When is the best age to introduce Fiya to online educational games?

Dear readers,

I have a question to ask. When is the best age to introduce kids to computer games/IT?

I was trained not to introduce Fiya to any gadgets when she was younger:-TV,computers, because Shic Sensei told me so....but now I think it's time to introduce her to some educational games...A friend of mine who has a daughter about Fiya's age dah tau pasal hexagon, octagon dah learning from educational games her mom downloaded from the net.But if Fiya is to use my netbook, takut hilang doc den dia main tekan2, haritu nyaris nak dipatahkan monitor ni....Nak kena beli IPAD sebiji khas untuk dia ke? Hadoi !

Here are some educational games I found from the net.Realized that all private companies have their own edu games that is very age-appropriate.Let's see whether Fiya enjoys them:

http://first2learn.meadjohnsonasia.com/malaysia/index.html
(MeadJohnson also has infos for pregnant moms other than Nutrition Society of Malaysia website: http://www.nutriweb.org.my/)

Online Storybook: http://www.connectedtots.com.my/

Games: http://www.connectedtots.com.my/

There's another one from Nestle, I'll find at home and post later.Cant find the URL from the net pulak !

p/s: Appreciate if you can share any educational links that you know to me, k.TQ.


Tokoro de (on an unrelated note),I have so many things in mind to implement, which is part of my ideas for my business, some of which includes a toddler trip to:
1)High 5 Bread Factory.
2)Kilang telur.
3)Kilang Yakult.
4)Selangor Pewter factory.

and my kelas Mengaji and Islamic studies for toddlers!

Bila la nak start buat nih !Barang,syllabus semua dah ada,masa je tak de !

C for Car

Everytime terasa nak tukar kereta,masa tu lah nampak a family naik motorsikal( with 2kids),sorang kat tgh2,sorang kat bakul...This happened to me many times, especially on the road, bila hati terlintas nak kereta itu, nak kereta ini..Kereta tu lawa,kereta ni cantik...There was even once, no..twice,when I saw pembonceng dia, a kiddo,was so sleepy, sampai tersenget2 badan dia,aduh kalau la jatuh..camana tu?

Sebab tu kena banyak2 istighfar n bersyukur dengan apa yang ada,and kalau nak lebih,kenalah usaha..

And last Sunday nite, when I was at pasar malam, I saw seorang mak yang kerdil berjalan dengan anak dia 2 year gitulah...sama tinggi dengan mak dia...anak dia lagi laju jalan than mak dia and everytime dia cepat selangkah, mak dia tarik ke belakang so that sama2 jalan...tiba2 saya jadi insaf...

Alhamdulillah for all your blessings to me Ya Allah, good or bad, because verily You know BEST !

Fiya at 2 years 3 months.

Saving this so that I can read back and relive the memories:

Fiya's update:

Unlike other kids who I know started way earlier, Fiya has just started pestering me to read to her.When she was 6 months and above, she'll just take books after books and flipped them sorang2,sampaikan kita pulak rasa kesian and panggil dia,meh bawak buku tu,mama bacakan...but since last month,she'll bring a few,asking me to read to her, pastu ambik a few lagi,mintak baca lagi, dan lagi dan lagi..sampailah past mid-nite...Masa kecik dulu ada la baca bedtime story, tapi tak consistent, tapi tgk smangat ank gini,mama vangga sangat nak! Hope you'll stay this way !!!Love you loads sweetheart !

Doa

DOA by HAPPY MUSLIM HUSBAND & WIFE on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 4:14pm (FB)


O Allah, I repent to You from everything that opposes Your will, or removes Your love, of the thoughts of my heart, glances of my eyes, and the utterances of my tongue. A repentance through which every body part will remain safe in itself, from Your punishment, and be safe from what the transgressors fear of Your painful punishment.



O Allah, so have mercy on me being alone before You, the pounding of my heart in Your fear, and the trembling of my limbs in Your awe.



Ameen

Satu je ke, Doc?

I dont know why, but whenever I pay a visit to the Doc to confirm my pregnancy status,I always ask,"Satu je ke Dr.?"

Hahahha...

Macamlah larat nak jaga 2...

Fiya pun macam tu juga dulu...the first scan was so nerve-wrecking as they had to insert something just to see if there's a sac in my womb...Takut betul dulu, takut Sensei marah...kawan2 kata jangan pregnant dulu while studying,takut kacau study...but after seeing the first scan,I had this nice,warm feeling, macam " Masya-Allah,ada lah"..sempat pulak tu tanya, " Satu je ke, Dr.?"

