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~ Early Childhood Education @Wisma Bling Lustre ~

August 3rd, 2010

Lama sungguh saya tak update blog saya. Entah angin M mana yang datang menyerang saya, hinggakan mood untuk berceloteh, mood untuk menulis, dan mood untuk mengeluarkan idea untuk mencoret-coret di dalam blog saya ni hilang. Hilang pergi mana ntah. Saya ada tulis draft untuk topik-topik yang saya nak taip, tapi semuanya berakhir dengan ayat-ayat yang saya sendiri tak faham. Boleh tak?

Untuk entry ni, yep, saya tahu, ni entry yang sepatutnya dah lama saya publishkan. Tapi macam yang saya bagitahu, mood dan skill saya hilang entah ke mana. Saya memang lately ni tiada mood nak berblog. Bloghop, blogwalking, apa pun tak buat. Dahsyat kan? Mesti banyak yang saya ketinggalan… waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and ada ke yang rindu dengan saya? hehehhehehhehhe

Ok.. disebabkan entry pasal Early Childhood Education ( ECE ) ni dah berlalu dekat 3 minggu, so, saya tak nak la ceritakan pasal mini seminar tu je. Mesti other participant dah cerita dah. Dan saya rasa kebanyakkannya mesti sama je.. :P Walaubagaimanapun, saya nak bagitahu apa input yang saya dapat daripada seminar tu. Yess… Saya rasa lagi better kot. :P

Sebelum tu, on my personal opinion, mini seminar tu, saya rasakan berbaloi. Terutama sekali untuk parents yang bercita-cita untuk tengok anak dia menjadi bijak. Hheheheh Semua parents nak anak diorang pandai kan. Sape tak nak? So, mini seminar ni just untuk introduction untuk ibu bapa yang ingin tahu apa itu early childhood education (ECE). Dah kata pun mini seminar kan, then takkan nak expect semua sekali dalam satu seminar tu. Tetapi, rasanya time seminar tu memang dah banyak input yang Watie aka mummy of Q’s bagi pada hari tu.

Sebenarnya, saya dan suami memang suka benda ni. Kitorang adalah tahu sikit-sikit pasal ECE nih. Sebab tu, since dari baby lagi, saya dan suami memang cuba la untuk berikan terbaik untuk Khayra ( buat masa ni.. and adik Khayra, coming soon.. :P ) Macam kata watie la, tak lama pun, dalam 5-10 minit 2x sehari pun dah cukup. Since Khayra baby lagi, saya dan suami dah tunjukkan DVD or buku-buku yang kami rasa sesuai untuk khayra dan cuba bacakan.Masalah kami adalah, kami tidak sekonsisten macam watie. Ada jugak masa-masa mendung dan masa-masa mood takde. Bak kata paling mudah, kekadang tu malas sebab penat. Hahahahhahahha Sian Khayra.. hehehhehe

Kami ada belikan flash card dalam bahasa mandarin untuk Khayra sebab kami percaya otak bayi ni cepat absorb. Ikut kajian dari pakar pun, dan dari watie yang dah buat research semua tu pun, otak bayi di awal kelahiran sehingga berusia 5 tahun ( correct me if i’m wrong) adalah tahun-tahun awal untuk mereka ni cepat belajar sesuatu benda terutamanya masa awal kelahiran. Tu yang konon poyo la kan nak cuba ajar mandarin. Tapi disebabkan kemalasan kami…. hehehheheh oppss… okla, kemalasan saya….. stop macam tu je…. Adehhh…. Terasa menyesal jugak bila mengenangkan hal ni. Especially bila dengar apa yang watie cakap and prove yang watie tunjukkan dengan Qarissa. Saya rasakan saya ni macam main-main pulak dengan Khayra. Sekarang ni, Khayra memang suka tengok dvd-dvd macam brainy baby, your baby can read or any kind video yang buat dia belajar. Cerita-cerita di TV yang kami rasa tak membantu pun untuk Khayra, memang kami tak bagi tengok. Sebab tu Khayra tak berapa suka tengok TV kecuali pocoyo, wordworld dan little einstein.. Dulu-dulu upin-ipin, tapi la ni dia macam tak minat sangat. Hehehehhehehhe What a waste kan?

Dalam seminar tu watie ada cakap pasal phonics. Hehehhehe Saya tahu pasal phonics ni sikit-sikit sebab dulu saya buat software untuk tadika and one of the sylibus/software yang x-company saya buat adalah phonics. Walaupun kawan saya yang buat tajuk tu, saya tahu la jugak serba sedikit. Tapi walaupun tahu, saya tak ajar Khayra phonics pun. Sebabnya, saya fikir saya tak nak dedahkan Khayra dengan ABC lagi. Kelakar kan? Tapi bila dah datang seminar tu, memang dah terasa rugi lagi… Kita boleh dedahkan phonics sebab dia more on how to pronounce the words. So bukanla menghafal.

