I was busy, not sure if we are actually achieve much. I had to be on the go these couple of days. There are always things every day need to get sorted outside Post office, groceries, and suddenly printer is 'jem' and need to exchange. And it's all happen in different days. Which left me shattered. Plus variety of cooking one menu after another. One of the things that I had felt so much more now, cooking. Not just PS who eat more
than my portion even hub portion and MS as well. But, now I had S as well eating like an adult portion.
AS always eat a good portion anyway. So, from time to time now I've been cooking for six adult portion.
Alhamdulillah although PS was busy, she still help me in the kitchen. Although only me doing a lots of cooking now, all of them still help me in between their study. Sometimes I do feel sorry especially for PS as she hard quiet a lots of workload. But, I don't want that as an excuse of not helping around. She still help clean toilet, doing laundry, doing dishes, clean up the kitchen and all other task. So do MS and S. I can see that it seems piles up a lots on them as their study as well, but still they need to learn, life is not that easy. In the near future, if they work, they still had to run and do other things to survive and to fulfil basic needs. Study is not an excuse not helping around.
With AS I had manage to keep on track with him. With her Maths is on the schedule. We did on topic of TIME. telling time and also elapsed time. I think he find it a bit difficult at first and was asking why he got to learn all this things as he already know how to tell time. I give an example, if we about to take a plane from Newcastle airport at certain time, we need to calculate what time we should be there and what time we should depart from our house and how long will it take to reach there and etc. Alhamdulillah he understand after little bit of explanation. Also after a lecture and warning if he seem to be moody first thing in the morning help to improve the situation. If he felt like moody and angry, he try to pull himself back and get on with his work. He has got to learn a lesson and teach himself that life is not always easy. I for one will not let him get his own way too much now. I think he learn the lesson.
Now we are on topic of temperature. We had been on this topic since yesterday and will still on temperature topic on Monday before we moved into Money Problem. My worksheet is from variety of website include Enchanted learning, Ed Helper, Primary Resource and Parents in Touch.
We also did some Geography lesson last week, we talk about atlas, Me and AS only. Than we talk about latitude and longitude. That latitude and longitude is an imaginary line which help to determine the position anywhere in the world.
As also start doing some science from his workbook. We just going to finish key Stage one workbook as I got couple of them. We also did some lesson about plant which in notebook which I print out some worksheet and get him to draw plant with root, leave, stem and flowers. Just to get him to do some drawing related to science. Like I mention before, my kids had plenty of knowledge in science, but I just need to help them to bring their info and knowledge into writing and how to document what they know.
Quran reading is better. He seems to concentrate more after the lecture. Therefore his Quran reading also improved when he concentrate. I point this out to him, so he recognise the improvement and things get easy because the change that he made. It's depends on him big time to work with me to make our learning easy.
For me, there are some of the things that need to enforce , but at the same time I do not want them to learn for the sake of study and me. Certain things they cannot see the benefit it of course. Therefore from time to time I had to explain, motivate and remind them that the purpose of learning is not for me.
AS English is fine. He start write on his own blog. He got three fiction writing now done. But, none of them with punctuation! Anyway, this is for him to kick off with ideas and transfer it into writing. He also did some workbook. Today we learn about poem.
We haven't done much of Islamic Studies formally. On Friday, we all watch video from you tube about The mahdi, lecture by Sheikh Mumtaz Ul Haq, Masya Allah, very resourceful and beneficial talk. Things like this is to remind us about the purpose of life and how life in the near future will not be easy and only the chosen one that will stay to live and keep steadfast.
MS as usual on his Conquer Maths. He is on C-A level now. He wasn't enjoy much, but I told him he need to finish it and than I can print out all his record and unsubscribe Conquer Maths. I was thinking of using IXL UK for S and AS just to top up their worksheet. it's just me. I am very fussy and like mix and match! By end of this months, when MS finish his Conquer Maths he will start do revision with Key stage 3 revision workbook and test paper. We will than go over each topic for Key stage 4 with plenty combine worksheet and workbook and test paper.
I had bough couple of books for MS to read. He always borrow book from library. Now I want him to read the book that I choose. Which will be a bit challenge for him. Also he is a slow reader. I determine to tackle his English my own way. Start with improving his reading skill, than transfer ideas into paper before we go deep into different type of writing such as debating and argumentation.
