I'm trying to make a simple schedule for Fritz.

Here there are:

Every week, I have to prepare 3 trays of Practical Life's things and 3 activities; Toys, Books and Movies. The Practical Life contains Pouring, Transferring, Sorting and Open-Close activities. And the activities contains 3 toys he has to play, 3 books he has to read and 3 movies he has to watch on that week. So he will not play with the same toys, read same books and watch same movies. Some ideas are taken from here.

Everyday he will learn a different lesson.
Monday-Alphabet
Tuesday-Colors
Wednesday-Numbers
Thursday-Shape
Friday-Science/Art & Craft

Alphabet - every week, I will prepare a print out of Alphabet and I'm going to ask Fritz to color it. After 26 weeks, I'll cut the alphabet and I'm going to make like this (at that moment, Fritz is in Pre Nursery stage). Then here will be the next project. Other activities are tracing the Alphabet (in the middle of Pre Nursery or Nursery stage), playing puzzle and coloring pages of Alphabet things.

Colors - I had done some colors' project. I prepared the drawing book and asked Fritz to paint it with the related colors and stick some things related. I just continue this project for some weeks. I took the ideas from here. Then I'm going to do sorting and matching the things with the colors. For the worksheet, I'll take from here.

Numbers - introducing the numbers by coloring the numbers itself, 10 weeks. Then do some coloring numbers with the things and paste things related to the numbers as the art and craft projects. Next, do some worksheet I had such as tracing the numbers and simple math. I have tons of math worksheet.

Shape - as same as numbers and alphabet's worksheet. Firstly, I'll give shape's coloring pages. For the rest activities, I'll see from here and here. Some worksheet and activities will follow next.

Science - simple experiment such as hot and cold, tasting, smelling, heavy and light, sinking and floating, rough and smooth, etc.

Hopefully it can work well and GOD will lead me to be more creative day by day. (also lead me to be not lazy and consistent with what I do)

Yesterday, we went to one of my best friends' house at Gading Serpong, Tangerang. She, with her hubby, has just moved there since June. She has a teaching contract with one of the school nearby, Pahoa School.

Together with my other best friends, Emil and Mandha including with her hubby and Vei, we gathered and threw some jokes like we did few years ago in univ. Few hours after that, Emil has to pick up his fiance at airport and few minutes after she's leaving, Dinna and her cute daughter came minus her hubby.

Honestly, I really felt so relax from my tense I had for few days recently. Sharing some stories from the others and giving some advices to them were the best parts I had with them.

Then I made some conclusion bout life we pass.

Before, we were teenagers who liked to throw some jokes and do some silly things, also laugh at silly things too. We never thought about the future we will going through. Money was still out of our mind.

Then, so many stories came nearby after that, we chose our future life by ourselves and no one can disturb our decision. We have our personal problem in every each person life.

And I believe every problem that we face will mature us in every aspect of life. To be a better person and better life after that. No one will face the stagnant life, one day the wheel is going to the top and maybe the better life will come to us. And one day when we get older, we will have lots of lessons' stories left behind and we will share it to our young.

Hopefully, when we get older, we can stay along together to share these stories...

I have my own blog to note all the things that related with Fritz's learning days. By the time, it's abandoned. I did it twice. I always tried to do all the things in schedule and the fact, it was out of controlled. Everything can't be on schedule track.

Again, I have to reschedule my baby's learning time days as I read one of Americans homeschooling's blog. And I'm so being inspired with it.

For the last few weeks, I really didn't have much time to teach Fritz much. Actually, he still learns lots of things from his days. As I'm a schedule track person, I think I'm lost my way when I didn't do my schedule (actually I'm not at all).

Fritz is still learning many things from his surrounding, I believe it! He gains his gross motor skills.

One time I brought him to the nearest mall in our area and there is a play area there where he can jump, slide and develop all his gross motor skills. Firstly, he looked unexcited as he is not a gross motor person. He prefers playing with the merry go round. By the time, he continued his exploring by climbing up, walking in the high place (he's quite afraid and also me ;p) and the last was sliding. Overal he enjoyed it. One day, I'm going there again to practice more his GMS.

Then, one time, three of us was going to one of Ali's relatives for buying the second hand monitor from him. He could play along with the sisters, Bianca and Jevvy. Both of them are so cute. When both preferred to play upstairs, Fritz wanted to come along with them. Surprisingly, he was able to go up 3 stairs by himself.

I'm trying to develop his GMS more as he is not a GMS person who likes to run here and there, jump or do some physically things.

So now, I have to more focus with his daily learning time.

Here are the plans:
1. Daily schedule which contains only 1-2 hours of learning time and the rest of it is for playing time
2. Weekly plan...I'm still do it as my track for daily use but I don't want to strict with it anymore
3. Preparing the flash cards (alphabet, numbers, shape and colors)
4. Preparing the activities things such as coloring pages, art & craft ideas, practical life things, etc
5. Still using Montessori and Charlotte Mason method
6. Do the simple equipments as we're still struggle
7. Blog the weekly activities here as the notes for his improvement and development in learning.

Hopefully it's going work...as my mood is up and down in teaching him because of lack equipment and environment and also money...hehehehhe....so just trying the best with the simply things....

I'm totally exhausted with the days I passed. I have to teach for 4 days in a week and do some things related to Fritz.

I have 4 days of teaching. Tuesday to Thursday from 3 PM to 6 PM. I have to go at 2 PM after Ali has closed his shop. We change the shift, Ali takes my role, baby sit Fritz, while I go for teaching.

I go with Ali's car which hasn't power steering and an aquarium window car. Then I have to face the traffic jam in the afternoon that sometimes it took 1 to 1,5 hours in the street (supposed to be it took half an hour only).

I really need to use a motorcycle. Unfortunately, we don't have enough money to make a motor license. Plus some money we had spent for the broken gadgets..So I have to face the traffic jam and pray lots hoping there aren't bad traffic jam during my going home way.

Then I have a private class on Saturday. Luckily, I don't need to drive and again, Ali takes my role taking care of Fritz. The class has just started last Saturday. And Ali had gone to a big supermarket nearby with mom along them.

With those days I pass, honestly, I don't think lots of Fritz's meal and forget to make a weekly menu for him. I'm so bad!

Recently, his appetite isn't back normal again. With his 8 grow teeth, he totally refuses all the meal I cooked. He just wants the tasty food with the MSG inside....oooh...dear......

My felt creation is also untouchable. I left it totally. I really don't have any time to do it.

I really need arranging my time!!

For last few weeks, I really lost one by one my gadgets. The first one was my camera pocket. One of our relatives had borrowed it since beginning of July and it's still be with her till today. I really missed my camera.

Actually, Ali has borrowed his. He took it from his house and brought to my house. Honestly, I'm a saver pictures. Usually, I save all the pictures the good as well as the bad ones, the new and also the old ones. With Ali's camera, I couldn't do it. So I have to save some pictures and delete it some if I want to take others. It really took times and I really missed my camera. I'm gonna ask it tomorrow....hehehehe.....

Then last few weeks, suddenly in the one morning, the TV in our room was broken when I had turned it on. It had no pictures at all, just the sound. After a week, Ali brought it to the nearest service center. It has to be fixed for a week. Now, the TV is back to normal...*yay*

The 3rd ones was my computer's monitor. Ages has taken my monitor and it died already. We have to buy the new one. It has been with me since 2002, so I have to let it go. Ali asked one of his relatives and bought the second computer's monitor.

Sometimes, when we really lack of money, there lots of "accidents" come nearby and ask us to spend more money than we have. That's happen to us!!