 first assalamu alaikum everyone that was so quiet I expect a little bit louder from you guys assalamu alaikum that was better it's not that early you guys it's already 1.30 so alhamdulillah today we're gonna do another story time in crap do you guys want to do a craft so the first book we're gonna go over today is called the blessed bananas just to remind you guys if anybody is new here don't worry if you can't see a picture because when I come to the page finish reading the page I will make sure everyone gets a chance to see it okay all right inshallah bismillah Rahman Raheem the blessed bananas written by Tayyaba Sayed and illustrated by Milani Poochie I really like the cover art top of the highest hill above a giant banana plant there lived a cranky old monkey named Rico he was the wealthiest of all for Allah the most high had truly blessed Rico with the banana plant he called home it bore sweet tasty bananas all year round so Rico never had to search for food he refused to share his bananas with anyone and he never thanked Allah for all his blessings Rico thought he deserved all the bananas since he had planted and grown this plant all by himself that reaction everyone went right see that's smart thinking mashallah we have some smart boys in our group everyone in the village below knew not to come near Rico or the hill that was his home and those were his bananas every day he sat alone atop his banana plant eating bananas and tossing the pills down below not caring about the mess that is littering the monkey had everything he needed great food a perfect home with the best view in California do we have good views yes and a beautiful surrounding breeze yet Rico felt like something was still missing so every day Rico would count his bananas to make sure they were all there 305 306 307 as the monkey continued counting he heard a tiny squeaky voice from below excuse me sir may the peace of Allah be upon you the little voice called out immediately Rico looked around the area to see who would dare come near him and his bananas who's there he asked not seeing anyone in sight spoke a little white mouse Rico glared at his feet he shrieks how dare you come here question Rico this is my home and you are not allowed up here now shoot I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you my name is Chico I'm new to this area and was searching for some lunch I made a lot to allow to help me find food and then I saw your yummy bananas may I have just one banana he asked politely listen mouse leave my home right this minute or you will be sorry everyone knows no one is allowed up here and I don't share my bananas with anyone I heard except for himself and he is a bully he sounds like a bully let's see I I don't know anyone here and I didn't know about your rules sir Chico explained softly I won't disturb you again Chico was so sad that his eyes began to well up with tears he wondered how someone could be so selfish and mean out of respect for the elder monkey though Chico did not say another word and sadly scurried back down you all law please guide that monkey to goodness and with that prayer Chico went quickly down the hill Rico's heart was now racing with anger that was the first time in a long time anyone had come to and talked to him he was not happy about it he then realized the unwanted meeting with the mouse had made him forget his count great now I must start all over again he said out loud you do good memory I didn't remember that and I read it as Rico began counting again a black and yellow toucan flew down behind and rested on the opposite side of the banana plant she was panting very hard oh oh oh Salamu Alaikum she said between brass I'm to come may I rest here for a few minutes Rico could feel his blood boiling and he quickly turned around to see who dares to come on to his property now he walked up close to to canna he stared at her hard he then leaned in close to his her face and shouted no to canna fluttered her wings and disbelief and backed away from him I didn't mean to upset you I had been flying for a long time and just needed a break I saw your lovely home and didn't think you'd mind I'll just be going sorry to canna said kindly tired and hurt she flew away making a quick blot oh Allah I forgive that monkey oh Allah please have your mercy on him too Rico had had enough and decided to put up signs to keep strangers off his property and the signs definitely worked days went by and no one came by Rico or his home Rico ate and ate his bananas until his tummy hurt yet he wasn't satisfied something still missing he said to himself who can see what his signs say stay off and go away no bananas for you he used the number four it's like one afternoon Rico finally climbed down his tree to check up on his signs when a large gray elephant approached him a salamu alaikum brother my name is Simone he greeted warmly in a deep voice Rico turned glared up in shock at the giant creature I am not your brother Rico replied curtly what do you mean no one is allowed to come near me or my home don't you see my signs here now Simone was in dire need of the monkeys help and decided to ignore his rudeness he reached out his trunk and softly nudge Rico on the shoulder you are my brother in this land he reminded Rico I need your help to find my herd I see you live on this tall banana tree on this high hill and I was hoping you could look from above to see which way my herd went said Simone I should practice my beautiful voice Rico had hurt enough get off my property right this minute you can find your own way back the word spit out of Rico's mouth he turned his back towards the elephant and started to climb back up his plant brother I beg you Simone pleaded just take a minute to look for my herd and I'll be on my way please brother please Rico ignored him and just