MS Quran Reading also improve a lots. He know went to moved himself or when to keep practise on the same part. I think he will get better reading than PS. With concentration of tajweed as well, Alhamdulillah. He was slow reader as his academic reading, but Insya Allah we make sure it's right. So I don't want to push too much and create a rush type of reading instead of proper pronunciation.
He work with S on Science as before. The different is, before I just get them to do the work with revision guide book without me sitting there with them. I don't really pay much attention as before as I know they understand and have much knowledge and lots of info about science like I said. The only things is they did not know how to transfer their understanding into writing and documentation. This is what I need to work with them. But, as they understand how things work and many of other info and knowledge in science, it won't be hard. So I had sit with them and they got many of question that they skip. They understand but do not know how to explain things in writing which they reason is they not understand at all. When I sit and start to read the revision book and explain, they give me boring face that they already learn about it!! I told them off..oh yes..especially MS. I said that if you already learn and understand you should be able to transfer your understanding into the answer. Therefore I sit and help them on couple of question of how the answer should be for science and how to use our understanding and transfer it into answer and explanation. Alhamdulillah they had go through many topic they left some question unanswer before. Therefore MS and S will be on science for a while as I want them to get rid of key stage 2 workbook. I know, MS is on key stage 4. But, his knowledge in his brain and mind is advance than some topic in key stage 4. Only like I mention, we need to work on transferring the understanding and the knowledge into explanation and scientific evidence in science. Than Insya Allah I will be guide them both for year 7 science workbook and revision book from letts and lonsdale. Therefore now, I can start make plan for their science as I can see what we will be cover and what material we will used. I will mix and match in between with their science notebook as I want them to be able to draw the experiment and other science picture.
S is still with mindsprinting for her Maths. She still on division topic. I had print out with date planned for her worksheet until next month. She will be doing division possibly until end of the year. She find it too much at first, but after many days, she said it's getting better and easy. I had her do two set of worksheet together a day which mean four worksheet of it.
S also had her own blog which she mostly blog about animal. That is in some way, part of her English. She had done her English on her workbook until I sort something out. All three of them is in need of their English to be planned out. AS is ok at the moment as he got mindsprinting as well to get him going, plus workbook and he also did his spelling twice a week now. I am in need to sort out MS and S, but will probably try to plan them both in the same lesson plan.
So, there one by one subject we try to go through. I haven't touch History yet. I think I want to sort out English and Science first. Than geography, than History. I got new material for Islamic studies. Plus many of books to be finish. I do feel stress out in some way, think that kids are behind in some area and things like that. But than, I think that I shouldn't. We are homeschool. We are easy to cover up the area need to. I just need to calm down, take one things at the same time and plan things that will help in the near future. Rushing will not do any good. Also to see how things go and than take it from there is better than plan, than ditch up the plan altogether.
Showing posts with label Maths. Show all posts
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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
MS Maths experience
I am just going to put some info here for my own copy and also to share with others about my experience.
When I first start homeschool MS, he was 10 years old back than. He was OK and haven't actually got trouble when he was in school. He was a famous kids especially when it's come to art. He been called an artist, so do my other kids. I been told by his teacher, that he is a bit behind and slow in his reading. I do notice that but didn't take much notice or further action. I thought as he is a boy. Although I did had some tiny worried about it back than as when he was a baby, he got a prolong jaundice and really quiet at the time. During his toddler years, he struggle to talk a proper conversation until he about 3 years old. This build an anger in him. Unlike PS who start talking properly as adult at the age of 1. I know that prolong jaundice can cause some damage in brain. But, hub think I was too over reacted. MS was sort of slow kids , if I am to compare with PS. Who is always active and cleaver. May be if I am to compare with her, being a girl and a first child.
Of course each kids is different. Therefore I just think that he will get his own way one day, one time. After I start homeschool, many thing had come up from him. I found out that he don't really like school as he always struggle to catch up with others. He is a bit slow in doing things. it is his way of doing things, and I do think it did had some little effect from the jaundice and being a number two in the family. Many things contributed into that which I cannot see just yet at the time. Subhana Allah.
