How can you remember what you see? Children are shown new things in class almost every day and have to remember them.

This unit, together with the units 'Listen and remember' and 'Kim's game', is there to give children the skills they will need to remember what they have been shown or taught in school. Sometimes children learn through exploration, reading, discussion and observation. But at other times, they just have to learn facts and figures, for example in maths or in history. This unit, along with some of the others in this series, should help them to begin to develop the skills for doing this.

This unit presents children with a 'whodunnit' style game involving the colourful and cheeky 'trogs', who have been doing various mischievous things. The children have to remember the different features of particular trogs, and then identify them from an identity parade where they are pictured along with a large number of other innocent trogs. Children who are having difficulty can go back to get another look at the culprits in each case, but they should still be encouraged to carry the descriptions of the trogs in their heads, rather than writing them down.

This is a fun activity and you might enjoy doing it yourself. But be warned, you might need more tries than your child to get it right!

You can help your child to be more observant about what they see round them. When you walk out with them, ask them to be the guide on a familiar route. Get them to describe places that they have been to with the school or with friends. Ask questions to help them to remember details. For example, you can ask if the road is the one 'by the newsagent's - and does that shop have a red door?' And so on.