PS lesson:
Maths: Percentage and fraction revision
English: Characteristic and sentences
Geography: workbook: continent and places around the world
Islamic studies: Islamic history: Saiyidina Uthman bin Affan
MS lesson:
Maths: Fraction and chart
English: Punctuation
Science: Drug and medicine
Islamic studies: The month of the quran
Quran reading
S lesson:
Maths: Division
English: Grammar
Islamic studies: Condition of salaah and azan ( another fikh book finish today)
Science: magnet
Quran reading
AS lesson;
Maths: More addition on work book. (part of revision. he already on two number addition in mindspriting)
Science: Healthy eating and Plants
Quran reading.
He was fasting today as yawmul Arafah. Really wanted to get up for suhur with me. Went to sleep after 2 subject and I let him to finish off.
Alhamdulillah..
All lesson is from workbook. We just settle our self to get back in to homeschool routine. After nearly 2 years now we been homeschooling, kids had just get on with their lesson pretty quick and move on from one pages to another very quick. At the moment we are finishing off lots workbook we have and will start on mindsprinting soon, Insya allah after eid.
eid mubarak to everybody..
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
25th November 2009
AS lesson;
English: workbook; comprehension test
Maths: workbook; revision about numbers, number square, number lines.
Science: Sats workbook; Body part and balance diet
Islamic studies: tauheed
quran reading
S lesson:
English; workbook; Noun, adjective, verbs and writing essay.
Maths: division
Science: Carnival and herbivore
Islamic studies: Ghusul and verbally revision for 1 and 2 topic about arabic term for fikh and cumpulsory act of wudu.
quran reading
MS lesson;
Maths: Workbook revision
English: comparison
Science: Revision from year 6; food, excersice and part of flower
Islamic studies: Practice of the fast
quran reading
PS lesson:
Math: revision yesr 8 workbook; decimal, fraction, numbers.
English; Year 9 workbook: descriptive writing
Geography: Facts about UK geography
Islamic studies: Fikh
Quran reading
Taalim today about fazail/benefit of salat. Also we talk about illness and cure from Allah. We also talk about 9th of Dzul Hijjah.
English: workbook; comprehension test
Maths: workbook; revision about numbers, number square, number lines.
Science: Sats workbook; Body part and balance diet
Islamic studies: tauheed
quran reading
S lesson:
English; workbook; Noun, adjective, verbs and writing essay.
Maths: division
Science: Carnival and herbivore
Islamic studies: Ghusul and verbally revision for 1 and 2 topic about arabic term for fikh and cumpulsory act of wudu.
quran reading
MS lesson;
Maths: Workbook revision
English: comparison
Science: Revision from year 6; food, excersice and part of flower
Islamic studies: Practice of the fast
quran reading
PS lesson:
Math: revision yesr 8 workbook; decimal, fraction, numbers.
English; Year 9 workbook: descriptive writing
Geography: Facts about UK geography
Islamic studies: Fikh
Quran reading
Taalim today about fazail/benefit of salat. Also we talk about illness and cure from Allah. We also talk about 9th of Dzul Hijjah.
Back to school
At last...after long battle, we are now officially back to proper homeschool. After a long unschooling or elective homeschool, we are now back to the proper schedule, workbook, worksheet and plenty other scheduling task.
Alhamdulillah, we manage to pull together and with hubby absent, it was a good time to get my self back into what it needed in this winter time. I love unschooling in some way. At that time this is when AS gain a lots. I think small kids do better by unschooling. His reading improve significantly. So, to say, he can read news paper or any news in yahoo or internet fluently. No teaching actually in the process of it. No scheduling and planning towards what needed to get him to read. Just leave him and his love towards reading had just push himself to it. Library visit played an important part of it. He choose his own book. He had his own collection book that he love. He become matured in the way of thinking because of his reading. He think that reading make him gain more knowledge. And the material for islamic knowledge that he's reading is actually higher level for him. It's probably for age 11 above. But he insist.
He also had gain lots of interest in writing without any pressure at all from me. I never actually tell him to do the writing. But, as he can read well, he feel the fun of drawing and writing. He think that writing means he can express his idea and imagination. So, lots and lots of writing and drawing had happen during all this unschooling. And lots of paper had gone as well from my stock. Making his own story book is one of his favourite.
