In January 2015, I opened my preschool for the first time. I was very happy because the parents all worked together to bring their kids to school. Some of the children were still shy and wanted their mothers to be by their sides. However, I was very grateful for the encouragement parents gave to their […]
CONTINUE READINGOn 14th–16th of October, we visited the teachers in Slim River, Gopeng and Gua Musang. On the first day, we picked Nora (Slim River) and Dinah (Gopeng) from their villages and headed to Gua Musang to meet Haini. The trip alone took us half a day. Since there is no proper road that leads to […]
CONTINUE READINGDinah’s School (Gopeng) Haini’s School (Gua Musang) Jisam’s School (Gerik) Nora’s School (Slim River) Busan’s School (Gerik)
CONTINUE READINGStep 1 Build the school on a solid foundation. It may involve collecting suitable soil from the nearby river as building material for the school’s foundation. Step 2 Basic building materials such as wood for the frame, bamboo for the walls and metal zinc for the roof is needed. Power tools will provide a lot […]
CONTINUE READINGEvery morning my students are excited to start their day at school as many fun activities await them. This week we did a lot of outdoor activities. We performed some light exercises and sang together. I also explained to them the importance and the function of traffic lights and road safety, which included driving responsibly […]
CONTINUE READINGAs usual I did my obligations as an educator with voluntary work of trying to impart the interest of education amongst the parents. We did a class clean up activity session together, so that they are able to understand the importance of a clean and conducive learning environment. It is not an easy task involving […]
CONTINUE READINGEvery Monday, I will teach in Jisam’s school in Kampung Manila. Jisam (another fellow teacher) and I will switch classes so that my students will get a change in the way the class is conducted.I conduct my lessons multiple times in class so that my students will be able to remember the lessons better. Even […]
CONTINUE READINGI visited the community pre-school class of Kampung Sungai Bill in Slim River. Nora and her helper managed the community pre-school class there. I felt very attracted to the way the class was conducted by the teachers. The children were able to pay attention in class and complete their tasks according to schedule. I took […]
CONTINUE READINGThis week i taught Science, Maths, English and Bahasa Melayu. I taught using a bicycle diagram too so that my students are able to recognize the alphabets and read better. I got really happy when they were able to recite the alphabets A-G, and I would continue with H-O. I would like to move forward, […]
CONTINUE READINGThis week is my first week in April. This month the number of my students has reduced, some students haven’t been coming, and for those that stopped coming altogether, I have removed their names from my students list. I continue to use my working sheets to teach. There are not much working sheets left, I […]
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