Session Plan — Community Hearts

Children pick a helper hat and act out a day in that role.

• Role-play You are the baker! Who needs your bread today? Show us how you greet them.

Children match a helper to their gift to us and say a real thank-you.

• Role-play Who gives us bread? Find them and say "Jazak Allahu khayran".
• Create Make a tiny thank-you card for one real helper.

Children report their inner "weather" — sunny, stormy, foggy — in both languages.

• Reflect Is your heart sunny or stormy right now? Say it in English, then Arabic.
• Discuss When the heart is stormy, what could calm the storm? Let us list ideas.

Children name a stormy feeling and pick a tool that calms it.

• Reflect Your heart feels stormy. Which tool could calm the storm?
• Discuss Say the feeling in English, then Arabic — does it feel smaller now?

The class builds a shared wall, each adding a helper they are thankful for.

• Create Draw one helper you are thankful for and tell us "Jazak Allahu khayran" — why?

Each child adds a picture of a kind act to one shared mural.

• Create Draw one kind thing you did or saw — add it to our mural.
• Discuss Our mural is full of kindness. How does it feel to see it?

The class makes one real decision together, fairly, with every voice heard.

• Discuss We can play only one game today, together. How do we choose so it is fair for all?
• Role-play Be the "listening leader" — go around and make sure every quiet voice is heard.
• Reflect How did it feel to be heard? How did it feel to give up your first choice for the group?

Children put the steps of a fair group decision in order.

• Challenge What does a fair shura do first — choose, or listen?
• Reflect Now run a real shura: decide one thing together, in order.

Children pick a helper hat and act out a day in that role.

• Role-play You are the baker! Who needs your bread today? Show us how you greet them.

Children match a helper to their gift to us and say a real thank-you.

• Role-play Who gives us bread? Find them and say "Jazak Allahu khayran".
• Create Make a tiny thank-you card for one real helper.

Children report their inner "weather" — sunny, stormy, foggy — in both languages.

• Reflect Is your heart sunny or stormy right now? Say it in English, then Arabic.
• Discuss When the heart is stormy, what could calm the storm? Let us list ideas.

Children name a stormy feeling and pick a tool that calms it.

• Reflect Your heart feels stormy. Which tool could calm the storm?
• Discuss Say the feeling in English, then Arabic — does it feel smaller now?

The class builds a shared wall, each adding a helper they are thankful for.

• Create Draw one helper you are thankful for and tell us "Jazak Allahu khayran" — why?

Each child adds a picture of a kind act to one shared mural.

• Create Draw one kind thing you did or saw — add it to our mural.
• Discuss Our mural is full of kindness. How does it feel to see it?

The class makes one real decision together, fairly, with every voice heard.

• Discuss We can play only one game today, together. How do we choose so it is fair for all?
• Role-play Be the "listening leader" — go around and make sure every quiet voice is heard.
• Reflect How did it feel to be heard? How did it feel to give up your first choice for the group?

Children put the steps of a fair group decision in order.

• Challenge What does a fair shura do first — choose, or listen?
• Reflect Now run a real shura: decide one thing together, in order.

Children pick a helper hat and act out a day in that role.

• Role-play You are the baker! Who needs your bread today? Show us how you greet them.

Children match a helper to their gift to us and say a real thank-you.

• Role-play Who gives us bread? Find them and say "Jazak Allahu khayran".
• Create Make a tiny thank-you card for one real helper.

Children report their inner "weather" — sunny, stormy, foggy — in both languages.

• Reflect Is your heart sunny or stormy right now? Say it in English, then Arabic.
• Discuss When the heart is stormy, what could calm the storm? Let us list ideas.

Children name a stormy feeling and pick a tool that calms it.

• Reflect Your heart feels stormy. Which tool could calm the storm?
• Discuss Say the feeling in English, then Arabic — does it feel smaller now?

The class builds a shared wall, each adding a helper they are thankful for.

• Create Draw one helper you are thankful for and tell us "Jazak Allahu khayran" — why?

Each child adds a picture of a kind act to one shared mural.

• Create Draw one kind thing you did or saw — add it to our mural.
• Discuss Our mural is full of kindness. How does it feel to see it?

The class makes one real decision together, fairly, with every voice heard.

• Discuss We can play only one game today, together. How do we choose so it is fair for all?
• Role-play Be the "listening leader" — go around and make sure every quiet voice is heard.
• Reflect How did it feel to be heard? How did it feel to give up your first choice for the group?

Children put the steps of a fair group decision in order.

• Challenge What does a fair shura do first — choose, or listen?
• Reflect Now run a real shura: decide one thing together, in order.