At the moment we are taking advantage of the weather. Alhamdulillah this week we had such a lovely summer weather after autumn seems approach rapidly especially here in the North. Therefore I got couple of things I need to do outside, and had to put aside some of the homeschooling schedule.
Anyway, yesterday before I went out to sort something in the storage, I had work together with AS for his Geography and Maths. On Geography we still learning a bit more about the UK map. Colouring the map according to the instruction which I print out worksheet from enchanted learning. Also mark where we live from the printed map worksheet. He than stick it in his geography notebook.
In Maths, yesterday we learn about capacity. We start on Tuesday 27 September and yesterday we did some more practical learning of capacity with litre and millilitre. Alhamdulillah he understand quickly. He didn't do his English yesterday although I had print him out from mindsprinting.
I had wonder although I didn't do much English with him in a way, he had so much vocabulary, less spelling mistake and also good in writing sentence. I figure out this must be from mindsprinting worksheet. Mindsprinting worksheet for reading excellent start from level 1 as soon as he start learn to read. Now he is in level 5 already where as he only should be on level 4. From there also, I help him to answer comprehension in proper sentence. Which give benefit when he answer other subject such as science. This will also give him a big benefit in other subject. He didn't just put the only answer , but answer in full sentence. Even in busy day, I usually get him to do the worksheet. He usually took ten to fifteen minutes to complete the worksheet of 5 pages.
S is on estimation worksheet with mindprinting for Maths. She still on her English comprehension book from Schofield and Sims. I had print some Geography hand out for both MS and S , but we havent' got to do it yet as we went out in the afternoon and as soon as we back home, I got this very bad migraine.
Today, looks like we going to give some miss on homeschool. I might get them to do one subject later. This morning I get MS and As tidy up their room after breakfast. I mean, really tidy up their room while I was clearing up up stairs. Since after Ramadhan, I don't want things to pile up anymore. So I try to maintain whenever I can. I make sure dusting and cleaning upstairs being done once or twice a week. Hovering the whole upstairs , hall way upstairs, my bedroom and guest room, toilet and bathroom. I give some quick cleaning around and stairs as well. While PS is on her online school. She got plenty of workload now a days. And every fortnight, she will have more extra work. She still help me around in between after school and her homework. She had a break as well in between. But, she is concentrating and giving her time and her energy on her school work, Alhamdulillah.
S was tidy up their room as she and PS do tidy up their room everyday and brush. So do MS and AS where they usually do it before they went to bed. I'm not sure what happen last night or this morning, their room is so messy, therefore I instruct MS and AS to clear up everything including all the toys under the bed and what else! While they going through their toy box, after they all had breakfast and tidy it up, I went out and start doing some mowing. I am not suppose to as this will give me extra pain on my hand, it will stiff and the scars will start to become harden. The nerve will be in pain as well. But, I can't resist the weather. Hub is also busy as he been chosen to represent his company CAT for a presentation which he suppose to be in US. But, as he got limited time to apply visa, he will than just do it live from UK. Therefore he had to do some extra work when he back home to make sure he got everything prepare for it this Monday. I don't know when the weather going to turn like this again this year. I cannot than resist to clear up the garden especially everything is really dry up outside, just nice time to work on.
I spend nearly two hours mowing and trimming the front driveway. I can only rely heavily on my left hand while my right hand had to stay on trigger. Therefore , at this moment, both hand is so wobbly. I will need some strong pain killer later. Luckily hub already mention that he want to bring us out for dinner tonight at our usual place, having chicken grill. Which is why I taken this opportunity to do as much as I can as I don't have to think about dinner tonight. MS help me as well after he clear up his room. At this moment , we having a break before heading to recycling centre to out the grass and falling leave away. Still I got big massive grass area need to be done on side and at the back! It's usually PS job. But, the grass there wasn't that long and she keep telling me that we need to leave that area to grow from now on as it won't grow quickly any more until spring. But still there are some area need trimming, raking and clearing and tidying.