S had gain lots of other skills. Cooking is one of them. She had made cookies all on her own with a bit help on how to used the oven. She's totally got a hand for it. She also had a hand for sewing. She made lots or different shape of pillow and she was using her old shirt as she said that is recycling. now and again we did do some workbook during our unschooling. Especially our islamic workbook. Islamic education for me is not learning and learning topic after topic. Islamic learning for me is learn a bit and revise a lots. So, my kids might be behind in term of their islamic knowledge compare to lots of others. But , Insya Allah their firm believe in term of reality and practicality is what I'm after. For me, it's learn a bit but practice and keeping it on is what important.
PS might not like unschooling too much. She love schedule, she love working but the only things that she not have is if I'm around, she waiting for my command. She just know how if I'm not around. Nevertheless she working on her art a lots. She is my assistant now on my business. She had matured more in a way. She is someone who I can lay to in some of the things around the house. Who I can trust and just working and organising the way I want when I need someone. She do think they way I think as well. We had learn a lots about her puberty. We still need to sit and talk about mahram and relationship. Believe or not, I think MS is also now moved towards pre teenager. Ermmm..when hubby back, I need to talk with him about this. I'm not sure if he gonna have a talk with him as a dad and son. He can talk they way it should be and give a good advise with other teenager, but not sure when it's come to his own.
PS also did lots of workbook now and again. I'm planning to subscribe her Maths subject from Oxford homeschool. I had talk to the tutor and nearly make payment. But, decided to look through more and pull it out. Why? I wanted to take key stage 3 for maths. PS is someone who can work on her own if she had been set up proper and had a complete set of subject. But, that only had 4 topic believe it or not and it cost over £400 and the cost can run up to three years. After look through, I belie PS can do it in a year, but, with £400 for 4 topic is not worth the money. Because if I'm stuck with maths, hubby can always back me up. The only things is when I get hubby to teach her, it will ended up with tears. It's a Malaysian way of teaching. And if I'm interrupt, I will get told off as well. Hermmm..he is someone who had a diploma in teaching and learn all stuff about pedagogy and teaching theory. He good in explaining to others, but when it's come to his own family, it's different. Especially like our kids, their first language is English. And of course a big patient needed when you teach kids now a days. I wonder if he start teaching MS and PS when they first homeschool.
MS had cheer up more now. After the all horrible Maths session, he do need unschooling time. It's time to reflect what regime homeschool made to him. Giving him much more confident and grow more matured than before. How? Lack in basic maths also can means slow in the way of thinking. Because maths help to boost your brain and train your brain a lots. Between all my kids, MS is the one who slow catching up something. This had effect him big time. This is also had make him less confident and not so happy. This is what school had made him actually. For them he s moving on the phase that he can. He is someone who need one to one and taking a bit more time than others before he can moved forward. Alhamdulillah, her training in maths during the first year of homeschool had help him to boost his confident. Even we than moved to unschooling phase, what he learn, stay put. Hubby would love to know this because for him, only , military style of learning stay forever!!
So, that's where we are now at the moment. We now back on track. I'm now going to start making proper schedule, although I'm so bad in following proper schedule. But, I need one to keep me on track.
Alhamdulillah, we manage to pull together and with hubby absent, it was a good time to get my self back into what it needed in this winter time. I love unschooling in some way. At that time this is when AS gain a lots. I think small kids do better by unschooling. His reading improve significantly. So, to say, he can read news paper or any news in yahoo or internet fluently. No teaching actually in the process of it. No scheduling and planning towards what needed to get him to read. Just leave him and his love towards reading had just push himself to it. Library visit played an important part of it. He choose his own book. He had his own collection book that he love. He become matured in the way of thinking because of his reading. He think that reading make him gain more knowledge. And the material for islamic knowledge that he's reading is actually higher level for him. It's probably for age 11 above. But he insist.
He also had gain lots of interest in writing without any pressure at all from me. I never actually tell him to do the writing. But, as he can read well, he feel the fun of drawing and writing. He think that writing means he can express his idea and imagination. So, lots and lots of writing and drawing had happen during all this unschooling. And lots of paper had gone as well from my stock. Making his own story book is one of his favourite.