When I am to compare with what I learn in my primary school with what they learn here, of course it was so much different in term of workload and level. Back there in Malaysia, the curriculum especially in Maths is so much higher than UK. Of course it's not good in some point if it's in all other subject as well. But, I do think that good in Maths is actually help our brain to work better, concentrate better and help how we look at things and solve problem in our day to day life. Maths for me, help our brain to work at it's best.
At the time, I was frustrated. I don't know where to start. I don't know how am I going to do this. When I see the curriculum he need and should work on for Maths, he seems so much behind. How on eart am I going to rectify it?
One thing I see with Maths is if we cannot master basic, than all other topic such as times, problem solving, fraction and many others will be a problem. Big problem. Therefore to master the basic of Maths which is Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division is very important. Very very important indeed. Therefore I chuck out all the curriculum for Maths and level he should be doing and get him to master his Maths. I start with Addition and Subtraction. It might seems baby work at the time for ten years old boy, but he need to do plenty of exercise to master it in his brain. To train his brain. Than after a while, I moved him to Multiplication and Subtraction. We are on this basic Maths for one year. Yes, one whole year.
I had to ignore any other sub topic. He don't even be able to tell time properly at the time. He not been able to recognise the type of measurement. But, who care...at least for me. It has been up and down the lane. I make him do lots of Maths worksheet every day for hours and hours. Until he felt sick and I felt sick looking at them. I feel sorry for him, but I determine to put my feet firm on the ground. I believe, one day he will realise and look back he will thank me for been horrible to him.
As for lack in basic Maths and her sister is too good in it, he has a very low in self confidence. As we used Maths in our everyday life. He had to take long time to figure out small easy calculation of money and etc. He felt low and he think he just not as clever as others. It's just the way he is.
After a long battle and he started to master his Multiplication than come division, he start to gain confident. He find it getting easier and easier every time. I remember he playing Maths games. He hated it so much when I ask him to go on it. He always lost in short time. After so much training and exercise, one day when I get him to go on it, he win easily and pheww...his confident go over the roof, Subhana Allah....
At the time, I look into his eyes and said to him, look....after a long hard work and patient, there always a reward. What I want to teach him as well is that, nobody in these world is fool. Allah had give everybody the same brain. Only some people had to work hard and some don't have to. Plus, after hard work and patient, there always be a reward. Always.....From there on, everything change. I mean, everything. Once his confident had boost, he realise that in nothing come easy, but if he work on it, nothing hard. Everybody can achieve thing, if we want. If there is a will, there will always be a will. For me, it's very important for every kids to have this confident to pursue in their adult life. Live is not easy at some extent. We all had up and down. But, didn't mean we are a loser. There always a way to do things..Insya Allah..
Now, after four years from we first start our battle on Maths..after all the tears, shout and scream...( yes, I scream and shout...he just cannot get it like his mind is somewhere on the air!), he is not just boost his confident but also it change him. His concentration had gone from 0 to 9 out of 10. Therefore in our daily life now, things are easy and better with him. Well, not just better, but excellent..he is I could say, someone who had come a long way, but had made a big achievement and grow up very maturely indeed. Alhamdulillah again.
He is now working towards finishing the whole GCSE curriculum towards grade A-C. Insya Allah he is looking to finish it by end of this month with Conquer Maths. If he was in school, he still got year 10 and 11. Which is in some way, he will be two year in advance in Maths.
On that note, after he master with Multiplication and Division with printed worksheet from lots of website , I just mix and match, I get him on Mindsprinting for sometimes. Again he was on the same topic for sometimes before moved to different topic such as fraction, factors and etc. In between I get him to do his Maths workbook as well, from variety of publisher. Than I been introduce with Conquer Maths by dear homeschool friend. I out him on Conquer Maths which start the curriculum level from year 5. In between when it come to a new topic, Conquer maths actually didn't give much and deeper exercise. Like I said, it is important for Maths to do lots of exercise. I will usually stop him in the middle of Conquer maths and get him on workbook and worksheet for the topic. Such as Fraction, Factors, Decimal. There are workbook that concentrate on each topic individually for the whole workbook. Which mean plenty of exercise on the same topic. Which I love it very much. MS find it help a lots as well as after plenty of exercise, he will understadn better. Than we back on Conquer Maths and will stop in between the middle.
