We manage to do some lesson today. Everybody did quiet some lesson for their Maths, English and Islamic Studies. Three important subject that I get the kids to focus in whatever situation.
I had started some work with AS for Key Stage 2 Maths for 8-9 years old despite him just turn 7 last month. Because this stage will give him more challenging work rather then just boring easy work for him. We will continue to do key stage 2 work for maths as a revision and practise. He also started to do workbook for English for age 7-8 years old. Which is also a bit more challenging for him rather than simple basic English. He can stay on his own, read the instruction and follow the example. Topic such as noun, proper noun, phonemes can be self teach now. I interrupt now and again if he need help. So, thing progress pretty quick and advance with him.
Others also progress in their own way. PS got her last day of card making courses. Lots of benefit for her and her last course is making scrap book. She also started to research her self on project she needed to do in Islamic Studies, IT and Art and Design.
MS and S should be fine in their learning. Although we are mostly busy and on the go, but every time we on the learning time, they catch so quickly, unbelievable. Also every time we came back from somewhere, and quiet a long journey and tiring, they can just take their workbook and do a bit of this and that and this happen almost constantly everyday, alhamdulillah. So, not much worry actually even though I am pretty much busy bee..and its good as we learning the curriculum but kids also get interact in real life a lots. Not just boring formal learning, but mix up with everything in reality.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Monday, 22 March 2010
Anytime
I had bought a new workbook for AS which is complication of Key stage 1 curriculum for English and Maths. It's only £1.99 from the work out let. And last night at around 8pm, he took the book and asking me if he can do some work. I am no bother at all while I was resting in front of the internet. He than keep going on and manage to do at least 10 page. When it's time for the kids to go up to their bedroom around 9.30pm, he ask me if he can bring the book up stairs in his room and I think by today he manage to finish a quarter of the book already, Subhana Allah. Anytime!
I did find out that AS was a different kids than others. Although he can be a difficult one than others, as he has been a youngest in the family for more than 7 years now, but he is learning at anytime and anywhere. The other kids, the result of schooling had a big different way of life so to say. And the other things that separate him also because he did went to nursery since he is one years old until three and half years old which also make a big different because the other only started going to nursery or when they about three to three and half years old.
There are several reason that make him a different person, but to do more experiment, I might not have anymore after him to tell a different from others observation..:)
On the other story, kids had been getting involve in their learning happily ever after in between my busy hours. It was like working full time with my business at the moment but at the same time, did not leave my kids behind. Be with them all the time, drag them everywhere I need to and lots and lots of life learning, reality for sure. And that for sure is a learning it self. he learning that cannot be seen but happen. Weird but true.
Still sometimes I cannot get 'this' out of my head. That learning had to be sitting down, worksheet, workbook, making something or doing something that can be seen physically as a result. Although I used to be homeschool, my homeschool focusing on exam which make me not much different from being in school. So, still this awkward way of thinking playing. But, the result that I see, is actually better in actually had the learning physically in evident, weird. This is why unschooling got a place! But, to be unschooling full time, probably wasn't my 100% choice. Oh...!! Silly me actually. I am thinking of unschooling better which make me think out of the box and make kids think out of the box but I still trap in the box my self.
That's what the way of education been presented to us , make us. Learning only in proper way, learning only by having or taking exam and learning only happen if we can see the work been done by topic. I need to get his out of my mind, as soon as I can!
I did find out that AS was a different kids than others. Although he can be a difficult one than others, as he has been a youngest in the family for more than 7 years now, but he is learning at anytime and anywhere. The other kids, the result of schooling had a big different way of life so to say. And the other things that separate him also because he did went to nursery since he is one years old until three and half years old which also make a big different because the other only started going to nursery or when they about three to three and half years old.
There are several reason that make him a different person, but to do more experiment, I might not have anymore after him to tell a different from others observation..:)
On the other story, kids had been getting involve in their learning happily ever after in between my busy hours. It was like working full time with my business at the moment but at the same time, did not leave my kids behind. Be with them all the time, drag them everywhere I need to and lots and lots of life learning, reality for sure. And that for sure is a learning it self. he learning that cannot be seen but happen. Weird but true.
Still sometimes I cannot get 'this' out of my head. That learning had to be sitting down, worksheet, workbook, making something or doing something that can be seen physically as a result. Although I used to be homeschool, my homeschool focusing on exam which make me not much different from being in school. So, still this awkward way of thinking playing. But, the result that I see, is actually better in actually had the learning physically in evident, weird. This is why unschooling got a place! But, to be unschooling full time, probably wasn't my 100% choice. Oh...!! Silly me actually. I am thinking of unschooling better which make me think out of the box and make kids think out of the box but I still trap in the box my self.
That's what the way of education been presented to us , make us. Learning only in proper way, learning only by having or taking exam and learning only happen if we can see the work been done by topic. I need to get his out of my mind, as soon as I can!
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Friday bit
We manage to get on with homeschool today. I think we come to the point that it's actually take pretty much short time to actually finish important subject daily. Make me think what is the kids actually doing in school from 9am to 3pm? And if in Malaysia from 7.4 to 1pm. I am trying to get a bit of hard work for them, but still they manage..May be I need to get more work and harder than I thought.
And on top of that, I manage to get couple of other things done. Despite of usually it will be mad Friday with me going in and out sending boys to hubby for Friday prayer nearby where he work.
So, alhamdulilah, all kids manage to do Maths, English, Science, Geography, Islamic studies and Quran reading. I am trying hard to be a bit mroe organise in the future to come, so more things be able to do. Kids also enjoy playing in the garden as we now got 12ft trampoline. Weather is also lovely.
So, homeschool is one of the easy routine so to say, only to keep track in this blog is a bit difficult!
I am now working on year 2 with AS and hopefully in couple of weeks he should be able to finish work for key stage 1. So we can dio revision, and other learning and can moved to a deeper topic in eac important subject and probably moved to year 3 work on some of the topic he might be able to do. Other smoving along nicely. Actually when the time come, the kids getting mroe matured, the learning had become more easy to understand. This is when I think, tryiong hard to teach them and push them than normal kids did or average kids did is more damaging in the future. Kids need to be develop in other part of social and emotional rather than reading and counting. Reading and counting will come anyway in the future when the right time reach them. Forcing them or putting learning in place too early is actually taken the most precious gold from the chilhood time. Let your kids grow and develop without too much pressure and stress. Because when the time come, they cannot think as they used for us to put everything on the table and open their mouth and feed them.