kept climbing in desperation Simone began to pace back and forth he didn't notice all of the banana peels below and under his huge feet suddenly he started to slip and he quickly grabbed onto the plant's large stem with his trunk whoa Simone screamed shaking the plant as he tried to get back on his feet shaking the plant startled and scared Rico held on from above with both hands bananas came crashing down just missing Simone's head causing him to lose his balance and to shake the plant even harder Rico watched with shock as one by one the bananas rain downward my banana however no one came to his rescue he then looked up to the heavens and he prayed as hard as he could yeah a law help me as you are the only one that can save me now in his deepest time who did he reach out to so that means there's goodness in his heart at the foot of the hill Chico and Tucana Tucana happened to be resting by a waterhole they both worried wordly looked up towards the hill when they heard all of the chaos do you hear that as Chico someone's in trouble up there let me fly up and check said Tucana she quickly flew upwards to get a better view and saw the old monkey desperately hanging on to his banana plant with panic in his eyes it's the old monkey to can I shouted down to Chico he looks like he's about to fall oh no we have to help him cry Chico Tucana swoop down and drag Chico into her long beak she then flew up again as fast as she could through the shower and bananas and leaves they reached Rico no time but she couldn't talk with Chico in her mouth Rico immediately recognized Tucana and was relieved to see her this time please help begged Rico the elephant is knocking down all my precious bananas Chico peaked out from inside Tucana's beak yeah a law please help he prayed silently he then told Tucana to fly down close to the elephant's ear despite Simone's magnificent size Chico knew just what to do so Chico's the mouse in Tucana the birds beak and she's telling him fly down fly down to the elephant she said lie down when she flew down close to Simone he shouted into Simone's enormous ear Simone didn't know where the order came from but he quickly let go of the plant and found his footing again Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad he recited with a lack of exhaled oh then all became calm he looked up and saw Tucana hovering above his head with a mouse in his beak peace he greeted them Salam Rico slowly climbed down to the others he started to cry at the sight of all the fallen mushy bananas why did you knock down this monkey's bananas Chico questions Simone I didn't mean to do that I got separated from my herd and I currently asked this monkey to search from above but he refused I then slipped on his banana peels and lost my balance Simone explained as he gasped for breath oh I'm sorry about all your bananas he apologized to Rico Chico Tucana and Simone all stared at Rico no one knew how he would respond the monkey sat on the ground and placed his face in his hands he realized it was his own carelessness and selfishness that caused all his bananas to fall he felt bad about how he had treated the others and yet they still came to his help and rescued him after a few minutes of silence he stood up again it's not your fault Rico said finally spoke I should be the one to apologize all these years of being alone here have made me selfish and ungrateful you each did not ask me for much I should have helped you all please forgive me Tucana let Chico climb out of her beak it's okay she said we already forgave you so that Allah can forgive us one day Rico finally let out a radiant smile please come up and take rest in my home he welcomed Tucana he then picked up a large bunch of bananas and placed them next to Chico please help yourself he told the little mouse they all look happy now then he climbed to the top of his home and he scanned the village below he pointed north and said there I see your herd that way Simone looked up at Rico happily thanked him and then went down the hill heading north I'm glad he didn't go because then Simone would have been a really lost then Rico shouted from atop his trees oh my fellow villagers please come and help yourself to these bananas what's mine is yours villagers came running up the hill from all corners gathering up as many bananas as they could they made bread shakes puddings and all types of goodies with the fruit the more Rico gave away the more bananas his plant bore so when he gave it away did all his bananas leave thank you Allah for everything Rico cried out in happiness as he was no longer counting bananas and he was finally feeling satisfied nothing was missing anymore he now enjoyed his blessed bananas atop his home with his new friends Tucana and Chico and the best part was that the bananas tasted sweeter than ever we should look up later for my skin countries otherwise Tucana might have helped what did you guys think of that book I know and there's two really nice recipes at the end for banana bread a banana date shake and banana pudding what did you guys think of that book did you like it what do you think we learned from the book to share good to not be greedy can you say that one more time that Chico felt like something was missing and that Chico needed friends that's nice Rico you're right Rico Rico needed friends Chico was the mouse it reminded you of a Pokemon named Trico I've never did we think did we learn anything else from this don't be greedy and selfish is a good one being nice and kind to others being kind that's a good one that was a very good one yes what about what happened when he gave away all his bananas in the beginning he saved him because he wanted to save them all for himself right but then what happened when he when he gave them away we're gonna I'm gonna pick on people have their hands