It's Still Fun, Vacation While Learning or Learning During Vacation

The definition of vacation is synonymous with no school. And, the holidays are also identical with the trip. This simple mindset most often settles on the child's head. No wonder if the baby indirectly expect parents to plan the most memorable vacation.

As a parent, of course difficult to avoid request baby. Moreover unfortunately also let them fill the holiday without any meaningful activity. Well, here is the need to rack my brain how to fill the holiday with creative and educative way. And no less important remains fun.

A creative and educative holiday. Yes, that's two things to emphasize. Moreover, sharpening creativity and educating children should not only be done in school, but also anywhere and anytime. Included in the holidays.

Maybe as an example is to invite children closer to nature. This kind of holiday concept has long been applied artist Ine Febriyanti. "I like to invite children close to nature when it fits the holidays," he said, Saturday (03/06/2012).

Practically, Ine invites his three children to camp in the open in Sukabumi, West Java. Or take a road trip with a vehicle and stop in the areas that provide beautiful natural scenery. "I like children close to nature and that's why I encourage them to go to school in Ciganjur," explained the mother of three children.

So even with the Diva Pop Titi DJ. "Normally, I'd rather take them on a vacation to a place where kids get closer to nature, let's say take them to Bird Park and Elephant Safari so they know the birds," explained the mother of four.

Could be, Ine and Titi DJ want his baby not only interact with gadgets, computers, let alone TV. Promotional marks of the times can isolate children from the joy of exploring nature. Not to mention the activities of teaching and learning in school sometimes also restrict children associate with nature.

This is what concerns Richard Louv. In his book Last Child in The Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, Richard writes how the lives of children who are far from nature will harm physical health, mental, and inhibit creativity. This condition is called Nature Deficit Disorder aka nature deficit disorder.

This situation also arrested a number of travel agents. They offer many school holiday package packages with educational tour themes. If there is no plan out of town, can listen to the offer of Dolphin Ecotourism who designed tour packages Hawthorn Turtle Conservation Program semi-natural and natural in the Thousand Islands National Park (TNKpS).

One of the activities is to see directly and touched the turtle (tukik). It can also release turtles. Release done in the morning or before sunset with a clean beach condition from the garbage.

As for those planning out of town, can observe the tour package from Lombok Network Holidays which offers Rinjani Trek five days and four nights via Sembalun. This tour package presents the experience of climbing Mount Rinjani.

Translated From Original Article @ Tribunnews /2012/06/03

This article has been aired on Tribunnews.com under the title Holiday Vacation Learned? Keep It Fun Lho, http://www.tribunnews.com/lifestyle/2012/06/03/liburan-sambil-belajar-ten-the-beautiful-lho.

Editor: Anita K Wardhani

Differences between Educating, Teaching, Guiding, and Coaching

Understanding Educating, Teaching, Guiding, and Train

What is educational understanding? Is it as educational as teaching? Then how to train and guide? Perhaps the difference between the four words (which is very closely related to the world of teachers, the world of education) is rather vague and unclear. Drs. Suparlan, M.Pd. in his book titled Becoming an Effective Teacher has listed the differences between educating, mentoring and training and teaching. Here are the four differences according to him:

Educate

Educate: In terms of content, education is strongly related to morality and personality. If viewed from the aspect of the process, then educate related to provide motivation to learn and follow the rules or order that has become mutual agreement. Then when judging in terms of strategies and methods used, educate more using exemplary and habituation.

Guide

Guiding: When viewed in terms of content, then guiding relating to norms and order. Viewed from the aspect of the process, then educate can be done by delivering or transferring teaching materials in the form of science, technology and art by using strategies and teaching methods in accordance with individual differences of each student. Then when viewed from the strategies and methods used, then guide more form of motivation and coaching.

Train

Train: Train when viewed in terms of content is in the form of skills or life skills (life skills). When viewed from the process, then the train is done by being an example (role model) and role models in terms of morals and personality. Meanwhile, when viewed from the strategies and methods that can be used, namely through work practices, simulations, and internships.

Teach

Teaching: When viewed in terms of content, then teaching in the form of teaching materials in the form of science. The process is done by giving examples to students or practicing certain skills or applying concepts given to students in order to become proficiency that can be used in everyday life. Strategies and methods that can be used for teaching such as expository and inquiry.

Educate Children Smarter (For 2 years Old)

Many studies reveal that the first year of child development is also called the golden stage or Golden Age that takes place in the first 1000 days of the baby's life. And in this time frame is the main time or prime time for the learning phase of the child. But as the development of children there may be some ha that make parents difficult to stimulate child development. Here are some tips to help parents teach children in this golden age to be more intelligent.

1. Introduce with music

According to research, revealed that music helps the development of children become more intelligent. The average child who studies music has a more prominent achievement than children who do not know music at all. Even music is also very useful when the child is still in the womb, as one way to make a smart child since the womb. And from the study also revealed that within 6 months only when a child learning the music of cognitive abilities experienced significant improvement.

2. Provide adequate nutrition

Nutrition is very important for the development of children, especially in the golden age of growth. Adequacy of nutrients and nutrients that enter the child's body will help support the development of children as a whole. A healthy child will certainly be smarter when compared to a malnourished child or suffering from malnutrition. Breast milk is one of them, because it contains the complete nutrition that children need during their development for at least the first two years.

At the age of 2 years, the child's brain needs the right balance of nutritional intake such as glucose, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B, zinc, and folic acid. Children who eat breakfast regularly have better memory and focus. One of the good breakfast foods is cereal and oatmeal made from wheat.

3. Include in every activity

Educating 2-year-old child is certainly a little different from how to educate children aged 1 year, in addition to child's growing age is much different. At the age of 2 years, the child can be invited and involved in doing family activities together. If when the 1-year-old maaih is still dangerous because the child may still learn the way, certainly different from the 2-year-old child who may have been able to run. This age invites children to engage in every activity of the house such as putting his drink bottle on the table, watering flowers, tidying his own toys and all the fun things at home. When inviting children involved, note that there are no dangerous objects nearby.

