MY OLD SCHOOL Techniques

Last night, I gave a one on one tutorial on
How to create a One Point Perspective &
Watercolor Rendering to my daughter Beyya.

One Point Perspective

Watercolor Rendering

I told her that I learned this technique
not in university nor in YouTube (80's of course...).
I learned this thru my Mentor Architect Jun Paragas.

Those were the days that we are literally cut the
image from magazine & paste that image to our perspectives.

Old school is hard but also fun, we thought how to be
resourceful to find quick and clever ways to finish
our school project.

hmmm..paused for a few minutes...'coz....

I am still recollecting all my university lessons...
but none of those lessons thought me what I am today.
All the skills I gained was only during on, one on one
tutorials from my friends,during a sideline jobs,
from a senior architects, from old drawing books I bought
along Recto St., Phils. and from my Father.

Maybe, from my 100% long stay in university...
I can say 30% of that is a real education.

Happy schooling.
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How to Draw a One Point Perspective

                                 

Interior Perspective Water Color Rendering

SHIFTING GEARS

After a very tiring holiday, I need to shift gear to Normal Life.
My GOD, FAMILY and COMMUNITY.

First Day of homeschool was a lazy day.
My two home-schooled teens review their past
lessons.I feel guilty, coz' I didn't prepare
their lessons before the holiday starts.I feel
embarrassed to myself and to my children
that I didn't follow my own schedule.

That day after my office and with full of energy,
I gave my son lessons and exercises for next
school day.And, yesterday I started to do
next week lesson plan.

"St.Thomas Aquinas, pray for my children. Amen"

LAYERS - PS Class for Sofia DAY 5

Today, Sofia's Photoshop class topic is all about LAYERS.

There are several ways on how  to create a layer.
1. thru menu bar
2. thru pallete menu
3. thru cluster bar
4. and the last one is keyboard short cut (Shift+ctrl+N)

During Sofia's Day 5 Photoshop Class

Listening to her instructor brings me to compare
our time as a parent to a photoshop layer.

As a parent, we need to layer our priorities in our family.
Which one is the primary layer, secondary, tertiarry and
which one must be prioritize, which one is least priority
but, also important.

Everyday, when we open our eyes, we need to layer our schedule.
Automatically, our brain creates a layer of activities on which
we need to re-arrange instantly.

Some of the template layer activities are...
driving your wife to workplace, fetching your daughter to school,
household chores etc...

A CUSTOMIZED Layer is the one we created, like an occasional activity...
a party, attending seminars, running a marathon etc...

But the most important LAYER in our daily life is the...
Base Layer Layer FAITH IN GOD,
2nd Layer FAMILY FIRST,
3rd Layer EDUCATION,
4th Layer COMMUNITY HELP,
5th Layer LEISURE and Layer OTHERS.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION for Home schooled?

This is my next question.

How about physical education for my children?

My daughter Sofia, a Grade 7 Home schooled asked me
about PE... "Should I do the pull-ups dad?",
" It is on my PE course manual".

Below is an excerpt of my daughters course manual:
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Physical Education 7 (Wk. 1) Days 1 - 5

First Quarter
Week One

Pull-ups: Grasp the chinning bar with both hands, 
palms facing forward.  Hang with arms and legs straight.  
Feet should not touch the floor.  Pull up until chin reaches the bar.  
Lower your body until your arms are straight.  
At age twelve or thirteen, you are in excellent condition 
if you can do nine or ten pull-ups.

Physical Education 7 (Wk. 2) Days 1 - 5
Week Two

Sit-ups: Lie on back with hands behind head.  
Have partner hold ankles.  Raise body to a sit-up position.  
Turn trunk to the left and touch left knee with right elbow.  
Return to lying position.  Repeat with left elbow touching right knee.  
Boys at twelve or thirteen should be able to do 100; 
girls should be able to do fifty if they are in good condition.
_____________________________________

Should my daughter do all of this?

Since, we are family in sports (running),
can we substitute our sports activity to their
PE activities and send their photos or running
certificates to school.

My daughter Sofia, can finished 3K to 5K run.
My son Enrico, can finished 16K run.
And of course during training and before a race,
they are thought about basic preparation for running,
like stretching exercises and nutrition.

