Friday 28 February 2014

Children - Love


Let us all help each other to educate ourselves about CHILDREN.

.. and when you talk about CHILDREN... it is all about LOVE ...


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Wednesday 26 February 2014

Child Safety Awareness


jom ramai2 like this page :
https://www.facebook.com/childline15999

Remember, if you have any problem, call 15999.

Thank you!


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PROJEK TASKA



Dear Citizens of Malaysia,

I am handling this short-simple-sweet PROJEKTASKA to collect as many number of TASKA (any taska) we have all around us in our neighbourhoods. 

TASKA = 0 to 4 years old 

Could you all please, I mean pleeeaaaaassseeeee help?

Simply SNAP a photo (with the taska's name)
Write your area
PM me here or
Email to projektaska@gmail.com

This is a k.o.m.u.n.i.t.i.p.r.o.j.e.k

It will definitely help all of us, the P.E.O.P.L.E., our new generations.

I personally THANK YOU in advance. HUGS!!

-please share-let's see how many replies we could get in a week-

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Friday 21 February 2014

OBSERVE & REFLECT #1


WATCH! WATCH! WATCH!

Serba sedikit key point dari saya :-
1. CONSISTENCY - BE CONSISTENT!
  • Rujuk pada cara pasangan ini cuba disiplinkan anak dengan waktu tidur
  • Rujuk pada cara pasangan ini gunakan Corner Time
2. Lihat bagaimana Jared di layan oleh ibunya. Hampir setiap perkara adalah kesalahannya.
3. Lihat bagaimana Ibu tidak mendengar apa yang cuba di luahkan oleh Jared. UNFAIR for Jared
  • YOU must learn to LISTEN to your child's voice. Use the Jared's Thought box. 
  • Lihat akhir sekali, apa yang Jared kata. Jared felt RESPECTED!
4. GET DOWN TO THEIR EYE-LEVEL (Ini adalah sangat penting)
5. Children are very good at MANIPULATING adults/parents. 
  • YOU must know how to control, dan sekali lagi, BE CONSISTENT!

Ok, tak perlu panjang2, nanti tak sempat nak baca semua.. saya harapkan anda semua dapat luangkan masa, lihat dari awal sehingga akhir. Saya pasti, ada serba sedikit dari kisah ini yang berlaku pada kita.

Visit :

psst: I have been wanting to do this since day 1 of this page, but time is very limited. I hope dengan adanya cara ini, dapatlah kita semua belajar sesuatu melaluinya. Saya harus kongsikan di sini, bahawa setiap kali saya tonton rancangan Supernanny ini, setiap kali itu lah jiwa saya tersentuh. Seboleh yang mungkin saya mahu cara yang terbaik untuk besarkan anak-anak. Jangan sesekali kita rasa bahawa kita ini adalah Failure Parents. Kita semua belajar dan sentiasa belajar. Semoga aktiviti ini bermanfaat buat semua.


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Cooling Off Period


Credit to :  https://www.facebook.com/ibubapacemerlang


Definitely, with the explanation given, there is a reason why I would encouraged the Supernanny Jo Frost methods of putting them aside (she calls it Naughty Corner - I suggest a Quiet Corner or a Reflective Corner) with minutes that match to their age. Say 4 minutes for a 4yo. 


This act as a Cooling Off Period !

 When they are done with this, then attend to them, exactly after the 4 minutes is completed. 

When you talk to them - make eye contact - make sure your eye level is the same as theirs. 

Then talk - Ask what he did just now (the tantrum or misbehaving), discuss why he did it, DO NOT PROVIDE ANSWERS, get them to speak out. 

Once done, and you have FIRMLY voiced out what is right and wrong. Then, the child should say sorry if they did wrong, or you say sorry if you did something negative. 

Finally, BIG HUG to assure the child that what ever wrong he did, can be forgiven. And to assure them that it is OK to make mistakes, although, they must know that they are responsible on whatever they did, and hopefully not to repeat it again.

Share please!


