caterpillar... let's help him!

"I have a friend. He is so sad because he cannot find his body... can you help him?" That was a bit of the dialogue that I used in my year 1 class few days ago. We were going to arrange numbers from 0 to 25.

I hold the face of the caterpillar and tell the pupils a story about this poor caterpillar. I even asked them to close their eyes before they can see the caterpillar face because I told them that the caterpillar was so shy! haha... Just want to attaract them to feel more excited about the activity today.
Then, I continued the lesson by gave all the pupils one paper each. On the paper, there will be a round shape (the body of the caterpillar) and a number on it. Each pupils will get random number from 1 to 25.

What my pupils need to do were writing down how to spell the numbers, and then colour the pictures and also cut it out! It was so exciting to see the pupils so excited to do the work so that they can help the caterpillar! hahaha... I encouraged them by repeating the problems that the caterpillar have.
Suddenly, NorAzie (a beautiful year 1 girl) called me and told me that her caterpillar's leg having a problem. She wanted to cried because she told me that the caterpillar cannot move because of her. I went to check what happened to her caterpillar's body and found that she cut the leg off the body. :D I told her it will be fine. we will paste it back later. The caterpillar maybe have a bit trouble to move later but it will be fine. Right after that, i told everyone else to be careful when they cut the body out so that they will be no one else make the same mistake.

After eceryone finish, we combined the caterpillar with the body one by one on the wall. Yay! the caterpillar get his body back and everyone happy!!

p/s: I just share what I do. I know there are plenty more peoples that have more experience and creativity than what I have :)

greeen... so in love with it! :P

In the middle of my way to Perak this evening, it was raining for a while. So, I just stayed focus to the road so that I will be safe! hehehe... Here's another story of driving go and back from Alor Setar to Perak again and again...hahaha

After the rain stops, the scenery was so great! I love to see the green scenery of the trees and hills around the road. It makes me feel so calm and so happy. I scrolled down the window to seized the moment and feel the fresh air. It was so amazing. I stopped my car for a few times to take some photos... actually, I always did something like this before. hahaha.... Just cannot control myself whenever I saw the beautiful scenery. It just make me so happy!

When I was so busy celebrating the moment, I drive the car with smiling face and then shouting happily for a while and forgot that there are some other road users! Suddenly, one van cross my car and everybody in that van lookd at me... hahaha... Must be they were wondering what happened to me. hahaha.... Sorry people I'm just over excited with the surrounding and the nature! hahahaha.... can't control it! :P


p/s: it's already the last week of April! fuhhhhhh......

it's just number 2

I should already driving back to hometown by now, but because something interesting just happened in the year 1 class today make me decided to write it first before start the journey back to my family.

I just have half an hour class with year 1 today. So, I decided to give them some exercises to improve their writing the numbers. As usual, it was great for the advanced learners but a bit problems for some slow learners. It just normal day.

While I was busy marking, checking and helping some girls, suddenly a boy, with curly hair and a bit dark skin and cute smile, named Nasrullah came to see me with his exercise book! With so much confidence in his eyes, a strong smile on his face and his nose was pumping up and down he told me he already finished writing numbers from 11 to 15.

I was a bit surprised with him because before this he always find it difficult to do writing work and always write the numbers upside down. Without so much expectation, I looked his work and suddenly he can write 12 (the problem always appear on writing number 2) corrctly! Oh Nasrullah! What a surprised! Since January until last week I still can remember how it was so difficult to help him to write number 2. I hold his hand and write together with him a few times and then when I let he write it on his own, his number 2 will turn upside down. It was like everytime I entered the class I need to repeat doing the same thing with him and he still struggles a lot.

But today it was different! His number 2 is correctly written! What a great thing to see. I asked him to write down for me to make sure he wrote it down himself and yepppp! he can do it now!!!! Yay! Lets celebrate it!!! Congratulation Nasrullah! It takes time for him but it is now officially he can write number 2!!!!! haha...Im just so excited about it.

However, his writing for others numbers like 3, 5, 7 and 9 still having problems. So, after this I know we can move on to other numbers and focus on it. It will be fine although he will take a lot of time.... yay! Last nite was a bit sad night for me and today Nasrullah made my day... thank you...

p/s: Ok, now I feel relieved to drive home ! hahaha

talking to myself... :P

Sometimes things get too tough and so difficult to handle. It maybe looks smooth to others but deep in my heart I feel a bit difficult to face and do some works plus deal with personal problems.

I know this is normal things for human being: problems come and go! Sometimes we even create the problems by our ownself and that is much more complicated! haha... Especially about the problems that you, yourself the only one who knows it and others cannot see it like the confidence about your look - although it simple to some people but maybe not to some others ;)

I just can't stop my mind to stop thinking for a while...haha... sound like so busy thinking but it is true. There will be something keep come and go and come and go in my head. I know it is in anyone head too but let me just tell it because you don't want to tell it! haha... OMG! What am I writing here! So crazy! Wether I will think about what to do to the class tomorrow up to think about what is my future dream! Plus also imagine and day dream and sometimes rewind the things that already happened before! hahaha...it so distracting sometimes but sometimes I enjoy it! Celebrate myself! haha

Even I feel so weak to handle some problems life is still a life!.... That just prove that I am not a perfect human being! I have lots of weaknesses and no matter how much I tried and tried and stand up after fall, I still bring lots of inperfect in me :) Again, celebrate the weaknesses! maybe weakness make me strong and make you even stronger than me! :D because when we realize the the wekness thats mean apart of our mind will think how to handle it and that is a good start!


p/s: just want to finish this week and drive back home.....

