Early Childhood Education Seminar

Yess all mommies out there. I'm sharing with you something from the seminar I went last Saturday (30th October 2010). Yeap! I've been waiting for the seminar for so long. Excited ok! 

It all started when my SIL had a baby. Serious weiy! Celik je mata budak tu dah kena belajar. I mean the baby being feed with educational video (tak kisah lah kau nak, mak tayang je, kau tengok ye). I pity the baby at that time. Budak tu baru je nak kenal dunia, engkau dah suruh dia belajar? Kesiaaaaaannnnn (macam dalam cite P.Ramlee tu). This is where you are WRONG!

Ok lepas tengok kan budak tu as if teruk kena dera kena belajar (of course lah I didnt tell my SIL, anak dia tau lah apa yang dia buat yang haku sibuk nak interfere dah kenapa?), I had this thought..kalau lah budak tu kecik lagi dah suruh belajar, owh sangat challenging dunia sekarang ni, I wouldnt want my baby to be missed out from semua tu. Harus lah aku pun start awal macam my SIL. Sian kau nak, tapi it's for your own good. Dengan harapan dan doa moga-moga my baby tak jadi macam kes budak pintar sofea tu yang masuk Harvard and end up as a pros. Nauzubillah! That kid ada bad past tapi still, perumpamaan nya, tak mau lah jadi cenggitu.

Back to the point, and so I did some google-ing on Early Childhood Education (ECE) nih. Turns out kat oversea tu dah banyak dah kesedaran on it. Even dah banyak research, dah banyak books (eh how, banyak, books lagi, kan S tu dah menandakan plural..ah abaikan)dah banyak medium pembelajaran untuk si kecil tu starting dari dia baru lahir lagi. Kita kat Malaysia ni je kurang dapat pendedahan. NO sebenarnya kita ORANG-ORANG MELAYU ni je yang masih berada di takuk yang lama. Sape yang ada kesedaran tu sila kecualikan diri anda ya. That leads me to more google-ing, at this point I was already panic! Mana tak nya..

"Pendidikan Seharusnya bermula sembilan bulan sebelum kelahiran" - Maria montessori, Pengasas Kaedah Pembelajaran Montessori.

Ok, lagi menguatkan perasaan panic ku, I'm 7 month late dalam educating my baby. I trust this quote sebab dulu masa tadika I was in the kindergarden yang menggunakan this method. Hey, it works ok. Though takde lah bright sangat dulu but I believe it works

That leads me to the seminar. I was hunger for information. I need answers. I want to know how. Thanks to Kak Watie - Pengasas Genius Baby On Board yang tak kedekut ilmu langsung! She even bagi consultation on good education material untuk baby dan yang paling penting mengikut money wise. Al maklumlah taraf kehidupan miskin bandar ni memaksa kami berkira on every Ringgit and Cents spend. The seminar? It worth every cent my dear! Terbuka lah sikit mata ni, dapat lah sikit gambaran. 

Apa yang penting yang I pick from the seminar, never underestimate your baby. NEVER! Baby tu kalau dia lahir je dah boleh bercakap, they'll say, mommy, please lah feed me dengan knowledge. Yes mommy dearie semua, otak baby mengandungi sel-sel yang terbentuk dari setiap apa yang baru mereka pelajari, and from time to time, they will need to link the brain cell because the cell will die if tidak di gunakan. Bayangkan betapa ruginya kalau tak digunakan. Dah tentu lah kalau ikut logik, the more the better kan?

And before I forgot, the longer time you take to start educating your baby, the harder it will get. Bak kata pepatah melayu, Kalau melentur buluh, biar dari rebungnya. Your baby is now the rebung ok. Sila start sekarang!!

More on the seminar will share with you next entry. As for now, baby ku dah lapar. Nak pergi makan dulu ya.

Enjoy some of the pictures.

 

Tempat seminar yang sangat cosy. I loike!

 

Above are the education product yang Kak Watie tu jual.

 

Feels like home when you come to the place.

 

And of course lah the brilliant mommies and dad yang attend the seminar.Kak Watie is the 1 in purple blouse.

and owh, kalau interested in knowing more, just give Kak Watie a call. Cakap je dapat her number from me.

Lets talk about Education..

Ok, akibat terlalu banyak berfikir dan terlalu banyak benda yang hendak difikirkan, ini lah jadinya. I dont know what to blog about. I mean which should I blog first. Owh fening fening.