Therefore none of MS, S and AS doing their study today. But, we should be able to get couple of work done in an hour or so before we went out for dinner. MS moving well in Conquer Maths. As we start doing our English and other subject, we will also start to do Islamic Studies back on track. I need to have a halaqah for kids during Islamic studies as well. Although we had some halaqah during out taaklim time, but usually hub reading and doing some little talk. At that time now, I usually left it to him to give some talk for us. Still there are other area I need to cover for kids especially motivation. As for me, I am also need motivation and reminder. So do kids. For me Islamic studies need plenty of reminder and motivation and talk.
Insya Allah , next week hopefully will be much better in term of teaching and learning. I am going to present some kids with the rules of routine as well which I will share Insya Allah.
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Never can
Subahna Allah, I am trying to update this blog frequently, but unfortunately things happen differently. We plan, but Allah swt know the best and always has a better plan.
Our homeschool is always up and down in term of formal learning. But, still we trying to catch up whenever we can. Amazingly, on some of the things, unlike Maths of course, kids seems to get better although without formal homeschool and it was like up and down. So, it's help to release my pressure seeing this happen. Of course as a mother who homeschool, and busy running our life, we always think that we never done enough. But, when every time I sit with them to do some work, it seems that they had grab the lesson that they didn't before better than before. I think it's a magic of seat back and relax, but of course not negligence. And I think as a mother we could tell and feel between those two.
Yesterday me and AS was doing comprehension. Before when he was doing comprehension, not sure if he lazy or what, but he didn't grasp the idea of answering the whole sentence. He will only write down the answer without repeating some part of the question to make it full answer. But yesterday, when I told him to get his English workbook, because he want kinder surprise chocolate, he open the comprehension page, which far in the middle than where he suppose to do. Because he the one who want to do this, the page about snake, I told him that he need to answer the comprehension in full sentence. I write down the first one and show him the second question on how he got to repeat some of the word in the question. Alhamdulillah he got the idea and answer everything in full sentence with correct answer. I praise him and told him how good his work that he been doing except he got to try to do his hand writing better than that.
Today, I start printing mindsprinting for him. Yes, I start on mindsprinting back again and pay for it for AS and S. Both of them do the test again. S was behind on some topic in maths, which I know that will happen, because I make her stuck on some topic for long time before and even now. So, there are some topic that she should learn but did not yet. But, it wasn't worry me because I know once she master basic important things in Maths, she will just move quickly as MS. AS was right on his level, which I didn't actually expected, Alhamdulillah.
So, today when AS English come to comprehension part, he answer all the question in full sentence, with correct answer and nice and neat handwriting. Also with short time he finish his English and Maths, which both got 4 pages for Maths and 6 pages for English. All done actually under 40 minutes!
MS not doing any work today as he was tidy up his wardrobe and than we were out. S did her mindprinting. PS was on school holiday for three weeks. All of them also busy with new pet, hamster. We just had two hamster since a week ago. They was asking this for ages. Probably since three years ago. I manage to get fish for them, since two years ago, but I never actually put this story up and picture, may be some day! I was so lazy these day with picture! So, now we got five fish in big aquarium and also two hamster. Actually I meant to buy four hamster, one for each kids. But, we didn't manage to get the hamster cage from car boot sale for boys just yet. PS bought hamster cage, new one actually from a supplier in car boot sale for £10. It cost around £30-£40 in shop. But, this selling fast that day, the first summer car boot where we live. Seems like everybody was waiting for this car boot to open and this man who sell variety of pet items. So boys didn't manage to grab one, the supplier didn't come last Sunday , so we have to wait for this coming Sunday, Insya Allah. I will not spend too much for that, but I want the big cage. So girls got actually 2 floor of cage. Because I said to them if we want to have animal like that, we need a big cage for them. I don't want them to find like they trap somewhere but comfortable to live like in their nature.
On other story, we also went to Science Feast couple of weeks ago and I still haven't manage to put up picture! Many things happen actually. MS been making so many things using cardboard boxes and recycle item. He also been making video review about his toys since nearly two years ago. When he reach 13 years old, he really want a you tube account to upload his video as he always used you tube as a 'teacher' to help him do things and make things. He also like to make video about his bionicle. Only since couple of days ago I manage to sit down and look at his video and approved his video to be put up in you tube. Hubby was also quiet surprise watching how MS talk and do review in the video about what he been making. Although I don't really like him much with bionicle toys, but I guess things will pass by and he actually learn lots of skill in it.
