (prayer, wudu)
✅ Islamic manners & adab
✅ Printable activity ideas
✅ Certificate of completion
📚 Curriculum Topics at a Glance
Aqeedah
Belief in Allah's Oneness, His names, and the Shahadah
Seerah
The Prophet's ﷺ life, the early Muslims, and Islamic history
Fiqh
Prayer, wudu, and the five pillars of Islam
Manners
Adab, kindness, gratitude, and daily etiquette
Curriculum start date:
Introduction to Islam
What is Islam?
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Understand that Islam is a religion sent by Allah
- ● Know the meaning of "There is no god but Allah"
- ● Recognize that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is our messenger
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Who is Allah? — He created everything
- Lesson 2: The meaning of La ilaha illallah
- Lesson 3: Introduction to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
🎨 Activities
- • Draw a picture of things Allah created
- • Practice saying La ilaha illallah
- • Color a picture of the Kaaba
🤲 Weekly Dua
Bismillah (In the name of Allah)
📖 Quran Goal
Surah Al-Fatihah (reading together)
Allah is One
Tawheed — Oneness of Allah
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Understand that Allah is one, He has no partners
- ● Know that Allah sees everything and knows everything
- ● Learn that Allah is the only one we worship
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Allah is One (Tawheed)
- Lesson 2: Allah sees and hears everything
- Lesson 3: We worship only Allah
🎨 Activities
- • Count to three — but Allah is One!
- • Make a collage of Allah's creations
- • Practice: "I worship only Allah"
🤲 Weekly Dua
Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)
📖 Quran Goal
Ayat al-Kursi (learning meaning)
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Our Prophet's Life
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Know the Prophet ﷺ was born in Makkah
- ● Learn that he ﷺ was the best example for us
- ● Understand that we follow the Prophet ﷺ in our daily lives
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: The Prophet ﷺ was born in Makkah
- Lesson 2: The Prophet ﷺ and the early Muslims
- Lesson 3: Following the Sunnah in daily life
🎨 Activities
- • Make a simple timeline of the Prophet's ﷺ life
- • Learn to say "Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam"
- • Role-play: being kind like the Prophet ﷺ
🤲 Weekly Dua
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
📖 Quran Goal
Surah Al-Ikhlas (Allah is One)
The Five Pillars of Islam
The Foundations of Our Religion
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Learn the names of the five pillars
- ● Understand each pillar in simple terms
- ● Know that every Muslim should practice all five
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: The Shahadah — saying La ilaha illallah
- Lesson 2: Salah — praying five times a day
- Lesson 3: Zakah, Sawm, and Hajj
🎨 Activities
- • Make a 5-pillars poster
- • Practice making wudu
- • Quiz game: name the five pillars
🤲 Weekly Dua
Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal wakeel
📖 Quran Goal
Surah An-Nas (Mankind)
Learning to Pray (Salah)
The Prayer
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Know why Muslims pray (Allah commanded it)
- ● Learn the five daily prayers and their times
- ● Begin learning the movements and words of salah
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Why do we pray? — It is Allah's command
- Lesson 2: The five daily prayers and their times
- Lesson 3: Steps of salah — standing, bowing, prostrating
🎨 Activities
- • Practice the steps of salah together
- • Prayer time matching game
- • Make a salah schedule chart
🤲 Weekly Dua
Takbir — Allahu Akbar
📖 Quran Goal
Surah Al-Falaq (Daybreak)
Cleanliness and Wudu
Purity is Part of Faith
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Understand that cleanliness is part of Islam
- ● Learn the steps of wudu (ablution)
- ● Know when to make wudu
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Allah loves those who are clean
- Lesson 2: Steps of wudu — step by step
- Lesson 3: When do we make wudu?
