Date: 25th November 2018 This is the last day of learning mathematics with ‘N’. It feels very sad to me since it has been so much fun watching over the progress of ‘N”s mathematics skill. Last time, he has learnt the concept of multiplication. Today, we use a new practice book for multiplication. I bought the book around 5 months ago, preparing for the day … Continue reading Day 36: Last Day
Date: 18th November 2018 We have learnt a new topic. We have learnt multiplication this time. I started by explaining the concept of multiplication based on the pupil’s book. After he confirmed that he understood, we moved on to the workbook. Alhamdulillah, he finished all of the practices of the lesson 1 of this chapter. He was not as obedient as the last meeting but … Continue reading Day 35
Date: 11th November 2018 It has been more than a month since the last time we studied. He was getting taller within that short time. Somehow, his attitude was amazing today. He was smart as always, MaasyaaAllah. One thing that amazed me is that he managed to finished the lesson without any mood shifts. Usually, he would be bored then leave the table after learning … Continue reading Day 34
Date: 23 September, 2018 Alhamdulillah, I had a nice moment with N this time. He was in a stable mood so I did not have to beg him to study. At the beginning, I gave him a piece of practice paper, consisting of 6 questions of subtractions plus a ben ten’s character. As usual, sweets were the bait for his work. Yet, I still remember … Continue reading Day 33
He was not in a good mood to study mathematics, just like another day. It seems like he was exhausted after completing the horsing course. At the first 20 minutes, he did not give his attention to my words at all. He did not even look at the sheet I had been pointing to explain its content. After his mother threatened him that she would … Continue reading Day 32
Date: 7 September 2018 Today was different. He didn’t sit down to have new lesson. Instead, he had evaluation test for the lessons in “My Pal’s Are Here! 1A”—he’s on part 1B right now, by the way. He was in a horrible mood for studying maths. I was wondering how should I inveigle him for the test. Even marshmallows didn’t work this time. I came … Continue reading Day 31: Evaluation Test
Date: 31 August, 2018 In this session, he learned about solving word problems about subtraction. Despite several usual distractions, alhamdulillah he finished all the exercises of the lesson. There was something that I found out later when looking at his performance in solving the problems. It seems like he has not completely understood how to make use of the regrouping tool as he count back … Continue reading Day 30
21 October, 2018 Subtraction with regrouping was today’s main lesson. Firstly, he learned to regroup tens and ones. Twenty five, for example, he learned how to arrange the twenty five made of two tens and five ones into the one consists of one ten and fifteen ones. After a set of repetitions, he began to get the concept. Eventually, he managed to finish twelve problems … Continue reading Day 29
Date: 9 August, 2018 Everything ran well today. Well, as usual, he would learn while playing. Relaxations are needed every two pages. Or else, he could lose his mood in studying. Once, he asked me to draw a flower with eyes closed. This is the result. He corrected my drawing because there was a petal that wasn’t proportional. Anyway, subtraction of two digits seem to … Continue reading Day 28
Date: 27 July, 2018 I was supposed to teach him yesterday. However, I had interview schedule at the moment so I asked his mother for a dispensation. Alhamdulillah, the kind mother let me rearrange the schedule to today. When I arrive at the given time, apparently he was joining a horse-riding course. His mother forgot to tell me that he had such agenda. Of course … Continue reading Day 26
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