Now, Alhamdulillah as he seems getting on well on Algebra and equation from Conquer Maths, workbook and some worksheet, he start our new term with Conquer Maths for Year 9. He had just finish that. He wasn't actually happy to stay on it and said that he's not master some part of it and he want some workbook and revision on it. But, I told him that I want him to finish the whole of Conquer Maths Curriculum, than we can just get on focusing on individual sub topic and revision. Plenty of revision one after another. Plus it can be less teaching for him on that and he can just get on with plenty of revision , therefore we can start concentrate on other subject.
This is what he had done since we start our new term after Eid, Alhamdulillah:
When I first start homeschool MS, he was 10 years old back than. He was OK and haven't actually got trouble when he was in school. He was a famous kids especially when it's come to art. He been called an artist, so do my other kids. I been told by his teacher, that he is a bit behind and slow in his reading. I do notice that but didn't take much notice or further action. I thought as he is a boy. Although I did had some tiny worried about it back than as when he was a baby, he got a prolong jaundice and really quiet at the time. During his toddler years, he struggle to talk a proper conversation until he about 3 years old. This build an anger in him. Unlike PS who start talking properly as adult at the age of 1. I know that prolong jaundice can cause some damage in brain. But, hub think I was too over reacted. MS was sort of slow kids , if I am to compare with PS. Who is always active and cleaver. May be if I am to compare with her, being a girl and a first child.
Of course each kids is different. Therefore I just think that he will get his own way one day, one time. After I start homeschool, many thing had come up from him. I found out that he don't really like school as he always struggle to catch up with others. He is a bit slow in doing things. it is his way of doing things, and I do think it did had some little effect from the jaundice and being a number two in the family. Many things contributed into that which I cannot see just yet at the time. Subhana Allah.
When I am to compare with what I learn in my primary school with what they learn here, of course it was so much different in term of workload and level. Back there in Malaysia, the curriculum especially in Maths is so much higher than UK. Of course it's not good in some point if it's in all other subject as well. But, I do think that good in Maths is actually help our brain to work better, concentrate better and help how we look at things and solve problem in our day to day life. Maths for me, help our brain to work at it's best.
At the time, I was frustrated. I don't know where to start. I don't know how am I going to do this. When I see the curriculum he need and should work on for Maths, he seems so much behind. How on eart am I going to rectify it?
One thing I see with Maths is if we cannot master basic, than all other topic such as times, problem solving, fraction and many others will be a problem. Big problem. Therefore to master the basic of Maths which is Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division is very important. Very very important indeed. Therefore I chuck out all the curriculum for Maths and level he should be doing and get him to master his Maths. I start with Addition and Subtraction. It might seems baby work at the time for ten years old boy, but he need to do plenty of exercise to master it in his brain. To train his brain. Than after a while, I moved him to Multiplication and Subtraction. We are on this basic Maths for one year. Yes, one whole year.
I had to ignore any other sub topic. He don't even be able to tell time properly at the time. He not been able to recognise the type of measurement. But, who care...at least for me. It has been up and down the lane. I make him do lots of Maths worksheet every day for hours and hours. Until he felt sick and I felt sick looking at them. I feel sorry for him, but I determine to put my feet firm on the ground. I believe, one day he will realise and look back he will thank me for been horrible to him.
As for lack in basic Maths and her sister is too good in it, he has a very low in self confidence. As we used Maths in our everyday life. He had to take long time to figure out small easy calculation of money and etc. He felt low and he think he just not as clever as others. It's just the way he is.
After a long battle and he started to master his Multiplication than come division, he start to gain confident. He find it getting easier and easier every time. I remember he playing Maths games. He hated it so much when I ask him to go on it. He always lost in short time. After so much training and exercise, one day when I get him to go on it, he win easily and pheww...his confident go over the roof, Subhana Allah....
At the time, I look into his eyes and said to him, look....after a long hard work and patient, there always a reward. What I want to teach him as well is that, nobody in these world is fool. Allah had give everybody the same brain. Only some people had to work hard and some don't have to. Plus, after hard work and patient, there always be a reward. Always.....From there on, everything change. I mean, everything. Once his confident had boost, he realise that in nothing come easy, but if he work on it, nothing hard. Everybody can achieve thing, if we want. If there is a will, there will always be a will. For me, it's very important for every kids to have this confident to pursue in their adult life. Live is not easy at some extent. We all had up and down. But, didn't mean we are a loser. There always a way to do things..Insya Allah..
