Serik Membeli

CD ni, mama beli dengan hati yang ikhlas. Tapi, bila product yang didapati tidak memuaskan, rasa serik la nak membeli dengan orang yang menjaja di jalanan.

Sebab... CD yang dijual telah pun rosak. Uhhhh... ROSAK. 

So, review nya, NO MORE cd jalanan. Mama akan cari di kedai. Huuuu

Flashcards

Jika dilihat pada post yang dibuat pada tahun 2008 - 2010, saaaangatlah sedikit. Mama sangat-sangat menyesal kerana tiada update pasal aktiviti harian. Sedar-sedar, Adam telah berumur 3 tahun. Maknanya, mama kerugian kenangan semasa Adam lahir sehingga berumur 3 tahun. Sayang sangat.

Entry ini pasal flash cards. Ini adalah diantara flash cards yang masih selamat semasa rumah kami dilanda banjir dahulu. Sayang sangat.

Flash cards ini tersimpan rapi di dalam almari. Hahhaha... mama tak pakai dah. Simpan untuk kegunaan masa hadapan. Cuma, sanggup la susah payah sikit untuk buka wrapping ( ok, mama siap wrap lagi ) supaya boleh diambil gambar. Sebab, nak tunjuk kat member. 

Ini guna masa Adam dekat-dekat setahun. Before that, mama pakai graphic stimulation untuk mata Adam.

Yang ini, rasanya masa umur dekat dua tahun. Kan rugi x update blog. Hilang kenangan. Tak dapat ingat exact date. Huuu....

Sila compare size...

Yang kecik2 tu, pakai recently. Bukan2... tapi tahun ini la.... Saiz A4 potong empat. Tapi, hangat-hangat tahi ayam. Sebab, mama dah masukkan dalam box. Akan digunakan later :D

Peter and Jane ni, mama dah jarang guna. Sebab tengah pakai buku lain pulak.

Material untuk tulis bagi baby, ini. Guna artline 100. Beli colour merah untuk baby. Kenapa merah? Sebab banyak research mengatakan baby dapat melihat warna merah dengan jelas. Sebab tu, banyak flash cards untuk baby dijual dalam warna merah. So, untuk baby, gunalah marker pen / ink / colour merah.

Mata marker pen tu, besar! Sesuai untuk baby.

Teringin Nak Shopping Buku

Sempat la mama browse while waiting dlm meeting room. Buku-buku terbitan kumon. Wah!! Ada a few yang mama rasa sangat-sangat berkenan. Tak sabar nk tunggu hari Jumaat. Lunch hour panjang. Nak g MPH. Huu.... Sangat2 teruja. HaraP-harap Adam pun teruja.

Mama harap ada lah buku yang mama berkenan tu. Kalau xde, boleh beli online. Tapi, mama prefer utk review sendiri dulu buku-buku tu. Hanya untuk mempelbagaikan material. Wish ada buku utk math's games.

Weekend Yang Panjang

Hari ini, mama beli 2 VCD ni. Harap-harap Adam dapat menjadikan teladan. Insya Allah, bila free, mama nak cari VCD panduan solat untuk kanak-kanak. Harap-harap jumpa yang cartoon punya. Mesti Adam suka :D

Belum dapat review lagi sama ada bagus atau tidak VCD ni. Mama grab aje sebab tajuk dia bagus.

Lama juga tak buat aktiviti tampal menampal. Selalunya, ada aje stock stickers mama simpan. Dah lama tak bei sticker. Sticker book Adam dah penuh. So, mama buat yang lain. Yang ini, tak guna kertas tebal. Guna kertas A4 biasa sahaja. Sebab,  mama cut budget. Hahaha.... Stock kertas tebal dah habis, so, kita gunakan apa yang ada. Jimat sayang...

Selongkar punya selongkar, akhirnya jumpa sticker ni. Dapat lah Adam rasmikan sticker book dia. Alhamdulillah. Sticker beli masa pergi zoo dulu.

Malam-malam, Adam main pasir pulak. 

Biasalah bila Adam buat kerja, pasti kecah ruang tamu. Hahaha.... setakat ini, mama tak kisah. Tapi, alangkah bahagia jika rumah kita ada halaman yang luas. Takat nak main pasir ni, main kat luar aje. Senang nak kemas :D

Budak Besar Masih Hisap Botol Susu

Ini Adam pada usia 3 tahun 3 bulan dan 2 minggu. Huuuu.... masih gonggong botol susu. Adoi... macam mana nak buang botol susu ni?