raised the more he gave away and being respectful good the more he gave away and the more Allah blessed him with more bananas right so what does that tell us if we if we're giving it away but we're getting more what does that tell us but who's the one who provides for us is it just our hard work a lost rent a lesson when we give to others is that really taking away from us or do you think Allah's front is gonna give us more back we're talking about good good masha Allah I have two more books and now we're gonna talk about some really cool things okay so Alhamdulillah one thing that we realize in that story was that Rico had a beautiful banana tree and in the banana tree that was his home right Allah blessed him with that beautiful home and all of that so let's think about it let's this book is called let's think about it and it's Allah's great garden this is called let's think about it Allah's great garden and it's by the Ali Gator series Bismillah everything grows in Allah's great garden with his blessing and grace Allah's great garden is such a wonderful place with trees so tall and strong giving us shade from the Sun nice fruit to eat and also great places to play so that let's think about it that's kind of what happened with Rico right he had a cool a tree that gave him fruit place to stay and then when he had friends a place to hang out I climb Allah's trees but I must be careful and first make sure my parents say it's safe not too high says my father as he looks on do any of you guys like to climb trees raise your hand if you climb trees you know what I love to climb trees to some of Allah's trees give us delicious fruits like bananas apples and pears they are so colorful and nice to eat watermelon is juicy and perfect on a hot day it grows in the ground not on a tree can you see the watermelon seeds so what's your favorite fruit what are your favorite fruits pineapple apples pineapple we have another pineapple bananas me too that's a lollipop that's not a fruit then watermelon and carrots kale oh pears thank you pears mashallah I like that's anyone which one do you like watermelon I think everyone here loves watermelon raise your hand if you don't like watermelon you don't like watermelon that's unique okay let's keep going because I'm gonna ask you some more questions in a second all plants start as a little seed from the smallest flower to the biggest tree it's incredible to think that something so small could now be so big and tall plants and trees are a miracle of Allah do you guys see big trees and small trees when you look out your windows yeah I'm sorry it kind of looks like one all right when it's time to plant our new season's fruit I collect the seeds and put them into a bottle I need to take care of them so my mother and I can plant them in our garden does anybody here plant do raise your hand if you've ever planted a seed do you guys know that planting seeds is a Sunnah did you know that did you know that raise your hand if you knew that planting a seed was a Sunnah you guys are doing Sunnahs when you're planting seeds mashallah the seeds need to be put into the ground covered with dirt and given some water then Allah makes it grow into a plant or tree here I'm planting corn can you see the corn that I planted a few months ago they already so tall mashallah it's fun to see things grow when you plant them Allah takes care of the plants by sending the rain rain is food for the plants everything grows only by the will of Allah I'm before I read this page who knows how many how many plants are mentioned in the Quran how many do you think 10 how many do you think you think 100 let's find out did you know that there are 54 plants mentioned in the Quran some of them are figs pomegranates olives good corn garlic onions lentils barley we ginger pumpkins guess what else you everyone in cedar bananas cucumbers and baby I also do love watermelon and it's mentioned in the Quran maybe there's a good reason we love it because it's very good for us every day after school my mother and I check on our plants in our garden the colors of the flowers make our house look so beautiful we look after our plants but we always remember that everything only grows through the of Allah so before we plant what should we say we should always say Bismillah before we start something when we look around and we see all the trees that grow it reminds us Allah's blessing us with stuff so what are certain things that we get from trees that apples what else can we use trees for apple seeds well think about it what else can we use trees for for shade shelter bananas we can get fruits and bananas can get paper like a very good one oxygen trees gives us oxygen so we can breathe can everyone take a deep breath deep breath out that oxygen we breathe wait what happens if we hold our breath does it hurt our lungs it hurts us so subhanallah the trees give us oxygen that we breathe that's our very good ones you guys excellent so have you guys ever heard of a Khalifa have you heard of a Khalifa good so in Surat al-Baqarah this is ayah number 30 your Lord said to the angelic beings I am placing a Khalifa on the planet earth I am planting a Khalifa on the planet earth can anybody tell me what they think a Khalifa means a tree a tree okay that's good guess a prophet okay that's a good guess a seed okay that's a good guess we take one more guess something you say okay that's a good guess well a Khalifa is a servant of Allah the Allah put on this earth to take care of the earth so when we take care of the trees what are we doing we're being the Khalif is of this earth right we're taking care of the trees we're taking care of what else can we take care of plants good what about what other things are there in nature that we take care of animals right what about animals do you guys have any pets