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Juara I Pidato Bahasa Inggris, Catatan kecil dari Porseni MI Ke IV

Senin, 24 Juni 2013 –

Kota Blitar, Jatim (Humas). Satu lagi murid MI Perwanida Kota Blitar yang berprestasi di Porseni MI se-Jawa Timur Ke-IV di Kabupaten Blitar Tahun 2013 yakni Parikesit Prasty Suyudiy. Siswa Kelas V ini adalah peraih Juara I cabang Pidato Bahasa Inggris pada ajang dua tahunan ini.

Parikesit Prasty Suyudiy yang lahir di Kupang, 9 April 2001. Mau tahu prestasi lain yang pernah ditorehkannya? Zakia Zainul Musthofa juga adalah Juara I cabang Pidato Bahasa Arab pada Porseni MI se-Jawa Timur Ke-III Tahun 2011.

Anak dari pasangan Suyut, S.E dan Puji Rahayu ini selain piawai berpidato dalam Bahasa Inggris, juga salah satu siswa berprestasi di madrasahnya. Kata para ustadz dan ustadzahnya, ia salah satu anak yang cerdas di madrasah. “Selalu masuk sepuluh besar di kelasnya.”

Marak Kasus Kekerasan Anak Karena Masyarakat Ibukota Kurang Sosial

Jakarta – Maraknya kasus kekerasan pada anak akhir-akhir ini disebabkan karena menurunnya rasa sosial di antara warga. Masyarakat, khususnya di kota-kota besar cenderung cuek dan enggan bersosialisasi. Karena rasa antisosial itulah, maka kekerasan pada anak kerap terjadi.
“Faktanya kekerasan terhadap anak itu muncul dari lingkungan domestik, misalnya ketika seorang tetangga tahu ada orang tua yang melakukan kekerasan pada anak namun karena cuek dia tidak menghiraukannya,” ujar Komisioner Komnas Perlindungan Anak Indonesia (KPAI), Asrorun Ni’am saat berbincang dengan detikcom, Minggu (3/3/2013).
Oleh karena itu KPAI mengimbau agar sosialisasi antar tetangga harus dikembalikan ditengah pesatnya iklim modernisasi yang identik dengan individualisme. Dia mengatakan, jika terjadi kekerasan pada anak dalam suatu lingkungan, pejabat setempat harus diberitahu.
“Minimal Pak RT harus diberitahu agar dia bisa menegur orang tua yang melakukan tindak kekerasan pada anak, kalau teguran tidak mempan bisa dilaporkan ke polisi,” ucapnya.
Dia juga menjelaskan tingginya tingkat kekerasan pada anak akhir-akhir ini karena ketidakpedulian orang tua terhadap anak. Bahkan orang tua yang sibuk bekerja menyerahkan anaknya pada pembantu. Hal itu lanjutnya, tergolong tindakan kurang mendidik.
“Kekerasan pada anak salah satunya ialah abainya kepedulian orang tua pada anak,” tuturnya.

Parent & child programme

London International Study Centre, together with its sister companies Sutherland Education and Sutherland Day Nursery, offers a programme specially tailored to the parent with a child. It is very flexible and is based on personal requirements.

adult	'one-to-one' lessons for a parent (general, business or specialist English)
child	LISC study programmes (intensive English EAT© or academic courses) for 8-19 year olds or day care at Sutherland Day Nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years (minimum duration of one month)

The programme is designed for professionals who, over a short period of time, wish to improve their English or their knowledge of technical vocabulary in their area of specialism, and yet not have to separate from their children. The course focuses on building business language and developing communication skills and strategies in order to help you communicate more confidently in meetings, negotiations, presentations and social situations. Using a variety of effective learning techniques you will develop your ability to liaise with customers and business partners in English. Discussion on current affairs and the development of intercultural awareness is important for working with suppliers and partners of different nationalities.

Whilst you are following our unique programme, your child is able to also benefit from learning the language or simply interacting with children of the same age. You no longer need to leave your child behind; you can spend evenings and weekends with them and both of you can benefit from a wonderful opportunity to learn or improve English within a safe and happy environment.

Kid's Song

Berikut beberapa lagu anak-anak yang dapat didownload :

ABC song
Twinkle-twinkle little Star
Are you sleeping?
Mary had a litlle lamp

Short Story fur Fun

Hansel and Gretel

 

A poor woodcutter and his wife had two children named Hansel and Gretel. Their mother died when they were young. Hansel and Gretel were very sad. Soon their father remarried but their stepmother was very cruel. One day, she took the children deep into the forest and left them there. Clever Hansel had some breadcrumbs in his pocket and had dropped them on the way so that they could find their way back home. Alas! The birds ate all the crumbs and they couldn’t find the path that led back home.