Adam, kalau hisap susu, tak nak makan nasi dah. Kenyang! So, hanya calcium je yang dia dapat. Zat-zat lain?

Menabung Awal Lebih Baik

Article yang sangat bagus. 

Summarize dari sini : Jika anak masih kecil, invest dalam unit trust untuk dapatkan max value of money.Bila agak2 lagi 5 tahun untuk anak masuk universiti, transfer duit tu ke ASB etc. Supaya tak terasa kesan naik turun saham lagi.

Master Chef Malaysia

Agak-agak, boleh jadi master chef tak?

Sound Of The Letter - Phonic Song

Phonic song ni, nampaknya belum mencapai matlamat. Phonic Reader 2 juga. Slowly but consistent. Insya Allah, kita akan berjaya.

Hari ni, mama try cara lain pula. Besides nyanyi phonic song while looking at the monitor, mama tutup monitor and, kita nyanyi sambil tengok cards. Cards ni, mama buat in rushing, so, tak la cantik. Rasa macam kena buat baru... tapi, tak perlu la kot. Sayang pulak kat paper dia. I use thick paper. Mula-mula, cari board card, tapi, dah habis. So, i have to use paper ni. Macam tak proper pula kalau guna normal A4 paper. Takut tak tahan lama.

Harap-harap cara ni akan membantu Adam.

English Preposition - Song

Song Of The Week :D

Setakat ni, Adam cuma tahu "ON" dengan "UNDER" je. Harap-harap dia boleh capture preposition lain thru this song.

Milo Cicah Biskut

Selalu, mama bagi milo kotak aje. Azam baru, kurangkan milo kotak. Takut kencing manis. Lepas ni, kena rajin-rajin bancuh air.

Candid sebenarnya. Tapi, Adam pantang nampak camera. Asal sempat, mesti dia posing. First time makan biskut cicah milo. Hhaha.... Suka rupanya dia.

Artwork

Dah dua tiga hari kita main watercolour. Free drawing. Mama bagi kertas A4 untuk Adam mengekspresi diri. Hahaha... Patut snap gambar-gambar tu. Cuma, malas nak snap, kerana rasanya, masih macam biasa. Belum ada perubahan dengan drawings Adam yang lain.

Tapi, yang ini nampak ada progress sikit. Cuba lihat. Yang ini guna crayon. Yang ni, bukan drawing, but colouring.

Macam biasa, kalau colour, mesti tak penuh. Kalau penuh, habis hilang gambar. Hehehe.


Cuma, progress yang baru adalah... cuba lihat gambar pokok ni.

Adam colour penuh! Cantik pulak tu.... Pokok yang hijau plain tu, mama yang colour. Yang colourfull tu pulak, Adam yang colour. Cantikkkk!!! Suka! Mama masih boleh kenal, itu adalah pokok. Ngeee :D

Learning Sheet

Finally, mama ada satu learning sheet. Mama buat time Adam tido... Keh keh keh. So, harap-harap, mama akan lebih organize. Mama ni, sebenarnya ada entah beribu-ribu kot material utk early education. Sebab, mama memang suka topic ni since anak dara lagi. So, memang dah lama mama kumpul. Tapi, sebab tak organize betul-betul, banyak juga yang dah hilang entah ke mana. Harap-harap, mama dapat put in detail apa aktiviti kita. Amin.

Solat

Candid pic masa Adam solat dengan papa.

Permainan Baru - Yoyo

Adam teringin bermain yoyo. Yoyo pertama patah sebelum Adam tahu apa nak buat. Yoyo kedua, dibeli dua hari lepas. Alhamdullillah, boleh la main sikit-sikit. Pun belum sempat jadi pro, patah juga, dalam masa 2 hari. Terpijak.

Next time kita beli yang baru ye...

Tak cukup tinggi untuk main yoyo.

Phonic Discovery Reader 2

Buku no 2 ni, susah sikit nak habis. Maybe sebab ayat-ayat dia agak panjang sikit. So, susah mama nak consistent baca. Actually, tak la teruk sangat. Cuma, mama tak dapat nak baca everyday ikut cara yang betul. Kekadang, rasa susah nk sound up the alphabet. So, macam read a loud yang biasa. Sedangkan, mama nak practice phonic.

