My Home Education Journey Start Here

After several years of collecting information and learning about what and how it is homeschooling, reading and listening sharing the parents who doing homeschooling for their children. Finally I decided to begin homeschooling (I prefer to call it Home Education) as of May 2018. As a first step, the curriculum that I created only until December 2018. Next will be evaluated what is good and that needs to be developed.

Previously I done home education perfunctory and unstructured, this time InsyaAllah I will be more professional to do it. The most important thing I do is set a family profile including vision and mission. Then set the reference used during home education. Here are the references I use in developing curriculum for Fatih and Ayesha who are currently 4 years and 3 years old.

My Family Profile

The Curriculum Even Run

Book "Fitrah Based Education" became guide me to start and serve home education program based on the "fitrah" of the child. An important point of this reference book are that civilization education is the transformation of civilization's mission consisting of potential "fitrah" of human, earth, life, and living system. In addition, the role of civilization personally as rahmatan lil alamin, communally as khairu ummah.

First Reference

Book "Tarbiyatul Aulad Fil Islam", this book contains the concept of child education in Islam. Problems and problem solving facing education and emphasis on educators as education facilitators make this book recommended for educators. Both parents and teachers.

Second Reference

Book "Panduan Mendidik Anak Muslim Usia Prasekolah", educating Muslim children preschool age, methods and basic materials in this book I use during in preparing and serve the curriculum, especially material about Islam.

Third Reference

Book "Modul Mentoring Online", contains guidelines for preparing curriculum adapted to aspects of early childhood development.

Fourth Reference

Book "Buku Portofolio Anak", a guide documenting children's activities be daily journals. This book also requires me to fill it so that it is a necessity to make children into a new age.

Fifth Reference

In addition reference books and articles that have been mentioned, I also took a lot of Montessori and adopted the Cambridge Curriculum to make Fatih and Ayesha familiar think globally.

I belief as a mother able to become the first and main teacher for my children.

The curriculum can be seen here

Go to the Village

The first experience Fatih and Ayesha together took a visit to the village, Wajo.  The trip is done at dawn the day after Fajr Salah implement with consideration for Fatih and Ayesha can rest on the car during the trip and arrive at the destination in a fit condition.

But what the happened Fatih and Ayesha awake on the trip and the scenery during a trip with all human activity that makes them look very eager to look around and occasionally asked.  The first experience memorable trip away by road because in addition they can see the sights can also be a learning indirectly get to know their surroundings.

Fatih most curiosity so great with careful attention to the things she had just seen.  After I told the names of objects and natural conditions, Fatih was babbling and repeating new words he heard.

Long journey brings with children is tiring and it takes excellent physical preparation but these activities can be fun when overcome by good.  Things you can do is invite them to chat as well as introduce them about the new things that have never been seen and experienced.  Thus apart from being a leisure trip also be a learning tool for them ...... learning directly by seeing and experiencing.

with Grandpa and Grandma 

Bulu Dua Background

Visit at The Museum - The Story

Weekend or holiday season, mall is a place most visited by many families with children.  The museum is a place of education recreation besides mall that can be visited, in Makassar there are not museum yet to visiting so Museum Geology in Bandung is the selection of recreational activity with Fatih and Ayesha.

Museum Geology Bandung is a museum that has become a historic building, thus attracting many visitors and as a study tour of schools located in the Bandung City and its surroundings.  The collections of Museum Geology Bandung have is very useful for education and have the values ​​and the history of life and the preservation of nature are very educational.

Fatih focus

The collection is owned by Museum Geology Bandung, among others: rocks, fossils, and minerals, and with it the visitor can learn a lot of things related to natural disasters, earth, resource utilization properly, how to process energy, and others. Museum Geology Bandung building is divided into two floors with a collection of functions and different on each floor and room.

Asyesha at 2nd floor

Bring Fatih and Ayesha visiting at the museum is not so troublesome because the situation inside the museum is quite comfortable for children and biased to move freely. Not much that we explored during visit because it coincides with a study tour visits several schools, so a bit crowded, Fatih and Ayesha were definitely very happy with just a cursory look around museum collections.  Hopely next time can visit again…..

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Play Outside

The environment outside the home is exciting for children, as well as for Fatih. With play outside, a lot of things that could Fatih exploration in its own way. Teach and let Fatih playing outside in hopes of teaching them to learn through their experiences in the outside.

Observe

Tired

Curious about something

Play outside to have a positive impact on the growth and development of the mind of the children. For example boldly dirty, whatever kids do out there will be a good learning materials for them. Provide an opportunity to explore the environment directly and receive stimulation and pleasure through the process of finding and creativity in play through the experience, not just spending time in the house.

However, sometimes there are worried about the dangers that may occur when letting children play in the outdoor too often. Hence the importance of adult control when letting children play outside in order to prevent unwanted things.

In a control

A moment with Ayah

As the parents, we are committed to provide the opportunity for our children (Fatih and Ayesha) to play outdoors, explore nature, learn by watching and observing nature around so that they could one day more concerned about the maintenance and preservation of the environment.

Note:

All activity Fatih outsides when under two years

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Storytelling for Fatih and Ayesha

Fairy tale is old literature that tells of an incident extraordinary imaginative (fiction) and is considered by the public something that does not really happen.  Fairy tale is also of traditional stories or stories delivered hereditary from the ancestor that aims to convey the moral teachings (educate), and also entertaining.

According to the experts that read fairy tales to children before bedtime provides many benefits not only for the child but also for parents.  That's why I tried to take the time to read a story / fairy tale for Fatih and Ayesha as bedtime to them besides singing.  Read fairy tales with the books provides its own influence for Fatih and Ayesha, the colourful and pictures of book attract attention them while listening I read the book.  Every now and then I let them hold the book with them fingers so that it can stimulate motoric ability.

Story telling usingbook is my choice because they still an early age so will add to the curiosity of children with the pictures of the book and become an opportunity for me to present the book to them and hope to generate interest in reading books.

Fatih Reading Book Early

Introduce story telling before bedtime may improve vocabulary collections recorded in their brains, although not yet fluent spoken, and with repetition slowly they will understands it.  Base by Virginia Walter from University of California that reading the same book several times to help the development of children's ability of logic, because with heard several times, the children will be aware of the patterns and scenes.

Colourful Book

Imagination is important for the development of children's cognitive, because it will help children to think creatively and to plan completion of the problems encountered. Imagination will also create skilled children communicate with others. When listening to a fairy tale, a child's mind will be stimulated to describe the situation as he had heard.

Read fairy tales with storytelling for Fatih and Ayesha expect the formation of character, can learn about the values ​​of honesty, humility, empathy, mutual help, and more. But choosing a fairy tale to be delivered should be adjusted for age in order to develop their brains will not overload.

Ayesha with Busy Book

The most important of storytelling activity for Fatih and Ayesha is to strengthen the bonding between us because the agenda of storytelling can be a means of gathering of children and parents after a day preoccupied by their respective activities. Experience reading fairy tales together they hope to impress upon them that I love and care for them.

Together Books

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