Hansel and Gretel went deeper and deeper into the forest. They were hungry and tired. Finally, after walking for a long time, they saw a cottage made of chocolate, candies, and cake. “Look, Hansel! A chocolate brick!” shouted
Gretel in delight and both ate it hungrily.
Now, a wicked witch lived there. When she saw Hansel and Gretel, she wanted to eat them. She grabbed the chil­dren and locked them in a cage. The witch decided to make a soup out of Hansel and eat him first. She began boiling a huge pot of water for the soup. Just then, Gretel crept out of her cage. She gave the wicked witch a mighty push from behind and the witch fell into the boiling water. She howled in pain and died instantly. Hansel and Gretel found treasure lying around the cottage. They carried it home with them. Their stepmother had died and their father wel­comed them back with tears of joy. They never went hungry again!

 

Child Speech and Language

 

Children's speech and language development follows a typical pattern (see How Does Your Child Hear and Talk for more information). If you have concerns about your child's speech or language, consult a speech-language pathologist (ASHA's Find a Professional).

Speech Disorders

• Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Dysarthria
• Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
• Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes
• Stuttering
• Voice

Language Disorders

• Language-Based Learning Disabilities
• Preschool Language Disorders
• Selective Mutism

Medical and Developmental Conditions

• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autism
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Right Hemisphere Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Communication Options

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Speech for People with Tracheostomies or Ventilators

Frequently Asked Questions

• Helping Children with Communication Disorders in the Schools

CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN

General Characteristics

1. Interested in people: aware of differences, willing to give more to others, but also expect more.
2. Busy, active, full of enthusiasm, may try too much, interested in money and its value.
3. Sensitive to criticism, recognize failure, capacity for self-evaluation.
4. Capable of prolonged interest.
5. Decisive, dependable, reasonable, strong sense of right and wrong.
6. Spend a great deal of time in discussion. Often outspoken and critical of adults although still dependent on adult approval.

Physical Characteristics

1. Very active: need frequent breaks from tasks to do fun and energetic things.
2. Bone growth is not yet complete.
3. Some may mature early, may be insecure about their appearance or size.
4. Often accident-prone.

Social Characteristics

1. Start to develop close ties with friends outside of the family and start to seek independence.
2. Very choosy about friends; acceptance by them is important.
3. Can be competitive.
4. Team games become popular.
5. May try to emulate popular sports heroes and TV and movie stars.

Emotional Characteristics

1. Very sensitive to praise and recognition; feelings are hurt easily.

2.      Because friends are so important during this time, there can be conflicts between adults’ rules and friends’ rules. Mentors can help with honesty and consistency.

Mental Characteristics

1. Fairness is very important to them.
2. Eager to answer questions and look for a positive response to their ideas.
3. Very curious; like to collect things but may jump to other objects of interest after a short time.
4. Want more independence but look for guidance and support.
5. Reading abilities vary widely.

Developmental Tasks

1. Social cooperation.
2. Self-evaluation.
3. Skill learning.
4. Team play.

Suggested Volunteer Strategies

1. Recognize allegiance to friends and heroes.
2. Help them understand responsibilities in a two-way relationship.
3. Acknowledge and praise performance and affirm often.
4. Offer enjoyable learning experiences; share ideas about different cultures and fun facts about geography to broaden their sense of the world around them.
5. Provide frank answers to questions.

The Importance Of English In Children’s Life

As a subject, standard English is crucial for children to learn. For young children, learning English as soon as possible will help them with reading, basic math and communication skills. For older children, possessing proper English skills will enable them to understand more complex literary pieces and to write effectively. Empowering your children to learn proper English will help them go farther in life and achieve more. Proper English is vital in the business world. If you can’t speak it or write it, you risk appearing ignorant and unintelligent. If your children do not possess proper English skills, you might as well forget about them ever truly succeeding in the business world. Being able to communicate intelligently means doing so with the use of proper grammar and pronunciation. Nowadays, it is standard English that enables people all across the globe to communicate with one another. English is one of the predominant languages used in the global marketplace today.

Children begin to vocalize words from what they hear their caretakers saying and the sounds that they hear in the environment in which they live. Children today are not always exposed to standard English, either because they are surrounded by foreign-speaking parents or their environment is not conducive to it. Children, therefore, have to rely on their school teachers to teach them standard English. Unfortunately, this does not always occur. With the overcrowding of our classrooms, teachers tend not to “constantly” correct the mispronunciation of words or they allow slang to be used too often. Some teachers simply do not pay enough attention to proper usage of the English language, and thus, children are unable to learn standard English. Moreover, some of the teachers in the classrooms today fail to utilize proper pronunciation and grammar skills themselves when teaching our children. So, what can parents do when their children need help in learning standard English?

Fun-to-watch Kids English Zone programmes include comedy sketches, animated characters and songs. The Kids English Zone books expand on the vocabulary and structures of everyday situations presented in the programmes. The colour-coded sections and simple and clear rubrics make the books easy to use, and colourful characters bring the activities to life. The books are based on the Cambridge ESOL Young Learners (starters) syllabus.

 

Children's song

Children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that young children invent and share among themselves, or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home, or education. Although children’s songs have been recorded and studied in some cultures more than others, they appear to be universal in human society.