So now we actually plan for him to actually design something that more into learning and put together electrical and electronic knowledge we learn in science. He love science and always talk about how science help him making and design things. He actually wanted to be a vet, because he love animal, but he actually very good in designing things, creative and also getting good and better in using tools, which I think he probably better off involved in engineering course which he also think he best at.
This is how thing is at the moment. There are plenty more things to come and I should write more often and hope I could that so. Many experience and things that we have go through together that wasn't been capture in this blog as I was so so busy. But, I have to say, my busyness with my business also have giving me chance to put more into kids education. My business is full into helping hubby financially and all of them go into kids education, Alhamdulillah.
Friday, 21 January 2011
AS and S learning
AS got not much worry from me except I need him to do more writing stories and familiar with all sort of writing. He did writing on his own count, from time to time. He make lefleart, map, stories and etc but informally Without me actually sit there with him. But, usually he made better writing without me, it's like if I am there with him, all his idea gone.
Today he finish the whole of his addition and substraction book. He learn some of difficulty topic of addition and substraction. I will need to get him another book for the topic, and also mindsprinting. Probably another 2 months, we will concentrate on this topic. Than we will concentrate times, measurement and graph. He already know all this and learn from time to time before, but I just want to make sure this been strengthen up before we moved deep into multiplication and division. I think we might take between 6 months - 1 year for multiplication and division take into account some unplanned journey and my busy time. So no stress on him and me.
From summer, I will set up some science project with him and also geography. I will get a new printer hopefully tomorrow, so we will get back on enchated learning and my other favourate website for science and geography. Probably a little history. Also IT.
In between now and again , we will do Bahasa Melayu as well. I will need a new Islamic Studies book for him, possibility Iqra book but the futher learning which MS and S using before. He should be able to, Insya Allah.
S is ok. Similar case like AS. I need to put her into some manual curriculum of distance learning for her English. She is very good in writing stories but need some proper checking up. I am so lazy and as it take lots of time to actually concentrate, I just cannot do that.
For Maths, she is on multiplication and division now. She finish one workbook for the particular topic only and I will get her another one. Also with mindprinting, it will be lots of exercise for her in multiplication and division. Probably I would say, I don't mind if she need to spend around 6 months , 5 days a week only for multiplication and division on her Maths. Than it's easy when we move on other topic. She can than be able to concentrate her Conquer Maths along with workboook on particular topic similar with what MS had been through. I reckon she should be able to moved forward and progress according to curriculum. I was planning to put her with First College, probably September 2012.
Also I need to get her some project and worksheet on science, georgraphy and some history. She do her Bahasa Melayu also from time to time. Her Islamic Studies is fine and also quran reading. Not much to worry about her, except need a bit more motivation and get teach her to set target and learn to organise and manage her work through project. She in need of learning how to do research and compile work from research. I will set up a project for her to do as a team with MS.
That's all for now.
Today he finish the whole of his addition and substraction book. He learn some of difficulty topic of addition and substraction. I will need to get him another book for the topic, and also mindsprinting. Probably another 2 months, we will concentrate on this topic. Than we will concentrate times, measurement and graph. He already know all this and learn from time to time before, but I just want to make sure this been strengthen up before we moved deep into multiplication and division. I think we might take between 6 months - 1 year for multiplication and division take into account some unplanned journey and my busy time. So no stress on him and me.
From summer, I will set up some science project with him and also geography. I will get a new printer hopefully tomorrow, so we will get back on enchated learning and my other favourate website for science and geography. Probably a little history. Also IT.
In between now and again , we will do Bahasa Melayu as well. I will need a new Islamic Studies book for him, possibility Iqra book but the futher learning which MS and S using before. He should be able to, Insya Allah.
S is ok. Similar case like AS. I need to put her into some manual curriculum of distance learning for her English. She is very good in writing stories but need some proper checking up. I am so lazy and as it take lots of time to actually concentrate, I just cannot do that.
For Maths, she is on multiplication and division now. She finish one workbook for the particular topic only and I will get her another one. Also with mindprinting, it will be lots of exercise for her in multiplication and division. Probably I would say, I don't mind if she need to spend around 6 months , 5 days a week only for multiplication and division on her Maths. Than it's easy when we move on other topic. She can than be able to concentrate her Conquer Maths along with workboook on particular topic similar with what MS had been through. I reckon she should be able to moved forward and progress according to curriculum. I was planning to put her with First College, probably September 2012.
