Schooling kids, be it in conventional schools or at home, is a huge responsibility and one that can leave parents constantly questioning whether they are investing in it adequately or not.
It’s been over 1400 years since our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, taught us how to love Allah, follow Islam and be strong in our faith. But with each passing generation, we as Muslims are getting a little bit weaker in our faith and more distracted in the world.
Educators and researchers who study play consider the phenomenon of schematic play very important and often misunderstood. The concept of schema - a pattern of repeated actions that help us understand how things work - is more simply explained as how humans organize knowledge.
The benefits of imaginative play in children’s physical, psychological, and emotional development have been well researched and documented, especially in the last 75 years according to Psychology Today.