Lets start dengan Education. Well, this is not actually promoting or somewhat. It's just a lil something that I would like to share dengan others. Kengkonon fardhu kifayah lah at least kena sorang yang tau dalam satu komuniti tu. (Hahaha..betul ke nih? Mengong kamu Yemma.)

Have you heard about Early Childhood Education (ECE)? No? Yes? Adalah sikit?

Those who had no idea langsung or at least boleh mengagak apo kobondo nyo nih and nak tau lebih lanjut about it, I kasi brief sikit lah. I'm no expert. Masih ingin belajar.

ECE ni is teaching your child as early as 0-3 years. Teach your baby to read by the age of 1, teach them math or any language such as French or Mandarin anything! Ini adalah kerana otak baby is like a sponge. They can abosorb semua tu. And owh...ALL BABIES ARE BORN GENIUS ye, mind you. Some more yang I read somewhere I tak hengat lah (ampuni daku), at that age, babies' brain cell sedang tumbuh dengan jayanya and it need to be linked or connected or berhubung bak kata iklan Anmum Essential di TV tu, otak bayi mempunyai sel-sel otak yang perlu saling berhubung. Those cells if tak berhubung or connected akan mati. That doesnt mean yang otak anak anda kekurangan cells maka dia tidak pandai ye. Bukan bukan. Sila jangan panik. Maksudnya di sini, adalah rugi kalau kita tak help our baby to connect those cells! Membazir namanya! hehee.. (pandai lah kamu Yemma). Those cells help anak kita absorbs info dengan lebih cepat.

Alaaa..cemana nak bg contoh ek, haaa..macam Streamyx dengan Unifi (highspeed broadband). Mengapa Unifi lebih laju? Kerana dia mengguna fibre optic di mana terdapat lebih banyak jaluran yang digunakan untuk menghubungkan dari satu destinasi ke satu destinasi (ini dah macam nak belajar sains/engineering lah pulak). Haaa...lebih kurang itu lah. Agak-agak paham ke?

 Agak-agak terbuka sikit minda tu? Lets move to HOW? Yes, how oh how? How ni I got to leave it to the experts lah, at least yang berpengalaman lebih dari I. Like I said, saya masih belajar. Ok, to know more about it, you all boleh lihat di sini. The owner Kak Watie is a BFF of my SIL. Dari apa yang I tengok kat my niece ni after my SIL did all yang dia learn about ECE, memang proven! Ternyata BABIES ARE GENIUS! Kita je tak tau how.

So, I'm joining this seminar about ECE and I hope that you all can join too. Tidak terhad kepada siapa-siapa ye. Those yang memang interested, tercari-cari info kat google tu tapi tak banyak, maybe Kak Watie boleh share with us. Sila perah segala ilmu yang dia ada hokay! Dia tak kedekut ilmu. And owh yes, kalau you all still musykil or terasa I ni promote kakak ni terlebey-lebey sudah, boleh je baca testimonial those yang dah pergi ke that seminar sebelum ni.

 To tell you the truth, dulu memang negative thinking jugak lah I ni. Ye lah, terasa macam my SIL 'mendera' my niece tu. Yelah apa tidak nya, budak tu celik je mata dah di ajar membaca lah itu lah ini lah. I was like (gila challenging betul generasi budak-budak nih) but those thought were vanished (tanpa menggunakan produk pencuci vanished tu ye) when I'm pregnant. Oh haruslah KIASU jugak ye! Tak mau anak ku ketinggalan since I dah tengok my niece celik-celik mata dah kena belajar. This means that it's my baby's generation jugak. Jadi sebelum anak ku lahir telah ku ajar/stimulate dia. Owh baby dah start belajar semasa di dalam perut lagi ye (KIASU sangat tak haku?). Hey, Kak Watie said biar KIASU dari LESU. Bukanlah niat I nak bersaing, but for a good reason and future, why not? My SIL pun banyak share segala ilmu yang dia ada. SHARING IS CARING my dear reader.

So here I am sharing with you all something yang I rasa a good investment. Worth every Ringgit and Cents! (at least I'm gonna make it worth lah. Memang dasar accountant!!Hahahaa).

So, see you guys there? Nanti after the seminar I'll story lagi ye.


"ALL CHILDREN ARE BORN GENIUSES & we spend first 6 years of tehir lives degeniusing them" - R Buckwinster Fuller