S had gain lots of other skills. Cooking is one of them. She had made cookies all on her own with a bit help on how to used the oven. She's totally got a hand for it. She also had a hand for sewing. She made lots or different shape of pillow and she was using her old shirt as she said that is recycling. now and again we did do some workbook during our unschooling. Especially our islamic workbook. Islamic education for me is not learning and learning topic after topic. Islamic learning for me is learn a bit and revise a lots. So, my kids might be behind in term of their islamic knowledge compare to lots of others. But , Insya Allah their firm believe in term of reality and practicality is what I'm after. For me, it's learn a bit but practice and keeping it on is what important.
PS might not like unschooling too much. She love schedule, she love working but the only things that she not have is if I'm around, she waiting for my command. She just know how if I'm not around. Nevertheless she working on her art a lots. She is my assistant now on my business. She had matured more in a way. She is someone who I can lay to in some of the things around the house. Who I can trust and just working and organising the way I want when I need someone. She do think they way I think as well. We had learn a lots about her puberty. We still need to sit and talk about mahram and relationship. Believe or not, I think MS is also now moved towards pre teenager. Ermmm..when hubby back, I need to talk with him about this. I'm not sure if he gonna have a talk with him as a dad and son. He can talk they way it should be and give a good advise with other teenager, but not sure when it's come to his own.
PS also did lots of workbook now and again. I'm planning to subscribe her Maths subject from Oxford homeschool. I had talk to the tutor and nearly make payment. But, decided to look through more and pull it out. Why? I wanted to take key stage 3 for maths. PS is someone who can work on her own if she had been set up proper and had a complete set of subject. But, that only had 4 topic believe it or not and it cost over £400 and the cost can run up to three years. After look through, I belie PS can do it in a year, but, with £400 for 4 topic is not worth the money. Because if I'm stuck with maths, hubby can always back me up. The only things is when I get hubby to teach her, it will ended up with tears. It's a Malaysian way of teaching. And if I'm interrupt, I will get told off as well. Hermmm..he is someone who had a diploma in teaching and learn all stuff about pedagogy and teaching theory. He good in explaining to others, but when it's come to his own family, it's different. Especially like our kids, their first language is English. And of course a big patient needed when you teach kids now a days. I wonder if he start teaching MS and PS when they first homeschool.
MS had cheer up more now. After the all horrible Maths session, he do need unschooling time. It's time to reflect what regime homeschool made to him. Giving him much more confident and grow more matured than before. How? Lack in basic maths also can means slow in the way of thinking. Because maths help to boost your brain and train your brain a lots. Between all my kids, MS is the one who slow catching up something. This had effect him big time. This is also had make him less confident and not so happy. This is what school had made him actually. For them he s moving on the phase that he can. He is someone who need one to one and taking a bit more time than others before he can moved forward. Alhamdulillah, her training in maths during the first year of homeschool had help him to boost his confident. Even we than moved to unschooling phase, what he learn, stay put. Hubby would love to know this because for him, only , military style of learning stay forever!!
So, that's where we are now at the moment. We now back on track. I'm now going to start making proper schedule, although I'm so bad in following proper schedule. But, I need one to keep me on track.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Writing and learning and learning..
I'm busy and busy with my business still. I know that it will never ended. But, I just waited until lots of things been clear up, then we can start our home school properly.
Anyway, it doesn't mean that we don't learn at all. Learning happen everytime, any time, as usual. AS now, is too much on writing story. Paper after paper, together with picture. I was amazed as in the middle oe me beign so busy, and I would love to sit and make him do writing and satrt writing story, which I try before long time ago but, he just not interested, suddenly he just get on with it, with me asking him to and telling him to.
His writing is also liek someone who been teach by a teacher. Her sister never teach him, as he's more close to his brother, and there's no way hos brother is going to teach him as he's not really into writing story. But, AS just wrote lots of story and it's the story that make sense.
I did take a picture but not yet upload into computer. And I will sometimes later.
We went to Dewsbury last weekend, and as usualy, I ended up buying lots of books. Today, I told them to started with some new book I bought. AS also had started on Aqeedah book on his own. I just gave the book which got a story about the oneness of Allah and worksheet after each lesson. The story is about Bilal r.a. AS was so interested in the story and as soon as her dad came back form work, he told him straight away about what he Bilal r.a. He ended up doing three lesson by himself. The oneness of Allah, we can't hide from Allah and Muslim believe that Allah is all seeing.
