August 16,2018 (Thursday)

Class Amanah begin the day with learning how to read arabic with a teacher.

Then they went out to have their circle time. And this day wasn’t an ordinary day for Sabilina Kindergarten. They had a Pre-celebration of Indonesia’s Independence day! They had a ceremony where selected students lead this so called ceremony. They sang songs about independence and their national anthem.

After the ceremony, they went around the neighborhood holding flags of their country. The pupils were accompanied by the teachers and of course even us.

Each of them wore their traditional clothes and of course we wore ours too.

After the parade the pupils had their snacks and they proceed to their assigned area which is the Science and Nature Area.

Their teacher, Bunda Nuni introduced the rough and smooth texture in which they touched a sponge and a sand paper.

Next, they went to their chosen activivty of the center in which you can see in the following pictures below:

Playdough

Water Play

Painting Activity

Name Writing using a colored ink

The pupils tried each of the area and after that they help fix and return the materials they used
to their proper areas.

Now its the same routine , they wash their hands and then eat lunch together, brushed their teeth after eating and do the “wudu” and then wait behind the doors for their parents to come pick them up.

August 15, 2018 ( Wednesday)

I am assigned at class “Amanah” which means “trust” in arabic. Class Amanah is composed of 11 pupils and their ages ranges from 5-6 years old. The Class adviser is Bunda Ifa or Ms. Ifa which is also my Teacher Training Instructor or my Supervisor during my stay here at Sabilina Kindergarten.

The Sentra or Center that was assigned for class Amanah this day was the “worship center”, in here they learn the proper posture, proper bowing and other proper ways to pray.

After that, their adviser (Bunda Ifa), taught them some letter sounds.

Bunda Ifa also introduced some animals that can be found in their encyclopedia.

When the clock’s hand hit 9:00am the pupils went to wash their hands and prepare their snacks.

The pupils don’t buy their snacks instead the snacks were made by their parents.

You maybe wondering what’s the plate in the middle for? That plate is where the pupils put a part of their snacks to share it to others.

After having their snack. The pupils went to play outdoor. Playing outdoor have time limitation. The time for outdoor play is over when they heard one of the teachers begin to count 1-10. That’s their cue to go inside.

Upon going inside the pupils again wash their hands and proceed to their assigned sentra (worship center). The teacher assigned to them this time is Ms. Inun. Ms Inun gave the pupils the following activities:

>In here the pupils must put the bottle cups into the hole of the clock like material that corresponds to the number of its hole.

>This material is played by finding the symbol that looks like the symbol written in the paper.

>The Puzzle is an arabic word.

>The pupils write their chosen symbol in the paper. This will help them master the arabic symbols that is taught to them.

The pupils take turns to do each of the activity. After doing all of those, the pupils help the teacher fix their working area like putting the materials into their proper places. After that they get ready for the next activity. And this was wearing proper clothes when praying and they prayed again.

Now it’s time for the pupils to eat their lunch. They wash their hands first and proceed to the eating area. After the prayer for the food the teacher (Bunda Ifa) introduced the food that is served for the day. She named it one by one and name what vegetables is in the soup. The pupils ate the dessert served for the day first and proceed to eating the main course. After eating, each of the pupils put their plates in the container where used plates are to be put, then they brushed their teeth, performed “wudu” where they wash their hands, face, ears and chanted a prayer before going home.

The pupils can’t go out of the school until their parents was there to pick them up so they lined up near the door waiting for their blname to be called by the teacher who was guarding the door that makes sure of the safety of the pupils.

The teachers sing transition songs before proceeding to another activity to condition the pupils mind and body.

August 14,2018

My fellow SEA Teacher batch 6 and I drove to Sabilina at exactly 7:30 with Ms. Ahmel, the Head Staff of Lab School Paud UHAMKA. Upon arriving at the place, we saw lots of pupils holding flags of both countries, Indonesia and the Philippines . Some are holding their drumsticks ready to strike their drums upon go signal. Loud speakers are all over the place and although one of the teachers of Sabilina playgroup and kindergarten who serves as the emcee was speaking in bahasa indonesia, i can hear loud and can grasp the words of welcome she was dedicating to us.

The song sang and played by the pupils with their drum and glockenspiel was so good to hear. Teachers began to greet us one by one and gave us our very own “Pashmina”, this is use to cover your hair in the Muslim culture. I got the purple one with printed flowers all over it. After the welcome ceremony we proceed inside the building of Sabilina to begin the tour. They showed us their different centers. We are accompanied by the school principal, Ms. Imas together with our Supervisors namely: Ms. Esti, Ms. Ifa and Ms. Cyarah.

The Welcome Program

The School Tour

August 13,2018

Wearing a knee length black skirt and a plain yellow shirt with a smile plastered on my face ready to walk between the high green colored buildings of Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka (UHAMKA), we arrived at the lab school at exactly 9am where a student teacher named Herny welcomed us and toured us around.

I discovered that the learning model that they are using is the “Centra” which means center or area. There are six different centers namely:

1. PRAY AREA

2. SCIENCE AREA

3. CUBE AREA

4. ROLE PLAYING AREA

5. ART and CREATIVITY AREA

6. PREPARATION AREA

Moreover, the classes in the lab school was group into 3:

1. A Class

-consists of 4-5 years old

2. B Class

– age ranges from 5-6 years old

3. Playgroup

-consists of 3-4 years of age

August 12,2018

It was 8:15 pm on a rainy friday night when I hugged my parents for the last time before leaving for an internship in Jakarta, Indonesia. It’s normal to feel some butterflies moving in my stomach when I know its my first time to be so far away from home but at the same time excited to meet new people and learn new things that I believe will hone me to be the best version of myself.

Mr. Purnama and Mr. Kumura faculty and staff of UHAMKA, our host school gave us the warmest welcome when they picked us up in the airport. A warm smile from them assured us that we are in good hands.