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A Day in the Life at Genius Aulad: Where Little Moments Create Big Smiles!

Assalamualaikum parents! 👋

Welcome to our little corner of sunshine where giggles echo through the hallways, tiny hands explore big ideas, and every child is celebrated for being uniquely wonderful. As a preschool teacher at Genius Aulad, let me take you on a journey through the magic we create together every day! ✨

Morning Magic: The Warmest Welcome 🌅


The day begins with cheerful greetings at the door. “Assalamualaikum, good morning!” we say, as our children skip into class. Watching the children’s smiles light up as they see their friends is the best way to start the day!

Our morning assembly sets the tone with fun songs, lively stretches, and heartfelt doa. You’d be amazed how quickly children memorize these simple yet meaningful supplications—they’re like little sponges!

Learning Through Play: Big Ideas in Little Hands 🎨

At Genius Aulad, every moment is a learning opportunity wrapped in fun.

In art & craft time, those small hands might be painting rainbows or crafting rocket ships.

During circle time, we dive into stories that spark curiosity and discussions that boost confidence. (You’ll hear lots of “Teacher, I know! I know!” moments!)
Outdoor play? Oh, it’s a favorite! From hopping through traditional games like Teng Teng to exploring nature, it’s all about movement and discovery.

And let’s not forget about the excitement in learning letters, numbers, and new English and Arabic words—it’s always an adventure here!

Islamic Values: The Heart of What We Do 🕌

Every day, we nurture akhlaq (good manners) through stories, role-play, and gentle reminders. Solat practice is a special time where we teach the beauty of connecting with Allah. It’s amazing to see how quickly children grasp these habits, it fills our hearts with pride!

Lunch & Laughs: Building Friendships Over Meals 🍎

Snack and lunchtime is more than just eating, it’s about fostering independence and teamwork. From learning to share to cleaning up, our children are picking up life skills in the sweetest ways.

Pro tip: If you hear your child singing a cleanup song at home, you know where it came from. 😄

Afternoon Adventures: Wrapping Up the Fun 🎉

The afternoon is packed with sensory activities and movement. Imagine children grooving to their favorite songs, testing their creativity with building blocks, or marveling at a science experiment.

Why Genius Aulad Feels Like Family 💛

As teachers, we see each child as our own. Every laugh, every triumph, and even every little challenge is a shared moment of growth. And we love partnering with you, dear parents, in this beautiful journey.

Dear parents, thank you for trusting us with your most precious gifts. Watching your children grow, learn, and shine is a joy and an honor we cherish every single day. So, what’s next for your little one?

Let’s create more smiles together! 🌈

Thinking about Genius Aulad for your child? Visit our nearest center and experience the warmth, joy, and magic of our classrooms firsthand! Click here to schedule a tour or register for our 2025 January Intake today.

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November 7, 2024 by geniusadmin 0 Comments

Choosing the Right Preschool for Your Child in Malaysia: A Guide for Parent

Are you searching for the right preschool in Malaysia? As parents, finding the best preschool for your child can feel like a big step. From play-based learning to Montessori, Islamic curriculum, and more, Malaysia has many options that can make this decision a bit overwhelming. But don’t worry, we’re here to help with friendly tips for picking the perfect preschool for your children!

1. Think About What Fits Your Child’s Personality 😊

Every child is unique. Does your child love exploring new things? Or do they prefer a quiet environment to learn? Considering your child’s personality will help you find a preschool that makes them feel comfortable and excited each day.

2. Learn About Different Preschool Approaches 🎨📚

In Malaysia, preschools often offer a variety of educational approaches. Here are some you might consider:

  • Montessori Preschool: Children learn independently, exploring at their own pace.
  • Reggio Emilia Approach: Focuses on project-based learning, allowing children to follow their interests.
  • Islamic Preschool Curriculum: Combines early education with Islamic values.
  • Play-Based Learning Preschool: Centers on learning through play, which is popular in Malaysia.

