One ruku (paragraph) is fine for a week. Keep reciting it until you yourself remember that you have to recite Quran. After passing that stage, move on to two rukus. Repeat the cycle and move on to three rukus and after the fourth ruku, you will usually find that you have read quarter of that chapter.
Read those Surahs in your prayers, when you pray on daily basis. This way they won’t slip out of your memory.
Pray in the mosque, and instead of praying in congregation then quickly legging it out of the mosque, stay for ten minutes more or so, reading the Qur’an, engaging in thikr (remembering Allah), making du’a (supplication), or praying extra prayers. You can also stop to listen to “Tableegh” which is an after-prayer session performed in most Masjids.
Alternatively, you can go out, for example to a friend’s house. It may be boring to stay home all day, so going to a friend’s house will pass time. You can also go shopping to get resources for the iftar meal.
Once it gets to about two to three hours before iftar, help out in the kitchen; you will be busy doing a task and you won’t notice the time passing. It’s also not fair to place all the responsibility of preparing food on your mom; help her out!
Have a nap during the day, in afternoon. It is Sunnah to take that nap, known as Qaylula, for half an hour. You will feel extremely fresh and ready to take on the further hunger and thirst!
