Posted on January 26, 2010 by soonkv
If you are wondering about all the pictures on our FACEBOOK page. We recently initiated a cooperative learning environment for homeschoolers in and around our area. It is a platform for homeschoolers to come and learn together. It also serves as a support group.
Cooperative learning means that we all share our resources and expertise in providing a learning environment. We started off with a more creative stuff and will gradually (if the kids and parents can take it) to something more academic – all done in an interesting way. To us the most importantly right now is friendship and exploration into the joy of learning.
We believe that there is no one way to run a cooperative learning environment but depends on the dynamics of the people involved in the group.
We strongly encourage you to form your own groups in your area. We will be most happy to share our experiences with you and I am sure the other parents as well.
Have a great day!
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Posted on January 23, 2010 by soonkv
Our good friend and fellow homeschooler featured in HOMESCHOOLHOMEFRONTIER
An excellent interview…. well done!
10-year old Ali is one lucky kid! He’s being taught at home by parents Harith Idris and Intan Shamsuddin who are one of the most dedicated homeschooling couples we’ve met. They’ve hosted and participated in homeschooling dialogues, arranged for cartoonist Dato Lat to visit a homeschoolers’ outdoor camp, and are great resource persons for unschoolers. Thoughtful and always cheerful, work from home (part-time) mom Intan has no qualms sharing with us the joy of educating her only son at home.
Read the rest of the interview HERE
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Posted on December 31, 2009 by soonkv
People often ask us what “unschooling” is and how we unschool our kids. Well, here are some ideas:
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Posted on December 25, 2009 by waileng
Goldengate Bridge (cwleng, Nov 2009)
Art, as a form of personal expression, has always been close to my heart. As a child, I was constantly sketching with pencil and paper. My parents were not expressively artistic, but they do appreciate art in general, and had put all their three children into an art program conducted by a group of young artists from Perak, for which I am eternally grateful.
Every Sunday, my parents would take the three of us, together with our neighbour’s three kids, in our 1968 Volkwagon Beetle, to do art at a wooden house somewhere in Ipoh, where many other children go to learn how to draw and colour.
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Posted on December 25, 2009 by soonkv
Congrats Eileen & Dennis!
Check this homeschooling family and what they are doing.
Excerpt from their website: Based in Kuala Lumpur, Parenting Works was started to provide an online source of information for the parenting community in Asia. We bring together all sorts of useful information and resources to help you navigate the daily challenges of raising kids.
Click on http://parenting-works.com
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Posted on December 16, 2009 by soonkv
Judging from the heated debates stemming from a remark by Prof Khoo Kay Khim that the Chinese education system produces copycats, which prompted Dr Kua Kia Soong to give a lengthy comment in The Sun (Wed, Dec 9, 2009) to defend the system, one would conclude that when it comes to the Chinese education system in Malaysia, Malaysian Chinese are deeply divided. It seems that whenever someone tries to critic the system (especially from one who is deemed un-Chinese for not speaking the language), the supporters of the system would come up in arms to defend the institution that symbolizes its racial and cultural identity which is deemed at risk of diminishing in this Malay-dominated country. It is precisely this huge fear of losing one’s Chinese identity and eventually, one’s relevance in this country, that prompts Chinese educationists and its various movements to make very loud noises in order to be heard and to stay relevant to the community.
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Posted on December 9, 2009 by soonkv
Posted on December 8, 2009 by soonkv
On our recent visit to the National Art Gallery, we came across an artist setting up shop at the lobby. His name was Osman Akbar, fulltime artist and consultant, and he was invited by the Gallery to demonstrate his watercoloring skills to interested visitors. We were particularly interested because we love painting with watercolors as it is quick, simple and unpredictable – you do not really know what your end result is going to be due to the unpredictable element of paint mixing with running water!
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by soonkv
Homeschoolers engage in self directed learning far more than their publicly schooled counterparts. Homeschoolers quickly become self motivators and the self motivation they come to possess will last them their entire lives, making them responsible citizens in the future. How is it that homeschoolers become self-motivated learners?
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Posted on November 20, 2009 by waileng
The idea of having a camping event was mooted many months ago when we were in Ipoh giving a talk on homeschooling, hosted by husband and wife team Intan and Harith When they revealed that they could also get Dato Lat to give an informal session on cartooning to the kids, we were naturally excited! And so the months went by with the idea tucked behind our minds as we busied ourselves with a hundred other things, and then, out of the blue, the idea resurfaced but this time, it was for real! We would like to put the record straight: the REAL people behind this are Intan and Harith – THEY were the ones working hard behind the scene to get everything in order for us to enjoy. So a BIG THANK YOU to the both of you! RIBUAN TERIMA KASIH!
Group Photo
Camping fright
Most of us were camping for the very first time. Some children expected the place to be wild and untamed (thanks to their fertile imagination from story books!) and came prepared for a rough ride. Sorry for the disappointment. Instead we were greeted by a clean and secure holiday resort, with cool activities like biking, kayaking, swimming, treasure-hunting and amazing-racing! The kids quickly forgot their “disappointment” and quickly dived into the outdoor activities!
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