Our 2nd Ihtifal and Year End Concert

We have come to the end of the year, time flies so fast, Subhanallah! To honour the group of Class 2011, our 2nd batch of graduates, a momentous occasion was held last Saturday, 22 October 2011 at Dewan Kompleks Kejiranan Presint 9, Putrajaya.

This group of graduates will always be remembered in a special way. Looking back 2 years ago, they started with hesitant tentative little steps with cloud of anxiety all over their little faces. Alhamdulillah, over the years, they gathered the courage to brave through the doors to play, sing, build, paint, draw, colour, read, write and learn. Through the power of play, these amazing kids have grown socially, emotionally, academically and spiritually, Masha Allah!

Class of Na'im & Ma'wa

Class of Khuldi

Congratulations Little Khalifah, we are so proud of you!

* more photos of the event coming up.. 

New centre update - Taman Jelok Impian, Kajang

Updates on our new centre at Taman Jelok Impian, Kajang... 

Front view

Side view

Extra HUGE play area for the kids to run around, with brick walls ~ something that we don't have in Putrajaya ;-)

Painting works in progress.. it's going to be beautiful ~ in blue and green

The premise will be ready for viewing in 2 weeks time, InsyaAllah. In the meantime, please call 019-2070518 for further enquiries.

Look what we did: To know Malaysia is to love Malaysia

Happy 54th Independence Day, Malaysia! 

May Allah bless our country and grant us the strength, unity and patience so that we could all live in peace and harmony. Amin. 

Map of Malaysia by 6 years old students (KG2 Naiim and KG2 Na'wa)

Jalur Gemilang Collage by 5 years old students (KG1 Adni)

Paper Art- People of Malaysia by 5 years old students (KG2 Adni)

Handprints of Future Leaders by 4 years old students (KG1 Firdaus)

Salam Aidilfitri..

Tadika Alif Ceria wishes all parents and children SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI and happy holidays!

Pon!pon! Have a safe journey balik kampung ya!

 See you on Monday 5th September 2011, InsyaAllah!

The Last 10 days of Ramadhan

We are close to the end of Ramadhan. Subhanallah, how time flies. In teaching the children about the holy month of Ramadhan, almost all learning activities have been tailored to and integrated with Ramadhan theme. We read about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the sirah about the night when Al-Quran was sent down; we did our practical solat sunat Terawih; we also hafaz Surah Al-Qadr; and at the same time learned about figures related to Surah Al-Qadr.

Now, let's do some counting here:

1. How many words are there in Surah Al-Qadr?
Answer: 30 words, which is equivalent to 30 juzu' in the Quran.

2. How many letters are there in Surah Al-Qadr?

Answer: 114 letters, which is equivalent to 114 surahs in the Quran.

3.

How many letters are there in the word

?

Answer: 9 letters.

4.

How many times the word

is repeated in the surah?

Answer: 3 times. If we add up all the letters 9+9+9 is equals to 27.

The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Surah Al-Qadr, verse 3.

Let's put our worldly affairs aside and really make the most of this month. Let's seek Allah's Forgiveness and His Mercy and InsyaAllah we will be far removed from the torment of the Hellfire.

Oh Allah! You are the Most Forgiving and Most Gracious. You love to forgive, so please forgive me. Amin.

Wordless Wednesday: Our Growing Garden



Parent Tips for Creating Lifelong Readers

I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage. - Roald Dahl

Here at Tadika Alif Ceria, our children are given freedom to choose their favourite magazines to read during recess time. Although it is only for less than 10 minutes a day, the progress is overwhelming, MasyaAllah. We noted improvement in their reading speed, comprehension, speech and self confidence.

Let's start with something interesting for the kids to read, shall we parents? Here are more tips and ideas on how to promote and foster a love for reading:

1. Read to your child every night
2. Take turns with other adults to read aloud
3. Create a library of books in each child’s bedroom
4. Tell stories to your children
5. Get your children to tell you stories
6. Ask other family members to recall stories of family incidents
7. Share and discuss articles from newspapers and magazines
8. Read road signs and billboards out loud
9. Play ‘I spy’ in the car
10. Listen to audio tapes in the car
11. Read a recipe together as you cook
12. Read the movie advertisement together
13. Write shopping lists together
14. Organise a library membership for each child
15. Take advantage of Library School Holiday Programme and Special Events
16. Encourage children to read the backs of cereal/food packages
17. Enter competition on the back of cereal/food packages
18. Share favourite stories over and over
19. Invent a new ending for a favourite book
20. Talk books – ask children’s friends about their favourite books
21. Arrange magazines subscription for each child
22. Encourage your children to write letters
23. Get your children to have membership of his/her favourite book store

And last but not least,

If you can read this, thank a teacher. - Anoynomus. 

Have a wonderful, blessed day everyone. Happy reading! ;-)

Look what we did today: Gardening!

