Thursday, June 4, 2009

Baby English Class

I've been looking for informal baby classes for Rafiqh since quite some time. I even asked few of my friends but they suggested me to bring Rafiqh to public library and let him plays or having fun there. The problem is my baby doesn't want to read books, kalau baca pun for less than 30minutes, furthermore there is so many kids over there, most probably he's gonna disturb them, he loves to play rather than to sit and read, huh!

Actually I dah lama preferred kalau Rafiqh pergi youchien(=kindergarden), but myLove kata kasihan cause he is too young! Youchien ni nak kata lebih kurang macam nursery laa kot kat Malaysia, but the system is 180 degree different! Sorry laa kalau apa yang I kata ni tak betul, bear in your mind that we are talking about pusat penjagaan bayi/kanak2 under age 4, from my observation most of baby nurseries in Malaysia their services are just jaga bagi makan, bersihkan najis baby, mandikan, tidurkan dan pastikan baby selamat bila bermain. They don't have proper activities for babies' brain development, they don't teach the babies to be independent, they don't train the babies to be disciplined and many more. Memang tak dinafikan ada je nursery yang complete package macam yang I sebut tadi tapi the cost walla habis gaji maa... Kat sini lain laa kan, standard semua nurseries lebih kurang je, memang tak adil laa kalau banding2 dengan Malaysia, kat sini nursery dah tak macam nursery, siap boleh panggil gakkou(=school). Penjaga2 tu ada sijil khas untuk jaga budak2. That's why I sangat teruja nak hantar my baby... Tapi tu lah, selain sebab myLove tak bagi lagi, I dengar tak semua budak senang2 boleh masuk kindergarden tu, ada pra-syarat tertentu, contoh kalau si ibu tak bekerja anak tak boleh nak masuk, lagipun bukan boleh hantar ikut suka hati je, kadang2 siap kena queue tunggu giliran cause ramai sangat nak register, betul atau tak tu I tak tahu. I plan balik dari Malaysia nanti baru nak pi tanya kat pejabat daerah, really hope Rafiqh akan dapat tempat by april next year... Okey, enough about that. Muqaddimah panjang berjela :-p

Apparently, last week my friend called me and asked if I would like to let Rafiqh joins the baby english class. It's a great oppurtunity, of course I want! So pagi tadi kami pun pergi laa... This class is for baby under age 2. They organized it once in fortnight, means twice a month. Sayangnya diorang start lambat, dah bulan jun baru nak mula, so Rafiqh cuma sempat join 2kali je laa... But then lepas balik sini boleh sambung, insyaAllah...

I think this class is a good foundation for Rafiqh before we expose him to the real-kindergarden environment. Somehow slowly he will learn to be apart from me, cause all this while 24hours berkepit dengan maknya saja. As of today, he seemed to enjoy the class so much, dengar suara dia bergelak ketawa lebih dari budak2 lain. As usual, bila dah jumpa kawan2 he will ignore me, ralit dengan dunia dia. Though it was his nap time, he remained to keep himself active and busy exploring the place... Good enough for the starting...
Balik je rumah terus tertidur, penat sangat agaknya berlari dan main...


7 comments:

kew_chop said...

bestnye kalo ade Ego class camtu gak kat sini. aahla, memang kasik A mark la kat nursery sini. bab baca n suke buku tu murni tak perlu ajar pun kat maira. n kadang2 adat sopan walaupun ikut adat jepun cam ckp ittadakimasu, tadaima n lain2 pun tak perlu ajar. walaupun adat jepun rasanya tak perlu risau nak diterapkan kat anak2 kan selain tak bercanggah ngan Islam kita. bile dah besar sikit maira dah paham, b4 mkn baca doa dulu then baru ckp ittadakimasu tu. murni pun sekarang tak hantar anak2 kat nursery coz bile hubby keje memangla teramat mahal tapi bile anak dah 3 tahun akan ikut standard biasa. mak tak keje pun leh hantar coz bukan lagi nursery tapi dah di kira tadika. tula, maybe tahun depan hantar maira tadika yg sampai kul 12 tghr tu.
kadang2 terpikir gak nape tak ajar jek anak2 kat umah tapi murni memang tak reti la nk ajar secara proper camtu. takat tolong bacakan buku tu bolehla. pastu memangla maira takkan dgr ape yg umi ni ckp. kejap2 nk tgk tv, kejap2 nk biskut, macam2 la. umi yg kene buli..

Fith said...

Murni,
aah sama laa kita,mmg takleh ajar anak kat rumah.rafiqh ni since 3bulan fith dah start homeschooling,tapi bila makin besar,dia mmg tak brp nak concentrate dah.so skrg fith ajar gitu2 je,tak proper mcm dulu lg.no choice laa,kena gak hantar pi sekolah.mahal ek klau hubby kita keje?fith dgr diorg ikut rate gaji,makin besar gaji,makin mahal ler,hehe

Ina said...

Kiter nk ckp lebih2 pn xboleh sbb xde experience lagi. If g nursery pn bagus anak2 leh blaja bersosial n mcm2 lagi. Tp kalau nk homeschooling mmg kiter mak2 ni la kena blaja dlu sblm ajar anak kan. Fith n Murni mebi leh cuba refer blog/website ni http://littlekittle.com/blog/ MamaFiza ni dia homeschooling kan anak2 dia. So mebi boleh blaja serba sket drpd blog dia. Konsep nursery yg semacam ni kat Mesia mmg cost a bomb! No choice la kan if nk hantar mahal sgt so kena la wat sndiri. Kiter pn baru dok start blaja sket2 hehe.

mrslipan said...

bloghopping dr blog mai...
just nk share, dulu slalu bwk baby g 子育て支援センター,baby leh main2 ngan rkn sebaya while mak2 bole bersosial.kt situ ade sorang 保育士 yg bertugas, so bole la tanye pape psl baby..byk gak aktiviti mcm kelas msk baby food, bace えほん ke..btw saye org fukui..rasenye ken2 lain pon ade kot tempat camni..
nak masok hoiku en mmg ade syarat2..mak kena kerja..keje dr rumah pon bole..pastu nk apply ade shimekiri..kalu terlepas kena tunggu setahun lg la
sori, panjang lebar lak..hope this helps

Fith said...

Ina,
fith pernah baca blog tu dulu,masa berjinak2 dgn homeschooling.mmg best klau dpt homeschooling anak2 kan.
mcm skrg ni tumpuan utama mmg nak bg rafiqh bersosial je dulu,nampak sangat dia ghairah nak berkawan,hehe.

MrsLipan,
thanks 4 the infos.
nampak gaya kena pi tanya awal2 laa ni,hehe.

ecah said...

comel nyer rafiqh nak pi sekolah... rafiqh jangan bully org tau.. ingat pesan auntie..

Fith said...

ecah,
haha,hrp2 gitu laa kan,jgn laa otai sgt,hehe.