Nasib baik la Adam suka lagu-lagu phonic ni. Hari-hari nyanyi. So, mama tak la rasa bersalah sangat kalau tak practice phonic. 


Owh, belum habis lagi theme circus minggu ni. Mama takde material yang banyak. Video pun tak ada yang bagus. So, kita bergantung dengan gambar-gambar yang mama dapat google dari internet. Susah sikit kot Adam nak imagine. Kalau mama tanya, adalah sikit-sikit yang dia faham. Cuma, mama tak tau la samada Adam boleh imagine circus ni macam mana. Takde circus pun sekitar-sekitar sini...


Btw, mama tengah prepare some materials / ideas utk next week. Kita belajar preposition ye sayang :)

Circus

This week nak ajar Adam pasal circus. Agak-agak, macam mana nak imagine ye... Sebab Adam belum pernah  tengok circus. Nampaknya, kena cari circus performance la.... senang sikit nak imagine.

Google-google, jumpa yang ni. Boleh?

Grolier Product

Mama beli ini untuk Adam. Quite expensive. Harap-harap berbaloi. 

Kalau hanya utk buku, rasa tak berbaloi bayar beribu-ribu. Sebab buku-buku yang bagus, rasanya boleh dapat dengan mudah di MPH dan POPULAR. Itu kedai buku yang dekat. Kalau rajin, dekat PKNS Bangi, lagi banyak buku-buku yang bagus-bagus. Harga pun tak mahal. Cuma, mama beli sebab dapat ini.

Yang ini, tiada kat luar. Cuma, mama tak sure boleh ke beli set dia je. Ada a few more products yang mama berkenan. Kalau boleh beli products tu saja, SERONOKNYA! Sebab mama memang berkenan. Kalau tak boleh, xpe la. Mama beli set lain lepas Adam khatam set yang ni. 

So, next time, mama akan buat review product ni. Harap-harap, dapat la cerita yang bagus-bagus.

Owh, Magic English pun product Grolier juga. Yang ini, mama bg 2 thumbs up.

Teaching Children Listening
Skills Through Reading

Teaching children listening skills by reading to them will improve their listening skills and train them in the art of active listening.

In fact, teaching children listening skills is one of the most important traits we as adult human beings can help them develop for many different reasons, ranging from academic and real world success to becoming a friend and experiencing true friendship.

Think about it . . . if we aren't talking or reading, we most likely are listening. We listen to the radio, the television, our friends, our family, and our coworkers. But listening is something we have to do actively because "listening to" something and "hearing" something are two very different concepts. This is why teaching children listening skills is so important.We hear the familiar sounds of the refigerator humming, the microwave beeping, the dog barking, the baby crying, and the cars honking. And if we are fortunate enough to break out of the rat race, we can even enjoy the sounds of nature like birds chirping, a brook babbling, the wind blowing, or leaves rustling. But just because we have heard these sounds doesn't mean they have registered in our brains.
The passive nature of hearing is very different from the active nature of listening.  Take, for example, watching the evening news.  If your household is anything like mine, there is usually a lot of commotion going on during the news and the kids just can't seem to give me a moment of peace.  So although the news is on, I am sitting in front of it, and I can hear it, I generally have no idea what was said because I wasn't really listening.  I am distracted by my kids and I am not actively listening to the news.  

My solution is generally to turn the tv off because it is just added noise and some day when my kids are older I will be able to watch the news again.  But this is a perfect example of the differences between hearing and active listening.  I heard the news, but I wasn't actively listening to it, so I had no idea what had been said when it was over.

Another situation that exemplifies this difference is remembering people's names.  How many times have you been introduced to

