Syabas kepada parents yang dapat menghadirkan diri ke seminar Reading Technique di Main Auditorium Universiti Islam Antarabangsa. Semoga ilmu yang disampaikan sampai kepada semua untuk mendidik anak-anak.
Cawangan Little Caliphs yang terlibat dalam menjayakan program Reading Technique di UIA pada 5 Februari 2017
Cawangan Little Caliphs yang terlibat dalam menjayakan program Reading Technique di UM Kuala Lumpur pada 5 Februari 2017
Assalamualaikum dear parents,
Phonics helps our children learn the letter-sound relationships. Meaning, when they look at a certain word, they are able to associate each letter of that word to its sound, hence, a sound comes our from their mouth, and wallah! Your child is now pronouncing the word.
Children who are 4 and 5 are ready for more organized social play. They grow away from being interested only in their own ideas to being interested in the actions and feelings of others.
Preschoolers love to dress-up and pretend. They need dress-up clothes – hats, high heels, purses, play money, or anything grown-ups wear. Providing costumes, dress-up clothes, and equipment or furnishings encourages preschoolers toward creative, dramatic play. Big boxes that can become houses or stores are wonderful. These activities give them a chance to act out their feelings, emotions, and how they view the world about them. This practice of grown-up roles leads to the child’s understanding of adults by giving the child a chance to play at being an adult. Preschoolers learn how it feels to be big. They pretend, imagine, create, and imitate what they think it is like to be grown up. They practice relating to their friends. Creative play combines the elements of imagination and fantasy with what is real.
The preschooler learns rapidly through play. Learning the differences in how things feel, look, and sound help children develop intellectual skills. The child’s vocabulary expands through learning about color and size in play activities. As children develop physically through running, jumping, and hopping, they learn action words.
Giving a child an opportunity to get messy also is a learning experience. Playing in mud, sand, and water or painting and colouring gives children a sense of freedom and another chance to strengthen their imagination and creativity. Preschoolers are not lying when they tell wonderful and exciting tales about things that adults know are not true. They are being creative.
Assalamualaikum parents,
Some of you have sent your children to the kindergarten as early as 4 years old. They are taught how to write and how to colour and how to draw.
At Little Caliphs, we train our children as soon as they come to school. Firstly, we will do many Preschool Activities to enhance their soft motor skills. From there, we correct the way they hold their pencils. Here are some preschool fine motor skill activities that may help your child to develop good soft motor skills and develop good writing skills as they grow older.
Rolling play dough into tiny balls using the palms of the hands facing each other and using only the finger tips.
Cut out shapes from cardboard (circle, square, etc.) and let your child trace them.
Using toothpicks to make designs in play dough.
Give your preschooler pair of tweezers. Provide two bowls with small items. Challenge them to get all the items from one bowl to another using only the tweezers.
Tearing newspaper into strips and then crumpling them into balls.
Lacing and sewing activities such as stringing beads.
Using eye droppers to “pick up” water.
Play with Legos, miniature cars, small blocks, action figures, and other small toys.
Working puzzles
Rolling small balls out of tissue paper, then gluing the balls onto construction paper to form pictures or designs.
Scissor activities
Gross motor activities: Wheelbarrow walking, crab walking.
Clapping games
Connect the dots activities
Trace around stencils
Work on a chalkboard
Paint at an easel
Make crafts using scissors and gluing
Finger painting
Tying bows or tying shoes
Allahualam, insyallah.
Finding the best kindergarten for your child
Once you decide your child is ready for preschool, it’s time to find a good program. It pays to start your search early.
To find the best program for your child, follow the six steps below.
First, decide what you want. Are you looking for a preschool near your workplace, or would one closer to home be more convenient?
Do you want the curriculum to include activities such as music and movement and storytelling? Are you looking for a specific approach to learning?
Write everything down so you have a list to refer to as you evaluate different programs.
Ask around to find the most reputable preschools. Friends and family can give you the names of schools they like, and we all know that personal references are the best kind.
Go online.
Check websites, facebooks and read the activities that are being doen in teh kindergartens. look at the children’s happy faces and read about the programs that the kindergarten is offereing
You can ask a few preliminary questions over the phone (about fees or enrollment, for example), but you won’t get a sense of what a preschool is really like until you go there and meet the staff.
Ask the Principal about everything from hours, fees, and schedules to philosophies on childrearing topics such as discipline and nutrition
When you visit the classrooms, check the teacher-child ratios and note how many children are in a classroom. For 3- to 4-year-olds, the organization recommends groups of 20 or fewer, again with at least two teachers. As many as 20 5-year-olds can be in a class with two or more teachers.
.Observe how the teachers interact with the kids: Make sure they’re friendly, caring, and encouraging. You’ll also want a challenging curriculum, experienced teachers (who are paid well and satisfied with their job), and an environment that’s warm, clean, and safe.
Ask about staff turnover. If the teachers change every six months, move on. Children need consistency and the opportunity to form strong relationships with their caregivers, so you don’t want a preschool where teachers come and go.
Ultimately, choosing a preschool is a personal decision. If, after visiting a preschool, you love the idea of your child going there, it’s probably the right place for you.
Positive word of mouth is a powerful endorsement. If a preschool has a certain buzz, ask parents what they like about it.
Visit the school with your child. That way you can see how he and the teachers interact and whether he seems comfortable in the preschool’s environment. Do the teachers seem interested in getting to know your child? Does he enjoy the activities?
If the preschool of your dreams has no openings, don’t despair. Put yourself on the waiting list, and while you’re at it, write a letter explaining why you like the school so much. It won’t guarantee you a place, but it can’t hurt to let the school know how enthusiastic you are about the program.
Steps to find out about our Little caliphs kindergarten
Good luck! Im looking forward for you to register with us.
Maasalamah
