Aina's Learning Progress

Aina is now 5 going on 6 next year. I am so happy that she can now

1) Read
As of now, read in Malay, English next year (according to the teacher). It’s OK though coz spelling in Malay and English is sooo big different….I understand how confuse a child can be trying to learn both at the same time….anyhow, I’ll keep exposing her with English words every now and then…just to get her ready for next year’s syllabus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgRpoawmq0

2) Count
She can now count numbers up to 100, maybe next time I’m gonna tell her what comes after 100…hehehe…

3) Tell time
She could tell time hourly.

Eg: when the long hand points at number 12, she’ll look at the short hand and inform me of the time …especially when it is 5 o’Clock (time to go to the playground..hehe)

4) Addition and Subtraction
She could easily calculate simple addition or subtraction, as long as the result is below 10 and that she could count using her 10 fingers. For more complex calculation, she could do it using drawing methode, meaning ...she would draw how many sticks plus or minus with how many sticks...get it?

5) Drawing

She is good in drawing stick man, flowers, houses, teddy bears, so on and so forth

6) Speaking in English

She understands my instructions or commands or even the instruction from the exercise book when I said it out to her, but to speak of it is very little at the moment. Sometimes she would scold her brother in English though...and sometimes she answers me in english too....but rarely i hear her utter a question or state what she wants in English. I guess I need to get her to speak more English at home coz I doubt that she would speak in the kindergarten. I cannot totaly rely on the English teacher for this one.

7) Computer Skill

She could now play games in the computer, a simple one like the Solitaire, Racing games, Brick game, so on and so forth. She holds the mouse quite stable now but not the touch panel...hehe.....i'm planning to buy her her very own notebook and a play station next year....InsyaAllah

8) Iqraq

All I know is that she has no problem reading it as long as it is 2 letter words.....she memorizes all the letters too...guess I need to brush up more on this area next year.

Hmmmm...what else...guess that's all i can think of right now....

Hopefully she'll learn even more next year and equips herself before starting the Primary School in 2011...

Go Girl...!!!