Rayyan's SUN

The above photo was taken during a photoshoot which I did for a major project that's gonna be launched VERY soon! And I'm gonna launch it at the Bologna Children's Book Fair this coming Monday.

Rayyan has been doing quite okay at Genius Aulad, despite the many days he didn't come sebab demamla hingusla.. nenek tak bagi laa... etc..

Talked to the center manager and she told me that as far as conversing and learning in English.. Rayyan has no problem and none of the teachers are worried about his progress in that area. In BM class, that's where the trouble is.. because the class is conducted 100% in Malay. Whatever teacher asked him, dia malas nak layan.. haha.. and that's true at home pun.. kalau sesapa nenek2 sedara datang and borak dengan dia... either dia balas cakap in English or he wouldn't layan at all.. so puasla nenek2 tu suruh anak2 diorang cakapkan.. haha

We went to Temerloh last weekend for my cousin's wedding.. and we met my dad's friend who cam with his wife. His wife was asking something to Rayyan and budak tu selamba je cakap "I can't speak Malay".. or something to that effect.. nasib baikla my dad dah warn siap2 couple tu yang he speaks and thinks in English.

Macamana nak buat ni???? Mat Salleh celup sorang ni... but at least we have the maid at home to keep him grounded.. haha.. and we're trying to talk to him more in Malay.. tapi tak tahan gelak bila dengar dia cakap Melayu... every Malay word is a tongue twister.. hehe

Anyways... he has progressed through the Peter and Jane book 1a. and now he is on 1b. He reads well although most of it is just pure memorization. But I always show him the newspaper, books, etc and ask him to find any words he knows and he managed to point the words he knew from reading the Peter and Jane book.

The school only teaches him 1 page per day. And the reward for doing good at it is STARS at the bottom of the page. Some days he gets 2, 3, 4, 5 stars... and occasionally he gets 7, 8, 9, 10 stars... Rayyan can actually read the whole of 1a book and almost the whole 1b book before the teacher could finish the 1a book with him. And I've already started the 2a book at home and he could read half of it. I would go slow on that till the teacher at school catches up till 1c.


Rayyan is also doing quite well in his Iqra' class. Initially he was having trouble.. but now he could easily get loads of stars... and I was anxious and curious jugak betul ke cikgu ni.. sesaja je bagi berlambak2 bintang2.. betulke si Rayyan ni boleh baca... so everytime I see loads of stars, I ask him to show his skill... yeap.. he's good..


But one day he came home with a SUN!!!


Are the teachers out of stars?? hehehe dah tak larat nak lukis bintang la tu... hehe