Let them explore the world around them as a toodler and a child. We can never get back our childhood or change the past and it will stay with us forever.
And on top of that, I manage to get couple of other things done. Despite of usually it will be mad Friday with me going in and out sending boys to hubby for Friday prayer nearby where he work.
So, alhamdulilah, all kids manage to do Maths, English, Science, Geography, Islamic studies and Quran reading. I am trying hard to be a bit mroe organise in the future to come, so more things be able to do. Kids also enjoy playing in the garden as we now got 12ft trampoline. Weather is also lovely.
So, homeschool is one of the easy routine so to say, only to keep track in this blog is a bit difficult!
I am now working on year 2 with AS and hopefully in couple of weeks he should be able to finish work for key stage 1. So we can dio revision, and other learning and can moved to a deeper topic in eac important subject and probably moved to year 3 work on some of the topic he might be able to do. Other smoving along nicely. Actually when the time come, the kids getting mroe matured, the learning had become more easy to understand. This is when I think, tryiong hard to teach them and push them than normal kids did or average kids did is more damaging in the future. Kids need to be develop in other part of social and emotional rather than reading and counting. Reading and counting will come anyway in the future when the right time reach them. Forcing them or putting learning in place too early is actually taken the most precious gold from the chilhood time. Let your kids grow and develop without too much pressure and stress. Because when the time come, they cannot think as they used for us to put everything on the table and open their mouth and feed them.
Let them explore the world around them as a toodler and a child. We can never get back our childhood or change the past and it will stay with us forever.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Comparison
AS took three of camera we had, two digital camera of mine and one old camera that used Kodak which MS bought form car boot sale for 50p. It was Olympus though. He put all this three on the table and try to do comparison on his own by presentation. I see the opportunity for him to make a little project. I told him to get a piece of paper, divided into three and write down what he think about all this three in writing.
He than did that and write down his opinion and view about the three product and also stated which one he like the most and why.
I found out learning just happen every time, anywhere. It doesn't mean that learning mean sitting down, with workbook, worksheet or sort of formal and proper tool. May be I am still having this sort of type of education in my mind in a way. Although I know that I learn a lots from the surrounding and from no formal education and no teacher at all at some point of my time where I should be learning. There are at some point I see that formal education damage our kids brain. But, of course it's important in away which needed as well to teach them discipline and obey. This is what make China success and now ahead from most western country. It wasn't just because they had now moved forward in term of education and relationship with outside the country it self, but still stick into their discipline and obeyness which the key of success.
Brought up in western seems too much of human right and freedom which in some way had damage a person. Too much question ask also can be seen damage the credibility of a muslim. I can just go on and on..
As I ma back on the track on my business, I had been so busy and homeschool is like pinching here and there. Sometimes, I do feel that kids might be far behind or not learning at all, but is it?
Quran memorization had improved a lots. AS had 'accidentally' memorize tahiyat as well for prayer. How, just by listening other recite quietly while praying especially Hubby and MS.
Mindsprinting now needed to pay, which make me rather sad, but as they do love them, so had to give it a go of course. Still haven't got time to get MS for conquer maths but as we on fraction and decimal topic, I just print off free worksheet for him to get on with it. So, not a big deal.
Others had been on workbook on Maths and English. PS had been enjoying her card making class and had been learning a lots from it! She learn a new technique every time.
Weather getting lovely, so we had been in the garden frequently. I had bought a big trampoline which is as high as my chest! Friend of us had bought it from Woolworth when it's closing down before. They had used it once but not happy as their kids had been jumping dangerously. So, I bought it from them for £40 which is a good bargain, alhamdulillah. Looks like our garden will become a playground!
I am pushing PS hard to finish Key Stage Three Maths with conquer maths. It wasn't a big deal but dealing with teenager is not easy so to say. She had been having part of my genes and part of hubby genes. Unfortunately I think it was my good genes and some hubby bad genes. Well, he do have hubby good genes, but the bad one seems weight more. She love criticise on everything with her sibling, and she do have the attitude of selfish! Hah...drive me crazy because that's not how I been brought up! So, to teach the value of the good that she need and take off the bad that she don't' need wasn't easy. This is just the time to do that and it's like wrestling game!
However, I reckon it wasn't easy to brought them up in such a way that in western country with western value and at the same time parent stuck with the way of thinking and their own parenting skill they had and our up bringing in different country before. It was like stuck in the middle of nowhere. I cannot say that my kids are not western as they had been brought up, even two of them born here and PS and MS was only 3 and 2 when they come here, they only know and notice the way of living in here, UK. While hubby coming from the village background in Malaysia and I am from city in Malaysian, from different state which make us far distance than each other point of view. So, I am really trying to weight up all of it, what good of hubby upbringing, what good of mine upbringing and what good of western way of upbringing and compile it all together...Oh dear..wasn't easy. But I am trying hard, very hard.
Wasn't got much time to go with the detail. Time is really not allowed me to at the moment. But, our homeschool is going on. As weather getting nice, I am thinking of setting up some lesson plan for hubby for design and technology soon, probably starting May.
He than did that and write down his opinion and view about the three product and also stated which one he like the most and why.
I found out learning just happen every time, anywhere. It doesn't mean that learning mean sitting down, with workbook, worksheet or sort of formal and proper tool. May be I am still having this sort of type of education in my mind in a way. Although I know that I learn a lots from the surrounding and from no formal education and no teacher at all at some point of my time where I should be learning. There are at some point I see that formal education damage our kids brain. But, of course it's important in away which needed as well to teach them discipline and obey. This is what make China success and now ahead from most western country. It wasn't just because they had now moved forward in term of education and relationship with outside the country it self, but still stick into their discipline and obeyness which the key of success.
Brought up in western seems too much of human right and freedom which in some way had damage a person. Too much question ask also can be seen damage the credibility of a muslim. I can just go on and on..
As I ma back on the track on my business, I had been so busy and homeschool is like pinching here and there. Sometimes, I do feel that kids might be far behind or not learning at all, but is it?
Quran memorization had improved a lots. AS had 'accidentally' memorize tahiyat as well for prayer. How, just by listening other recite quietly while praying especially Hubby and MS.
Mindsprinting now needed to pay, which make me rather sad, but as they do love them, so had to give it a go of course. Still haven't got time to get MS for conquer maths but as we on fraction and decimal topic, I just print off free worksheet for him to get on with it. So, not a big deal.
Others had been on workbook on Maths and English. PS had been enjoying her card making class and had been learning a lots from it! She learn a new technique every time.
