Start with bismillah.

Ask: "How can people grow crops on the side of a steep mountain?"

Watch the National Geographic video Soar Over the Lush Rice Terraces of the Philippines.

Now listen to the ayah together in the app, with the translation. Ask: "Where is the garden?"

Each child keeps one wonder question, for example: "Why is the garden described as high?" Younger children can draw theirs.

Find it in the mushaf: Surah Al-Haqqah is surah 69. Find ayah 22. The key words jannatin 'aliyah mean a lofty garden, high in place and in honour. The rice terraces of the Philippines climb up mountains like giant green steps. They are beautiful, yet Jannah is far beyond them.

Fact: How old are the Banaue rice terraces?

Ages 5–8: Step garden. Make steps from books, cover them with green paper and add paper plants.

Ages 9–12: Terrace science. Find out how terraces stop soil washing away in the rain.

Finish with: "I found that the Banaue terraces are about ___ years old."

Talk together:

• What does "high" mean when talking about honour?
• Which name of Allah does this remind you of?
• What deeds raise a person's rank?
• How can we climb step by step?
• What would you like to ask about this ayah?

Make a small plan: "This week, I will take one step up by improving one deed."

• Improve one deed this week.
• Show your step garden.
• Share your terrace science.
• Next time: the next ayah (69:23) says its fruit will hang close. Explore it together!

Action: Take one step up by improving one deed.