What Goes on a Ramadan Bulletin Board?

A bulletin board for Ramadan is a fun way to get everyone in the mood for Ramadan. The board can also act as a great review or learning tool for Ramadan related concepts.

In addition, it can become your Ramadan control center where you post useful information (such as charts and menus) to help keep the family informed and on track for Ramadan.

Below, I've compiled a list of ideas for things to make your Ramadan bulletin board a useful tool for decorating, educating, and stimulating family members during the Ramadan "season."

• Ramadan calendar; Ramadan count down calendar or chains
• Duaa for sighting the crescent moon
• Ayaat in the Quraan for the Command to Fast
• Family menu plans (for suhoor and iftaar)
• Fasting trackers (charts to help keep track of the days fasted/missed during Ramadan)
• Kids' Ramadan artwork
• List of Ramadan family goals for each family member
• List or poster of good deeds that kids can do throughout the day
• Duaa for breaking the fast
• Reminders of things that break the fast (get a cute mobile for this from IBB)
• Ramadan Quotes (related ayaat and ahadith)
• Ramadan writing prompts list or calendar
• Ramadan related sight/vocabulary list
• Moon phase chart or poster/moon phase observation chart (see Moon Phase Resources)
• Ibaadah tracker (record deeds during the day) - Visit IBB for templates
• How to Fast Chart/Poster ( Pick up a neat Fasting day wheel that shows what is done during a day of fasting from IBB)

Do you put up a Ramadan Bulletin Board? 

If so, what else do you include? Why not keep the ball (of ideas) rolling by sharing with others in the comment section?

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Liven Up Your Ramadan With a Ramadan Bulletin Board!

Several years ago, a good friend of mine (Umm Abdul Basir) and I put together printables for a Ramadan bulletin board.

Below is an example of some of the elements that were made.



A Ramadan bulletin board can really help get the house into a more festive mood and they are excellent learning/review tools.

You can stop by the collaborative blog of Umm Abdul Basir and I, Islamic Bulletin Boards, to download the bulletin board elements you see above and more!

Also, be sure to check out my Ramadan Bulletin Board tag here at TJ Ramadan for other printables that I have made over the years for our own Ramadan bulletin boards.

Do you put up a Ramadan bulletin board?

If so, and you have pictures of it online, please leave your link in the comments section to share with others for inspiration.

Originally posted 7/25/11

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Ramadan Clocks

My kids kept asking me what time does fajr come in (so they would know how much time left they had to eat) and of course, they are more keen to know when maghrib comes in, so I decided to make some Ramadan themed clockfaces to hang up so they could check for themselves. I laminated them with some cut up page protectors so that they could write the timing of fajr and maghrib in analog form and digital.

I am only using the fajr and maghrib ones as you can see, but I went ahead and made a clock for each of the five daily prayers in case others might like to post all the timings.  

Another great way, alhamdulillah, to incorporate secular studies (math) into Ramadan time.

Download Ramadan Prayer Clocks

Mini Prayer Clocks (title bubble letters) - these don't have a Ramadan banner but are smaller versions of the clocks for each prayer shown in the picture above.

Mini Prayer Clocks 2: (solid title font)

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Command to Fast Poster

Poster of the ayaat of the Quraan in which Allah prescribes fasting the month of Ramadan

Download The Command to Fast Ayaat Poster

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