Weather getting lovely, so we had been in the garden frequently. I had bought a big trampoline which is as high as my chest! Friend of us had bought it from Woolworth when it's closing down before. They had used it once but not happy as their kids had been jumping dangerously. So, I bought it from them for £40 which is a good bargain, alhamdulillah. Looks like our garden will become a playground!
I am pushing PS hard to finish Key Stage Three Maths with conquer maths. It wasn't a big deal but dealing with teenager is not easy so to say. She had been having part of my genes and part of hubby genes. Unfortunately I think it was my good genes and some hubby bad genes. Well, he do have hubby good genes, but the bad one seems weight more. She love criticise on everything with her sibling, and she do have the attitude of selfish! Hah...drive me crazy because that's not how I been brought up! So, to teach the value of the good that she need and take off the bad that she don't' need wasn't easy. This is just the time to do that and it's like wrestling game!
However, I reckon it wasn't easy to brought them up in such a way that in western country with western value and at the same time parent stuck with the way of thinking and their own parenting skill they had and our up bringing in different country before. It was like stuck in the middle of nowhere. I cannot say that my kids are not western as they had been brought up, even two of them born here and PS and MS was only 3 and 2 when they come here, they only know and notice the way of living in here, UK. While hubby coming from the village background in Malaysia and I am from city in Malaysian, from different state which make us far distance than each other point of view. So, I am really trying to weight up all of it, what good of hubby upbringing, what good of mine upbringing and what good of western way of upbringing and compile it all together...Oh dear..wasn't easy. But I am trying hard, very hard.
Wasn't got much time to go with the detail. Time is really not allowed me to at the moment. But, our homeschool is going on. As weather getting nice, I am thinking of setting up some lesson plan for hubby for design and technology soon, probably starting May.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Our life
Time flies. Like always, busy with me is very synonym.
But, homeschool is actually tagging along with my business and working and progress even in little edition, medium edition or bigger edition. It's all depends. When I was busy, than documentary will be one of the learning session. As for this, not just the kids is learning, but I am as well.
We getting on with our workbook whenever we got time. There are couple of learning had progress. I had to stop mindsprinting or any other worksheet as our lap top had broken. My note book seems didn't get along with our old printer and I haven't bother to connect it after fail several time. The broken lap top might need a new battery and transformer, unfortunately.
We did lots of work which include:
MS: Maths on decimal and fraction workbook. He been progress with this quiet a lots and we will keep on this topic until he finish master in fraction and decimal.
English: we did go though several workbook we had. Grammar, punctuation and spelling, writing and comprehension.
Science: Finish workbook for key stage 2, even though he already in year 7, I will moved him to year 7 when I think we cover the whole topic needed in depth. (very fussy I am, because for me it's not worth learning without understanding the concept and can relate the topic with everyday life for science)
Islamic studies: variety of topic, Islamic history, ad duha, quran reading, surah memorization, aqeedah and fikh. He did brilliant azan now where he is now allowed to do azan for friday prayer where he, AS and hubby did their Friday prayer.
History and Geography: He did several of history topic from workbook. We went for a visit to Museum last week as well with lots of history of North East and mining as we live in used to be lots of mining.
AS:
Maths: On lots of revision of addition and substraction. Lots of practise make perfect alhamdulillah. Really moving and progress and addition and subtraction is easy peasy for him now with lots of big number and he can do pages after pages in just a short time.
English: We did lots of spelling, grammar and also start to learn in depth about writing; such as stress on punctuation as capital letter, question mark, exclamation mark and full stop. Start learning about how to write a story, about paragraph and will progress further Insya Allah.
Islamic Studies: Going through couple of topic in 'We Are Muslims' book. Learn formally about azan and before we did the formal learn in the book, he can do azan properly already. Only he need to open his mouth more to get it done nice and clear. Insya Allah, lots of practise will be done. He's already do the iqamaah brilliantly since more than a year ago. He now will make sure he got proper wudu' , with his jubah and kopiah before he pray. A change he made for himself without anybody actually telling him. He will prepare and be very particular with the time for praying, Masya Allah. Lots of lots of memorization done while I was busy, one surah after another in Juz 30. Cannot wait to reach 12 at year 7 to go to Darul Ulom.
Science, History, Geography: We did several of this now and again, but not much. It's happen now and again especially science.
Lot of play of course!!!!
S:
Maths: Also on fraction topic and also we do lots of words problems solving. We will stay on the topic for sometimes.
English: Did lots of variety from grammar, spelling and writing, Also some comprehension. Just needed to practise more in writing. Will start to do letter writing as well.
Islamic studies: Do lots of Islamic History about the Prophet in details. Lots of quran reading and look after her prayer constantly since she reach ten, alhamdulillah. No question about it. This practicing is somewhat important. And to see her moved into that with eagerness when the time come and she needed is lovely.
Science, History and Geography: We did variety of this and like others, watching documentary, visit to sunderland museum and some workbook and worksheet.
PS:
Math: Progressing in Conquer maths to finish off the revision for Key stage 3.
English: Lots of variety of exercise of grammar, words, writing and comprehension in depth and GCSE style.
Islamic studies: Lots of discussion. Finish ad duha and will start to do some formal and proper tajweed learning. But, her quran reading getting better in term of tajweed and pronunciation and also reading. Not progress much in term of quantity but progress in term of quality, alhamdulillah. One book she did about aqeedah cover al topic such as khurafaat, khilafiat, jtihad and the ending with one by one topic of the day of judgement such as imaan mahdi, Prophet Isa, Yajuj and Majuj and more and this topic had create big discussion between me with four kids. I read several article about this in central mosque. Hubby is in the same room and didn't actually join the discussion and mind his own business. Hubby usually is a reference for me if it's involving the matter of fikh and Islamic history. I think me and kids was stuck with this discussion for about 2 hours.
Overall, we had been having a mix of good outside and inside that I had to juggle in between my busy-ness. I do feel at some point that if we actually do something? As my kids is on the age of formal learning. But, if I look back, it's like wow...ok..we do cover a lots in our busy time.
Today 3rd of March, alhamdulillah, we manage to start early. House is in clean and tidy and as I had guest yesterday, I had lots of left over food, therefore it was quiet relax today and by 10am, AS already done his Islamic Studies, English and Maths. Unbelievable. MS and S also start early but they had more work and they stop at around 10.30am, and go outside to play as weather is lovely. Now we waiting for zohr and MS and PS is on their study session. S will continue a bit more later.
PS now attend card making class which is meant to be for over 19, but with my writing permission, she allowed to attend once a week for 5 weeks and it's only round the corner form where we live. They also went to Youth club and library club each one a week which make us all busy round the clock.