Also I need to get her some project and worksheet on science, georgraphy and some history. She do her Bahasa Melayu also from time to time. Her Islamic Studies is fine and also quran reading. Not much to worry about her, except need a bit more motivation and get teach her to set target and learn to organise and manage her work through project. She in need of learning how to do research and compile work from research. I will set up a project for her to do as a team with MS.
That's all for now.
MS Maths Target and Plan
MS is moving forward with Conquer Maths. Try to pick up all the pieces when he was behind before and also when I was busy. So, here is his target to finish Year 7 and 8 except Algebra.
Numbers
Numbers system: Year 8
Measurement: Year 7 & 8
Statistic: year 7 & 8
My technique is actually simple, which is make sure the child master in basic skill of maths, which is addition, substraction, multiplication and division. Once he master all this skill, than other topic will be easy for them. This can be done without any particular curriculum, but with plenty of exercise and motivation. It will be a bit harder at first to push the child if they don't like Maths, but with patient , it will be reward after. Insya Allah.
As PS now on serious route of learning, she will have to concentrate which means, although I will be busy, kids will stay on their learning, especially PS and MS Insya Allah. So, I can actually plan better now, especially, MS don't need much motivation as his self motivation had go up the roof. PS always had high self motivation, Alhamdulillah.
So, the above is the plan and target which is hopefully achieveable by MS as this is what he been doing since he get back on Conquer Maths 2 week ago. He been doing 3 topic a day since than. As for that, we will be finish all topic for Key Stage 3 except Algebra by end of February. From March he will stop Conquear maths for a while and will get back on workbook which only for Algebra. I had one book at the moment and will find another book Insya Allah soon. He should be able to finish 2 Key Stage 3 workbook on Algebra only to learn and master his skill in Algebra. Beginning of April, I hope he will than get back on Conquer Maths for Algebra which he should be finish all Algebra topic for Conquer Maths for Key Stage 3. Which mean by May, MS should be finish the whole Key stage 3 Maths.
From May until August, I plan for him to do as much as he can on key Stage 3 test for maths and revision and exercise. From September, we can than start Key Stage 4 Maths. According to Progress he made, and to consider any unplanned journey, I will say, I give him until April 2012 to finish Key Stage 4 Maths topic. He can than just concentrate on exercising and doing test and looking forward for his GCSE Maths. Probably earlier than the age he should be. Which if it goes according to the plan, it was a big achievement for someone who really behind, slow, struggle and hate maths at first place when we first start homeschool. I think his progress and milestone had boost both of us and make me and him very much happy, Alhamdulillah.
And as one subject will need less motivation for me towards him, I can than concentrate on his English. Experience make me think and act better, I reckon. So I decide that I will need a curriculum or manual with outside teacher help. I'm still trying to see the option I got at the moment.
Oh...what a release...