somebody at a party or gathering and within seconds can't remember the person's name.  As the introduction was being made, you were probably thinking to yourself, "well, I'll never remember the name anyway . . . or . . . I am so bad with names."  You heard the person talking and acted polite by pretending to listen, but your brain was really a million miles away and you weren't actively listening to the introduction.  Without engaging your active listening skills, the person's name never entered your brain and therefore, you never had a chance at remembering the name.
Listening skills are developed, and the more we practice the more skilled we become at teaching children listening skills.  Reading to our children not only is a way of teaching children listening skills, it forces them to practice their listening skills.  And we know our children are engaging their active listening skills because of how many times our older children have corrected us. We hear, "You skipped a page."  Or sometimes if I play word games with my son and say, "Beep! Beep! Elephants in a jeep . . . " while reading  Sheep in a Jeep.  I immediately hear, "It's not elephants, Mommy.  It's sheep."  So again, I know my son is actively listening to the story being read to him.  So, it stands to reason that the more time we spend teaching children listening skills by reading to ourkids, the more they practice their active listening skills and the better they become at it.  In a nutshell, teaching children listening skills by reading aloud to our little ones improves their listening skills, and more importantly, their active listening skills.
Teaching children listening skills is not intuitive. I know we all sometimes wonder if our younger children are actually listening.  And it is harder to know with younger children because they don't have the words and vocabulary yet. 
Teaching Children Listening Skills:
A Personal Reflection

I remember before my oldest son turned 2, it was very difficult to read to him.  Oh, I tried, but Eric would never sit still and listen . . . or so it seemed.  I think part of that was because he didn't realize he was supposed to.  Young children learn to sit with you when you read by doing it over and over and over again.  Each time we read to our children we are not only teaching children listening skills, but we are conditioning them about the mechanics of reading. 

As I read to Eric, he would wander across the room and I would think to myself, "Is this kid ever going to sit still and listen?"   But I kept at it because I knew the true importance of reading to him. 

An early favorite of his was "Go! Dog! Go!" by P.D. Eastman.  Even if Eric moved across the room and started playing with something else, I continued to read.  I really never knew if he was actively listeningor not.  I never pressed the issue nor forced him to stay with me.  I let him go, but I continued to read his favorite, "Go! Dog! Go!"  

One day Eric moved away again.  I hadn't seen any improvement and I just didn't see the point, so I stopped reading.  Well, Eric immediately stopped what he was doing and said, "No! No! Tree! Tree!"  We were at the point in the book where the dogs were in their cars and the book asked, "Where are all those dogs going?"

  

Lo and behold, Eric had been using his active listening skills all along!  He knew the story and he knew the dogs were going to the tree.  Eric had been listening all along, but it had just been in his own way.  I guess in hindsight I should have known that to be the case, because Eric is very much a child who "has to do things in his own way." 
Over time, Eric came closer and closer to me as I read aloud.  Today, we snuggle up together all over the house while we read and I can't tell you the number of times a day I hear, "Read, Mommy! R-E-A-D!" 

So, "YES!" they are actively listening and practicing their listening skills . . . even the young ones.

Don't ever put pressure on your child about reading, as the benefits are just too important, and most definitely keep on reading.  Some day you just might be surprised like I was.

Bottom line: Teaching children listening skills pays off in too many ways to enumerate! 

"A wise old owl sat in an oak.
The more he [listened], the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he [listened].
Why aren't we like that wise old bird."
--Mother Goose

So, here what i'll do : Mama will constantly read a loud a story a day even if Adam tak pay attention. I'll read.

Playdough

Dulu, Adam main set ini. Mama beli set yang agak murah. Bukan brand playdough. Beli 4 dapat free 1. So, murah lah kan?

Setelah lama main (berbulan jugak ), mama perasan dia macam berubah sikit teksturnya. Macam lain la. So, semua mama buang. Takut. Walaupun ditulis non toxic, rasa was-was la juga. So, playdough ini dibeli Julai lalu. Mama beli untuk present birthday Adam.

Puas juga hati... Set ni, sebenarnya ada banyak vibrant colour. Tapi, ada colour yang dah macam serupa aje. Apa tak nya, semua colour dah bercampur-baur.

Nampak gaya, Adam memang tak jemu main playdough. Next time, mama beli set yang lain pulak ye :)

Actually, mama ada je resepi untuk buat playdough ni. Kalau buat sendiri, lebih selamat. Masuk mulut pun, tak bahaya. Cuma, sebab Adam diperkenalkan dengan playdough ni masa dah besar, bukan lagi masa nak menyuap semua benda ke dalam mulut, maka, mama tak kisah pun nak membuatnya. 

Btw, ini resepinya. Maybe lain kali, mama perlukan bantuan...

2 cawan tepung gandum

2 cawan air

1 sudu besar minyak

21/2 sudu teh cream of tar-tar

Pewarna makanan

Caranya :

1. Campurkan semua bahan.
2. Kacau hingga sampai seperti mash potato.
3. Letak colour yang dikehendaki.
4. Bagi pada budak.

