Science Yr 4 - Kemahiran saintifik

The sports' day are over and just as the boys wanted to have a break, mama is already in panicked mode. Exam is coming in two weeks time and they must be prepared!

Completed chapter 1 of Aidan's science subject. Gosh, I still insisted in having science in english medium. Not that I don't love my own mother tounge, but, it's easier to explain the terms in english rather than malay. 

Anyway, we tried. 

The idea is to make the students understand what science is all about and what does it do. It is important for them to understand what scientist does in order for them to understand the methods and experiments terms and definitions. 

Aidan does understand the word 'experiment'..whenever we mentioned it, he will get overexcited and all he wanted to ensure is the outcome as expected. Interestingly, he's quite confused when we asked him to 'map' out what is the input, procedures and outcomes will be in performing any experiment. He's clueless.. I hope this helps. 

On a side note, we went through series of exercises from the book. I still believe the syllabus should link on other related subjects, especially maths. There were few examples discussing about averages and so forth while the students are not being introduced these theories in maths.. hmmmm... is not sync!

English Yr 2 - Preposition

Aimar was not sure of the opposite word for above and top. He got a little confused and guess it's a good time to start introducing him the basic of preposition words as we move along. 

1. Preposition is relationship words that we use to show location & direction, describe movement, time and space.

2. Preposition always followed by a noun, never a verb. If we want to follow with a verb, we must use the "-ing"

3. Preposition of time:

• at is for PRECISE time e.g. at 4:30am, at noon
• in is for MONTHS, YEARS, and LONG PERIODS e.g. in March, in 1977
• on is fr DAYS and DATES e.g. on Monday, on 22 Dec, on your birthday

Maths Yr 4 - Adding Fraction

It took hours for my hubby to teach Aidan about adding fraction. If it were me, I would just give him the answer to the homework and deal with his understanding later. But Thank God for having my hubby around to tutor his son.

So, Aidan learned about adding fraction. My hubby did run through the steps with him the morning after, but I just put it in the flow chart below, so that he could get the picture and remember.

Senang je nak buat campur atau tolak pecahan ni. 

Tiga basic steps:
Step 1. Dapat je soalan, check penyebut (nombor kat bawah tu). Kalau sama je semua, so, pergi step Kalau tak sama:

• Periksakalau penyebut yang nak dicampurkan atau ditolak ada persamaan (we called it least common denominator) ke tak. Sifir kene hafal! Kalau ada persamaan, pilih nombor yang kecil antara penyebut, dan sama kan penyebut yang lain. Contohnya: kalau 1/3 +1/6.. ingat sifir 3 dan 6. 6 adalah nombor terkecil yang sama di dalam kedua-dua sifir 3 dan 6, maka, jadikan 1/3 kepada nombor yang mempunyai penyebutnya 6 iaitu 1/3 = (1x2)/(3x2)=2/6.
• Jika penyebut yang hendak ditambah atau ditolak tidak mempunyai nombor gandaan terkecil yang sama, darabkan kedua-dua nombor itu. Contohnya 1/3 = (1x6)/(3x6)=6/18 dan 1/6=(1x3)/(6x3)=3/18
• INGAT! apa-apa cara pun, pastikan nombor atas (pengangka) dan bawah (penyebut) di darabkan dengan nombor yang sama untuk mengekalkan nilai pecahan itu (refer not equivalent fraction).

Step 2. Bila dah dapat penyebut yang sama, tambah kan pecahan-pecahan tersebut. 

Step 3. Jawapan yang didapati mungkin jawapan terkecil yang kita perolehi, atau mungkin juga boleh dipermudahkan jika perlu. Permudahkan jika boleh. 

