The last fortnight we were busy spring cleaning .SubhanAllah unbelievable how much junk we hoard .Still there is lot more to be done InshaAllah .
We have been working on our volcano lapbook ,Alhamdulillah almost coming to the end .I have to agree I always seem to take my time in finishing these projects .We are also on our way in constructing a volcano in the process -paper mac he'.
Today J has been working on his Singapore English workbook .I find it too basic and not challenging enough as the Singapore maths ,but i choose parts of it thats interesting .J had to write the story looking at the picture and construct proper sentence.
J is now showing great interest in the times table, which he was doing as a part of his work .So to feed his enthusiasm i give him a small reward if he memorised .Successfully he has done the 2 and 3 times table and working hard on the 4Th.
As i mentioned before ,for Arabic we are working on animals mentioned in the Quran .I decided to do this a bit different in a book form .As you can see in the picture the information on the left hand side is some facts about the animal and the one on the right is the verse mentioned in the Quran about the animal .And the green coloured paper is where they practise writing the word .The print outs are from the site: http://www.talibiddeenjr.com/downloads/library_animals_in_the_quraan_print.pdf
Doing this way we also get to discuss the tafsir of the quran related to the animal .
assalamu alaikum
ReplyDeleteI agree about most of the books from Singapore these days. The practice here is that books don't have much information- teachers teach extra things in class or kids go to tuition after school to compete with their classmates.
There is a huge discrepancy between a math book and a math exam here in Singapore (even more so for Science). The Science books look so simple and easy, but the test questions can be over an adult's head at times.
You can find free exams online to see what kids here have to go through. I frequent oldschool.com.sg
There is a term 'kiasu' here which means, "not wanting to be second- or wanting to be the top". Parents practice kiasuism, so their kids do assessment books and have to work hard in school. But, they are adding to their own stress!
Raihanah
assalamu alaikum
ReplyDeleteI agree about most of the books from Singapore these days. The practice here is that books don't have much information- teachers teach extra things in class or kids go to tuition after school to compete with their classmates.
There is a huge discrepancy between a math book and a math exam here in Singapore (even more so for Science). The Science books look so simple and easy, but the test questions can be over an adult's head at times.
You can find free exams online to see what kids here have to go through. I frequent oldschool.com.sg
There is a term 'kiasu' here which means, "not wanting to be second- or wanting to be the top". Parents practice kiasuism, so their kids do assessment books and have to work hard in school. But, they are adding to their own stress!
Raihanah