4. Adequate playing time

Children instinctively love to play, anything can be a media play for children. Do not forbid or try to stop the wishes of this one child. It would be better if the parents provide a place for him to play and also beraktifitas freely. Play can also make children become more intelligent, so choose educational gear. For example, puzzles, beams, balls, drawing paper and toys that can pull out music like toy pianos. Do not forget to always watch and keep the child as he plays. Because the child could have fallen or hit his maianan when he was busy playing.

5. Invite to read

Although not yet able to read, but invites children at the age of 2 years to start to know the book and reading will provide good stimulation for brain development. Do not just read a story or story to a child but invite him to read. According to research, invites children to read colorful fairy tale books, able to stimulate the ability to read early on. Because when reading a child's fairy tale not only see the visual of the book but also hear the words spoken by the mother or father who would be recorded in the child's brain memory.

6. Speak up

By inviting children at the age of 2 years to chat, indirectly parents will teach him various kinds of vocabulary. So the child will love to talk and also imitate speech. It will also improve the intelligence of the child and as a way to educate the child to be confident in speaking well.

7. Teach with good habits

The name of good habits must be built by getting children to do good things. For example throw samoah in place, pray, and should not say rude and also shout. Also teach children also simple activities such as pee in the toilet, eating with a spoon, wearing pants or clothes themselves. It is very good as one way to educate 2-year-olds to be disciplined and responsible.

8. Teach sleep on time

Sleep has an important role in helping the child's growth become more optimal. Indeed, many things that can be a cause of difficulty sleeping the night that can reduce the quality of child's sleep. But by teaching children to sleep on time it can be slightly reduced. At least the child's sleep time in these times until the age of 5 years should be no less than 11 hours or more than 13 hours in a day.

9. Limit time to watch tv

Television is now very developed with the number of programs offered. As a parent should be wise in giving television spectacle to the child, because this is a bit more able to give effect to the development of children. Give the right time to watch television, because children aged 2 years can already addicted to watching tv and this is not good for the attitude and behavior of the next child. Moreover, watching tv for two-year-olds does not have any meaningful benefits.

Indeed educate the child can not be equally - leveled out at all ages, because each child has his ability - each. So even with the intelligence of children, although it can be sharpened to be more intelligent but that does not mean parents can impose on the child. At this stage of age two, children are still in the exploration stage. So the way to educate it should be more inviting play and fun activities so that children do not experience pressure or stress.

15 Ways to Educate a True 2-Year-Old Child

Educating 2-year-olds is not easy, especially if your child is too critical or just too quiet and passive. Educating 2-year-olds is also quite difficult where the child can not yet be understood, but their visual reasoning is working well.

This fact that makes many parents, especially new parents to be confused how to take care of their children who turn 2 years of age. It is not easy and trivial to educate 2-year-olds, where they should model good things to be imitated by 2-year-olds, because they still use the viewing and reasoning system so bad or good will be absorbed and followed. Even if not stopped they will grow into the wrong person. Here are 15 tips for educating 2 year olds, anything?

1. Firmly

Being firm is the first thing you should do. Firm does not mean fierce, because basically, firmly is something that can make it easier for someone to be able to analyze our principles ourselves. For children aged 2 years they will be confused if a rule change. Today you forbid, then they cry and you allow it. With such inconsequential events the children will belittle you as parents. If you have applied a strict Sika from an early age, the child's brain sensor will easily absorb the attitude and will instinctively act on the firmness you apply to your child.

2. Show Love

Compassion is the most expensive and can not be exchanged. As you know that a 2-year-old child still needs a thing whose name is affection with a very high level or percentage not just a mere one. With these facts love can be one of the best educating ways for children.

3. Invite to Play

Inviting play is certainly the most appropriate way to educate children aged 2 years. Playing is indeed their world and not learning, but you can embed lessons into all their games to make it easier to remember. Taking 2-year-olds also adds to the closeness of mothers and children or children with other family members. Playing and outside activities is very helpful to improve the sensory and motor nerves of the child.

4. Speak Up

Speaking may sound trivial, but do you know that taking a 2-year-old child to talk can then train them to communicate, what they are like and how they communicate. Whether good or not, polite or not and anything else. Speaking can also help them to speak fluently and not lisp or stammer.

5. Show Good Things

Showing good things certainly not only in 2-year-olds who can learn, but to all children and even adults. Especially if you can show the immediate effect or "gift" that they will receive by doing good. Teaching children good things from an early age is considered very good because the ability to absorb children when he was 2 years very good and easy to practice by the child.

However, it does not mean you as a parent can give the lure and give a gift for them to do good. That's not the right thing, because many parents do that and make the kids never do something sincerely or expecting a pamrih. If you continue to be rewarded, your children will continue to do good things just because they will get rewards, and that is not good for the child's psychic development.

6. Recommend Good Habits

Introduce good habits not merely about helping to cross the parents and so on. 2 year old child does not know yet. To introduce good habits from the smallest such as taking your own drink, eating your own food, eating with your right hand, answering children's questions carefully or answering questions in good language.

7. Show Bad Things

Showing bad things for a 2-year-old child? what could possibly be. Should not show good things? no, to train their reasoning you can show bad things and show what things are forbidden. If necessary you show how the effects or impacts are received if doing the worst. In addition, showing bad things will help them analyze what is actually prohibited or what is allowed.

8. Teach Punishment

Teaching punishment helps you become a smart and assertive parent. What if they cry? the humane thing a 2 year old boy is punished and weeping. But with the punishment then you have taught that the life of 2-year-old child-had already had a rule or a good restriction or not. But the punishment must be adjusted and not too heavy. For example, when your child picks up his friend's toys then you should punish him by giving your child a toy to a friend who picked up his toys. Will a 2 year old child be crying? it is clear, but with that little thing you remove the nature or personality of your child's greed.