🎨 Activities
- • Practice making wudu together
- • Draw and label the steps of wudu
- • Make a wudu checklist card
🤲 Weekly Dua
Allahumma ij'alni min al-tawwabeen
📖 Quran Goal
Memorize Ayat al-Kursi
Manners and Character (Adab)
Being Good to Others
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Learn Islamic manners: greeting, eating, speaking
- ● Understand the importance of saying "please" and "thank you"
- ● Know the manners of the Prophet ﷺ with people
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Islamic greetings — As-salamu alaykum
- Lesson 2: Manners of eating and drinking
- Lesson 3: Speaking kindly and telling the truth
🎨 Activities
- • Practice As-salamu alaykum with others
- • Make a "good manners" flip book
- • Role-play: being polite in different situations
🤲 Weekly Dua
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah
📖 Quran Goal
Surah Al-Asr (Time)
Being Kind and Helping Others
Kindness in Islam
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Understand that kindness is a sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ
- ● Learn to help family members
- ● Know that kindness to animals is rewarded
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: The Prophet ﷺ was the kindest of people
- Lesson 2: Being kind to parents and siblings
- Lesson 3: Kindness to animals and nature
🎨 Activities
- • Kindness challenge: do 3 kind acts today
- • Draw: "I was kind when..."
- • Learn a hadith about kindness
🤲 Weekly Dua
Rabbi hab li min as-salihin
📖 Quran Goal
Surah Quraysh (The Quraysh)
Saying Please and Thank You (Shukr)
Being Grateful to Allah
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Learn to say JazakAllahu khairan (thank you)
- ● Understand that all blessings come from Allah
- ● Practice being grateful in daily life
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Allah gives us so many blessings
- Lesson 2: Saying JazakAllahu khairan
- Lesson 3: Being grateful — Alhamdulillah
🎨 Activities
- • Gratitude jar: write 3 blessings daily
- • Practice saying JazakAllahu khairan
- • Thank someone today and write about it
🤲 Weekly Dua
Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah)
📖 Quran Goal
Surah An-Nasr (Victory)
The Quran — Allah's Book
The Holy Quran
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Know that the Quran is Allah's book, sent to the Prophet ﷺ
- ● Learn that we should read and respect the Quran
- ● Understand that the Quran guides us to the right path
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: What is the Quran? — Allah's words
- Lesson 2: Who revealed the Quran? — Jibril brought it
- Lesson 3: How we should treat the Quran
🎨 Activities
- • Make a Quran cover
- • Practice reciting Surah Al-Fatihah
- • Trace the Arabic letters in the Quran
🤲 Weekly Dua
Allahumma ballighni fi madhiqil-quran
📖 Quran Goal
Review Surah Al-Fatihah
The Masjid (Mosque)
The House of Allah
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Know that the masjid is a special place of worship
- ● Learn the manners of the masjid
- ● Understand that we pray together in congregation
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: What is the masjid? — A place to worship Allah
- Lesson 2: The first masjid — Masjid al-Haram (Kaaba)
- Lesson 3: Manners of going to the masjid
🎨 Activities
- • Draw a picture of a masjid
- • Learn the dua before entering the masjid
- • Visit a masjid with the family
🤲 Weekly Dua
Allahumma iftah li abwab rahmatik
📖 Quran Goal
Surah Al-Ma'un (Small Kindnesses)
Review and Celebration
What We Have Learned!
🎯 Learning Objectives
- ● Review all the topics from the past 11 weeks
- ● Demonstrate knowledge of aqeedah, seerah, fiqh, and manners
- ● Celebrate the knowledge and progress made
📖 Lessons
- Lesson 1: Review — Aqeedah and Tawheed
- Lesson 2: Review — Seerah and Fiqh
- Lesson 3: Review — Manners and character
🎨 Activities
- • Islamic knowledge quiz game
- • Make a "What I Learned" booklet
- • Certificate of completion
- • Family presentation of what was learned
🤲 Weekly Dua
Rabbi zidni ilma (My Lord, increase me in knowledge)
📖 Quran Goal
Final review of all memorized surahs
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Certificate of Completion
شهادة إتمام المنهج
This certifies that
has successfully completed the 12-Week Islamic Studies Curriculum
Topics Covered:
- • Aqeedah (Islamic Belief)
- • Seerah (Prophet's Life)
- • Fiqh (Islamic Rulings)
- • Manners (Adab)
Skills Developed:
- • Daily dua recitation
- • Quran memorization (7 surahs)
- • Salah steps and prayer
- • Islamic manners & character
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