Teaching math - Bar Graph

This is the story of today's class.

Yesterday I got confused of what kind of learning activity of Bar graph for P3. I tried to look for any resources and finally decided to give them an activity in which they collect the data of their friends' fav colour and foods, and then make the bar graph based on the data. In the first time, I thought that I'd help them in collecting the data by asking the class of their fav colour and food, so they just need to record the number of studts in each category.

But hey, it did'nt work that way today. They just collected the data by themselves by asking their friends one by one. It's surprising! I didn't hypothesized it before. They looked enthusiastic in asking their friends one by one to collect the data. Beside, they looked interested about the fav foods choices I gave. I never thought they'd that enthusiatic!

Okay, that's children. We really need to enter their world if we want to make them interested in the learning activity. Sometimes they're just unpredictable. We might prepare and set everything well but they're not interested, and the other way around. So, we really have to understand their character so that we know for sure how to handle them.

Bapak penjual jagung rebus

After a long time,

Tadi,pas lagi keluar cari makan malem, I saw a 'bapak-bapak penjual jagung rebus'. He was waiting for people to buy the corns. Gerimis. Sepi. Beliau Keliatan gelisah, nothing to do and just wait. Sementara pemanas (gas) kudu tetep nyala biar jagungnya anget. What I'm trying to say here then?

You know, sometimes we forget about we've got, because we focuse on what we haven't got yet. Padahal, kalo kita mau looking back for what happened, anything, terus liat keadaan orang lain yang tidak seberuntung kita, nothing we can say but syukur. 

Coba liat bapak penjual jagung itu, beliau tulang punggung keluarga, bekerja keras tiap malem jual jagung, menjaga kehormatan dirinya dari meminta-minta. And what about us? Hidup enak, tidur nikmat,uang ada, kerjaan ada. But sometimes we forget. Kita terus kejar dunia,lupa syukur,lupa untuk berbagi, lupa pada sang pemberi nikmat. Rasanya malu nglihat bapak itu, malu. Kita terus mengeluh, menuntut. Everything we consider as a burden is nothing compare to his. Beliau yang harus kerja keras setiap hari untuk bs survive menghidupi keluarga. Kita yang alhamdulillah terlahir dari keluarga yang beruntung. So, Which of the favours of Allah will you deny?

Don't forget to look back, look at others' life that is not as lucky as ours. It sometimes reminds you how lucky you are, reminds you not to make any complaints about life, and reminds you not to be arrogant about life. 

Good night.