A mix busy days

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.