But, homeschool is actually tagging along with my business and working and progress even in little edition, medium edition or bigger edition. It's all depends. When I was busy, than documentary will be one of the learning session. As for this, not just the kids is learning, but I am as well.
We getting on with our workbook whenever we got time. There are couple of learning had progress. I had to stop mindsprinting or any other worksheet as our lap top had broken. My note book seems didn't get along with our old printer and I haven't bother to connect it after fail several time. The broken lap top might need a new battery and transformer, unfortunately.
We did lots of work which include:
MS: Maths on decimal and fraction workbook. He been progress with this quiet a lots and we will keep on this topic until he finish master in fraction and decimal.
English: we did go though several workbook we had. Grammar, punctuation and spelling, writing and comprehension.
Science: Finish workbook for key stage 2, even though he already in year 7, I will moved him to year 7 when I think we cover the whole topic needed in depth. (very fussy I am, because for me it's not worth learning without understanding the concept and can relate the topic with everyday life for science)
Islamic studies: variety of topic, Islamic history, ad duha, quran reading, surah memorization, aqeedah and fikh. He did brilliant azan now where he is now allowed to do azan for friday prayer where he, AS and hubby did their Friday prayer.
History and Geography: He did several of history topic from workbook. We went for a visit to Museum last week as well with lots of history of North East and mining as we live in used to be lots of mining.
AS:
Maths: On lots of revision of addition and substraction. Lots of practise make perfect alhamdulillah. Really moving and progress and addition and subtraction is easy peasy for him now with lots of big number and he can do pages after pages in just a short time.
English: We did lots of spelling, grammar and also start to learn in depth about writing; such as stress on punctuation as capital letter, question mark, exclamation mark and full stop. Start learning about how to write a story, about paragraph and will progress further Insya Allah.
Islamic Studies: Going through couple of topic in 'We Are Muslims' book. Learn formally about azan and before we did the formal learn in the book, he can do azan properly already. Only he need to open his mouth more to get it done nice and clear. Insya Allah, lots of practise will be done. He's already do the iqamaah brilliantly since more than a year ago. He now will make sure he got proper wudu' , with his jubah and kopiah before he pray. A change he made for himself without anybody actually telling him. He will prepare and be very particular with the time for praying, Masya Allah. Lots of lots of memorization done while I was busy, one surah after another in Juz 30. Cannot wait to reach 12 at year 7 to go to Darul Ulom.
Science, History, Geography: We did several of this now and again, but not much. It's happen now and again especially science.
Lot of play of course!!!!
S:
Maths: Also on fraction topic and also we do lots of words problems solving. We will stay on the topic for sometimes.
English: Did lots of variety from grammar, spelling and writing, Also some comprehension. Just needed to practise more in writing. Will start to do letter writing as well.
Islamic studies: Do lots of Islamic History about the Prophet in details. Lots of quran reading and look after her prayer constantly since she reach ten, alhamdulillah. No question about it. This practicing is somewhat important. And to see her moved into that with eagerness when the time come and she needed is lovely.
Science, History and Geography: We did variety of this and like others, watching documentary, visit to sunderland museum and some workbook and worksheet.
PS:
Math: Progressing in Conquer maths to finish off the revision for Key stage 3.
English: Lots of variety of exercise of grammar, words, writing and comprehension in depth and GCSE style.
Islamic studies: Lots of discussion. Finish ad duha and will start to do some formal and proper tajweed learning. But, her quran reading getting better in term of tajweed and pronunciation and also reading. Not progress much in term of quantity but progress in term of quality, alhamdulillah. One book she did about aqeedah cover al topic such as khurafaat, khilafiat, jtihad and the ending with one by one topic of the day of judgement such as imaan mahdi, Prophet Isa, Yajuj and Majuj and more and this topic had create big discussion between me with four kids. I read several article about this in central mosque. Hubby is in the same room and didn't actually join the discussion and mind his own business. Hubby usually is a reference for me if it's involving the matter of fikh and Islamic history. I think me and kids was stuck with this discussion for about 2 hours.
Overall, we had been having a mix of good outside and inside that I had to juggle in between my busy-ness. I do feel at some point that if we actually do something? As my kids is on the age of formal learning. But, if I look back, it's like wow...ok..we do cover a lots in our busy time.
Today 3rd of March, alhamdulillah, we manage to start early. House is in clean and tidy and as I had guest yesterday, I had lots of left over food, therefore it was quiet relax today and by 10am, AS already done his Islamic Studies, English and Maths. Unbelievable. MS and S also start early but they had more work and they stop at around 10.30am, and go outside to play as weather is lovely. Now we waiting for zohr and MS and PS is on their study session. S will continue a bit more later.
PS now attend card making class which is meant to be for over 19, but with my writing permission, she allowed to attend once a week for 5 weeks and it's only round the corner form where we live. They also went to Youth club and library club each one a week which make us all busy round the clock.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Knowledge
It's not holiday or seems like it. We don't do much school, formal school which means follow the schedule and sitting down altogether doing work. Kids were pretty much doing their own things. But, along these days what I like is conversation and dialogue. Mostly about islamic studies. Mostly about the day of judgement. Doing good deeds. Being a good muslim. Remind each other. Why there are certain things we had to be careful about especially now a days with too much islamic knowledge being consume and for me, it's confusing more and create tension between muslim themselves. Everybody are busy learning the translation of the quran, arabic and at the end think that they can do ijtihad and without realising they actually give their own opinion about certain things involving fikh.
I am pretty careful in expalaining these thing. And we are alwasy talk about not quote any translation of quran and hadith that we read even though they are correct. Because it was so easy to make mistake. usually people not only quote but than explaining and giving their own opinion. And these I can say had an evidence of people allowing to turn what ever they want into thei own word even they said, they only follow quran and hadith. It' dangerous situtaion and I make sure my kids understand this.
So, we did plenty of talk. I take the topic seriously about tafseer hadith and arabic to ensure kids are not abusing it easily and take it for granted. I had to say, it wasn't enough is we just learn all these from secular education which means from islamic school, islamic online school, online courses, from colleage or university. If one believe they need to learn quran and the tafseer deeply, they need to spend full time in formal islamic institution such as madrasah or darul ulom. Because it's a big different among scholars that had been though traditional islamic institution than secular islamic institution. BIG DIFFERENCE. People who went to traditional islamic institution, won't write or telling other what they learn and start teaching even their own kids especially when they not finish yet study, or even they finish, they avoid certain things or mot of the things involving teaching until they had been on question and answer and gain some scholar experience. But now a day we can see with a little bit learning sometimes only 2/3/ year arabic and quran translation and tafseer, we are open up about teh ayat in quran and start teaching others. Nauzubillah..