9. Stop Crying With Other Ways

Stop the crying not merely with praise and reward or lure. But to stop the crying is not also angry or beat them. Stopping a cry can be included in how to educate a child, at the age of 2 years the child should be taught to reduce the whimper by crying. Train them to talk about what is being asked not by crying.

10. Give the Rules

Providing rules helps them with a better life. 2-year-olds still need freedom of expression, they are growing up. However, that does not mean the rules are lost and specified. For example the child wants a cake 2 then the cake is gone, then he should not take his sister's cake or his sister. Because he already ate his cake. This is called a rule that can be applied to a 2-year-old child.

11. Let Them Contend

2 year olds are still 100% old? not necessarily, too. A 2-year-old child is able to present the desires and things most needed for himself. So let them think and express their desires and intentions. That way you can examine the extent to which your child has developed or not. Let them dare to express their wishes and opinions correctly since the age of 2 years. Because by arguing, the child will be able to understand what is meant by cause and effect.

12. Do not Limit Interest and Talent

Do not limit the interest and talent of 2-year-olds. For 2-year-olds are usually new to many things and recognize new objects that previously may never be known or never seen. So do not limit their interests and talents, some children sometimes have seen interest and talent since the age of 2 years.

For example, the child is happy with the color puzzle or may have been happy to play beams of interest then and talent can be seen from the game or their activities even if only vague. Because 2-year-olds are still familiar with a variety of things not including can be categorized as having liked a particular interest or talent.

13. Do not Snap

Snapping is the most prohibited thing in educating children especially those who are still 2 years old. Barking will only add to their fear, where snapping just shows the wrong thing in children aged 2 years. They will imitate you to yell at others to be heard, so you can grow the nature and personality of tempramen to the child who is still 2 years old. Snapping also can only grow a child into a thug and try to arrange other people including his friends.

14. Do not Use Hands

Using the hands is the most forbidden before snapping or after snapping. Using a hand will only cause a 2-year-old child to be terrified and traumatic. Especially if using hands to educate them minded that other people do cruel things and they should not be wrong, so the child will never want to try or want to do things at risk. It is clear the child will not develop well. If there is a use of the hand should be reminded, especially if the do is your spouse who together became parents with you.

15. Spend More Time

2-year-olds need high attention, great curiosity but not being able to take care of themselves cause you as a parent should be able to spend better time. Not only that, taking the time can help you provide better quality of education and more targeted. If you want to help a 2-year-old learn to speak well, then you should spend time better to keep talking and train your child to talk.

Similarly, a full explanation of some ways that can be followed to teach your child who is 2 years old, so that your child grows and develops positively, both physical and psychic.

When Should The Little going to School?

When asked, there will probably be many reasons that can be adduced when the parents decide to send their children at a very young age. Facilities play and learn in a school that is certainly more complete than at home, could be one reason. In addition, the school at an early age is also believed to help parents to provide appropriate stimulation for her baby.

Yes, at school, your child will certainly do more physical activities such as singing, jumping or dancing. In addition, children can learn to express their feelings at a time to socialize, both with peers and teachers.

However, not a few parents who feel that educating children at a very young age is just a trend that was created to satisfy the ego's father and mother alone. Because in their view, the age of 0-5 years is the golden age of the child so it would be wise to let your child learn directly from its immediate environment.

Moreover, forcing children to go to school at a young age will only cause stress is believed that it is not likely lead to boredom. As a result, when entering elementary school, children will be cranky and declared a strike and learn even more extreme school strike.

Depending Child Development

Nana Eclipse, M.Psi, psychologist, says that the school is basically divided into four levels, namely early, elementary, middle and high. School early childhood also known as usual preschool beginning at age 3 years. The goal is to prepare children's compulsory education is primary school.

The school is considered to have an advantage because the agency has more facilities to stimulate the child. So when the question arises of how the ideal age children entered school, then the answer is dependent on the state of children themselves.

"As parents, we should most know, whether children get enough stimulation in the home, both of ourselves and the environment. When the stimulation is given is considered sufficient, it is actually legitimate when the children were not in school up to primary school age, "explained psychologist who daily practice at the Royal Hospital Progress, in Sunter.

Nana also emphasized, if the parent still wants to put their children to school since a young age, earned it not only because just want to follow the trend. For if only follow trends, then in addition to children, parents will also be joined burden.

"Actually school at an early age could be an alternative if the parents are busy working so rarely have time to play and learn with their children. Or because of other factors such as the child bored at home and wanted to go to school like a brother or a friend. It is important to note that children can be motivated and not feel compelled to go to school. To be sure, you should never send a child because of the trend, "he said.

It also expressed by Leriwati Sutarna, practitioners and consultants Penabur children's education foundation. According to him, there is no definite standard regarding what age children should begin to be included playgroup or kindergarten. "For children, learning activities that can be done anywhere. However, to get a formal education in schools, depending on the readiness of the child, "he said.

Furthermore, women are usually called Leri explains, if the child starts like carrying a bag and repetitive always pretending to go to school, then it could be an early indication that the child does want to start school.

"If there are indications Thus, parents can bring their children to attend the trial at the school of choice. Now many schools really provide a trial for one week and even one month. From there it can be seen whether the child is already ready to go to school or not. If not ready, which is usually marked by crying hysterically, not forced as it will only lead to trauma that can be seen when the child begins to sit in 3rd grade elementary school, "he said.

Selective Choosing Schools

Basically, the school is one means to help children grow optimal physical, cognitive and emotional. Therefore Nana hope that parents can be more selective in understanding the purpose, learning programs and the vision and mission of schools that offer services that are schooled children can really benefit positive. "Please remember, age 0-5 years is the golden age a child to learn new things. And learn not only be done in schools but also from home. The active role of parents with objects around can be a medium of learning, "said Nana. One thing is for sure, if they want to send their children at an early age, do not let the schools selected to be a scary thing for a child. Because just like adults, children can also be a lot of stress due to depressed, bored, or disappointed at the state of the self and the environment. The stress can ultimately make children become more aggressive, hyper, moody, and angry because it, choose a school that does not give a burden to the child. Because essentially, children aged 7 years and under still need to use a method of learning while playing in order to please him. Here's a summary tips from Nana and Leri to get suitable school for a child with a young age.

