hania and homework ...

... are simply like oil and water -- they don't get along well together!

getting her to actually start working on her homework is an achievement by itself, sitting through the whole enchilada with her should get anyone a citation for patience!

amjad would try and finish all his homework in school so that he'll have more free time at home.

syakira will get down and work on her homework the first opportunity she gets when she gets home from school.

syazmi, this year, has to be more alert as he's now in the same class as amjad, so we don't really need to go through any of the boys' bags -- just check with the other one.

back to hania. her method in tackling her homework is easy -- if it's not due tomorrow, it's okay if you do it at a snail's pace. if it's due and you don't know how to do it, just leave it blank -- agh!!!

we did maths last night. the girl's confused when there's a zero -- nine hundred forty will be written as 904 etc., but if she sees 940, she can tell you it's 'nine hundred and forty.'

and when it's deciding say 456 -- which is 100's, 10's and 1's -- more confusion, she'll go the largest number is the 100's, and the smallest the 1's.

but at least we know what to work on with her.

but oh, the pace -- 3 pages in half an hour -- and we're talking only about the maths activity book, which has big font size and lots of pictures.

patience....... insya-Allah.