But, this is what happen a lots and I make sure that my kids understand this issue. Quran is not contradict into each other verses, but we see people take one ayah and hold on to it and without taking another ayah with seem contradict but because they do not learn deeply more and start conveying things to others. Even if they learn more, they are scholars who contradict into each other on certain issue but there are issue that most of scholars agree but only certain scholars which can be seen in most people who learning about arabic, quran tafser and hadith from secular learning is taking these in and ignore other scholars who had go deeeper into it.
Also certain things ben counted such as narration, the place the ayah been revealed, when and etc. All these is very important to determine the tafseer. This why is not compulsory and now a days it seems that people make learning arabic and tafseer compulsory, but forgot about all other aspect of Islam. It was scary to me and I put this issue now and again with kids.
Last Sunday I been to one talk which I don't usually went to. But, as hubby know the person who giving the talk, he bring all of us. I met this ladies and when she know that I a homeschool, she asking me, are you teaching my kids arabic. Usually I just said yeah, I did because we did some from Ad Duha now and again. But, this time I told straight that I don't put important in arabic. I said, it is more important for my kids to learn properly on how to pray, how to beign a good muslim, what important in our life to look at, which is our amal, what is compulsory and not or other word, fardu ain, or fardu kifayah.
I put important in fardu ain, which is all compulsory bit a muslim need to know. And this had to be strees over and over again. Like a sister who also a hifd and alimmah said to me, it is fardu ain which mena compulsory to read quran with tajweed but fardu kifayah or not compulsory to learn the rules of tajweed. We do not need to remeember the rules in term of what mad is this or what mad is that, but important to know which need to be read with what sound, long and short.
For me fardu Kifayah can be learn at any time along the way when kids are big. As long as we feed them with life long learning attitude. If they want to learn arabic or tafseer when they big, it's fine. But, important that they know how to used the knowledge that thye got and not play with it and make it a conflict between muslim.
So, fardu ain for me had to come with important bit for me, which mean, this fardu ain is not just for learning but had to bring it into practise. I do not know about others, but as a mother for four homeschool and in these duniya time especially living in western country far form families, my time is full also do kids with all learning subject. So, if we put fardu kifayah among our important subject, I scared that even fardu ain will be left as a knowledge.
Amal need to look after. And for me , on top of fardu ain, is sunnah of our beloved Prophet s.a.w. To bring sunnah into our life in day to day routine is wasn't easy. And to istiqamah, is far more difficult. So I am always talk about to act upon knowledge and istiqamah on it. Even this been discuss with 7 years olds AS. He love reading muslim books. Sometimes adult muslim books. So, So, usually after read, he will explain and tell us what he rea. Such as "aaa..we cannot do this or that or we had to do this or that."
When he did not do what he said before ot tell me before, I will put it back right on his face bacause he read one book that we had to act upon what we know. So, this reminder is becoming a day to day reminder for all of us and we do remind each all the time. So, the one who gulity will have to out their hands up. And sometimes when they see something from others, for example, a muslim who celebrate birthday and kids will said that they had told this people before or they know that we can't do this or that but they don't listen, we will always go back to the lesson where it is very important to learn upon what we act and why is it important to learn to fear Allah, to work upon amal, becaue amal increase our iman. Without iman, the fear of Allah will be gone out of the window. Without the fear, no taqwa, and we can be very knowledgable but useless or knwoledgable but using it following our own nafs.
Hard time to teach Islam now a day. I don't mind much about influence from non muslim or kids step into bad non muslim environment. But, the most things that I am worry if so many opinion, view and folow own nafs among muslim themselves. Because sometimes it's very hard to determine the intention behind. Now a days looking pious doesnt' mean pious. Can speak arabic, knowing the whole quran, doesn't mean, having taqwa. There are so many so called, people with Islamic knwoledge seeking popularity. And there are plenty work of deen spread around the world from ulamak and scholar who are unknown and unseen their face, but heard of their worries of deen thei sacrifice. And imagine how Allah also close them from being in public, even they are known all over the world in Deen, but Allah disclose their face and life from publicity. Allah look upon them in such a manner to ensure they keep it on straight path clear and clean. Masya Allah..
I am pretty careful in expalaining these thing. And we are alwasy talk about not quote any translation of quran and hadith that we read even though they are correct. Because it was so easy to make mistake. usually people not only quote but than explaining and giving their own opinion. And these I can say had an evidence of people allowing to turn what ever they want into thei own word even they said, they only follow quran and hadith. It' dangerous situtaion and I make sure my kids understand this.
So, we did plenty of talk. I take the topic seriously about tafseer hadith and arabic to ensure kids are not abusing it easily and take it for granted. I had to say, it wasn't enough is we just learn all these from secular education which means from islamic school, islamic online school, online courses, from colleage or university. If one believe they need to learn quran and the tafseer deeply, they need to spend full time in formal islamic institution such as madrasah or darul ulom. Because it's a big different among scholars that had been though traditional islamic institution than secular islamic institution. BIG DIFFERENCE. People who went to traditional islamic institution, won't write or telling other what they learn and start teaching even their own kids especially when they not finish yet study, or even they finish, they avoid certain things or mot of the things involving teaching until they had been on question and answer and gain some scholar experience. But now a day we can see with a little bit learning sometimes only 2/3/ year arabic and quran translation and tafseer, we are open up about teh ayat in quran and start teaching others. Nauzubillah..
But, this is what happen a lots and I make sure that my kids understand this issue. Quran is not contradict into each other verses, but we see people take one ayah and hold on to it and without taking another ayah with seem contradict but because they do not learn deeply more and start conveying things to others. Even if they learn more, they are scholars who contradict into each other on certain issue but there are issue that most of scholars agree but only certain scholars which can be seen in most people who learning about arabic, quran tafser and hadith from secular learning is taking these in and ignore other scholars who had go deeeper into it.
Also certain things ben counted such as narration, the place the ayah been revealed, when and etc. All these is very important to determine the tafseer. This why is not compulsory and now a days it seems that people make learning arabic and tafseer compulsory, but forgot about all other aspect of Islam. It was scary to me and I put this issue now and again with kids.
