[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by Timbit

He's five.

is he home schooled?

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by thejellymill

is he home schooled?

No.
He's home for the summer and I have some time off too.

[Asvi]

i dont like giving urine samples and getting blood work done.

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by Timbit

No.
He's home for the summer and I have some time off too.

Ah ok. It's awesome that you're teaching him how to read. English, right? I should teach my brother how to read Arabic, he's 8

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by thejellymill

Ah ok. It's awesome that you're teaching him how to read. English, right? I should teach my brother how to read Arabic, he's 8

He's learning both.

For English, I work with him and so do my other siblings and parents. And his teachers at school, of course.
For Qur'an, it's all of us again plus a qari sahib who comes around every day. He's been learning since he was 3.

Yeah, you should get on that. It's important. If you can't find somebody to teach him every day, then there has to at least be an Islamic sunday school around where you live, no?

[Hijabigirl]

I hate having to fire people...but sometimes they just leave me no choice! ...if your consistently late to work....and then when you do show up....you always on the cellphone, HOW is the work supposed to get done!

[DramaRani]

Originally Posted by Timbit

He's five.

Ok. That explains everything. LOL. I'm assuming he's not in kindergarten yet; however, by the end of kindergarten inshAllah, he'll be reading and his motivation will be intrinsic.

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by DramaRani

Ok. That explains everything. LOL.

Did you think he was older?

Btw, his teachers say he's exactly at the level he's supposed to be at. I think the Ontario curriculum has been dumbed down though.

EDIT: Yeah, that's true actually. He's finished JK and is headed to SK next month, InshaAllah. My cousin (also 5 but going into Grade 1) learned to read in SK. The process starts in JK, 'cause that's just when they learn to recognize the alphabet (upper and lower-case) and the sounds each letter makes. They also practice writing and learn small words. But the actual sounding-it-out part comes in SK. That's the part we're working on now.

[thejellymill]

Timbit, mashallah that's awesome that you guys are working together so well to teach him

My brother would come home crying from sunday school cuz some arab teachers made him feel stupid for not speaking or reading arabic fluently (most kids there are non-arab, the teachers were just crazy)...kids at our mosque also tend to be bullies and he was a victim a couple of times. Not surprisingly he's not too excited about returning. I guess I should try to teach him the basics while he's still young, do you have any tips I could use?

[Bruinrab]

I drained two abscesses today...

Heba, you would have been proud. One was about 8cm, the other was about 12cm of oozy, bloody glory. They both stank to high heaven, but we were in the OR, so I had my mask on. I might have lost my lunch otherwise (oh wait, I didn't get lunch today, so there was nothing to lose )

It was pretty similar to the first one in this:
YouTube - Abscess Incision and Drainage

[Bruinrab]

fph chat? I'll start.

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by qudsia

you can have a career that is both 'liberating' (in the whole 'i am my own woman do not walk all over me' kind of way)...and satisfying (in the whole 'i am doing something useful with my life that is benefiting not only me, but others as well' sort of way)

...and still be married happily. give it some time.

Ditto this. You just have to find the appropriate partner who is supportive and doesn't think that a woman's job is her hobby and she still should do all of the house stuff. Some guys want stay at home wives and others don't, which is fine, you need to know what potentials have in mind before you get married . Good luck

[ChotooMotoo]

How are you supposed to read what they write on the board if you don't speak arabic? I can hardly pronounce arabic, let alone read it for comprehension.

All the cooking purists are going to hate me. I have no energy, so I made beef n spinach today by throwing everything but the spinach in the pressure cooker without first sauteeing the onions or browning the beef. The end result tasted just fine, and I saved myself the effort and extra fat of the onion step. Makes me want to be lazy every day.

(I used frozen bread dough to make the roti, and I made one big roti in a baking sheet, not individual ones)

[thejellymill]

Originally Posted by Bruinrab

It was pretty similar to the first one in this:
YouTube - Abscess Incision and Drainage

oohhhhh Goooood

[DramaRani]

Originally Posted by Timbit

Did you think he was older?

Btw, his teachers say he's exactly at the level he's supposed to be at. I think the Ontario curriculum has been dumbed down though.

EDIT: Yeah, that's true actually. He's finished JK and is headed to SK next month, InshaAllah. My cousin (also 5 but going into Grade 1) learned to read in SK. The process starts in JK, 'cause that's just when they learn to recognize the alphabet (upper and lower-case) and the sounds each letter makes. They also practice writing and learn small words. But the actual sounding-it-out part comes in SK. That's the part we're working on now.

Usually at the beginning of kindergarten, at least where I was, they did an inventory of all the things that I said and more. Kids come in at different levels with different abilities based on their out of school experiences. I don't know how it is in Canada and specifically in the area that you live in, but here you have to teach a set curriculum to all students. Schools usually have a time during the reading/language arts block where they differentiate instruction. So if you're brother is at an at advanced level then that's the time where his teacher should be challenging him or giving him something that meets his needs.

How long do you spend practicing with him? I hope not more than 15 to 20 minutes max. And your activities should be varied. Flashcards get boring. Think about Elkonin boxes or actual movement activities. If you need some ideas, PM me.