Understand the purpose, vision and mission of the school

Good schools are schools that educate children holistically means include cognitive, physical, emotional and spiritual. Parents should be actively involved in order to understand and assess whether the learning portion according to the capacity of the age of the child's development.

Program Clear

Preschool Good also has a clear program, where most of the learning activities carried out while playing. To be sure, these programs can also make the child become an independent person and capable of finding solutions.

Instructor

Faculty provided school should have a good speech and polite. Care for children and have always wanted to be a good listener.

Location and Cost

Try to choose a school that is close to home so the trip to school is not too tiring for the little guy. Do not forget, account also the costs required for the school to match the ability of each parent.

The Right Time for Children to go to School

School is a place that is fun for most children, but not denied could also be a place that is most feared by children. This can happen when a child starts school at an inconvenient time. The most appropriate time to enter the school children when a child is consciously say and ask himself to his parents that he wanted to go to school. This suggests a sense of interest in the child and the child's readiness for school. Responding to the wishes of children, parents must support and not forgetting to explain what the consequences. Children should have the responsibility for school assignments.

In general, children aged 3-4 years, will trigger his own desire to go to school when he saw relatives or friends in school. But if there is no desire of children to schools, parents should not be forced and decided the child should go to school. Do not force the child to go to school does not mean parents give up and wait when the child wants to school. This kind of attitude will also cause harm to children, late start of education. Instead parents should be proactive in various ways in order to arise curiosity in the child school. For example by encouraging children to come pick up his sister at school or to invite and accompany the child to see and play with friends who have entered the school. The next stage of the selected schools also should be appropriate to the child's age. For ages 3-4 years, it is best to playgroup (school for children of early age).

10 Tips to Communicate With Children Needs to Know For Each Parent

Is a struggle that is not easy for us to be able to continue close to the child. Yet this is one of the keys to our success.

It must be recognized that we are coming from a different time with our children. They will never like the "Rod Stewart", until we understand and know about the "One Direction".

Before it's too late, let's try 10 tips to communicate with these children so that our relationship with the child continues harmony.

1. Take time
Always include a schedule for the activity with the child on a schedule harianParents. Allow the Small to choose the activities he likes, even if it's just watching MTV at home. This way Parents will know how in fact the character of the little one at home, what he likes and so forth.

2. Give them your full attention
We often complain that our children often ignore or do not care about our busyness. But who knows, beginning precisely from our mistakes.

Often as parents we go home already in a state of fatigue. Or though the activity in the house, but we instead choose TV or gadget as a friend of children, so that we can immediately finish the housework or take care of our business.

We are always busy, busy, and busy constantly. Until now, they need us, we always say, "Sorry Mom / Dad did not have time," or "Oh, Father / Mother was tired, boy, can we talk tomorrow".
From now on, let's provide a little more effort to pay attention and to communicate to them. Let's do this in order to maintain our close relationship and children.

3. Respect them
Appreciating the efforts of our toddler, or teenager on good behavior, will create a positive relationship. And positive relationship will of course be an effective way to communicate or talk to them.

4. Respect the wishes of children
Problem children often underestimated by parents. But be aware that the "trivial" is actually even crucial to a child would help the relationship between parents and children.

So let's, we value and respect every word, and their desires. Our appreciation to them will lead to trust and strengthen our relationship with the children.

5. Use good body language
It is advisable that parents lowered his voice and spoke more slowly to children. Moreover, seeking to speak with an equal height is recommended, for example by lowering the body or even sit. This will reduce the fear and intimidation that children may feel when talking to his parents.

6. Speak more often
Make communicate with the child as a habit. If the little one in the house was still a toddler, then talk things simple with it. Initially it may be difficult, but this habit will make the little one knows that his parents will always try to connect with him.

7. Be a Flexible
When the children are teenagers, they could have questioned our rules and tried to ask for more freedom. For that when the full freedom

8. Love them sincerely
Wise proverb says that children will never be too old to be told that our parents, love them. So, to say "I love you" on the Toddlers and show through deeds, our love to the teenages.

9. Give clear reasons
When about to scold the child, hold on emotion, especially of utterances accused. Instead, speak well to children and show that Parents are ready to explain what became of their mistake. Practice and try to communicate well even in a state full of emotion.

10. Involve children
Lastly, always involve the children in the family activities. Suppose decide where want to travel, what kind of food to be cooked today, and so forth.
This will make the children always felt close to Parents though perhaps, eventually Parents and children will be living far away or years apart.

How to Get Scholarships

Scholarships are not open to them with a resounding academic achievement alone, Bright Friends. Many ways to reach scholarship opportunities in accordance with the qualifications you have. How to?

Believed that higher education can change a person's future for the better. Just get better access to higher education is not cheap. In addition to the entry fee, a good student, students S1, S2 and doctoral inevitably expend considerable cost to buy books and do research.

Scholarship is one perfect solution to address the financial problems of the students. In addition to ease the financial burden, if winning a scholarship will certainly add value to your resume. Who are the institutions that will provide scholarship assistance? Consider the following tips before you "hunting"!

Scholarships from the university

Usually many universities both at home and abroad that provide scholarships for new students. So, before enrolling at university you're going, it's good to ask if the university provides scholarships for new students.

There are several considerations put forward by the university before accepting you as a participant scholarships. Each university, faculty and department usually has a different requirement. There is a priority to academic achievement with a minimum value limit, there is also a consideration based on economic status scholarship applicants.

