Homeschooling Ideas

Guilt is a constant emotion all parents have. Especially moms, most especially working moms T_T

Every time the thought of Kakak is now at 2 years 5 months comes to mind (almost every day that is), I would feel an enormous wave of guilt. She's at the age where she's learning most rapidly, absorbing things like a sponge and all I am doing for her is leaving  her at other people's house (albeit in the best company of people who loves her), watching cartoons mostly, I think. Lost in everyday routine of pergi balik kerja, at nights too tired for a good activity, and weekends of sharing her with others, I've never feel more like a failure than for this.

But with all the positive thinking I have, I remind myself that what's important is the quality of time, not the quantity.

With a proper planning, we can make the best of time, and make our presence felt even though we are not around her 24 hours a day.

After some searching around for materials, these two being the sifu for children's education (the best guides!) - so many DIY fun activities its amazing.

http://cinta-rasul.blogspot.com

http://wwwmamahomeschool.blogspot.com

These are the plans I have come up with:

1. Buy activity books, which involves cut and paste, colouring, identifying alphabets. But here at http://wwwmamahomeschool.blogspot.com there's so many links to download the activity sheets and print! And compile everything in a ring file as Kakak's Activity File.

2. For storytelling, these three books

3. Kakak loves origami! I got to learn em to teach her

http://www.origami-instructions.com

4. Fun alphabet games on internet (drpd buka youtube)

http://www.starfall.com/

5. Arab cartoons to download from internet and pasang kat TV

http://cinta-rasul.blogspot.com/2011/09/kartun-bahasa-arab.html

http://cinta-rasul.blogspot.com/2012/02/lagi-ttg-kartun-arab.html

6. Watercolor - instead of using brush like we usually do, use potato carved into shapes and cop

Do hop over to the these two webs for amazing ideas to be shared with your lil ones. Plus your child would think you're the most brilliant fun adult ever lived! hihi.

If anything, it makes me less guilty about not being with my children 24/7.
Its amazing really how so little effort on our part can give so much pleasure to our child. As we know any games we play with them are the ones they enjoy the most :')

Note to self : Must make sure Airin gets a good sleep at BS every morning so that I can have a good one hour with her every night. No more lights off with botol susu at 8.30 pm!