Last Sunday I been to one talk which I don't usually went to. But, as hubby know the person who giving the talk, he bring all of us. I met this ladies and when she know that I a homeschool, she asking me, are you teaching my kids arabic. Usually I just said yeah, I did because we did some from Ad Duha now and again. But, this time I told straight that I don't put important in arabic. I said, it is more important for my kids to learn properly on how to pray, how to beign a good muslim, what important in our life to look at, which is our amal, what is compulsory and not or other word, fardu ain, or fardu kifayah.
I put important in fardu ain, which is all compulsory bit a muslim need to know. And this had to be strees over and over again. Like a sister who also a hifd and alimmah said to me, it is fardu ain which mena compulsory to read quran with tajweed but fardu kifayah or not compulsory to learn the rules of tajweed. We do not need to remeember the rules in term of what mad is this or what mad is that, but important to know which need to be read with what sound, long and short.
For me fardu Kifayah can be learn at any time along the way when kids are big. As long as we feed them with life long learning attitude. If they want to learn arabic or tafseer when they big, it's fine. But, important that they know how to used the knowledge that thye got and not play with it and make it a conflict between muslim.
So, fardu ain for me had to come with important bit for me, which mean, this fardu ain is not just for learning but had to bring it into practise. I do not know about others, but as a mother for four homeschool and in these duniya time especially living in western country far form families, my time is full also do kids with all learning subject. So, if we put fardu kifayah among our important subject, I scared that even fardu ain will be left as a knowledge.
Amal need to look after. And for me , on top of fardu ain, is sunnah of our beloved Prophet s.a.w. To bring sunnah into our life in day to day routine is wasn't easy. And to istiqamah, is far more difficult. So I am always talk about to act upon knowledge and istiqamah on it. Even this been discuss with 7 years olds AS. He love reading muslim books. Sometimes adult muslim books. So, So, usually after read, he will explain and tell us what he rea. Such as "aaa..we cannot do this or that or we had to do this or that."
When he did not do what he said before ot tell me before, I will put it back right on his face bacause he read one book that we had to act upon what we know. So, this reminder is becoming a day to day reminder for all of us and we do remind each all the time. So, the one who gulity will have to out their hands up. And sometimes when they see something from others, for example, a muslim who celebrate birthday and kids will said that they had told this people before or they know that we can't do this or that but they don't listen, we will always go back to the lesson where it is very important to learn upon what we act and why is it important to learn to fear Allah, to work upon amal, becaue amal increase our iman. Without iman, the fear of Allah will be gone out of the window. Without the fear, no taqwa, and we can be very knowledgable but useless or knwoledgable but using it following our own nafs.
Hard time to teach Islam now a day. I don't mind much about influence from non muslim or kids step into bad non muslim environment. But, the most things that I am worry if so many opinion, view and folow own nafs among muslim themselves. Because sometimes it's very hard to determine the intention behind. Now a days looking pious doesnt' mean pious. Can speak arabic, knowing the whole quran, doesn't mean, having taqwa. There are so many so called, people with Islamic knwoledge seeking popularity. And there are plenty work of deen spread around the world from ulamak and scholar who are unknown and unseen their face, but heard of their worries of deen thei sacrifice. And imagine how Allah also close them from being in public, even they are known all over the world in Deen, but Allah disclose their face and life from publicity. Allah look upon them in such a manner to ensure they keep it on straight path clear and clean. Masya Allah..
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The differences
Education..education..education. Whenever me and hubby try to actually talk about education, it will never ending with happy face. We had so much differences ever since we first married and when we not even had kids yet. Every time we touch this topic, hubby will say that I am sensitive whenever we talk about this topic and I think probably lots of other people also think that I might have strong opinion on education like I know them all.
Suddenly, I just realise...I am just difference than lots of others. And of course usually our opinion and the way we thinking is a reflection from where we come from, our background and importantly what we been experience before. Experience is the strongest link with how we think, feel and put our voice and opinion.
So, I sit and sum up:
Hubby education background is just simple like any other common people. He didn't go to kindergarten. He start off with year one or so called standard one in Malaysia and finish primary school at standard 6 and went to secondary school from form 1 as we call in Malaysia and finish at form 5 age 17+. Than went to Uni, done his diploma of mechanical engineering, and than work and done his diploma of education and start teaching in Polytechnic and married and came to England and get his degree and master degree.
So, in a way his primary and secondary education is just straight forward like most people. He only experience one type of Education during primary and secondary which is government public day school.
How about me:
I went to kindergarten. Kind off English type of nursery. We read fairy tales, draw Cinderella and snow white and teacher do speak English. Than I went to the best of Primary school where we live and I was in the best class which is A class since standard one until six. Never actually work hard but I was in school from 7.30 am to 1.30pm. Than back home for lunch time and off to quran reading from 2/2.30pm until 5.30pm. than usually off to tuition from 7pm to 9pm. That's what I have for 6 years.
Than in secondary my parents send me off to private Islamic school belong to ex Malaysian Prime minister Abdullah Badawi grandfather in Penang. I was thirteen at that time. This school teach only arabic and Islamic studied using arabic as a first language. There's no canteen or cafe and I stay in boarding and had to cook by my self using old fuel cooker style. The boarding building is lovely with 2 people in each room with complete bed, wardrobe and study table for each person. Big nice kitchen for everybody with kitchen cabinet and nearby shop where we can buy some meat, vegetable and other dry things. So, look back I start to shop and cook at the age of 13 without any adult help. Lots of people that study there age 15 above and few my age. Class is mix according to when we start, not by age. So, I had classmate age 15, 17 and etc. I stay there for around 6 months. I do learn a lots of things there and sometimes weekend nearly whole building where we stay was empty as lots of people stay nearby go home and as I was quiet far from home, I am not normally go home every weekend.
From there my parents than take me out and send me to government public girl only school. Still it was far from home, so I stay in boarding. And as lots of other boarding school, I had experience bullying style when you first get into the boarding and is among the younger group in the school.
So, that was two different experience in one year. One in private only Islamic study school, no academic and the other one is government public school with tight schedule and rules without any islamic studies except basic. Which means we learn Islamic studies but no arabic, deep into hadith and etc.
Around 4 months there, I than been moved to another private school not far from my house, about 20 minutes drive but still I stay in boarding. This school got both Islamic studies and academic. Islamic studies contain fikh, tauhid, islamic history, hadith, 3 subject of arabic language including writing, reading, grammar and comprehension. Also we had range of other academic subject of maths, malay language, science, geography, history, economy, English. Because over there there are foundation year, mean I will be backward one year than my other cousin and friends that I know. As there are change in curriculum at that time, me and couple of friends there decided to take exam one year than we should be with school privately, so we can take it same as our friends who do not have to go through foundation in other school.
