How to Study for Exams According to Research

Research into how students learn, found that there are 3 ways that your children should be studying for long term retention. These are retrieve what you've learnt, spacing your studying and interleaving your subjects. Read on for details of what these mean.

What's Behind the Shape Activity

This activity combines 3 areas of learning: shapes, position and Islam. The idea for this activity came from this book 'Allah is Ar-Rahman )The Compassionate'. This is a board book that has lift-the-flap shapes where children can look behind the shapes to see what's there.

Learning About Social Circles

This post is written by sister Rafia. It's an activity to do with your child to teach about personal space, something that all children need to know.

‘My Social Circles’ is an activity that I recommend every parent to do with their child. It is such a multipurpose tool to teach them about personal space, social distance, appropriate social interaction, body safety, stranger safety and safe/unsafe touch. Statistics show that 77% of parents don’t feel confident speaking to their children about abuse awareness and body safety strategies. But fun interactive activities like these make it simpler and easier to break the ice on such concepts with your child. 

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