does anybody hear of any pets who is pets you have a pet your brothers so what pet do you guys have together a cat do you guys take care of your cat or do you just leave it alone that's good but I think you're still taking care of it a little bit right you're making sure it has everything it needs that's very nice so you guys are taking care of the plants and the animals all around us right because Allah made you guys responsible so I'm gonna I know you guys are getting a little bit antsy so we're gonna start our activity in just a minute you guys want to do the activity I thought you'd be ready for that inshallah but before I start I want to tell you guys about a little club that we're starting you guys want to be a part of the club this is our club is called the Sunnah seekers can you guys say that seekers so what we're gonna do is every time we meet we're gonna try and think of different Sunnahs that we can do all the time and then I'm gonna ask you guys if you've been doing them okay so what are some Sunnahs that we can do that help us be good Khalifahs of the earth what are some good Sunnahs excellent we can water plants and take care of them what are some other good Sunnahs that we can do to take care of the earth planting a plant good things did you know that Prophet Muhammad would if he had a rip in his clothes he would help fix it or he would recycle reuse things good you're gonna protect the other things the things that need protecting like protecting the animals so no one hurts them that's very good composting she's a gardener that one not throwing garbage or metal in the ocean that's an excellent one great job you have a fact to share with us you know these are all of the Sunnahs I wrote down I have a whole list you guys have answered a said most of them and one of them is we don't hurt animals without good reason because the Prophet Muhammad said him said whoever kills a sparrow or anything bigger than that without just cause law will hold him accountable in the day of judgment so should we hurt animals why would you hurt a tiger just for its fur but what is a good reason what what is a good reason if we are to try and get some animals for what maybe for survival or I was thinking something a little simpler yeah for food well yes food good job inshallah all right so do you guys think that you guys could be Sunnah seekers and take care of animals and plants this month till we meet next month maybe well to help you guys out we're gonna do this month's bird feeders so I'm gonna show you guys how to make a bird feeder you have all this stuff to make one but you know what all the people at home or if you guys want to make more you know how we can do this we could use recycled stuff look this is a tool from the from toilet paper roll or a paper towel roll we can get that right we could save it we can wipe it off make sure it's clean and then we could reuse it for a bird feeder right what other things could we use for our string if we don't have if we want to reuse something we can reuse ribbon maybe from an old gift what else yeah we're gonna put see what other kind of things could we use for string I like that we can use thin strips of something maybe paper might get wet right what's another one that's a good that's a good try though I like that what about old material like on your shirt cutting a strip of that maybe from an old shirt though when that's messed up yeah or what about your old shoelaces can we use our old shoelaces maybe yeah you guys have lots of things that we could recycle and do that you have another one huh twine yes twine you have another one you forgot it it's okay all right so now I'm gonna show you guys how to make it okay you have your bags huh yarn you got yours back good so in your bag first you have a coloring sheet this is just to remind you guys what we learned today so it says let's take care of the earth and it's the Aya that we talked about and then you guys can color in the picture and then you can write what is the Khalifa so this is for you guys we have lots of markers on the table if you want to color it in now or you can save it for home it's up to you but it's for you next we're gonna make bird feeders to hang so in everybody's bag you can't open your bag but we're gonna make sure that we don't leave any garbage in the message right good so in your bag you're gonna get a long tube do you guys see the tube all right fine your tube good here's your tube and then you have you're gonna be very careful you have a plastic knife it now it shouldn't hurt but we're still gonna be careful it shouldn't hurt but we still gonna be careful yes so I'm gonna explain to you guys what to do and then we're gonna get up and go do it in the back okay so when you have your tube you're gonna use your oh can everybody hear me when with our plastic knife we're gonna put it we have peanut butter on the table okay if anyone has an allergy to peanut peanuts please talk to me after inshallah okay so inshallah what we're gonna do is we're gonna get the peanut butter and you're gonna cover your your tube in it then you're gonna get the bird seeds and you're gonna roll the bird seeds in it once the bird seeds all you're gonna put the string the yarn through the tube absolutely your parents can definitely help you and then me and we have brother Abdullah helping in the back and then we have sister Oland also helping okay so if anybody needs help we're here to help okay we just gonna tie it here and then we're gonna take it home to hang it up it's that simple you mean I love hummingbirds they're really fun they're very beautiful I have some night my house too does anybody have any questions before we get started any questions no alright let's get started then you guys can go to the back tables I'll see you over there in just a minute inshallah