The book is from Jamiatul Ulamak South Africa and also had colouring section. I love the series of these book as it's been design for easy understanding. AS can even do it on his own.
MS and PS is laerning about aqeedah also with topic covering, the sifat of Allah, the glorious quran, the wahyu (revelation), the ilham(divine inspration) , mukjizaat (miracle) and Karaamaat. They already know about these, but this books explain all this term on it's own topic.
S did her book of fikh.
Sometimes it did come to my mind that with busy time, how and what did my kids learn. As someone who been in pretty much regime education, I was haunted by that now and again. But, seeing how kids learn best and without struggle in relax environment, make me feel that what important is they learn. Of course I will get back on my regime homeschool soon, as what this is not about learning. Regime homeschool is about learning that there are time we will be under pressure, under stress, we not always can follow our own desire when or how and what, but also had to follow others rules as long as it didn't interrupt into our believe and amal. So, regime homeschool is to teach kids about scheduling, dicipline and working under stress at some point.
So do as what I believe why I want my kids to take exam. It's because to put them under pressure and learn to work towards target. Because learning for me is not until GSCE, A level, or degree. Learning is about the whole life. They need to learn to be independent learner and know where to get information and learn without others asking them to. Learning had to be there all the time. As for that I believe that relaxing at some point is needed to let the kids know and learn that learning is not something that hard or difficult but fun and enjoying. My kids love learning as they think learning means, they get new information.
But, regime learning is important as well, as life is not always smooth...And sometimes it's not all you want, but you have to...
Anyway, it doesn't mean that we don't learn at all. Learning happen everytime, any time, as usual. AS now, is too much on writing story. Paper after paper, together with picture. I was amazed as in the middle oe me beign so busy, and I would love to sit and make him do writing and satrt writing story, which I try before long time ago but, he just not interested, suddenly he just get on with it, with me asking him to and telling him to.
His writing is also liek someone who been teach by a teacher. Her sister never teach him, as he's more close to his brother, and there's no way hos brother is going to teach him as he's not really into writing story. But, AS just wrote lots of story and it's the story that make sense.
I did take a picture but not yet upload into computer. And I will sometimes later.
We went to Dewsbury last weekend, and as usualy, I ended up buying lots of books. Today, I told them to started with some new book I bought. AS also had started on Aqeedah book on his own. I just gave the book which got a story about the oneness of Allah and worksheet after each lesson. The story is about Bilal r.a. AS was so interested in the story and as soon as her dad came back form work, he told him straight away about what he Bilal r.a. He ended up doing three lesson by himself. The oneness of Allah, we can't hide from Allah and Muslim believe that Allah is all seeing.
The book is from Jamiatul Ulamak South Africa and also had colouring section. I love the series of these book as it's been design for easy understanding. AS can even do it on his own.
MS and PS is laerning about aqeedah also with topic covering, the sifat of Allah, the glorious quran, the wahyu (revelation), the ilham(divine inspration) , mukjizaat (miracle) and Karaamaat. They already know about these, but this books explain all this term on it's own topic.
S did her book of fikh.
Sometimes it did come to my mind that with busy time, how and what did my kids learn. As someone who been in pretty much regime education, I was haunted by that now and again. But, seeing how kids learn best and without struggle in relax environment, make me feel that what important is they learn. Of course I will get back on my regime homeschool soon, as what this is not about learning. Regime homeschool is about learning that there are time we will be under pressure, under stress, we not always can follow our own desire when or how and what, but also had to follow others rules as long as it didn't interrupt into our believe and amal. So, regime homeschool is to teach kids about scheduling, dicipline and working under stress at some point.
So do as what I believe why I want my kids to take exam. It's because to put them under pressure and learn to work towards target. Because learning for me is not until GSCE, A level, or degree. Learning is about the whole life. They need to learn to be independent learner and know where to get information and learn without others asking them to. Learning had to be there all the time. As for that I believe that relaxing at some point is needed to let the kids know and learn that learning is not something that hard or difficult but fun and enjoying. My kids love learning as they think learning means, they get new information.
But, regime learning is important as well, as life is not always smooth...And sometimes it's not all you want, but you have to...
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