Story | Letter E | The Year of the Elephant & the Army of Abraha
4,776 views · Published 29 November 2018 · 15:38 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: Pepper and Pine · 2018 · Education
**This Lesson was presented live with minimal review; there may be errors. Please refer to a reliable resource before presenting to your student. Add corrections to the comment section.** This Story on the Letter E: The Year of the Elephant and the Army of Abraha is part of a series of videos dedicated to the Letters Main Lesson Block typically found in a Waldorf curriculum. This series depicts an Islamic version of the main lesson block featuring original art, lessons and stories (with the exception of two chalk drawings inspired by the Live Education! curriculum), based on religious and cultural texts relevant for the Muslim or religious family. Content for the stories is based on various stories found in the lives of the previous prophets. Each letter can be found in the drawing in the shape of a word that begins with that drawing (with some exceptions). Each lesson includes a story about that word/drawing as well as other grammar, phonics, and handwriting lessons. Content for each lesson has been sourced from various Islamic texts including Ibn Kathir's Stories of the Prophets, Prophets of Allah volume I-IV by Suhaib Hamid Ghazi and published by Iqra International Educational Foundation and The Sealed Nectar by Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri. Original poems have been composed for each letter and are presented alongside with the lesson. Letter E includes the story of Prophet Muhammad (saw) and the year in which he was born. It is referred to as the Year of the Elephant because the Abyssinian Christian who was the general in Yemen had built a large cathedral in Yemen and expected the people of Arabia and beyond to make pilgrimage to it. When no one came, we marched on Makkah to destroy the Kaabah with and army of warriors and elephants. Please note that I did not have time to review the story in detail before presenting it to my daughter so I may have made mistakes with the content. Please review the story from a reliable source before presenting this and other stories in this series to your child. For more information on this original curriculum created by Hana Khatib, please visit the Pepper and Pine Website and sign up for the mailing list so you're first to be notified when this curriculum is available. https://www.pepperandpine.com/special-access/ To see the rest of the videos in this series, check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWzgpVKhp-0&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxz59FXRC64UVZlQQgHiMvec Products used in this series of videos can be found at the following vendors. This is NOT a sponsored video. No products were given from these vendors. These vendors are ones we frequent, but you can find these materials at various other places. Chalkboard (22"x32") from Waldorf Supplies https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/?s=chalkboard&post_type=product Sargent Art chalk pastels from Dick Blick https://www.dickblick.com/products/sargent-art-square-chalk-pastels/ Stockmar block and stick crayons from A Child's Dream https://achildsdream.com/stockmar-beeswax-crayons-16-colors-block/ https://achildsdream.com/stockmar-beeswax-crayons-16-colors-stick/ Main lesson books (14'x11') from Waldorf Supplies https://www.waldorfsupplies.com/product/14-x-11-inch-lesson-books/?attribute_color First Language Lessons 1 and 2 from Peace Hill Press https://welltrainedmind.com/p/first-language-lessons-level-1/ Bamboo Tray (sourced from Goodwill) https://www.target.com/p/lipper-solid-bamboo-tray/-/A-16637792?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Dining+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Dining&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9031562&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0dHdBRDEARIsAHjZYYCpbYKfrd224u5ZVjA1sMwE5XsNVFSNrQf_VMG4VqsZuVU4e6eusr4aAl11EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Tile Letters from Jo-Ann craft store https://www.joann.com/loew-cornell-simply-art-75-pk-0.75-wood-crossword-tiles/15120892.html Find me here: https://twitter.com/PepperandPine https://www.instagram.com/pepperandpine/ https://www.facebook.com/pepperandpine https://www.pepperandpine.com
