EIGHTH WEEK OF PRACTICUM AT TADIKA SYAZ GONG BADAK


Assalamualaikum Peeps!

How's your day? I hope you always in a pink !

This time I would like to tell you about the eighth week of industrial training as a practical teacher at Tadika Syaz Gong Badak.

5 September 2021 (Sunday)

This week is a transportation theme. On the first day of the 8th week of the practical at Tadika Syaz, I had planned to do a teaching and learning process which is about the name of transportation. Before that, children were allowed to enter the Tadika at 8.30 am and I recorded the children's names and temperature to comply with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) set by the National Security Council (MKN). After making sure all the children had their health levels checked, the children were required to make circle time. I led the circle time by starting to speak freely and ending with Dua and Zikr.

Once all the routines were completed, I asked the children to line up and move into their respective classes according to age. I walked into the classroom asking the children to take chairs. I started the teaching and learning process for 30 minutes. At 10.30 am, children are required to go to the kitchen and eat. Children are accustomed to reciting prayers before meals and ending with a recitation of prayers after meals.

The teaching and learning process carried out today is about the identification of vehicle names. Nine vehicles were introduced using flashcards. I found that at the end of the teaching and learning process, children were able to recognize and name vehicles based on well-used flashcards. The method of repetition in the pronunciation of the name of the vehicle. This method is very effective to ensure that children can pronounce the name of the vehicle correctly.

At 11.30 am, children are required to line up in the gathering room to recite some Dua to close the class. After that, children are allowed to take their bags for a shower. The girls ’toilets and the boys’ toilets were separated and I was assigned to take care of the girls.

After the children take a bath, the children need to go to the kitchen and wash their hands to get ready for lunch. On this day, children need to practice prayers for the time of Zohor to give widespread exposure. After that, children who drank milk were given milk. Children are assigned to recite prayers before bed and chair verses to familiarize the children to recite in their daily lives. After making sure all the children are asleep, the teacher has to take care of the children to prevent any bad things from happening until 2.00 pm. I started went back to the rented house.

6 September 2021 (Monday)

Given that in the previous teaching and learning process, I have taught about the name of transportation, so today I continue the teaching about transportation which is about the types of transportation. Three types of transportation have been introduced namely water transport, land transport, and air transport.


After I clarified about the teaching related to the type of transportation, I had shown a classified board to make sure whether the children are already able to master what they have learned. Through the activity, I found that the children recognized the names of the selected flashcards and were able to classify according to the correct type of transport. Therefore, I must always choose activities that are appropriate to the teaching and learning process to ensure that children can master something before moving on to something else.

After the teaching and learning process is over, children are allowed to play with their peers. There are also several children watching television. Screen time is applied in children when they are in Tadika. This is to ensure that children are not addicted to watching television in Tadika so that they are not interested in socializing with other friends.

7 September 2021 (Tuesday)

I have prepared an activity where children were asked to draw and color paper cups according to their creativity. This activity is called windmill hand.


This activity is an activity for children to express their creativity through drawing and coloring activities. At the same time, I was also able to integrate a lesson about wind where the windmill hand can rotate if there is the presence of wind.

While the activity of drawing and coloring on paper cups can be difficult for children to do, I find that they are still able to complete it very well without giving up. This shows a great side to the children's self as they do not give up when completing assignments despite some complaints about the difficulties experienced.

After decorating the paper cup, I prepared the hand windmill because it required the use of a hot glue gun to stick the skewer in the middle of the paper cup. Children are not allowed to complete it until the final process because to prevent something undesirable from happening as the hot glue gun is very hot and need to be careful while using it. Upon completion of the activity, the children were allowed to play with their work and play freely before bathing.

8 September 2021 (Wednesday)

On this day, children are required to take a shower earlier than they should at 10.30 am. This is because, at 11.00 am, I have an affair where I need to send a friend to a nearby clinic to attend an appointment that has been set. Since only a teacher was on duty at Tadika this week, I helped manage the children in advance to make it easier for the teacher.

Therefore, no teaching and learning process is carried out. Children are only required to complete their exercise books and I work as a guidance teacher. While each child has to complete a different page or even a different exercise, I still treat the children one at a time and make sure no children are left out.

I returned to the Tadika at noon after all the business was done. At that time, the children had just finished eating. As there is no teaching and learning process implemented today, I informed the children to take the mat and the prayer mat and get ready to perform the Zuhr prayer. After the children finished the practical, the children continued to tidy up the place and took the bed for bedtime.

9 September 2021 (Thursday)

The activity carried out on the last day of the eighth week is the shark bracelet. To attract the children's interest to carry out the activity, I went into the room to do the activity by wearing the shark bracelet. The excited faces of the children could be seen. Without wasting time, I gave the worksheet after explaining the activity.

There was one thing that shocked me which was a six-year-old boy who was stating that men should not wear bracelets. I was silent to answer the matter because I realized that I was not sensitive about the matter. So I just asked the boys to complete their work without wearing it. The boys agree with that.


After the children finished doing the activity, the children were given time to play freely with the shark bracelet. Kids love it so much that kids want to wear it again after eating.

Before the lunchtime, I started the class for six years old for observation by practicum supervisor via Google Meet. I chose to teach about the life cycle of frog using 3D teaching aids.


The children excited with the lesson and I got some positive feedback from my supervisor. 

That's all from me for the eighth week of Practicum at Tadika Syaz Gong Badak Branch. Thank you for reading my journey.😉

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 Assalamualaikum. 💖

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