For about a month Nora insisted that I read the do’a book at bedtime. The book has pictures and I just explain to her what the pictures are about (‘look, he’s waking up’, ‘he’s going to bed’, ‘they are breaking their fast’, etc) and recited some of the do’a that goes with some of the pictures.

One of the do’a I kept repeating is the one to recite before you sleep.

She has now moved on to another book, a Malay pantun (rhyme) book called ‘Sayang’ but I still recite the sleep do’a before I read her the pantun.

Today, as I picked up the Sayang book and started to recite the do’a, Nora shush me and put a finger on my lips. She then settled down and recited the do’a all on her own! She did miss a word but that doesn’t matter… she tried really hard and I’m proud of her.