Now, after four years from we first start our battle on Maths..after all the tears, shout and scream...( yes, I scream and shout...he just cannot get it like his mind is somewhere on the air!), he is not just boost his confident but also it change him. His concentration had gone from 0 to 9 out of 10. Therefore in our daily life now, things are easy and better with him. Well, not just better, but excellent..he is I could say, someone who had come a long way, but had made a big achievement and grow up very maturely indeed. Alhamdulillah again.
He is now working towards finishing the whole GCSE curriculum towards grade A-C. Insya Allah he is looking to finish it by end of this month with Conquer Maths. If he was in school, he still got year 10 and 11. Which is in some way, he will be two year in advance in Maths.
On that note, after he master with Multiplication and Division with printed worksheet from lots of website , I just mix and match, I get him on Mindsprinting for sometimes. Again he was on the same topic for sometimes before moved to different topic such as fraction, factors and etc. In between I get him to do his Maths workbook as well, from variety of publisher. Than I been introduce with Conquer Maths by dear homeschool friend. I out him on Conquer Maths which start the curriculum level from year 5. In between when it come to a new topic, Conquer maths actually didn't give much and deeper exercise. Like I said, it is important for Maths to do lots of exercise. I will usually stop him in the middle of Conquer maths and get him on workbook and worksheet for the topic. Such as Fraction, Factors, Decimal. There are workbook that concentrate on each topic individually for the whole workbook. Which mean plenty of exercise on the same topic. Which I love it very much. MS find it help a lots as well as after plenty of exercise, he will understadn better. Than we back on Conquer Maths and will stop in between the middle.
Now, Alhamdulillah as he seems getting on well on Algebra and equation from Conquer Maths, workbook and some worksheet, he start our new term with Conquer Maths for Year 9. He had just finish that. He wasn't actually happy to stay on it and said that he's not master some part of it and he want some workbook and revision on it. But, I told him that I want him to finish the whole of Conquer Maths Curriculum, than we can just get on focusing on individual sub topic and revision. Plenty of revision one after another. Plus it can be less teaching for him on that and he can just get on with plenty of revision , therefore we can start concentrate on other subject.
This is what he had done since we start our new term after Eid, Alhamdulillah:
- Ratio- using scale
- Rates- simplifying, problems 1, problems 2,
- Number application - Simple interest, discount, profit & lost , commission,
- Algebra 1- identifying number pattern, the nth term of a sequence, the gradient, equation of,
- Algebra 2- Grouping symbols IV, generalise arithmetic, factorisation by a common factor
- Equations- equation with bracket III, Equation involving fraction I, Equation involving substitution, Inequation, Solving problem using Equations
- Measurement & circle- The parts of circle, circumference, area of circle, volume of cylinder
- Geometry- Angel sum of polygon, Mixed example of angles, test for congruent triangles, regular polygons
- Pythagoras Theorem- Finding TH, Finding TH, Finding a shorter side
- Statistic- Finding the median from a table
- Representing Data- Travel Graph, Pie Graph
- Algebra- The midpoint
- Statistic- Stem and leaf plots I, scatter graphs and correlation
- Probability- Experiment of Probability, Making a list,
He got another three weeks to go to finish everything. Than I will go through one by one sub topic for Key stage four together with plenty of revision for GCSE Maths higher paper, Insya Allah. I had plenty of revision workbook for him from Key stage 3 revision test, key stage 4 and GCSE. I did talk to him about taking GCSE exam for Maths next summer, but we not certain anything yet at the moment. I would love him to. He seems OK with it. The only thing is he said he need lots of revision to master him with it. I am very very happy. Which is now I am concentrating with his English. Looks like we are moving somewhere also in his English although others might see it as little achievement or nothing. Not just that, I am trying to create this exciting things about writing, which ended up not just MS, but S and AS also ask to do writing! AS asking me last night at around 8pm! And yes, I start work with him at 8pm and he come out with quiet an xcellent story which shock to us! That will be in another post! Insya Allah..
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