Numbers
Numbers system: Year 8
- Order of operation 2 - 24 Jan 2011
- Prime Factor Decomposition - 24 Jan 2011
- The Cube Root - 24 Jan 2011
- Addition with different denominator -25 Jan 2011
- Substraction with different denominator - 25 Jan 2011
- Multiplication ; decimal - 25 Jan 2011
- Division by a Decimal - 26 Jan 2011
- Converting Fraction to Decimal - 26 Jan 2011
- Percentage of quantities - 26 Jan 2011
- Addition and Substraction - 27 Jan 2011
- Multiplication - 27 Jan 2011
- Division - 27 Jan 2011
- Order of Operation - 27 Jan 2011
- Simpler Number Problem - 28 Jan 2011
- The Unitary Method - 28 Jan 2011
- Guess and Check - 28 Jan 2011
- Making A List - 31 Jan 2011
- Looking for Pattern - 31 Jan 2011
- Solving A Simple Problem First - 31 jan 2011
- Working Backwards - 31 Jan 2011
- Using A Diagram - 1 Feb 2011
- Acting It Out - 1 Feb 2011
- Eliminating Possibilities - 1 Feb 2011
- Percentages of Quantities - 2 Feb 2011
- Increasing By Percentages - 2 Feb 2011
- Decreasing By Percentages - 2 Feb 2011
- The Unitary Method - 2 Feb 2011
- Simplifying 1 - 3 Feb 2011
- Simplifying 2 - 3 Feb 2011
- Short stories - 3 Feb 2011
- Equivalent Ratios - 4 Feb 2011
- Problem question - 4 Feb 2011
- Dividing Quantities in a Given Ratio - 4 Feb 2011
Measurement: Year 7 & 8
- Mass - 7 Feb 2011
- Metric and Imperial conversions - 7 Feb 2011
- Rectangles and Square - 7 Feb 2011
- Triangles 1 - 8 Feb 2011
- Triangles 2 - 8 Feb 2011
- Composite Shape -8 Feb 2011
- Futher Composite shape - 9 Feb 2011
- Parallelograms - 9 Feb 2011
- Trapeziums - 9 Feb 2011
- Rhombus & Kites - 9 Feb 2011
- Transformation : Reflections - 10 Feb 2011
- Transformation: Translations - 10 Feb 2011
- Transformation: Rotations - 10 Feb 2011
- Rotational Symmetry - 11 Feb 2011
- Solid Shapes - 11 Feb 2011
- Nets of Solid Shapes - 11 Feb 2011
- Transformations; Rotation - 14 Feb 2011
- Angels on a straight line - 14 Feb 2011
- Vertically - Opposite angels and angels at a point - 14 Feb 2011
- Angel sum of triangle - 15 Feb 2011
- Special Triangles - 15 Feb 2011
- Parallel Lines - 15 Feb 2011
- Exterior Angel of Triangle - 16 Feb 2011
- Polygons - 16 Feb 2011
- Bisecting A line - 16 Feb 2011
- Bisecting An Angel - 17 Feb 2011
- Perpendicular Lines - 17 Feb 2011
- Prisms - 17 Feb 2011
Statistic: year 7 & 8
- The Range and The mode - 18 Feb 2011
- The Median - 18 Feb 2011
- The Mean - 21 Feb 2011
- Probability Basic - 21 Feb 2011
- Finding A mean from A table - 21 Feb 2011
- Bar Graph - 22 Feb 2011
- Pie Graph - 22 Feb 2011
My technique is actually simple, which is make sure the child master in basic skill of maths, which is addition, substraction, multiplication and division. Once he master all this skill, than other topic will be easy for them. This can be done without any particular curriculum, but with plenty of exercise and motivation. It will be a bit harder at first to push the child if they don't like Maths, but with patient , it will be reward after. Insya Allah.
As PS now on serious route of learning, she will have to concentrate which means, although I will be busy, kids will stay on their learning, especially PS and MS Insya Allah. So, I can actually plan better now, especially, MS don't need much motivation as his self motivation had go up the roof. PS always had high self motivation, Alhamdulillah.
So, the above is the plan and target which is hopefully achieveable by MS as this is what he been doing since he get back on Conquer Maths 2 week ago. He been doing 3 topic a day since than. As for that, we will be finish all topic for Key Stage 3 except Algebra by end of February. From March he will stop Conquear maths for a while and will get back on workbook which only for Algebra. I had one book at the moment and will find another book Insya Allah soon. He should be able to finish 2 Key Stage 3 workbook on Algebra only to learn and master his skill in Algebra. Beginning of April, I hope he will than get back on Conquer Maths for Algebra which he should be finish all Algebra topic for Conquer Maths for Key Stage 3. Which mean by May, MS should be finish the whole Key stage 3 Maths.
From May until August, I plan for him to do as much as he can on key Stage 3 test for maths and revision and exercise. From September, we can than start Key Stage 4 Maths. According to Progress he made, and to consider any unplanned journey, I will say, I give him until April 2012 to finish Key Stage 4 Maths topic. He can than just concentrate on exercising and doing test and looking forward for his GCSE Maths. Probably earlier than the age he should be. Which if it goes according to the plan, it was a big achievement for someone who really behind, slow, struggle and hate maths at first place when we first start homeschool. I think his progress and milestone had boost both of us and make me and him very much happy, Alhamdulillah.