Many Malaysian parents choose preschools like Genius Aulad for a happy, friendly, and Islamic-based learning environment that combines education with emotional growth.

3. Choose a Preschool with the Right Values 🌈

Your child’s first school experience shapes their early social and emotional growth. Find a preschool that values kindness, teamwork, and respect. At Genius Aulad, we aim to make every child feel valued and supported, helping them develop essential life skills with joy.

4. Check the Curriculum and Daily Activities 🌞

A balanced preschool curriculum will encourage a love for learning. Look for a school that combines literacy, math, creativity, and physical activity. For example, Genius Aulad offers a well-rounded curriculum that includes daily Islamic practices, sensory activities, and more through our GENIUS-BALANCED METHODOLOGY!

5. Meet the Teachers 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫

Great teachers make all the difference! Look for preschools with friendly, caring teachers who engage with children warmly. At Genius Aulad, our teachers are trained to support each child with kindness and patience, ensuring a safe, fun, and supportive learning experience.

6. Location and Preschool Environment 🌍

When choosing a preschool, look for a safe, inviting, and child-friendly location. It’s where your child will spend most of their day, so it should feel like a happy space. At Genius Aulad, we make sure our centers are welcoming, colorful, and full of exciting resources for learning and playing.

7. Good Parent Communication 🔑

A strong parent-teacher connection makes a big difference. Look for a preschool that values open communication and regularly updates parents on progress and events. Genius Aulad, for instance, keeps parents informed with monthly updates and regularly updated social media content.

8. Prioritize Safety 🛡️

Safety is a top priority for every parent, and it should be for preschools too. Check the preschool’s safety standards, from cleanliness to emergency procedures. At Genius Aulad, we follow strict safety protocols so parents feel confident their child is in a secure environment.

9. Get Parent Reviews 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Ask other parents for feedback. Joining local parenting groups or reading online reviews about preschools in Malaysia can give you insight into the school’s environment, teachers, and approach. Genius Aulad is proud to receive positive reviews from parents who see their children flourish.

10. Trust Your Instincts 💖

Your child’s happiness is the most important factor. Visit the preschool and trust your instincts. Does it feel welcoming? If it feels like the right place for your child, that’s a great sign!

Why Genius Aulad?

For over 25 years, Genius Aulad has been one of Malaysia’s trusted preschool choices, providing children with a nurturing, Islamic-based learning environment. We focus on joyful learning that blends academic, social, and emotional growth.

If you’re interested in finding the best preschool in Malaysia for your child, feel free to visit Genius Aulad. We’d love to welcome you into our family and start your child’s learning journey with us!

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July 26, 2021 by admin 0 Comments

TIPS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN IN LEARNING AT HOME

This pandemic has affected many lives and families around the world. School closures, working-from-home, physical distancing is actually a huge responsibility for parents to perceive. We understand that school closures are a lot for parents to handle.

Dear mummy and daddy, your child might demand around-the-clock attention and parenting while juggling conference calls, never-ending emails, and tight deadlines can be stressful. WE FEEL YOU, PARENTS! Check out tips on supporting children in learning at home and making sure your children’s education is on track while they’re staying home. Insha Allah.

If you struggle to stay productive while working from home, this advice may help you, and May Allah eases all our affairs.

Credit: Robert Jenkins, UNICEF’s Global Chief of Education, on tips to help keep children’s education on track while they’re staying home. 🏡

PARENTING is GENIUS AULAD!

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January 20, 2021 by admin 0 Comments

“Tiada gajet boleh ganti cara guru mengajar di sekolah.”

 

Pembelajaran secara digital boleh dilakukan tetapi bukan untuk jangka masa panjang walaupun semua pelajar memiliki peranti dan ibu bapa mempunyai masa untuk memantau anak-anak.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif GAINS Education Group, dan Pengasas GENIUS AULAD, Puan Zaliza Alias berkata, tiada gajet yang boleh menggantikan sesi pengajaran dan pembelajaran secara bersemuka dengan guru di sekolah.