Animal With Stripes And Spots

Last Wednesday, sempat la ajar Adam tentang animals yang ada stripes and sports on the way to school. Susah nak dapat peluang macam ni. Selalunya, Adam tidur aje. Sampai school pun susah nak kejut.

Alhamdulillah. Walaupun simple aja apa yang diajar, mama rasa cukup bagus. Asal dapat enrich knowledge, sudah memadai. Dah la waktu pagi, otak pun fresh. Waktu balik, selalunya diguna untuk berbual-bual dan menyanyi dalam kereta. Siap berduet lagi. Selalunya mama tanya apa Adam makan, main apa, buat apa etc. 

Lama tak buat vocab checklist. So, vocabs baru utk Adam : stripes, spots.

Sharpen Listening Skills

Actually, target utama mama selain nak enrich Adam's vocab ialah untuk bantu sharpen his listening skills. Tak nak jadi macam mama. My listening skill is very poor. Huuu...

Alhamdulillah. Nampak juga improvement. Walaupun kecil, mama tetap bangga. Sikit-sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit. Sebab, mama pasti sangat-sangat. Adam lagi bijak dari mama. Bukan nak kata dulu wan tak ajar mama, cuma dengan technology yang ada sekarang, Adam surely lagi advance.


So, apa yang mama kena buat? Maybe we should listen / watch more movies. Yeahh!!! 


Hopefully satu hari nanti, membesar dan hidup dengan cemerlang.


What's that noise? Simple movie for little kid. Frm British council.

At The Zoo Theme

Konon-konon balance 4 hari lagi minggu ni nak bercerita pasal zoo. Rasanya dah banyak kali juga bawa Adam ke Zoo Negara. Maybe next time boleh bawa ke birds park.

Sebab, bila dah ada real experience ke satu-satu tempat, mudah sikit untuk mama bercerita. Adam pun boleh menokok tambah. Cuma, maybe skop untuk bercerita itu terhad. So, yang ini adalah homework sikit untuk mama. Rasanya, mama ada enough material untuk buat theme ni berjaya. Buku banyak! All i have to do is, buka semua buku-buku yang ada to look at the theme. And... yap, banyak. So, terbuka la sikit minda mama to be more creative. 

Last night, mama bagi Adam try main satu educational game. Baru je beli. Cuma belum nak cerita lagi. Apa yang best, ada juga game pasal zoo.

Phonic Song

Dah lama tak buka youtube. Found this song. Very interesting :)

Moving Again?

Since mama memindahkan ruang study corner Adam ( rak buku Adam ) ke 2nd hall, Adam rarely reads books. Konon-konon sebab dekat dengan raya, so, mama sorok la rak buku Adam. Sorry ye sayang. Nanti mama move balik rak buku ke main hall. Huuu.....

Last month, mama beli la buku ini. Murah aje, RM6.90. Tapi, isinya bagus dan sangat simple. Ada stages. Reader 1 ni, utk very beginner. Semua ada sampai Reader 6. Bila naik stage, sentence dia pun complecated la sikit. Sesuai untuk budak-budak macam Adam. So, don't judge a book by it's price :)

Sebab kami baca slow and steady, sebulan jugak lah baru habis buku no 1 ni. Really slow, sebab, sekarang, Adam dah tak ketagih dengan iPad atau XBox, tapi main PSP pulak! Huuu.... Personally, mama memang x setuju budak-budak didedahkan dengan gajet2 macam ni. Leka. Tak nak belajar la...

Tapi, syukur. Adam sekarang rajin membaca. Walaupun cuma 5 minit. Actually, kami dapat la membaca 5 minit a session. Mama manage to get 2 sessions everyday. Dan... puas hati, sebab kami konsisten. TQ Adam... I loves you.

p/s : next week kita move to 2nd book. Sebab this week, mama nak bercerita pasal zoo, animal etc.

Santai Di Pantai

Ni time last raya. Nak cerita pun xde mood, coz dah 2 bulan berlalu. Nway, ini first time Adam main layang-layang dan main air di pantai. Happy :)


Mula-mula pijak pasir, riuh mulut Adam. Eh, dirty la etc. Pijak air pun geli. Takut kotor. Sekali dah sentuh, wahhhh!!!! Seronok.


Ini Pantai Irama, Bachok. Pantai ini sangat bersih ok ( at least pada masa kami dtg ni ).