And as one subject will need less motivation for me towards him, I can than concentrate on his English. Experience make me think and act better, I reckon. So I decide that I will need a curriculum or manual with outside teacher help. I'm still trying to see the option I got at the moment.
Oh...what a release...
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Working forward
Alhamdulillah, ourhomeschooling is working forward in the sense of not much stress and pressure. I guess, everybody notice that it's very important time now, in winter and spring for us to gettting on with our work before we had leisure time in summer. I had limit the time that two kids from neighbourhood coming to play with them. This is because if they came, they stay until night. I don't mind to baby sit them, but as we are homeschool, seems that we lost the flexibility of it.
So, alhamdulillah kids had been concentrate in the sense that they getting into the routine happpily. PS as usual, with her online school. The best about it, she seems to concentrate more an dmore, busy day by day and getting on serious learning than before. I am happy, very very happy. I do not want to put much stress, although I do at some of the point, through tarbiyah session. But, I do want kids to realise on their own account as well. Whenever I put stress, I will also give them tarbiyah which is motivate them in the sense that open their eyes from their point of view. Kids need to be help to see things from different and matured perspective.
MS getting on his Conquer Maths as usual. He manage to keep on track which is doing three topic each day. So, I am now concentrate S maths. MS seems flowing higher and higher with his Maths, something I am pretty worried before and much dreaded. So, it's a time now for me to start looking and concentrate into their English lesson. I know it's important and I had put it behind and did not concentrate enough for it. But, I love maths as maths will train kids brain. When they improved and see things through maths step by step, the skill they develop and will develop is much more making sense.
So now, I am looking into their English. Both MS and S. I would love to put MS and S on First colleage. But, I wasn't sure yet. First is financially I wasn't able at the moment , second is I can still cope and would like both of them to stay for me with the teaching and learning. S got not much topic left in Conquer Maths for her year 5 & 6. And she still got until September to finish her year 6 syllybus. I reckon we should be able to make it easily before summer, but would love her to actually start year 7 work way before September in Maths. This is what I try to concentrate now with her. MS should be able to finish all Key Stage 3 before September according to my guess. So, he will be just nice on track and this will make key stage 4 maths easy and he will have plenty of time for excersice for his GCSE. Which make me proud as when I got him he was way way behind, alhamdulillah. Such a big achievement for both of us which is sometimes I do not know how I do it. With my busy schedule and at some point I think kids had waste too much time because of my busy business and they way far behind. Now, looking overall, Masya Allah, how we had catch up on it. This is because maths need plenty of excersice to strenghten basic, otherwise there's no way they can go futher on the topic and curriculum.
I'm also concentrate on AS maths and try to put him futher and see if I manage to get him on Conquer Maths earlier than what he should be. Or we can just lazying around with some fun if we forward. Plus AS seem confident that he need to go to madrasah for his hifz and alim course. So to get him forward in curiculum will give him less pressure on his hifz soon when the time for him to start in Darul Ulom.
Now, I am looking between Oxford Homeschool for English or others curriculum. Which I can go through it with them with manual and monitor them and teaching them according to the curriculum. I just need that for MS and S. Which also mean someone can mark their work as well for English. So I am looking that type of system only for English. I don't think they too way behind, they just need lots of excercise in writing.
Other subject I am looking to set up for three of them; MS , S and AS is for georgraphy and science. Than I would love for them this year to be able to do some skill such as build something with wood and etc with hubby. I will have to proper plan that. With them on track and forward in Maths, than we can spend out time on other subject by doing project. Because doing project is taking time. And for me wasn't as important as Maths. Because age can effect how they doing in their maths. And maths also train and excercise our brain. Project will teach us how to manage and organise. But, first and foremost, is to sharpen our brain, than manage and organise will be easy task. Insya Allah.
Kids are doing other subject although we are concentrating and given more time on Maths. They also doing English, Science, Malay Language and Islamic Studies Monday to Thursday. Also of course Reading Quran. But, more time was given for Maths at the moment.