“Tidak ada gajet yang boleh menggantikan cara guru melihat pelajar dan tidak ada suara yang boleh menggantikan keriuhan di dalam kelas.

“Tidak ada ‘online game’ yang boleh menggantikan keseronokan pelajar berlari-lari, berpeluh dan kotor ketika bermain di padang,” katanya selaku panelis pada Wacana Sinar Edisi Ke-226 bertajuk Setahun tertinggal sekolah: Apa nasib anak kita? yang disiarkan secara langsung di semua platform media sosial Sinar Harian pada Selasa.

 

Dua lagi panelis yang membincangkan isu itu ialah Presiden Majlis Permuafakatan Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru Nasional (PIBGN), Profesor Madya Datuk Dr Mohamad Ali Hasan dan Penyampai Radio dan Pengacara Televisyen (TV), Muhammad Azmir Selamat atau lebih dikenali sebagai AG manakala Personaliti TV, Herleena Pahlavy bertindak sebagai moderator.

Menurutnya, pendidikan merupakan satu perjalanan dan proses menimba pengalaman selain tidak boleh diperoleh di atas kertas atau melalui buku.

Justeru, jelas beliau, penerimaan pendidikan secara psikologi kepada anak-anak perlu dilihat dalam konteks Dasar Pendidikan Negara.

“Dalam Dasar Pendidikan Negara perlu ada empat elemen, barulah dasar pendidikan itu lengkap iaitu pendidikan yang membawa kesejahteraan kepada jasmani, emosi, rohani dan intelektual.

“Pembelajaran dalam talian sebenarnya hanya meliputi intelektual. Itu pun dari sudut akademik sahaja, bukan intelektual secara keseluruhan. Yang lain semua tak dapat kita capai lagi,” katanya.

Sehubungan itu, Zaliza berkata, tiga pihak utama iaitu guru, ibu bapa dan anak-anak perlu mempunyai hubungan kerjasama yang erat bagi memastikan anak-anak yang setahun tidak ke sekolah secara formal tidak ketinggalan dalam pelajaran.

“Kita tidak boleh kata guru saja kena rajin, anak murid dan ibu bapa pun kena rajin. Bukan sahaja dalam pembelajaran digital tapi kalau pembelajaran secara bersemuka pun, kalau ibu bapa tak rajin nak buka beg anak, tak rajin bercerita dan sebagainya, pembelajaran tidak akan berjaya.

“Jadi ibu bapa kena betul-betul rajin kalau nak pembelajaran digital betul-betul menjadi,” katanya.

Baca artikel penuh di: https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/119985/KHAS/Wacana/Tiada-gajet-boleh-ganti-cara-guru-mengajar-di-sekolah

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June 23, 2020 by admin 0 Comments

PERSEDIAAN PENGURUSAN PELAJAR TADIKA DALAM PKPP @ astro AWANI

 

5 intipati perkongsian daripada Puan Zaliza Alias, Pengasas Tadika francais GENIUS AULAD di program Realiti Rakyat @ ASTRO AWANI, 8.30pagi, 23 Jun 2020 :

1. Kesiapsiagaan untuk pembukaan Tadika adalah tanggungjawab, kepercayaan dan tugas bersama yang perlu digalasan oleh 3 pihak iaitu Ibubapa, guru-guru dan pihak pengurusan sekolah.

2. Matlamat Falsafah Pendidikan Negara tidak dapat dicapai dengan “remote learning”. Perkembangan kanak-kanak perlukan pendidkan yang holistik.