To be an 'expert' in adding and subtracting fractions, these might helps:

1. Remember your multiplications table
2. Understand equivalent fraction and its concept. 
3. Always remember to multiply top and bottom with the same number to keep the value of the fraction equivalent. 
4. Add or subtract as usual (from left to right, whichever comes first)

Reading

Yup, with the gadgets and so forth, reading books always a struggle for parents like us! both myself and my husband love reading very much, but, obviously, it's neither Aidan's nor Aimar's favourite way in spending free time. 

I've tried a lot of method. Nope, so far, fiction is a no-no for a 8 year old and 10 year old boys. Aidan prefers non-fiction encyclopedias about things, animals and many more. Aimar, hmm..I'm still figuring out. 

Somehow, I bought a book for Aidan over the weekend. 

I haven't gone through the material, but I was surprised that it took Aidan only two days to complete it and he was so into it. I knew he learned some new words such as 'traitor', 'envied', 'prosthetic'. I knew he was happy to discover that nasi lemak cost only RM0.20 when mama was small. 

Now, will try to entice Aimar to read it. 

To any struggling parent, try this!

Math Yr 4 - Fraction / Pecahan - an introduction

An introduction on basic fraction information. 

Fraction is simply and closely related to division! That is the core to understand it. 

Aidan is starting fraction in his Math class. Salute his teacher, she's fast, she teaches well, she gaves lots of homeworks and unlike some of the teachers, she did marked her students homeworks, timely. 

The exercise is on the types of fractions. 

But I guess, to understand fraction (pecahan), we must understand these few things:

1. Fraction is a part of a whole (Pecahan ialah sebahagian daripada 'satu' bahagian penuh)
2. It consist of two parts that is numerator and denominator. In maths language, fraction is divisions of numbers. That means, 3/4 (words three over four) is equal to 3 divides by four. (Ia terdiri daripada pengangka dan penyebut. Di dalam bahasa matematik, 3/4 (tiga per empat) adalah sama dengan tiga bahagi empat).  
3. Three basic types of fractions are proper fraction, improper fraction and mixed fraction. (Tiga jenis pecahan adalah pecahan wajar, pecahan tak wajar dan pecahan bercampur).
4. There's also equivalent fraction which have the same value although the numbers difffer. (Ada juga pecahan yang sama bahagiannya walaupun nombor pengangka dan penyebutnya berbeza).

For a start, this should suffice. We'll learn about adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions in time comes. 

Khalifah Child

a sharing from mothers to mothers - credits to Tchr Shormiza, Principal of Khalifah Method School, Ampang, KL.

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'Khalifah' in Arabic is often translated as 'vicegerent' which means one who acts in the place of leader or king.

Before Adam a.s. being created, Allah swt made everything else, the sun, the moon, the stars, the planers, the air, the water, the animal and every other things and beings. Human being were then created, to be the Khalifah in this Earth. There's an important job that awaits us, to acts on behalf of Allah while we are living being in the Earth, before the ultimate world of akhirat; heaven and hell. 

We should keep reminding us these responsibilities. 

And being a parents, we should know, the child that was bestowed upon us is a khalifah in the making, and we have to ensure they do understand the real concept of being a khalifah child. 

A khalifah concept may sound 'too islamic' or 'arabic', but somehow. it was not supposed to be misinterpret it as some 'extremist' might take it. 

A simple concept introduced by Prof Muhammad al Mahdi (and a concept that the Khalifah Method adhere to) is not to be understood that we are trying to shape our children to become of the religious jihadist that always been misunderstood and seems to be overboards on the actions they took such as ISIS or any other things.

When kids are given two things, which is
1. A positive, accurate and motivational worldview
2. A good understanding of the Laws of Learning
They will naturally move in the direction of all that is good and right. 

The idea is to introduce three simple basics that being khalifah require us to 

1. perfect ourselves

2. help others' to be good

3. perfect the physical world for all living beings

Let's instill these ideas to our kids. 

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One of the greatest Islam philosopher, scientist, medical doctor and an educator, Ibn Sina has defined three stages of educating our children.  