Tiba part qarissa dah boleh membaca. Ha… yang ni rasanya mana-mana yang dah baca blog-blog watie mesti dah tau Qarissa dah boleh membaca. That’s a prove.. Sangat kagum dengan Q… hehehheehe Watie ada bagitahu macam mana cara dia ajar Q untuk membaca dan mengenal huruf. Semuanya dengan memperkenalkan flash card yang hanya mengandungi tulisan sahaja. Kemudian baru tunjukkan apakah bendanya itu. Wow, kami memang eager tau nak buat bende tu dengan Khayra and surprisingly, Khayra sangat suka bila kami tunjukkan flash card yang menggunakan hanya perkataan sahaja. Siap ikut lagi bila saya sebut. Jadi sekarang ni saya tengah cuba untuk memperkenalkan flash card berbentuk perkataan pulak. Hasilnya? hehehhe Tungguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Inilah antara aktiviti saya bersama Khayra sekarang ni.

Yep… menyusun huruf… Saya keluarkan huruf-huruf yang ada di mat tu, kemudian saya tunjuk pada Khayra dan suruh dia cari tempat yang sepatutnya… oh, saya selerakkan huruf-huruf tu. Ianya memang tidak tersusun.  Mostly, Khayra tau tu huruf apa dan akan cari mana sepatutnya di letakkan. Sangat seronok bila main macam tu… :)

Luv,

UmmiKA

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~ Family Bed – Part Two~

January 14th, 2010

For those who read this articles from MBP may think, why am I post the same topic at my blog pulak. Actually, it is slightly different. In this article, I just want to clarify in certain things that I missed to elaborate in my issues on family bed. :) For those who is not familiar with term ‘family bed’ or ‘co-sleeping’, it generally means sleeping in the same bed with our children instead of sleeping separately. You can read more in my column at MBP.

Based on the replies and comments in the family bed’s articles, most Malaysians prefer to co-sleep with their children. However, for those who choose otherwise, they provide very good reason/concern:

1. Afraid they will squash the baby while they are sleeping or even worse, Sudden Infant Death (SID) will happen.

For those who choose co-sleep with your children, you must set in your minds, safety is the most important factor. There is a guideline that we need to follow to ensure co-sleep is safe for both baby and us. :) Firstly, choose the right bed. Don’t use water bed or mattress that is too soft. It can lead to a danger for our children especially infants. Try to avoid sofa or other surface which is not specifically designed for infants, or if the baby would be sleeping on soft bedding, such as pillows, comforters, quilts or sheepskin.

If the parents is too obess ( sorry to say ) it is safer if you do not choose family bed. This is to avoid the possibility of smothering child. Better be careful. Other than that, parents that under the influence of alcohol or drugs which can dull an adult’s sensitivity to an infant or child in the same bed, better not choose co-sleeping. Actually, it is better you don’t take any drug or alcohol at all because it is not good for our health. :)

However, there are parents that choose to attach a single bed beside their bed and sleep together. It is a good alternative to prevent risk of being squash or something and It give the baby their own safe space while keeping them within our arm’s reach. As a matter of fact, this way is also recommended by expert. :)

2. How to make intimate relationship?

Haa.. This is the issue that everyone must have in mind. How to avoid our children from seeing us while doing the intimate relationship? Actually, this is the time that we can think creatively how to make the relationship more adventurous or different than normal routine. We can think of other places that we never bother to do, then it is the time. :) But if you feel not comfortable or it is difficult, ( maybe you stay in your PIL, like me.. :P ) you can put your children in their crib or their playpen for the moment. After all done, you can transfer them back to sleep with you.  :P

If you think from positive way, actually it is fun and interesting because we do in different way that we never think before. ;))

3. Hard time to separate them when they grow older.

Children will actually develop the desire to move on and have their own space, including their own sleeping space. But, not every child will have same schedule as others. Each child has their own time and each baby is unique. It is better if we not force them to do it our way. Let them choose when it is the time to sleep on their own bed. If you looking forward to know natural parenting, yes, this is one of the kinds. :) Let our child decide when the time is coming is one of the principe in natural parenting. We do not force them to achieve something that we believe its the right one. Let them decide. When the time is right, they themselves, will know when or how. You want to know more about natural parenting you can ask hanz, our columnist on natural parenting in 1supekids. :)

Khayra sleeping on the bedAman tenang je kalau tengok Khayra tidur.. Ni time dah penat sangat la nih… :)

While choosing weather family bed is suitable for you or not, please remembers there are no right or wrong to this. Both have their own pros and cons. It is up to us as, parents to choose, which one is beneficial to our family, to our relationship. :) Like I said many times, we as a parents should know what is the best for our children.

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