3. Keseronokkan dalam pembelajaran dan rasa seronok hendak ke sekolah itu boleh diteruskan dengan pelbagai cara dan permainan bertemakan Penjarakan Sosial dan Kebersihan. Contoh yang diberikan : anak-anak menggerakkan “kapal angkasa” mereka menuju ke setiap “planet” dengan penjarakkan, guru-guru bersalaman dengan “tangan robot”, sambut anak-anak dengan kostum arnab dan sebagainya.

4. Kanak-kanak perlu diterangkan kenapa perlunya penjarakkan sosial dan kebersihan, samada di rumah, di sekolah atau di mana saja. Mereka berupaya memahami, mudah dibentuk dengan rutin dan lebih mengikut kata guru untuk mendidik mereka dengan normal baru dengan pelbagai cara kreatif.

5. Kanak-kanak akan menghadapi keadaan ini bukan sahaja sebulan dua, tapi mungkin bertahun lagi dengan pelbagai kemungkinan. Dengan hampir semua sektor dan industri kini dibuka sepenuhnya , kita perlu menyiapkan anak-anak kita dengan kebiasaan keselamatan norma baru untuk menghadapi dunia sebenar demi masa hadapan mereka.

Semoga perkongsian ini bermanfaat untuk semua.
Inshaa Allah.

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April 14, 2020 by admin 0 Comments

#GoGENIUS @ Home : MY BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

How’s the learning session at home? Dear parent, we hope you have a great time with your child. Do you view art as just messy playtime for kids? Or do you realize it’s so much more than that? Art can be good for kids in many ways. Who wants to be creative and play with colors? Get your children to fold a piece of paper in half, use their finger and take watercolor to draw one side of the butterfly. Painting using the children’s finger can help your children communicate their emotions or feelings. Through the use of different colors, they can express themselves without the use of words. Such activity also aids children to improve hand-eye coordination, an important skill in their age. This is developed while they learn to paint the parts that they see, making sure their hand movement is matched with their vision. Literacy, although it means communication, it does not necessarily involves speaking and writing only. It also involves listening and reading. How about singing? Let’s sing this song together!
 

Dear Mommy and Daddy, have a fun learning session with your child! Share your activity’s photo or video on the social media and tag us. Don’t forget to #GoGENIUS.

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March 30, 2020 by admin 0 Comments

#GoGENIUS @ Home : HIDE AND SEEK TREASURE HUNT

Let’s do some exploration today! It is always fun teaching children through fun and games, and one of the best and most fun ways of helping your child develop some much-needed life skills such as problem-solving and getting some good exercise for both the mind and body is through a simple treasure hunt. The second children development that is important is the physical development. Physical development can either be fine motor skill or gross motor skill. This includes running, clapping, writing, or even blinking their eyes. To ensure that the developments are met, parents have to provide the necessary activities for children to explore their physical senses. This particular activity would help! The treasure hunt is a famous and most loved game that can be played by either groups or individuals where they compete to see who can gather all the items from a list.  
  Dear Mommy and Daddy, have a fun learning session with your child! Share your activity’s photo or video on the social media and tag us. Don’t forget to #GoGENIUS.

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#GoGENIUS @ Home : FUN LEAF SENSORIAL

Let’s keep the learning process going at home! To help, we have prepared a simple art activity to keep your child occupied with a fun learning activity at home. Did you know that rubbing art technique was one of the oldest way of printmaking? By rubbing crayons over a surface and reproducing the raised elements of that surface you are reproducing print of it. Remember the 4 children development? Well, this activity focuses on their cognitive development. When they rub on different kinds of leaves, they will see different patterns. They will learn that not all leaves look the same and has the same shape. They will realize that if a leaf is taken from a different tree, it will look different. Be a good teacher and let them as questions! Make sure you do some homework beforehand 😊  
Dear Mommy and Daddy, have a fun learning session with your child! Share your activity’s photo or video on the social media and tag us. Don’t forget to #GoGENIUS.