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Flexible Working Hours




Ya, sekarang ini, insyaALLAH pihak atasan sedang cuba untuk menggalakkan lebih banyak organisasi untuk adakan taska di tempat kerja bagi memudahkan ibu2 yang bekerja. 

Selain dari itu, organisasi juga di galakkan untuk mengadakan Flexible Working Hours bagi parents. 


Definitely a good news to many.. and also, soon, the MoE will announce that - all those involves in the Early Childhood Education must have at least a DIPLOMA - hence, come and join us in Open University Malaysia --> www.oum.edu.my 

We make learning possible for those who are working, because with us, it's flexible!!

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Child Safety



Semasa di England, nak ambil anak dari sekolah is not as easy as it is. This is in terms of Child Safety.

Teachers would always wait with these children, who queues up according to their classes. 

If Teachers do not recognise you, then they wouldn't allow you to take these children. (best kan?)

If you can't pick up your child, and say you ask your neighbour to help, you HAVE to inform the school first before the school ends. The administrator will inform the class teacher, and the teacher would wait until the right person instructed by us (parents) comes and pick up the child. 

This I saw for children from Year 6 (11yo) and below.

So, herewith is a great idea for our scenario. Agree with a password, that only you and your parents know. If someone else is instructed to pick you up, do the password thingy. Unless, of course, if your children goes by a van or a school bus, your children must know who rides with them. 


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Friday 14 February 2014

Unstructured Play



Luangkan masa anda bersama anak2! 

Bawa mereka ke FRIM sebagai contoh, boleh mendekatkan diri anak-anak dengan alam hijau.
Bawa mereka ke Zoo Negara sebagai contoh, boleh mendekatkan diri anak-anak dengan alam haiwan.
dan banyak lagi... lagi banyak mereka didedahkan dengan bermain, lebih banyak lagi yang mereka pelajari...
boleh cuba untuk berpakat bersama kawan2... kumpulkan anak-anak kecil ini.. lakukan aktiviti bersama-sama di hujung minggu


Kadang2, tidak perlu hanya ke shopping complex (saya sendiri cukup serabut dengan shopping complex yang biasanya bukan atas tujuan untuk spend masa dengan anak2, tetapi lebih kepada diri sendiri untuk window shopping atau membeli sesuatu)

Tukarkan destinasi anda ke tempat2 yang lebih bermanfaat!


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Tuesday 11 February 2014

Cake Smash!


Mungkin nampak yucky and messy. But, there's a lot to learn from this Cake Smashing game!


Texture. Colours. Tastes. Sensorial. Gross motor skills. Squashing. Squeezing. Hand-Mouth coordination. And many many more...

But again, I know... Terasa sayang bila kek dihancurkan sebegitu kan? 

Tapi.. Apa salahnya jika anak anda boleh belajar sesuatu darinya... ;D

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Thursday 6 February 2014

School Culture



Oh my! I guess, this one is really an EYE-OPENER. Take a look at this animated version. Parts of it is really a slap on the face!

Animated Version : 
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~daviddickson1/AnimationSite/combo.html

Ada kebenarannya. Institusi pendidikan kita kebanyakkannya seperti KILANG2 yang menghasilkan acuan yang sama... 

Do you agree?
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Learning through Nature



Learning through Nature OR
you can call it Knowledge and Understanding of the World OR
you can say this is a Forest Kindergarten OR
Nature Smart as in Multiple Intelligence components OR
simply a REGGIO EMILIA method.

Whatever it is, it's INTEGRATED learning.

My message is that --> to make learning a success for children, avoid from being SO RIGID!

Example : 
KSPK is just a curriculum guide, if you are a good teacher, you could make AWESOME things from it. Remember, it is just a GUIDANCE, TEACHERS should make WONDER from it.

Try NOT TO DEPEND so much on WORKBOOK! This is a BIG change that we really need to practice and educate our people. The best WORKBOOK are those that you write yourself on an A4 paper with your own hand. You don't even have to own a photostat machine. Things can be made simpler if you are CREATIVE


Have a thought!

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