Getting WORSE.....

Well, this is the last entry and I did not expected that it will be a sad post that I'm going to write today. Is really a sad things to say, but I think is better to vomit out here so that it wont kept in my mind forever and ever!! Kindergarten concert is around the corner. Dont know why after last friday meeting, a sudden changed occured.. We- teachers had been informed to enter our own class to rush and complete the textbook, workbook, exercise book, etc in 2 weeks time. Let me tell u there are how many pages of one workbook. For instance, 4 year-old mathematics workbook, there are 50 pages and 30 pages for textbook. Imagine, 80 pages of work need to be done in 2 weeks time!! Hey people, they are only 4 year-old, not 12 year-old..=.=
Is same for 5 & 6 year-old children.

Along this week, I really dont know what am I doing. I felt sorry for the children and myself! They are so restless sitting on the chair to complete the textbook or whatever book, and I DOUBT they do not know what are they doing as well. Just blindly follow teacher's instruction and do it.

Principal had a qualification of Master in Early Childhood Education, and yet this kind of situation happened. Is ridiculous isn't it?? I'm not here to pinpointing who's fault is this, because part of it might be parent's problem. They want SPELLING, EJAAN, HOMEWORK, for their child because they believed children learn best through academic. SAD to hear this...

Theories Vs Real-life experiences

Well, it is not that easy to work in education fields, especially with young children. Why?? Is it because of the children's behaviour had changed compared to children's borned decade years ago, or the parent's expectation for their child are different nowadays?? Or, is it because of our country education system which was an exam-orientated country?? Haiz... that's why i said is not easy to work in education field. We have learnt a lot of child's development theories from Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, Bandura and so on. However, we always knew what are the Developmentally Appropriate Practices(DAP) that children suppose to have. But, in Malaysia, those theory does not fully implemented in the real-life classroom experience. Currently I'm working in a kindergarten now. Sometimes I found that is really hard to bring in the theory into the classroom due to our Malaysian education system and parent's expectation. A developmentally appropriate program not suppose to have workbook, exam, or even spelling for young children. But I believed, most of the kindergarten in Malaysia 'prepare' that for children even though my kindergarten that I worked was doing that...=.=

Most of the theorist believed children learn through play, but most of the parents in Malaysia do not believe in that. They said workbook, worksheet exercises, and homework are best for their children's learning. Is very obvious to see that we need to educate parents before we can implement the DAP programs for children. Parents should know about child's development and the best way they learn. Through this, only we can help to provide a DAP program for children so that they learn in a meaningful way!! ^^