But there are also universities that consider granting scholarships for non-academic achievement as extracurricular who you follow. For example, academic achievement you are not so good, but you are reliable in the sport of basketball.

Each year, the regulations regarding grants scholarships from universities usually different. Some Universities offers scholarships since the beginning of college, but some offer scholarships only to students of a particular level. But not infrequently also universities that offer full scholarships (full time) for a specific program or department annually. We recommend that you consult with your academic advisor in order to obtain a clearer explanation of the terms and conditions of the scholarship.

Government scholarship

If the university does not provide scholarships, you can switch on the scholarship program launched by the government, both domestically and abroad. Usually a scholarship from the government more specifically its kind, based on merit or the needs of the recipients.

Many government scholarships are intended for those who are unable, for example, to those living in remote areas, women, students who suffer from physical disabilities, or indeed not well off financially.

Scholarships for master's and doctoral programs was widely shared by the government. It's just that the competition is intense. But once the scholarship is worth a try, because the funds were given often covers all the total tuition until you pass. Consultation with the academic advisor to find out if you are eligible to participate in the scholarship program offered by the government.

Scholarships from private companies

If you just graduated from high school and want to find a scholarship to continue S1, ask the parents whether their employers offer scholarships to children of employees.

So also with you who are already working, ask HR if it is possible to get a scholarship for employees.

Scholarships from foundations

Universities and private companies are not the only sources of scholarships. You can also try some of the charitable foundation and scholarship of the individual. Usually the scholarship is not only true for learning purposes in the country, but also abroad.

As well as government scholarships, scholarships granted by the charitable foundation aimed at those who are less fortunate or specific targets. Sometimes this type of scholarship only certain educational program offers scholarships to students from areas that have not been considered advanced. But, from the charitable foundation scholarships is also not rule out the possibility for those who are active in organizations or active in social work.

Do not hesitate: immediately register!

As well as schools, scholarships sertiap also has its own prestige. Do not hesitate to sign up scholarships that demand little, or only offer education costs are not much. To overcome this problem, list several scholarships at the same time, in order to accumulate sufficient funds for education that all the costs that you need to continue studies.

Do your research, read the terms and conditions of the scholarship clearly before you start to register. Do not get discouraged before trying, because scholarship is not only intended for those who have a perfect academic achievement. Talent and talent can only be a major capital to achieve the dream scholarship. Happy hunting scholarship, Bright Friends!

5 Tips on Child Education Plan

Every parent would want to provide the best for their child, including in education. Maximizing the interests and talents of children with the best education course is a parent's dream.

Therefore, the cost of a child's education is one of the things that you should not neglect to prepare. Moreover, the estimated cost of education rose by 20% annually, far greater than changes in inflation and salary increases!

With this increase, the best way to set up a fund a child's education is through investment. Hopefully the following five tips can help you:

1. Prepare early

Investments take time to develop. Cost of education is usually a long-term target that takes more than 5 years to be achieved. Therefore, the sooner you start setting aside money and investing, the better.

2. Plan your child's education level

Plan your child's education, such as the type of school you want (public and private schools or abroad), the type of education according to their interests and talents of your child (school of art, or medicine, etc.). After that, use a child's education cost calculator that you can get on the internet to calculate the estimated cost of education in the future.

3. Calculate the amount of investment you need to do

After getting the target cost of education, you can calculate the amount of investment you need to do to achieve these targets. The investment amount is influenced also by the type of investment you are making, for example, education savings, mutual funds, etc.

4. Consider Need for Life Insurance

You also have to think of the worst possibilities. What would happen if you or your partner as a family breadwinner could no longer support a family, for example due to illness or death? Prepare protection for your child, so when the worst happens, your child can still live decently and get the best education.

5. Do not Doubt inquiry

Knowledge of financial planning you can get from books, the Internet, financial news, or ask family or friends that were / are being invested. If necessary, you can also consult a financial planner to make education funding plan is best for your child.

After having a good plan for the preparation of educational funds, you'll need next is the discipline to execute the plan. Reevaluate your plan within a certain period, for example once a year, to adapt to economic conditions, the condition of your finances, etc. All for the sake of providing the best for your child!

6 Alternative low vacation spots in Indonesia

While there is still in a holiday mood, there is no harm I would like to give a little information about the exact inexpensive vacation travel.

Finally, the holiday season has arrived ya, it's time you vacation with your family and your closest friends. After a long work collecting money, it is time to relax unwind and enjoy time with loved ones. Going on vacation is certainly going to need the money, but the holiday was not cool to go abroad or go to expensive places. You can make your holiday with fun and cool in Indonesia really. Surely you already know about Indonesia's loads of tourist places, so you just select any of the thousands of wonderful places. But for you who are still confused where tourist destinations are cool and you also want a cheap, here we give 6 cool and cheap tourist destinations that exist only in Indonesia.

1. Batu, Malang

City dubbed Apple City has myriad tourist destination is very exciting, cool, and make you shocked. Especially for those of you who have never come to it, you would not have thought that Batu, Malang is a tourist town that is very pleasant. On the stone you can find culinary delicious, a nice view, cool atmosphere calming, and the exact locations of the many attractions, such as East Java Park 1 and 2, Eco Green Park, and New Night Spectacular. To be able to enjoy all the tourist sites, you can buy a season ticket price is very affordable. In addition, for you and your classic car lovers who are looking for a unique photo spot, you can come to the Museum of Transport. Guaranteed you will be astonished.

Costs required to vacation in Stone very varied and can be tailored to your budget. Diverse culinary and lodging can be enjoyed at an affordable price but comfortable.

2. Yogyakarta

Special city that is famous for his Kingdom is one cool cheap tourist destination for living. Typical food as tasty as warm and stir firecrackers can you feel the price is very cheap, but it is also the location of the tour you can enjoy without paying expensive or even some are free! Yogyakarta has attractions which are complete. If you like historical relics, you can come to Prambanan, Yogyakarta Palace and Taman Sari Water Castle. For you who like shopping, Yogyakarta also has the famous shopping center is along Jalan Malioboro. And for nature lovers as well as finding a good photo spot, come to Parangtritis, Mount Merapi, and excited Loka Zoo. So the city is convenience and versatile suitable for all of you.

