How to Teach the Meaning of Death to Children; based on the teachings of Quran and Islamic Narrations

Death is a grievous and unpleasant incident and it is distasteful for most children. Utilizing correct strategies to teach the concept of Death to the children guarantees individual and social health. These strategies must be based on thoughtfulness and according to the foundations of Islamic philosophy and appropriate for their ages. Using a descriptive-analytic approach the current study aims at presenting effective ways to teach the concept of Death to the children based on Quran and religious beliefs. The findings show that firstly; the teaching of the concept of Death must be based on evading redundancy about the concepts relating to death, and secondly; the teacher must use methods such as analogy and observing the life cycle in nature.