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Celebrate Diwali Word Search {Printable} Let’s Celebrate 5 Days of Diwali {Book Review}

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I made this free Celebrate Diwali Word Search to learn new Hindi words with my children.

We learned all about Diwali because we received a beautifully illustrated book called Let’s Celebrate 5 Days of Diwali! from Culture Groove to review for Multicultural Children’s Book Day.

The story starts with meeting Maya and Neel, who live in Chicago, and their squirrel friend Chintu. They all travel to India to learn about Diwali, India’s biggest festival, also called the Festival of Lights.

They meet their mausi (Hindi for aunt), who shares the origins of Diwali. She then shows them the five days of how this special event is celebrated. As each day is shared, Hindi words are italicized. Hindi is a language of Indo-European origin spoken widely in India.

One of the things I appreciated was having a Hindi pronunciation guide right at the front of the book. This allowed us to practice a few of the words before my daughter and I read it together. Usually such information is placed in the back of the book, but it was a great idea to change it up.

The back of the book has a story recap, along with blank pages for kids to fill out. There is a lined sheet for them to write their own Diwali story, as well as a number of pages for drawing some of the new things the kids saw.

I shared the book with our neighbor, who celebrates Diwali, and she was excited to help me put together a special word search. My daughter and I hope to continue to practice these words so we can use them when Diwali occurs at the end of the year.

You can download the Celebrate Diwali Word Search here.

Be sure to check out our other Multicultural Children’s Book Day Reviews

Stop by A Crafty Arab on Pinterest to see more of our free downloads.

Be sure to check out the free Diwali Activity/Classroom Kit with Lesson Plan from Culture Groove!

Type in #ReadYourWorld in your preferred social media outlet to see more diverse books for Multicultural Children’s Book Day.

Hijri Islamic Calendar 2019/1440-1441 {Printable}

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Next Tuesday the western world will start a new year: 2019.

However, 1.75 billion Muslims worldwide are still in 1440 AH and the Islamic New Year doesn’t start until September 2019.

The first Islamic year began in 622 AD with the emigration of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra. Thus the Islamic new year is sometimes called Hijri New Year, written in Arabic like this رأس السنة الهجرية‎ and pronounced as Raʼs al-Sanah al-Hijrīyah.

The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. The other months are:

  1. Muharram
  2. Safar
  3. Rabi’ al-awwal
  4. Rabi’ al-Thani
  5. Jumada al-awwal
  6. Jumada al-Thani
  7. Rajab
  8. Sha’ban
  9. Ramadan
  10. Shawwal
  11. Dhu al-Qidah
  12. Dhu al-Hijjah

A few years ago, I found this wonderful way to explain the two calendars to my children.

I am so pleased that the author, Latifah Ibrahi,  has created a new one, free for download here.

Don’t forget to support this wonderful business who is offering this service.

Ramadan Date Palm Cootie Catcher {Printable}

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Have you ever heard of a cootie catcher?  I never knew what one was until I learned all about them from Red Ted Art.

 

Today we helped make one for them that had a Ramadan theme.  Stop by and check it out to print your own and test your friends on how much they know about the Muslim holy month.  After you do, make sure to have a little fun coloring the date palms.

Once your cootie is put together, it will be exciting to ask all the questions.

Of course, all the answers can be found inside.

Shukran (شكرا thank you in Arabic) for the opportunity to share Ramadan with a new audience. Visit these other cootie catchers that Red Ted Art has made:

American Flag Cootie Catcher Printable

Mother’s Day Flower Fortune Teller

 

Stop by A Crafty Arab on Pinterest to see more tutorial on Ramadan