In addition the price for a vacation in Yogyakarta not really expensive. Cost for a meal and a place to stay you can customize to your budget. To enjoy its attractions as well you do not need to fear costly.

3. Bogor

Rain city has its own charm that is hard to resist. The town lies at the foot of the mountain presents many unique culinary scattered throughout the city and the natural attractions of interest, namely Bogor Botanical Gardens and the Palace of Bogor. The fare walk in Bogor guaranteed cheap, ranging from food prices to the tourist attractions. So, do not be afraid costly.

4. Solo

Solo or Surakarta is also called in a strategic place, ie in the middle of land in Central Java. Because of this, Solo visited by people from various regions. In addition, Solo has attractions which are comprehensive, ranging from culinary, clothing, and various tourist attractions. You are looking for a spot of shopping busatna? Pasar Klewer in Solo there that will make you feel at home because there are various types of batik and the price is very low. Then if you want to go to the tourist attractions, please come to Sriwedari Park, Museum of Ancient Man Sangiran, and the Pandavas Water World Solo Baru. All of this you can enjoy only in Solo and at a cheap price.

5. Lamongan

Located on the north coast of East Java Lamongan city provides various types of tourist tours either artificial or natural. The natural beauty of this place is no doubt due to many great places here. For you who want to relax chili dip, please go to Travel Brumbung Thermal Baths. Well if you want to feel the entertainment here, you can come to the Maharani Zoo and Goa, as well as Marine Tourism Lamongan. Your vacation will definitely low and fun here.

6. Cirebon

The city is located in West Java and is easily accessible by you who live in Jakarta. Here you can enjoy the taste of good food and interesting sights that certainly does not make perforated bag. Culinary enthusiasts should sample the delicious flavor typical rice jamblang Cirebon who also became an icon of the city. You are looking for a great tourist spot, let's go to Taman Sari Sunyaragi Cave and the Great Mosque of the Taste. Both of these places have a good view

Now you already know the holiday destination not make perforated bags but not boring. So there is still fear for the holidays? Indonesia has so many tourist sites that you can go and not lose good scenery may even be better than abroad. In addition, the cost is cheaper. So the holiday fun and cool do not need expensive, right?

How To Thinks Positively (2)

Combating Negative Thoughts

Identify your automatic negative thoughts. In order to shift away from the negative thinking that is holding you back from having a positive outlook, you'll need to become more aware of your "automatic negative thoughts". When you recognize them, you're in a position to challenge them and give them their marching orders to move right out of your head.a

• An example of an automatic negative thought is, upon hearing that you have an upcoming test, you think, “I’ll probably fail it.” The thought is automatic because it’s your initial reaction to hearing about the test.

Challenge your negative thoughts. Even if you have spent most of your life thinking negatively, you don’t have to continue being negative. Whenever you have a negative thought, particularly an automatic negative thought, stop and evaluate whether the thought is true or accurate.

• One way to challenge negative thoughts is to be objective. Write down the negative thought and think about how you would respond if someone else said the thought to you. It’s likely that you could offer an objective rebuttal to someone else’s negativity, even if you find it difficult to do for yourself.
• For example, you may have the negative thought, “I always fail tests.” It is unlikely that you would still be in school if you always fail tests. Go back through your files or grades and find tests that you received a passing grade on; these challenge the negative thought. You may even find that you have tests that you passed with As and Bs, which would further confirm that your negativity is exaggerated.

Replace the negative thoughts with positive thoughts. Once you're feeling confident that you can spot and challenge negative thoughts, you're ready to make active choices about replacing negative thoughts with positive ones. This doesn't mean that everything in your life will always be positive; it’s normal to have a variety of emotions. However, you can work to replacing the daily unhelpful thinking patterns with thoughts that help you to flourish.

• For example, if you have the thought, “I will probably fail the test,” stop yourself. You’ve already identified the thought as negative and evaluated its accuracy. Now try replacing it with a positive thought. A positive thought doesn’t have to be blindly optimistic, such as “I will definitely get a 100 on the test, even if I don’t study.” It can be something as simple as, “I am going to take time to study and prepare so I do as well on the test as I can.”

Minimize external influences that stimulate your negativity. You may find that certain kinds of music or violent video games or movies influence your overall attitude. Try minimizing your exposure to stressful or violent stimuli and spend more time listening to calming music or reading. Music benefits your mind really well and books on positive thinking can provide good tips for being a happier person.

Avoid "black-and-white thinking." In this type of thinking, also known as “polarizing,” everything you encounter either is or it isn't; there are no shades of gray. This can lead people to feel as though they have to do something perfectly or not at all.

• To avoid this type of thinking, embrace the shades of gray in life. Instead of thinking in terms of two outcomes (one positive and one negative), make a list of all of the outcomes in between to see that things aren't as dire as they seem.
• For example, if you have a test coming up and don’t feel comfortable with the subject matter, you may be tempted to not take the test or to not study for it at all, so if you fail, it’s because you didn’t even try. However, this is ignoring the fact that you’re likely to do better if you spend more time preparing for the test.
• You should also avoid thinking that the only outcomes of your test-taking are an A or an F. There is a lot of “gray area” between the A and the F.

Avoid "personalizing". Personalizing is making the assumption that you are personally to blame for anything that goes wrong. If you take this type of thinking too far, you can get paranoid and think that no one likes you or wants to hang out with you, and that every little move you make is going to disappoint someone.

• Someone who is personalizing may think, "Betty didn't smile at me this morning. I must have done something to upset her." However, it's more likely that Betty was just having a bad day, and her mood had nothing to do with you.