Shared here an interesting summary on his description about stages of educating children. 

http://muslimheritage.com/article/ibn-sina-education#section5

It is understood that every child is born unique even if they were twins of few microseconds. Handling one and each of them would be different and as time passes by, the child we knew last week might not be the same boy that stood in front of us today. 

As they grow, they would discover their 'free-will'. 

While we can, we should 'groom' our children so that when they understand that they do have free-wills and they can just use it and best is to use it at the right intentions, right aims, right actions and for the good of themselves, others and the worlds. 

We, the parents, should grab the chances to use the rightful way of Laws of Learning, so that the could have a motivational and accurate worldview. 

We could, insyallah. 

To start with, introduce them to the concept of Allah. Nope, not really the part Allah would punish them if they missed their prayers and so on...but teach them how merciful and loving Allah is. Tell them the Greatness of Allah being the Creator.. how beautiful the rainbows are and how great the fish could survive in the water. Teach them the idea of Allah sees and knows. They just have to ask and pray whenever, and if the time is right, Allah will grant their wish and if not Allah has a better plan for them. 

A very simple straightforward concept, but would be essential and a good start. 

Let's try. 

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BM Thn 4 - Karangan: Faedah Bersukan

Bahan untuk Aidan memperkayakan bahasanya dan membantunya menulis karangan bertajuk "faedah bersukan" menggunakan simpulan bahasa dan peribahasa yang bersesuaian.

Contoh karangan fakta bertajuk Faedah Bersukan (courtesy http://azuralea.blogspot.com/)

          Bersukan merupakan aktiviti riadah yang dapat mengeluarkan peluh daripada tubuh badan kita. Malah, kerajaan menggalakkan rakyatnya sentiasa melibatkan diri dengan aktiviti sukan.Hal ini kerana melalui bersukan banyak faedah yang kita peroleh.

            Salah satu daripada faedahnya ialah dapat menyihatkan tubuh badan. Apabila kita berakreasi seperti berbasikal,bermain badminton dan sebagainya,badan akan mengeluarkan peluh dan berlaku pembakaran lemak dalam tubuh kita.Kesannya, badan kita menjadi sihat dan cergas serta tidak berasa lesu ketika belajar di dalam kelas.

           Seterusnya, melalui bersukan kita 

dapat mengeratkan hubungan dan menambah kenalan. Kita dapat berkenalan dengan sesiapa sahaja tidak mengira umur, bangsa mahupun agama. Kebiasaannya, ketika kita berjoging di taman-taman, kita akan bertegur sapa dengan individu yang berada di kawasan itu. Hal ini akan mengeratkan hubungan dan perpaduan antara kaum dapat dipupuk. 

          

Sekiranya kita berbakat dalam bidang sukan, dan menjadi ayam tambatan pasukan kita, kita akan dapat mewakili pasukan sekolah,daerah, negeri mahupun negara. 

Bak kata pepatah, jauh perjalanan, luas pemandangan. Melalui sukan, dengan mewakili sekolah, daerah, negeri mahupun negara, kita boleh menimba perlbagai ilmu dan pengalaman. 

Apabila kita berjaya memenangi mana-mana kejohanan sukan, maka kita telah berjaya mengharumkan nama sekolah.Nama kita juga kian dikenali dan rezeki makin bertambah. Seperti bidalan peribahasa harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan nama.

          Bersukan juga boleh memupu semangat setiakawan yang tinggi untuk meraih kejayaan. Di mana ada kemahuan, di situ ada jalan. Kita sepasukan akan berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk mencapai kejayaan, berat sama dipikul, ringan sama dijinjining. Sekiranya kita mendapat kejayaan, sagu hati yang diterima pasti memberangsangkan. 

        Kesimpulannya, tiada menjadi kerugian jika kita aktif bersukan.Marilah kita bersama-sama menyahut seruan kerajaan untuk menjadikan rakyat Malaysia masyarakat yang cerdas dan cergas.