As MS finishing his Key Stage 3 Conquer Maths concentrating Fraction, Decimal and Percentage, S is concentrating on multiplication and division. I need to get another workbook that concentrate on that topic only. PS already mention we need to go to WWH Smith as soon as possible as she will need some GCSE book. AS is concentrating in addition and subtraction , more into tricky excersice. Hopefully I can get them back into minds printing , to top up their maths excersice.
So, alhamdulillah everything seems improve smooth, forward and easy. Just something that I need, Alhamdulillah before my busy time arrived.
So, alhamdulillah kids had been concentrate in the sense that they getting into the routine happpily. PS as usual, with her online school. The best about it, she seems to concentrate more an dmore, busy day by day and getting on serious learning than before. I am happy, very very happy. I do not want to put much stress, although I do at some of the point, through tarbiyah session. But, I do want kids to realise on their own account as well. Whenever I put stress, I will also give them tarbiyah which is motivate them in the sense that open their eyes from their point of view. Kids need to be help to see things from different and matured perspective.
MS getting on his Conquer Maths as usual. He manage to keep on track which is doing three topic each day. So, I am now concentrate S maths. MS seems flowing higher and higher with his Maths, something I am pretty worried before and much dreaded. So, it's a time now for me to start looking and concentrate into their English lesson. I know it's important and I had put it behind and did not concentrate enough for it. But, I love maths as maths will train kids brain. When they improved and see things through maths step by step, the skill they develop and will develop is much more making sense.
So now, I am looking into their English. Both MS and S. I would love to put MS and S on First colleage. But, I wasn't sure yet. First is financially I wasn't able at the moment , second is I can still cope and would like both of them to stay for me with the teaching and learning. S got not much topic left in Conquer Maths for her year 5 & 6. And she still got until September to finish her year 6 syllybus. I reckon we should be able to make it easily before summer, but would love her to actually start year 7 work way before September in Maths. This is what I try to concentrate now with her. MS should be able to finish all Key Stage 3 before September according to my guess. So, he will be just nice on track and this will make key stage 4 maths easy and he will have plenty of time for excersice for his GCSE. Which make me proud as when I got him he was way way behind, alhamdulillah. Such a big achievement for both of us which is sometimes I do not know how I do it. With my busy schedule and at some point I think kids had waste too much time because of my busy business and they way far behind. Now, looking overall, Masya Allah, how we had catch up on it. This is because maths need plenty of excersice to strenghten basic, otherwise there's no way they can go futher on the topic and curriculum.
I'm also concentrate on AS maths and try to put him futher and see if I manage to get him on Conquer Maths earlier than what he should be. Or we can just lazying around with some fun if we forward. Plus AS seem confident that he need to go to madrasah for his hifz and alim course. So to get him forward in curiculum will give him less pressure on his hifz soon when the time for him to start in Darul Ulom.
Now, I am looking between Oxford Homeschool for English or others curriculum. Which I can go through it with them with manual and monitor them and teaching them according to the curriculum. I just need that for MS and S. Which also mean someone can mark their work as well for English. So I am looking that type of system only for English. I don't think they too way behind, they just need lots of excercise in writing.
Other subject I am looking to set up for three of them; MS , S and AS is for georgraphy and science. Than I would love for them this year to be able to do some skill such as build something with wood and etc with hubby. I will have to proper plan that. With them on track and forward in Maths, than we can spend out time on other subject by doing project. Because doing project is taking time. And for me wasn't as important as Maths. Because age can effect how they doing in their maths. And maths also train and excercise our brain. Project will teach us how to manage and organise. But, first and foremost, is to sharpen our brain, than manage and organise will be easy task. Insya Allah.
Kids are doing other subject although we are concentrating and given more time on Maths. They also doing English, Science, Malay Language and Islamic Studies Monday to Thursday. Also of course Reading Quran. But, more time was given for Maths at the moment.
As MS finishing his Key Stage 3 Conquer Maths concentrating Fraction, Decimal and Percentage, S is concentrating on multiplication and division. I need to get another workbook that concentrate on that topic only. PS already mention we need to go to WWH Smith as soon as possible as she will need some GCSE book. AS is concentrating in addition and subtraction , more into tricky excersice. Hopefully I can get them back into minds printing , to top up their maths excersice.
So, alhamdulillah everything seems improve smooth, forward and easy. Just something that I need, Alhamdulillah before my busy time arrived.
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