My parents got me a distance learning for the exam I wanted to take. At the same time, I still continue my study with the school and stay boarding. After nearly 1 1/2 year, and time for my private exam is near, I pull my self from school and attended private tuition for couple of months and still go to school as well at the same time. I quit from school before exam and take exam and pass with quiet flying colour. I was 15 at that time and this is when my parents decided for me to just stay home and take another important exam, o level. I don't actually like to stay home and get distance learning as I love company. My parents didn't actually bother about exam, but willing to provide any distance learning as money is not a problem for us.
I had no help or motivation from others. I don't have computer at that time at home even we have it before when my father office is at home and I used with computer since age of 7/8. But, as office move and we move, I don't have access with computer, only sometimes at my cousin house. I love motivation book. I made my own spider web for my learning without realise about the learning style. I stick lots of my spiderweb style info on the wall. My room fill with data for my study. I had my target achievement stick on the wall as well. I learn to story on my own. Buy revision book, past paper and go though books on my own. Got feedback from my tutor if I send them assignment. Otherwise I am on my own. Distance learning I take usually for people who actually taken the exam for second time.
I went to register the exam with my own will and without any help from any adult. Just all the things I do for my study and exam and the whole of my homeschool process is on me. Alhamdulillah I pass my exam with quiet good consider I did waste lots of time. I should continue with diploma but wanted to go through another exam for sixth form. And get married before the exam and did take the exam though! I did work in nursery for a while before married.
So, that is my education journey and look back I've been to public school, private boarding school, public boarding school with full islamic studies and both islamic and academic studies. May be I didn't experience University environment, but I did go through some Uni level studies with open University couple of years back and did various other courses.
I am also was a stay home mum with one and than two and than three kids. Than start working part time with three kids, and than work full time worth three kids and than four kids. And now stay home mum and homeschooling with four kids. I think experience say it all.
This is why sometimes or maybe most for the time, when people talk about their experience and give their opinion, I can easily interrupt but do have my own strong opinion mostly if the person just like hubby, going to straight and one line journey during education. Not me. Talking about school, been there. Talking about private school, been there. Boarding school, been there, private and public. Islamic only school, been there. Mix education style of islamic and academic, been there. Homeschooling and taking 2 big exam as a homeschooler, been there. Stay home mum with one, two and three kids, been there. Work part time and full time with three and than four kids, been there. Stay home mum with four kids and home educate, been there and still there.
And of course one of the big difference between me and hubby as I am the eldest who had to look up my other sibling, noticing any problem occur around family and hubby being the number five, in the middle out of ten, of course experience less responsibility taken. Probably been given too much at some point in a way as his gap with his younger brother is 4 years, while I had four other brother and sister although the gap between me and the one younger than me is 6 years because I had one brother died after 7 days born.
For me experience is better tale than books or theory. We can simply talk about what we think and give opinion from what we read and see or observe, but experience it all our self can give a big impact towards how we think and how we see things.
After sit and reflect upon my own education journey, I suddenly see why I got so much differences from others. While most people either go through straight forward journey either school or homeschool, or mix half and half, I went though a lots of corners along the way and lots of stop by and transit which teach me a lots and change the way I am thinking and the way I see what education is and why there are things I am worried and other not and others worried and I am not.
Education for me is one big picture with lots of corner, hurdle, gates and rewards. The most important rewards is experience. And what am I thinking? I am thinking if we had a chance this year to go back for holiday to Malaysia, I will send PS and MS for probably two or three weeks into private boarding school where they will have to wash their own clothes using their bare hand. Only to give them some experience and I believe that short time will teach them a lots and change the way they think and they way they see things. I do feel pretty happy that I am be able to give my kids experience similar to what I had. Probably will also send AS and S to private day school when we go back for one or two weeks. They all had been to school here. Although AS might not be fully in school, but he had been in private nursery when I used to work for more than a year from 8am to 6pm. I want my kids to explore and experience a different type of education system which will give them whole lots of other important experience.
Hubby said that all other people in jamaat whose went with him to Bosnia, says that they shock look hubby was clothes with hand and dry it by twisting the clothes tightly. They said to hubby, they cannot do that. They all need to find laundry to wash their clothes. I bought hubby a tiny bottle of washing liquid for clothes. All other people were born and brought up in UK.
I was thinking about his story and than said, " How about our kids?".
Our kids never wash clothes by hand. PS did wash her own bag and shoes but not clothes. I am not wanted to take one day to teach kids how to wash clothes by hand. I know it's like not important as we going all techno geek this days and we 'might' not needed to learn this? I think it's a no no for me. I think I will need to list down important things on how we do things before without all this technology. I was homeschool without any computer. With limited books and no tutor or help from adult. I manage to pass through 2 big exam, SRP (not PMR) and SPM. It make big different in my life, not the exam but the journey along the way. Experience make a big difference, just think before you give a birth naturally and after you give the birth. Even doctor who learn about this, tell different things before the experience and after.
Suddenly, I just realise...I am just difference than lots of others. And of course usually our opinion and the way we thinking is a reflection from where we come from, our background and importantly what we been experience before. Experience is the strongest link with how we think, feel and put our voice and opinion.
So, I sit and sum up:
Hubby education background is just simple like any other common people. He didn't go to kindergarten. He start off with year one or so called standard one in Malaysia and finish primary school at standard 6 and went to secondary school from form 1 as we call in Malaysia and finish at form 5 age 17+. Than went to Uni, done his diploma of mechanical engineering, and than work and done his diploma of education and start teaching in Polytechnic and married and came to England and get his degree and master degree.
So, in a way his primary and secondary education is just straight forward like most people. He only experience one type of Education during primary and secondary which is government public day school.
How about me:
I went to kindergarten. Kind off English type of nursery. We read fairy tales, draw Cinderella and snow white and teacher do speak English. Than I went to the best of Primary school where we live and I was in the best class which is A class since standard one until six. Never actually work hard but I was in school from 7.30 am to 1.30pm. Than back home for lunch time and off to quran reading from 2/2.30pm until 5.30pm. than usually off to tuition from 7pm to 9pm. That's what I have for 6 years.