Satu pun x larat nak jaga..

You see, Ive got twins in the family tree, mom's side. My uncles are twins, but none from nenek's cucu (Fahmi being the youngest, ke Batrisya?) and cicit (yet!)...so I thought i could be the 1st..

Hahahah again...macamlah larat nak jaga..

That aside,with Fiya, I can tell when she was conceived...but with this one, I'm absolutely clueless...just couldnt track ya baby !

Anyways, hang in there baby in Mama's tummy, and grow well !

Yusoff bin Abu Bakar (1924-2010)

My arwah atok..
Kept thinking about him eversince he passed away on his 86th birthday..
Yes, you (I!) tend to miss a person only when he/she is gone..

I thank God I went to his funeral at the cemetery as I get to observe 1st hand how a 'pengkebumian' was handled.Part 'pembacaan talkin' sangat2 menginsafkan diri that I wasnt thinking of arwah atok much, but more about myself.

'Dah ready ke aku kalau tiba2 Allah tarik nyawa aku bila2 masa?'...

Arwah atok left behind my nenek, 13 anak (1 sudah meninggal),56 ke 57 grandchildren and 23 ke 24 great-grandchildren.

When Fiya first visited her moyang, Atok took out a piece of paper with rows of his anaks' names and marked '2' under 'Eda'(row) and 'Perempuan' (column)(My mom has 2 granddaughters) .Fiya is/was great-grandchild no.21.
Atok even remembered all his grandchildrens' n great-grandchildrens' names..

I saw a man whose life was complete..Semuanya sentiasa cukup.
How atok and nenek raised all 13 children is beyond my imagination...Adding to that,he even took care of some of us cucus when our parents' all at work.

I used to have my mengaji session 'alif ba taa' with nenek when I was 5.Before sleeping time after lunch would be sessi mencari kutu by nenek (wakaka)..We'd go lepak at the buaian,play galah panjang,football, police entree(camni ek eja?),pukul berapa dato' harimau,kena kejar dengan angsa yang atok pelihara etc.Masuk sekolah rendah, we'd go to Agama school in the morning,walked back to Atok's house,have lunch, wait for Kak Ani's bus to Convent pulak..Kalau bab lunch cukup selera dengan ikan masin sepat, papadom,and my all time favourite ikan sembilang masak berlada.Sometimes,when we got lucky,we get to eat fresh ayam kampung and ayam belanda (turkey-kitorang panggil ayam kluk2)yang atok sendiri ternak..Nyumms....Teringat pulak arwah Nek Tong time ni...

When I was 17, my parents went for Haj and they had asked Atok and Uncle Jamani to send me back to my residential school in Raub. Atok did that willingly, and we sempat singgah makan lunch at a famous Kari Kepala Ikan shop he used to frequent when he got posted somewhere in Pahang..

I regretted not visiting him often as I should.
But my memories of him as a very very good atok will always be in my heart.
I love you Atok...Semoga Allah menerima doa dan Al-Fatihah Meeha untuk Atok..Thank you for everything you've done for me,Atok. Maafkan Meeha..
Semoga Atok tenang di sana..
Al-Fatihah.

Impatient n garang...

Oshin slept at my house overnight 2 weeks ago and she witnessed how I try to discipline Fiya...

FIya doing something I dont like ...
Sam : FIya, AIEEEEPPPPPP....bla bla (kadang lembut, kadang marah..)
(Fiya ni kalau cakap lembut, kadang dia baik, mengikut, kadang dia buat dek aje, kadang bile mama dia naik suara, dia pun UWAAAAAAAAAAAA....
Oshin: Meeha, awak sangat garanglah dengan anak awak....

More often than not, I use 'AIEEEEEEEPPPP' as a way to say 'DAME' (tak boleh)...

Sekali semalam,　saya kena daaaaaaaa.....FIya dok 'AIEEEEEPPPPPP' the whole night...

*Mama bingung*

She has become ME..Oh NO! (Tiru yang baik2 saje lah nak, yang buruk jangan ditiru)..

Cerita kat hoikumama, gelak besar dia ! Katanya, jangan tegur begitu, cakap elok2..."jangan buat begini....etc"...

Mama kena belajar jadi tenang dan bersabar...something that is not in my genes....bab2 sabar, tenang dan lemah lembut ni kena serah pada papa n his family...hhehehe...

Alahai...Fiya Fiya..buah hati pengarang jantung mama ni !!!