Before you dive into the actual activities for each surah, spend some time reciting the surah together. In this case, recite the final part of Surah Yusuf, starting at ayah 53, Surah Rad and Surah Anaam. There is also one Ayah of a surah Hijr, but we will focus on this surah in the next Juz. If it is not possible to recite the entire Juz, listen to the surah on a digital device. Since we will be recreating our masjid experience, we be listening to Mishari Rashid on our Quran explorer App.
For the full guide to how best use these Juz specific activities, please check out the main page of the Quran Activities for kids.
Surah Yusuf
In this Juz, we will finish the story of Yusuf (A). There are so many lessons to be learned from this story. Therefore, it is important to build the familiarity and interest in Yusuf (A) early in a child’s life.
Surah Yusuf Questions
This is a question and answer worksheet, which you can download HERE. For this worksheet, the children will have to refer to the ayahs in the Quran. Unlike some of the previous worksheets, for this activity, the children will need to read the entire surah (from both Juz 12 and 13).
There is a stop sign on page 2 of the worksheet after question number 10. Parents of younger children may wish to avoid some of the details from the life of Yusuf (A) until the children have matured. If so, please ask your children to end answering the questions once they reach the stop sign. Or you may just ask them to cross off questions 11-14 and continue from question 15. Please read the worksheet to determine the best option for your kids.
Surah Ibrahim
One of my favorite ayahs in the Quran happens to be in this Surah.
Remember that He (Allah) promised, “if you are thankful, I will give you more, but if you are thankless, my punishment is terrible indeed”
Subhanallah. How beautiful is this that we need to do is be Grateful to our Lord and He will grant us blessings upon blessings. It’s such a simple act, yet we still forget. Inshallah if we instill gratefulness in our children from a young age, they will remember to incorporate the habit of gratitude in their everyday life. These next few activities were designed to help children learn about gratitude.
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
This is a really simple but fun activities that can be done by the kids individually or used as a healthy competitive activity among several children. The best part about this activity is that it can even be done among kids in different homes (and the kids can complete remotely- especially during these quarantine times). For this activity, you’ll need the FREE printable, which you can download HERE. Look for each of the items listed in the printable. Put a check next to the items as you find them. The printable suggests taking pictures of the items but you may also choose to draw the pictures or if the items are small enough, they can be physically collected in a bag or basket.
My Gratitude Book
You can download this printable HERE.
This is a simple gratitude book. You can print out the pages and use 3 staples on the left side to bind the pages together like a book. In this book the child will be asked to explore themselves, their families, their bedroom and their city or town to look for things that they are grateful for and explain why they’re grateful for these things. Sometimes when we do gratitude exercises with kids, the questions are too vague and can be overwhelming for the kids. Through this book, I’ve asked them to look at specific areas of their life in a concrete way. We will be using imagery to help us find things that we should express gratitude for.
A Gratitude Journal 
Another great activity is to have a gratitude journal in which the children can write in daily. This is actually great for activity adults as well. You can even make it in to a family ritual. Every night sit down for a few minutes and reflect on your day, and all the things that you were grateful for that happened during that day. Write down either all or at least some of those things. The more you (or your children) do this activity, the easier it will be to focus on the blessings of Allah (SWT).
The Alhamdulillah Journal
This Alhamdulillah Journal from ayeina.com is another great gratitude activity to do as a family. For every week, there is a topic to focus on and write in your “Alhamdulillah for the day”
Gratitude Tree
This next activity is one that I personally have been trying to implement in my home for a few years now. Dedicate a space in your home, either as a table centerpiece or an entire wall. If you are making this on a wall, use either paint or a vinyl decal to create the tree trunk. Then, use leaf cut outs to write your gratitude for the day.
Alternatively, you can print and cut out 2 tree trunks (easily available as google images) on card stock. Make a slit halfway from the top of one tree trunk and halfway from the bottom of the other. Fit the 2 pieces perpendicular to each other so that it becomes a 3D centerpiece. Then use leaf cut outs and ornament hooks to hang the gratitudes on the “tree”. These activities can be completed with the whole family or by just kids in the house. It won’t be long before the entire tree is filled up and looks like a full proper tree. This will serve as a great memorabilia to look back on years later.
These are just some suggestions for this Juz. If you guys have any other suggestions for activities relating to Juz 13, please leave them in the comments below for all of us to learn from as well. Jazak Allah khair for taking the time visit this page. If you have not yet seen the activities for the previous 12 Juz, please visit Quran Activities for kids. Your feedback is extremely important for me in creating these activities. So, please leave me a comment below, and let me know which of these activities your children have enjoyed.