Than in secondary my parents send me off to private Islamic school belong to ex Malaysian Prime minister Abdullah Badawi grandfather in Penang. I was thirteen at that time. This school teach only arabic and Islamic studied using arabic as a first language. There's no canteen or cafe and I stay in boarding and had to cook by my self using old fuel cooker style. The boarding building is lovely with 2 people in each room with complete bed, wardrobe and study table for each person. Big nice kitchen for everybody with kitchen cabinet and nearby shop where we can buy some meat, vegetable and other dry things. So, look back I start to shop and cook at the age of 13 without any adult help. Lots of people that study there age 15 above and few my age. Class is mix according to when we start, not by age. So, I had classmate age 15, 17 and etc. I stay there for around 6 months. I do learn a lots of things there and sometimes weekend nearly whole building where we stay was empty as lots of people stay nearby go home and as I was quiet far from home, I am not normally go home every weekend.
From there my parents than take me out and send me to government public girl only school. Still it was far from home, so I stay in boarding. And as lots of other boarding school, I had experience bullying style when you first get into the boarding and is among the younger group in the school.
So, that was two different experience in one year. One in private only Islamic study school, no academic and the other one is government public school with tight schedule and rules without any islamic studies except basic. Which means we learn Islamic studies but no arabic, deep into hadith and etc.
Around 4 months there, I than been moved to another private school not far from my house, about 20 minutes drive but still I stay in boarding. This school got both Islamic studies and academic. Islamic studies contain fikh, tauhid, islamic history, hadith, 3 subject of arabic language including writing, reading, grammar and comprehension. Also we had range of other academic subject of maths, malay language, science, geography, history, economy, English. Because over there there are foundation year, mean I will be backward one year than my other cousin and friends that I know. As there are change in curriculum at that time, me and couple of friends there decided to take exam one year than we should be with school privately, so we can take it same as our friends who do not have to go through foundation in other school.
My parents got me a distance learning for the exam I wanted to take. At the same time, I still continue my study with the school and stay boarding. After nearly 1 1/2 year, and time for my private exam is near, I pull my self from school and attended private tuition for couple of months and still go to school as well at the same time. I quit from school before exam and take exam and pass with quiet flying colour. I was 15 at that time and this is when my parents decided for me to just stay home and take another important exam, o level. I don't actually like to stay home and get distance learning as I love company. My parents didn't actually bother about exam, but willing to provide any distance learning as money is not a problem for us.
I had no help or motivation from others. I don't have computer at that time at home even we have it before when my father office is at home and I used with computer since age of 7/8. But, as office move and we move, I don't have access with computer, only sometimes at my cousin house. I love motivation book. I made my own spider web for my learning without realise about the learning style. I stick lots of my spiderweb style info on the wall. My room fill with data for my study. I had my target achievement stick on the wall as well. I learn to story on my own. Buy revision book, past paper and go though books on my own. Got feedback from my tutor if I send them assignment. Otherwise I am on my own. Distance learning I take usually for people who actually taken the exam for second time.
I went to register the exam with my own will and without any help from any adult. Just all the things I do for my study and exam and the whole of my homeschool process is on me. Alhamdulillah I pass my exam with quiet good consider I did waste lots of time. I should continue with diploma but wanted to go through another exam for sixth form. And get married before the exam and did take the exam though! I did work in nursery for a while before married.
So, that is my education journey and look back I've been to public school, private boarding school, public boarding school with full islamic studies and both islamic and academic studies. May be I didn't experience University environment, but I did go through some Uni level studies with open University couple of years back and did various other courses.
I am also was a stay home mum with one and than two and than three kids. Than start working part time with three kids, and than work full time worth three kids and than four kids. And now stay home mum and homeschooling with four kids. I think experience say it all.
This is why sometimes or maybe most for the time, when people talk about their experience and give their opinion, I can easily interrupt but do have my own strong opinion mostly if the person just like hubby, going to straight and one line journey during education. Not me. Talking about school, been there. Talking about private school, been there. Boarding school, been there, private and public. Islamic only school, been there. Mix education style of islamic and academic, been there. Homeschooling and taking 2 big exam as a homeschooler, been there. Stay home mum with one, two and three kids, been there. Work part time and full time with three and than four kids, been there. Stay home mum with four kids and home educate, been there and still there.
And of course one of the big difference between me and hubby as I am the eldest who had to look up my other sibling, noticing any problem occur around family and hubby being the number five, in the middle out of ten, of course experience less responsibility taken. Probably been given too much at some point in a way as his gap with his younger brother is 4 years, while I had four other brother and sister although the gap between me and the one younger than me is 6 years because I had one brother died after 7 days born.
For me experience is better tale than books or theory. We can simply talk about what we think and give opinion from what we read and see or observe, but experience it all our self can give a big impact towards how we think and how we see things.
After sit and reflect upon my own education journey, I suddenly see why I got so much differences from others. While most people either go through straight forward journey either school or homeschool, or mix half and half, I went though a lots of corners along the way and lots of stop by and transit which teach me a lots and change the way I am thinking and the way I see what education is and why there are things I am worried and other not and others worried and I am not.
Education for me is one big picture with lots of corner, hurdle, gates and rewards. The most important rewards is experience. And what am I thinking? I am thinking if we had a chance this year to go back for holiday to Malaysia, I will send PS and MS for probably two or three weeks into private boarding school where they will have to wash their own clothes using their bare hand. Only to give them some experience and I believe that short time will teach them a lots and change the way they think and they way they see things. I do feel pretty happy that I am be able to give my kids experience similar to what I had. Probably will also send AS and S to private day school when we go back for one or two weeks. They all had been to school here. Although AS might not be fully in school, but he had been in private nursery when I used to work for more than a year from 8am to 6pm. I want my kids to explore and experience a different type of education system which will give them whole lots of other important experience.
Hubby said that all other people in jamaat whose went with him to Bosnia, says that they shock look hubby was clothes with hand and dry it by twisting the clothes tightly. They said to hubby, they cannot do that. They all need to find laundry to wash their clothes. I bought hubby a tiny bottle of washing liquid for clothes. All other people were born and brought up in UK.
I was thinking about his story and than said, " How about our kids?".
Our kids never wash clothes by hand. PS did wash her own bag and shoes but not clothes. I am not wanted to take one day to teach kids how to wash clothes by hand. I know it's like not important as we going all techno geek this days and we 'might' not needed to learn this? I think it's a no no for me. I think I will need to list down important things on how we do things before without all this technology. I was homeschool without any computer. With limited books and no tutor or help from adult. I manage to pass through 2 big exam, SRP (not PMR) and SPM. It make big different in my life, not the exam but the journey along the way. Experience make a big difference, just think before you give a birth naturally and after you give the birth. Even doctor who learn about this, tell different things before the experience and after.
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