July is the healthy, green vegetables month. We learned that:

1. There are many kind of vegetables.
2. Vegetables come in many shapes, sizes and colours.
3. We can buy fresh, canned or frozen vegetables.
4. Vegetables have different names.
5. Vegetables can be eaten raw or cooked.
6. Vegetable is good for our body.
7. Vegetables need water and sunlight to grow.

 And it's time to grow our own vegetables!

 

We are ready teachers!

First, put in the soil...

 Is this enough teacher?

Using the garden spade to smoothen and level the soil.

Red chili seeds

Sowing the seeds into the soil

More seeds

Spraying water to dampen the soil

Oppss! Look where the water is pouring!!

Has it grown yet?

The pak choy (sawi) after 1 week..

 

More updates coming soon..

New centres opening in 2012.

Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah the Almighty, with His willing, we are expanding! We are delighted to share with you that three (3) new centres of Tadika Alif Ceria will be opened next year. These latest additions will be at Presint Diplomatik (Putrajaya), Taman Sg. Jelok Impian (Kajang) and Taman Saujana Putra (adjacent to SKVE/NKVE).

Hopefully everything will go on smoothly as planned, InsyaAllah. Watch out for more updates on the registration opening dates soon!

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan..

Ramadhan is here again. The kids are all excited and have been practicing the niat starting the fast and doa breaking the fast since early this week. Watch them in this video, MasyaAllah...  

We at Tadika Alif Ceria, wishes everyone Ramadhan Kareem. May Allah bless us all during Ramadhan, and throughout the year, with His forgiveness, mercy, peace, and bring us all closer to Allah and to each other. AMIN.

We are now on Facebook!

We are pleased to annouce that you can now follow us on Facebook as well. We hope you will find this a useful way of getting news from Tadika Alif Ceria and communicating with us.
'Like' our page to stay connected with news and updates by clicking here.

For our parents, we have created an exclusive Facebook profile. Just search for “Alif Ceria” and add us as friend. Kindly note your child's name for acceptance. Look out for your child's photos, in-house videos, latest announcements, useful parenting tips and so much more! In addition, it is a great place to keep in touch with other parents at Alif Ceria.

Hope to see you around @ Facebook! :-)

2nd Parents Meet 2011

Alhamdulillah, parents and teachers of Tadika Alif Ceria gathered again for the 2nd Parents Meet this year which was held on Saturday 16 July 2011. The parents were briefed on their children's progress based on the evaluation instruments prepared, guided by the Ministry of Education's standard instruments. The instruments marked levels of a child's achievement in all aspects namely reading and writing abilities, cognitive skills, communication skills, socio and emotional development, physical development, Islamic knowledge and overall akhlaq and values.

 

Parents were also presented with reading certificates for their children who have successfully completed the Bacalah Anakku and Read Easy series.

 

Proud parents of Muqri (5 years old) with their son's Bacalah Anakku certificate.

1)    Muqri's mom, Puan Suhaila Sulaiman wrote in her testimonial form: "Muqri has shown excellent progress in his ability to communicate his thoughts and to interact well with people around him. His reading skill has also improved greatly. I am also happy with the Islamic approach implemented that has shown a good and positive impact in Muqri’s daily activities. Thank you to all the teachers at Tadika Alif Ceria."

Alhamdulillah, thank you for all the kind words and let's pray to Allah for His blessing and opportunities for us to work harder in giving the best to the children, InsyaAllah. 

More testimonials from the parents can be read here. 

We can recite Surah Taha verses 1 to 5, Alhamdulillah!

Surah Taha is known to cool down anger and soften the heart. It was the surah that Saidina Umar (r.a), while in the state of anger, had listened to, before he embraced Islam.

The children are taught to memorize verses 1 to 5 of the surah and MasyaAllah, it did not take long for them to be able to recite the verses. Listen to the beautiful little voices reciting Surah Taha verse 1 to 5.

*Reference for the verses can be found at http://quran.com/20

Look what we did today: Making fruit juices!

Fruits and Vegetables Are Good for Me!
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Apples, pears, and oranges,
Fruits are sweet for me and you.
Carrots, peas, and broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.

Fruits and vegetables
are good for you.
They keep you healthy
and are yummy too! (Rub bellies)

June is all about FRUITS and we love it because we got to learn and taste many different types of fruits - local fruits, fruits from other countries, fruits with few seeds, fruits with many seeds, seedless fruits, small fruits, big fruits, sweet fruits, sour fruits and many more! 

We even got to make our own fruit juices.

Teacher Liz's 10 years old wedding present has finally been put to a good use... :-)

Freshly cut green apples and oranges

Taking turns to squish the fruits

Apple juice

Let's try the fiber.

Wow banyaknya...

Yummy.. alhamdulillah..