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February 10, 2018

12 Tips on teaching about a country you just visited!

Homeschooling mamas, are you wondering what to teach your children at home? What topic are you focusing on this month? Have you recently returned from a holiday abroad? Well why not merge the two! Follow up your children’s learning experience through fact finding, and further learning when they come back home. You will find your children will have a lot more to say after experiencing the holiday itself. They will have more of a desire to write, draw or learn more about their holiday experience. I’m sure many of you have seen this already after returning from a holiday. So how do you go about doing this?

Here’s what we did after our family holiday to Malaysia. We wanted to use the holiday and experience we had there to find out some more about Malaysia when we got back. And because I already had all this in mind, I picked up all the key souvenirs that I knew would come in handy throughout our theme. So here’s 12 tips to get you started and planning in advance:

 

1. The preparation – We set up an area in our learning room with souvenirs we brought back. Any books, maps or pamphlets we picked up. I even managed to buy a ‘Traditional Malaysian Stories for children’ book. I painted a beautiful scene from the Island of Langkawi which my daughter recognised easily! We draped the beautiful batik printed cloth on the table as well. We slowly added to the table as we learnt more.

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2. Where in the world did we go? Next up we wanted to start with the geography of the country. Where is it situated? How far is it from where we live? How did we go there? Questioning is important in ensuring your child speaks. Don’t give your child all the answers, let them come to their own conclusions whilst you facilitate. So rather than pointing to where Malaysia is on the map, maybe give them some clues to say its close to China, and borders with Indonesia for example. You can follow up by drawing the map and highlighting where you stayed  or travelled to within the country too. It’s a great way of talking about capital cities, towns, islands etc.

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3. Make the flag! I’m sure you may have come across the flag for the country you visited whilst there. Maybe your child will recognise the flag in your atlas or photos. Enjoy colouring or decorating the flag with accuracy and attach a plastic straw to one side at the end to make a flag craft!

 

 

4. Climate and weather! Ask your children about the weather of the country they visited. Remind them of the clothes or accessories they had to pack. We had a very tropical climate, which meant it was humid but rained on some days which for us was such a treat!

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5. Writing! Look over your holiday snaps and attempt writing a recount for each day of your trip to share with family or friends. To make it exciting, we made hand made booklets similar to the ones we picked up in Langkawi.

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6. The people! We enjoyed researching about the different kinds of people that lived in Malaysia, their languages and religion and how they dressed. You can do the same for the country you just visited too. Ideally if you can find a good book that covers this as we managed to find one that was perfect to help us in our learning.

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7. The animals! Luckily for us we visited a bird park and a zoo. So we enjoyed talking about the animals that could be found in Malaysia. We also happened to see some monkeys for example in Langkawi. For younger children, this would always be an exciting topic, but even for children between 7 and 10, there is so much to look into with regards to animals (habitats and climate etc).

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8. The History – Although we didn’t really touch on this with our little ones (3-5 year olds), this would be fabulous topic to look into. How Islam spread to the country you visited for example? Instead we looked briefly at the masjids/mosques we saw and visited and looked into other prominent ones too.

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9. The Arts  – Malaysia is known for its beautiful batik patterns on their clothing, so we wanted the children to experience batik patterns which turned into a lovely craft. We also visited the Islamic Art Museum and looked a little into Islamic art patterns and designs.

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10. The food – Whilst fish and seafood was quite popular, we decided to look at the popular fruits from Malaysia, including coconut, durian, papaya etc. You could attempt to make a popular dish of the country of the country you visited.

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11. Speaking the language – We enjoyed learning a few phrases in Malay such as simple greetings and asking how someone is! I think this is a great first step to introducing different languages and knowing that there are different people and languages around the world. We showed the children some simple phrases being taught by Malaysians from Youtube.

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12. Cultural Day – We finished our theme by bringing together everything we learnt into a cultural day. The children dressed up in Malaysian clothing, ate some Malaysian sweets and coconut crackers which we brought back with us. We burnt some scented candles brought back with us and even put on some organic sea cucumber cream. We practised our Malay. It was a nice end to the theme where we tried to use all of our senses to re-experience the beauty of Malaysia again! You could invite your friends and family and make a treat for all!

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by Ayeina on February 13, 2018

Ma shaa Allah 😍 This is such a creative idea. Very nice article! Jazakallahu Khayr for sharing ❣️

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by Fozia S on February 14, 2018

Going on a holiday can really make for some further interesting lessons! Just because the holiday ends doesn’t mean you have to stop learning about the country! Some great ideas here

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by Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth on February 14, 2018

This is such a cute post, especially if you have tiny kids and would love to make it interesting for them…

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by hafsah on February 19, 2018

Thank you!

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by Noor on February 14, 2018

I myself is in love with this country. I’ve been to Malaysia once with our son but he was still young that time. Your ideas are truly inspiring because I want to start homeschooling with our son too. Nursery doesn’t seem to be the place for him because he gets sick. We are traumatized because of this. I can’t work because of that. However, his health is the most important for us.

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by hafsah on February 14, 2018

Thank you! May Allah ease things for you and facilitate it for you – keep in touch if you start homeschooling would love to help you start this wonderful journey iA x

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by K.T. Lynn on February 17, 2018

Souvenirs for the playroom! Masha’Allah. Love it. Your photos make me want to visit Malaysia. I love using cultural festivals to teach. My ESL students love to make their national dishes and talk about their home countries. It is a great way to bond.

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by hafsah on February 19, 2018

Thank you! Oh yes definitely a hit with ESL students I can imagine! Thank you for that reminder:)

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by Sumaira on February 17, 2018

There are some great ideas here, thank you for sharing sis! P.S love all the photos from the trip!

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by Afra on February 19, 2018

I love this idea. What ages are your kids? I have a 4-year-old and younger ones and I assume they might be too young for this? The last time we travelled was 2 years ago.

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by hafsah on February 19, 2018

My girls are 4 and a half and 2 and a half – no it’s the perfect age to talk about the weather, plants and animals and evening introducing countries and cities

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by Lubna on March 1, 2018

I really have huge respect for the homeschooling mamas…..you guys have good amount of patience and lots of creativity….i really like the new and interesting ideas you come up with every time….

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by hafsah on March 10, 2018

Ah thank you! That’s really sweet! I think when we make it fun it’s as enjoyable for them as it is for us!

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After our last unit study on the Natural World - the girls became curious about the Romans after we talked about the Roman ruins in England etc - we decided to change course completely and planned our Ancient Rome Study! Whilst realising how much there is available for us to go and visit in England, sadly the lockdown means for now it won’t be possible but we live with the hope that things change in summer allowing us to visit the Roman Baths and ruins in St Albans and more. 
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In a geography/science based topic such as this on In a geography/science based topic such as this one - The Natural World, sometimes you have to think outside the box and a little creatively to get some exciting writing in. And for us pretend play works well. A science experiment, combined with role play and a show and a newspaper report write up. Volcano kit by @natgeokidsuk (available on Amazon) - definitely worth the buy!
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