Avoid "filter thinking." This is when you choose to only hear the negative side of a situation. Most situations have elements that are both good and bad, and it helps to recognize both. If you think this way, then you'll never see the positive in any situation.

• For example, you may take a test and receive a C, along with feedback from your teacher saying that your performance improved greatly from the last test. Filtering can cause you to only think negatively about the C and ignore the fact that you have shown improvement and growth.

Avoid "catastrophizing." This is when you assume that the worst possible outcome is going to happen.^[14] Catastrophizing is usually related to anxiety about performing poorly. You can combat catastrophizing with being realistic about possible outcomes of a situation.

• For example, you might think that you’re going to fail an exam you’ve been studying for. A catastrophizer will then extend that insecurity to assume that you’ll then fail the class and have to drop out of college, then end up unemployed and on welfare. If you’re realistic about negative outcomes, you’ll realize that even if you were to fail a test, it’s unlikely that you would necessarily fail the course, and you would not have to drop out of college.

Visit a peaceful place. It can help to have a personal escape when you need to turn your attitude around. Many people find that spending a little time outdoors improves their mood.^[15]

• If your workplace has an outdoor area with benches or picnic tables, schedule yourself a little down time to be outside and refresh yourself.
• If you are unable to physically visit an outdoor peaceful place, try meditating and visiting a pleasant outdoor area with perfect weather in your mind.^[16]

How to Think Positively (1)

Assessing Your Thinking

Having a positive outlook is a choice. You can choose to think thoughts that elevate your mood, throw a more constructive light on difficult situations, and generally color your day with brighter, more hopeful approaches to the things you do. By choosing to take a positive outlook on life, you can begin to shift out of a negative frame of mind and see life as filled with possibilities and solutions instead of worries and obstacles. If you want to know how to think more positively, just follow these tips.

Understand the benefits of being a positive thinker. Choosing to think more positively will not only help you take control of your life and make your everyday experiences more pleasant, but it can also benefit your mental and physical health as well as your ability to deal with change. Being aware of these benefits can help you be even more motivated to think positively on a regular basis.^[1]Here are some benefits of positive thinking:

• An increased life span
• Lower rates of depression and distress
• Greater resistance to the common cold
• Better mental and physical well-being
• Better coping skills during times of stress
• A more natural ability to form relationships and cement bonds

Take responsibility for your attitude. You are solely responsible for your thoughts, and your outlook on life is a choice.^[2] If you tend to think negatively, you are choosing to think that way. With practice, you can choose to have a more positive outlook.

Keep a diary to reflect your thoughts. Recording your thoughts can enable you to step back and evaluate patterns in your thinking. Write down your thoughts and feelings and try to spot any triggers that lead to either positive or negative thoughts. Taking just twenty minutes to follow your pattern of thinking at the end of every day can be a valuable way to identify your negative thoughts and make a plan to change them to positive thoughts.

• Your journal can take on any form that you like. If you don’t care to write long-winded reflective paragraphs, you can just make a list of the five most prevalent negative thoughts and positive thoughts you had that day.
• Be sure to give yourself the time and opportunity to evaluate and reflect on the information in the journal. If you write every day, you may want to reflect at the end of every week.

6 New Teaching Techniques You Should Know!

Teaching techniques Education, like almost every other area of our society, has evolved in leaps and bounds in recent years. Traditional teaching techniques, based mainly on a teacher explaining a topic and students taking notes, may still be useful on occasion, but education today revolves more around encouraging the student to awaken their curiosity and desire to learn. 

A number of different teaching techniques have emerged due to this change in education. Many of these teaching techniques are not actually new however! The use of technology in the classroom has simply given education a new lease of life allowing us to approach old ideas in new ways.

Outlined below are some popular teaching techniques that have arisen from the integration of technology in education.

6 Teaching Techniques You Should Know:

1. Flipped Classroom (Inverting your class):

The Flipped Classroom Model basically involves encouraging students to prepare for the lesson before class. Thus, the class becomes a dynamic environment in which students elaborate on what they have already studied. Students prepare a topic at home so that the class the next day can be devoted to answering any questions they have about the topic. This allows students to go beyond their normal boundaries and explore their natural curiosity.

ExamTime’s free online learning tools can be integrated into the Flipped Classroom teaching model. Using ExamTime, you can easily share resources with a group, in this case a class, allowing students to study these resources from home and prepare for the next class.

2. Design Thinking (Case Method):

This technique is based on resolving real-life cases through group analysis, brainstorming, innovation and creative ideas. Although “Design Thinking” is a structured method, in practice it can be quite messy as some cases may have no possible solution. 

However, the Case Method prepares students for the real world and arouses their curiosity, analytical skills and creativity. This technique is often used in popular MBA or Masters classes to analyze real cases experienced by companies in the past.

Ewan McIntosh, an advocate of Design Thinking, created The Design Thinking School as part of his “No Tosh” consulting group. No Tosh harnesses the creative practices of some of the best media and tech companies in the world to coach educators methods to implement the concept. Design Thinking for Educators also provides teachers with an online toolkit with instructions to explore Design Thinking in any classroom. Click here to download the free toolkit now.

3. Self-learning:

Curiosity is the main driver of learning. As a basic principle of learning, it makes little sense to force students to memorize large reams of text that they will either begrudgingly recall or instantly forget. The key is to let students focus on exploring an area which interests them and learn about it for themselves.

A perfect example of a teaching technique based on self-learning is outlined by Sugata Mitra at the TED conference. In a series of experiments in New Delhi, South Africa and Italy, the educational researcher Sugata Mitra gave children self-supervised access to the web. The results obtained could revolutionize how we think about teaching. The children, who until then did not even know what the internet was, were capable of training themselves in multiple subjects with unexpected ease.

A common technique for exploring self-learning is the use of Mind Maps. Teachers can create a central node on a Mind Map and allow students the freedom to expand and develop ideas. For example, if the focus is the Human Body, some students may create Mind Maps on the organs, Bones or Diseases that affect the human body. Later the students would be evaluated according to the Mind Maps they have created and could collaborate with each other to improve each others Mind Maps and come to a more comprehensive understanding of the Human Body.