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#GoGENIUS @ Home : THE 4 AREAS OF CHILDREN DEVELOPMENT

School isn’t the only place for learning. As a Genius Aulad parent, you are indeed a part of our learning experience too! When your child is at home, you are their teacher. However, everything doesn’t have to feel like a classroom lesson. Get your kids excited about discovering something new by disguising the learning activities as fun time. Try this interactive storytelling that you can do at home with your child. From imaginative play and simple origami to rhythm and story activities, there are so many wonderful ways to integrate with the Road Trip Story. While having fun, you will also help them develop their skills. By telling this story, let them practice physical skills when doing origami, let them brush the literacy when learning new words, let them explore their socio-emotional when talking about their experiences, and let them develop their cognitive brain when figuring our new shapes and movements.
  Dear Mommy and Daddy, have a fun learning session with your child! Share your activity’s photo or video on the social media and tag us. Don’t forget to #GoGENIUS.

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March 2, 2020 by admin 0 Comments

5 cara “bermain” di dalam Masjid!

Sudah bersedia nak bawa anak-anak ke masjid RAMADHAN ini ? Sebelum itu, jom kita fikir satu persoalan – Perlukah kita memarahi anak-anak yang bermain di dalam masjid ? Memang naluri setiap anak2 adalah bermain , dan kita sepatutnya “bermain” bersama mereka — ya, walaupun di dalam masjid. Bagaimanakah caranya?

We learn a lot from our GENIUS AULAD children as we practice Solat every day with them. In fact, the first GENIUS AULAD outdoor activity EVERY YEAR is to bring children to the Masjid — to learn on how to respect and love the masjids.

Here are what we learn from our children, about play and pray in the masjid :-

    1. Arranging shoes is game ! Children love to sort and arrange things – only if we make it as a game , not a chore. SUGGESTION : Arrange shoes according to sizes from big to small , or arrange according to colours. (IMPORTANT : But how do they play that if we adults just “campak” our shoes just like that without arranging? Some adults even “pijak” other people’s shoes just like that ! )

    2. “Sila Beratur” – Lining up is a game ! See how children find it fun to take turns , to stand behind each other , to do “choo-choo train”to make lines .
      (IMPORTANT : But how do children play that if we adults love to cut the lines, always want to rush others, even block other cars at the car park etc? )

    3. Wudhu’ is a fun water play ! Children may not take their Wudhu’ perfectly yet , but they love the every opportunity to the “water play” with their friends, washing every part of wudhu’ in sequence.
      (NOTE : Adab of using toilets in the masjids is just as important as Adab of Wudhu’. How do we teach children that Wudhu’ is to clean ourselves when the toilets are uncared for by us adults? Even worse, some adults take masjid toilets as the place to throw their babies’ diapers !!! Familiar with that sight? May Allah guide us.)

    4. To be in the Saf is a game ! Children love to stand side by side , shoulder to shoulder , feet to feet. Believe it or not, it is a Discipline-Game . It is the best time to discipline a child, that even the most active among them want to participate and stand in the line.
      (IMPORTANT: But how do they play that when we adults keep pushing them out of the Saf , hushing and saying that they are not supposed to be in the same line , really ? Well at least, could we accomodate the sides Saf for them so that they can be together with us? )

    5. Every play has a rule and has the aim. Children love to be explained that the aim for Solat is to aim for Jannah , to aim for Jannah is to gain the mercy of Allah , to gain the mercy of Allah is to thank Allah, to obey Allah and to love Allah as our Creator. To the children , it is a play that comes from their loving heart.

    6. (IMPORTANT : But how do they play that when adults are seen busy with their handphones and gadgets in the masjids , even at the time of Khutbah? Worse , when adults give them handphone and gadgets to play in the masjid – with the sound on ! )

In the end, “Children see, Children Do ” – is the name of the game. We adults set the example of the game, and yet we scolded our children for playing it .

Let’s play the love and respect for our children together. Inshaaa Allah

Lead The Way.
GENIUS AULAD

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