Katanya....

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KATANYA... budak2 kecik tak baik diexpose sangat dengan knowledge. Ada lah term dia. Tak ingat pula nak screenshot atau copy posting tu.

KATANYA ... budak2 yang pandai lebih dari umurnya nanti burn out. 

Dari komen komen yang dimuatkan , ada yang agree ada yang dont. Masing masing punya pendapatan.

Kalau budak dua tahun dipaksa utk belajar macam masuk tadika,itu kejam.Macam kat PRC, setahun pun dah kena kerah . Some la.. Namun kalau secara santai , bermain main ibubapa ajar anak2 secara seronk seronok tanpa paksaan ,itu lainlah.

Remembered my one year old Pohim. Alphabets was introduced to him out of fun. Then one day as we were approaching town, he shouted excitedly.

Tok...M. MMM  sambil tangan menunjukkan huruf M di Macdonald. 

Another fine day, I asked him letters of the alphabet.

Mana A.?  Dia yang didalam play pen dia mencari cari. Lepas tu, dia belek label disitu. Gembira dia bile dia jumpa huruf2 A kecil dan besar.

Penyepit baju pun huruf A pada dia...

Dari situ dia belajar membaca at age three. At four boleh dah baca in English and BM. Now he karaokes . Lagu kegemaran Believer.

Seeing him reading proficiently before five , I was happy . The last holiday he was here, we tested him to read the signs along the way to Padang Besar. Kalau bagi markah boleh dah 90/100.

He is into maths too. Boleh dah camput,tolak mentally. One day his ayah gave him a problem to solve. Ayat matematik utk tahun satu dapat dia selesaikan. 

Kegemaran dia masa berholiday dengan kami,adalah menyoal wannya dengan soalan..

To the power of... billion,trillion.... aduhai. Peluh dahi wan nak jawab.

He knows about general knowledge. Name of states, dinosaurs,planets ,types of cars.Donald Trump pun dia kenal.

He likes to ask What? Why? How? ... 

He's five now and attends kindie in KL. Small for his age but can give reasons  why .

The first day of kindie, he asked his mom to not go.Rasanya sayang nak tinggal adiknya. They have bonded so well during PKP. 

Mom, please I am not ready. Tomorrow I will try. Mujur lepas tu tak ada masaalah. Hanya adik yang menangis melihat abang naik tangga tadika.

As an educator myself, I am not for or against teaching children at an early age. If it was done withour force, happily its ok. I have seen students who entered school well ahead of their peers. Ada yang cemerlang, ada yang memberontak kerana kena ulang balik apa yang dia tahu.

Cikgu dok ajar kelas a,b,c... jemulah dia sbb dia dah boleh baca novel. Those were the days before Permata came into being.

So parents, kalau anak boleh ,ajarlah santai santai. Jangan paksa.Jangan kerana KATANYA...anak yang boleh berjalan disuruh merangkak kerana yang lain masih merangkak. 

Suka sangat bila tengok anak2 cerdik ditv yang boleh diajak berbicara dalam satu program..Kids..apatah,..dengan Steve apatah...petah saja mereka. Knowledgeable pula tu. 

Thats all folks. Here's some of Pohim's activities....

mula belajar tulis note buat ayah

mendengar ibu membaca

belajar main chess at 4

buat homework

minat membaca terus dipupuk

home schooling..lego juga kegemarannya.
Nak jadi engineer katanya macam wan, ayah and uncles.

Bye. Have a nice weekend.