4. Gamification:

teaching techniquesLearning through the use of games is a method that has already been explored by some teachers, especially in elementary and preschool education. By using games, students learn without even realizing. Therefore, learning through play or ‘Gamification‘ is a learning technique that can be very effective at any age. It is also a very useful technique to keep students motivated.

The teacher should design projects that are appropriate for their students, taking into account their age and knowledge, while making them attractive enough to provide extra motivation. One idea may be to encourage students to create quizzes online on a certain topic. Students can challenge their peers to test themselves and see who gets a higher score. In this way, students can enjoy the competition with peers while also having fun and learning.

5. Social Media:

 A variant of the previous section is to utilize social media in the classroom. Students today are always connected to their social network and so will need little motivation to get them engaged with social media in the classroom. The ways you can use this method of teaching are quite varied as there are hundreds of social networks and possibilities. 

A good example is the initiative carried out by the Brazilian Academy of Languages ​​”Red Ballon“, which encouraged students to review the tweets of their favorite artists and correct grammatical errors that they committed in an effort to improve their English language skills!

6. Free Online Learning Tools:

There is an array of free online learning tools available which teachers can use to encourage engagement, participation and a sense of fun into the classroom. Teachers can create an interactive and dynamic classroom environment using, for example, online quizzes to test student’s knowledge. 

If you haven’t used ExamTime’s free online learning tools yet, sign up now to create Mind Maps, Flashcards, Quizzes & Notes. Encourage your students to sign up to ExamTime too so you can create a Group and invite each of your students to become a member. This means you can share study resources directly with each student online and even apply the Flipped Classroom Model to your method of teaching.

Tips on learning math easy and fun

Math is a subject that is considered difficult by most of our students , including my own for the math so it make the head turn around the city. But it turns out that if we know how to correct and pleasing in learning mathematics. Math lessons turned out not too difficult and even become very easy and fun , so no linger longer , let's discuss whatever is easy and practical way to learn math .

The existence of Intent

The first thing we should do is " straightening Intent" in the study of mathematics , let us learn math just to get a good value as a condition of passing the Math test points . If you just want to be able to value it easy to live to see the work of others . Remember our goal is to seek knowledge, not looking for value. Most of us if it has passed the test / test , then we will leave and forget the matter is that we have learned . So from that intend to learn mathematics to improve our knowledge. Because the study of mathematics , our brain will force regular well -honed making it easy to receive more education . Remember once again , not only oriented to the test results , but oriented to He learned .

Always use a pleasant way

Anyone would agree that learning something with a happy heart will be able to easily understand the matter. Similarly, in mathematics . Anything as complicated math problems , when we learn to love or to use a fun way , we can quickly master

Use symbols

Why should I use symbols ? because mathematics is essentially an abstract ( not real ) . Therefore, so that we are not the difficulties in learning mathematics , we should be able to hold , feel , and see that we should be able to create in a tangible form so that we can easily understand the mathematical

Outlining a story

A very complicated math problems and difficult , will be able to see easily to be broken when broken down in a story . This relates to the use of logical thinking. Therefore, when we have been accustomed to using logical thinking in solving math problems , then we will not have any trouble when we find a story of mathematics in the form of

Always use logical thinking

Math not only requires math skills because if just count it, then we can easily use a tool like a calculator. The most important in learning mathematics is logical thinking. Therefore, it takes a true understanding of mathematics

Know , Love , the subject

Point is a point kingpin in learning mathematics. We will be very easy to learn something if we love him first. How 'd love math if we do not recognize him? then the first step is we need to recognize it or the term used to approach young people. We need to know what the math?, What mathematical function for the daily life ?

It is difficult to know , but if it is your intention certainly can. If you already know him , then you will know that mathematics is extremely needed in our day today . Simplest example is that each person will have to count the money . It's not likely we could live away from mathematics . Then implant in our minds that mathematics is something useful , beautiful, exciting and a fun puzzle to solve. if we already know so please love math . If we have love, all seemingly complicated formulas will suddenly be easy to learn.

Such is the power of love , when it's love we 're happy to give everything for the sake of our beloved .

Much- much, Training and Learning

Some of the points above will be very useful if the tip end of it you do not take immediate steps to learn and a lot of hard and consistent training . Sometimes there is a time once the spirit to learn, but there are also times when lazy once to learn . So here takes discipline and consistency in learning mathematics.

In one day No need to spend too much to learn, quite a bit of time but is still continuous and consistent . Math is arithmetic , the better course would learn arithmetic by counting with diligent practice . banyakin discuss training / have questions , because if we have grown accustomed to , it will be easier for us to solve the same problem in the future . In addition they may also be making our understanding of mathematics more deeply.

Next Level Learning Math Good

• Understand creative with his formulas
• The mass formulas are formulas
• Start working on the questions that are deliberated .
• Last question do without clay discussion .
• Other question that had type do the same .
• Continue to train other matters .

Do not just learn from a book , because usually there is a book that does not explain in detail the equation makes it difficult to learn. Be advised to find other reference books more easily to learn .

Nothing says " I Can not " and "desperate "

Asa cut the disease most often found everyone when trying to get something. When we learn mathematics, as far as possible, avoid despair says, when we find a complicated question, then immediately ask for assistance to teachers of mathematics or to someone who already understands .

As much as possible to stay away from uttering the words "I Can not " , because it is only exacerbating the situation, when you feel that you could not have done , say, " Sure I Can " ! Give me the spirit of motivation for yourself , for every problem there is definitely solve it .. Remember I'M SURE CAN .....

Be Patient

Patience in the study , the patient in question breaks , indulgent in discharging all things, Remember the patient people will got more from god

Pray

Work already , but it's good before and after studying the mathematical remember to pray, because without prayer effort will not produce anything.