Salaam to all my dearest ALIM Kids Families!
Year 2009 has been a very fun, exciting and interesting year for me as a part time teacher! Thanks to all my lovely little children at our weekly ALIM Kids playgroup which kicked off in February 2009.
2009 has taught me that it was not an easy task to juggle between hats - being a wife, a mom of two, being a person having a full time job as a lawyer with a passion for teaching young children! Phew, it sure wasn't a breeze for me.. but Alhamdulillah, I managed to survive till end of the year!
Truthfully, there were times when I was wide awake in the wee hours preparing for my playgroup materials that I thought to myself.. "What have I gotten myself into?!!" But the inner voice of "Teacher Fatin" (the title I'm still getting used to..) keep on reminding me that this is the most noble profession there is out there.. Imagine the smile on those cute faces everytime they learned something at the playgroup ~ be it a simple song.. a simple dance move.. a simple art creation they come up with! Masya Allah.. at the end of the day.. it was so WORTH IT!
Through my experience with the children so far.. I have come to realize what my lecturers have taught me.. "Our children will guide us on what they need to know or learn and when they are ready for it.." There can be so much of learning experiences that you wish to offer your child... but if they are not ready, the learning outcome will not be achieved! And worst.. both the parent and child will become stressed and frustrated!
Please.. let them be CHILDREN! As Froebel would say.. "The children's job is TO PLAY!" There are so many things they can learn through PLAY... and the most important for the children is not the learning outcome but the learning process...
On that note.. I welcome the year 2010/1431 Hijrah with an open mind and open heart... ready to embrace the learning experience and the learning process that Allah has planned for me this year... alongside with all my beloved ALIM Kids Families.
Insya Allah, year 2010 will be a greater year for all of us!