What with the bottles?

One of my habit that I am not really sure it is good or not is keeping containers. Whether it is the water containers like mineral water bottles or the perfume containers, I will find it is so difficult for me to throw it away! haha... It is not really good because I do not really have place to keep all this containers and it will make my room a bit messy but it is sometimes good because I can recycle it! hahaha

So, this week after I have a lot of mineral water bottles, I decided to make use of it in my year 1 class. After think and think and think (sound like a lot of thinking), I decided to use it to teach numbers and these bottles will turn into helpful materials I wish.

I brought 5 empty bottles to the class and also printed out numbers and small rectagles according to the papers (11 - 15). I divided the pupils into 5 groups and give one bottle for each of the group. Their work for today is decorating the bottles!

It was so awesome to watch these pupils working together to cut and paste the colourful papers and decorating the bottles. I am so happy and keep smiling to see how they react and working together to complete their bottles.

After the pupils finished pasting and decorating the bottles with numbers, small rectangles and also ribbons I let the group that finish go outside to find some stones according to the number that they pasted on the bottle. They will come back to class and I will check it first whether it is correct or not before I let them enter the class again! it makes the activity become more exciting!

All the groups manage to finish decorating the bottles and find the stones according to the numbers. We placed the bottles in a corner in the class so that it will be available for anyone to play with it ;)

Before I end up the class, I called some pupils to arrange the bottles according to the numbers so that it will be in ascending orders. I have intention to give a bit of idea to the pupils to play with the bottles when I'm not in the class ;)

p/s: It's fine for them to think whatever they want to think because at the end, you the one will know yourself better! :D Chill!

learn how to write your name! Upgrade Version!

The same problem of knowing to write the name appeared to this year 1pupils. So, as what I do to last year group, I implement the same activity but witha bit of upgrade. Yeh, dont think that only iphone can be upgrade ... this activity also can be upgraded...haha

I gave the pupils small plain paper and asked them to draw their own face. It was so good to give this ooportunity for them because you can see how's the pupils think about themselve. I can observed that some of the pupils were so confidence to draw their face and colour it beautifully and also some pupils that were a bit scared and not comfortable to write draw their ownself.

One pupil that really attracted me was akin when he draw himself at the corner of the small paper, so small compared to other pupils and but it was a cute drawing. I do not know what is ih his mind but I believed akin is developing his courage and confidence towards the time now. And Akin, don't worry... You will be fine ;)

So, the upgrae version is that I put a small round shape beside their name which they need to write down their favourite number from 1 to 9. My concern is to put a bit of mathematical element in this activity so that pupils still connect with some Mathematics in this class. All the pupils that finished to draw and colour their face will come in front of me and take their name and then write their favourite number in front of me. I want to see how they write ot down so that I can check it out!

As the objective of this activity are more into helping the pupils to know to write their name, I think it helps them a lot. When they draw their own picture, they will remember more than if I printed their picture. So, later when T paste the name on the wall they will not having problem to find their name on the wall. It will take time for a while to remember every letters to develop their name but time by time they will remember it! I to tally confidence because I do it already last year! (check out last year entry: learn to write your name)

After everybody finished with drawing, write their favourite numbers, glue the picture and the name togethr, we pasted it out on the wall. Later, it will help my pupils a lot ;)

p/s: looking down to earth...

maybe a short break!

Oh... so many things to write but so difficult to find time to sit and focus on it now. Maybe only just excuses so that I will not feel much guilty ...hahaha... maybe I'm just lazy :P but don't want to care right now...

I already have a list of things that I really want to write here. I will find the right time to do it later. Too much things happen to me now and I need to solve it one by one.

I know sometimes I push myself too much and make myself a bit stress...but what to do huh? that's just me when i have passion doing something that I like! Sometimes I think about it too much and put high expectation on myself!

Oh Hafiz, rilex mr! You know you can do it! Lets just try the best and then just let everything go as what it should be!

p/s: i thoight just want to write 2 lines suddenly it became longer! hahaha

Sing me to sleep

Sing a nice song

Sing a peaceful song

Sing a lovely song

Sing for me and make me sleep



Sing me to sleep

So that I can have a dream

A beautiful dream

Sing me to sleep

so that my mind can stop thinking

thingking about me

thinking about u

thinking about them

thinking about all the thing

I just need to ignore the reality

Sing me to sleep

let the melody bring me to a new world

let me dance gracefully and follow the rhythm

let me be whatever I want to be

Sing me to sleep

p/s: take a very long time to finish this...but still not satisfied sometimes :P hahaha ... just don't care...it's mine :P