Yesterday, we participated on Breast Cancer Awareness Run
for Breast Cancer Arabia held here in Dubai, UAE by
FRU (Filipino Runners UAE) Running group.

I hope, I can get a clear answer.

KITCHEN...my favorite place

After a 2 day preparation of  lesson plan for my
two home schooled students...now, I need to go
to my favorite place...I mean, I need to plan a KITCHEN
for my daughters project.

Yesterday, she showed me her isometric sketch of a kitchen
and it was not so good...I mean the sketch is distorted
and not proportioned.

And my first question is:
where is your plan?
second is:
where is your section?,

and she replied...
"my teacher told us to sketch isometric of a simple kitchen",
"without any given details...that's it".

In reality, before you create a technical drawing
you must have the following information's from
architect, or from designer.

They must give either a sketch or ACAD file
of plan and section (at least) with complete
dimensions, material specifications and a sketch
(freehand) isometric drawing/perspective.

Haaayyzz,maybe the teacher forgot what is the
requirements for his students, or maybe he
doesn't know at all.

Since, Home school Dad is an Architect...
I want my daughter to learn on a proper and
correct way.

I prepare a complete plan, elevation, section,
an isometric drawing and few material specifications
for her to start on.

My daughters project is for 1 week activity.
I hope she can follow all and I will post it here
after.

"As a father, you must lead and give your children
what is the best for them...you must."

LESSON PLAN needs planning

Need to plan my Lesson Plan.

Sounds confusing but it's true...need to plan it.

Need to have a template.
Where to write, what to write and how I will write
so that even my homeschool student can use my lesson plan
as a resource for their studies.

And I used several techniques to write a notes like mind mapping.

Below is my Lesson Plan Template indicating where to write,
draw, color and the technique I used on each area of the template.

Lesson Plan Template

Sample 1

Sample 2

English 9 Lesson Plan

Science 9 Lesson Plan

Technique No. 1 : Setting Up my Lesson Plan

Taking a Better Lecture Notes:

Technique No. 2 : Using MIND MAPPING for
writing a notes on my Lesson Plan

Mind Mapping

Tony Buzan - Mind Mapping Guru

NOTE:
ALL OF THIS TECHNIQUE IS NOT ONLY FOR
PREPARING A LESSON PLAN...YOU CAN ALSO USE
THIS IN YOUR DAILY NOTE TAKING TASK.

LATE na kung late..! PS Class Sofia DAY 4

"Teacher Dad, Driver, Bodyguard at Ironman...san ka pa?"
04 October 2013

OMG..8:30 na ng umaga.

"Bakit di kayo nang gising...?"
Dali dali akong tumayo...pupungas pungas
na tinanggal ang mga muta sa mata...
isinisigaw ang....

"Sofiaaa... gumising ka na...!
male-late na tayoooo."

Naalala ko tuloy ang mahal kong ina tuwing
ako ay gigisingin para pumasok ng ROTc
tuwing araw ng linggo. Parehong pareho
ang istilo namin sa pag gising ng mga anak.

Dumeretso ako sa kusina, clinick ang initan ng tubig,
at nag lagay na ng kape, asukal at gatas sa
mug habang hinihintay ang pag init ng tubig.

Sabay sigaw ng...."Sofia...ano ba? papasok ka ba o hindi?"
at sa may ilalim ng kumot sa bandang dulo ng flat
namin ay maririnig mo ang..."opooo, tatayo naaa".

Tamang tama naman at mainit na ang tubig
at pwede ng mag kape bago maligo...
"Bata ka...asan ka na ba?" sigaw ko ulit.

"Andito na sa banyooo.." at pagkaraan ng ilang sandali
lumabas na si Sofia.

"Ano ba yaaan?" sabi ko.
"Baka habulin ka ng plantsa niyan ah..."
(mga salitang namana ko rin sa aking ina).
"akina nga at ng ma-plantsa yang t shirt mo" sabi ko ulit na naiinis.

Pag katapos ko ng pamamalantsa.Doon pa lang
ako nag umpisang mag banyo...bigla kong naisip
na kung narito lang ang nanay...malamang sabihan ako
noon na..."magpahinga ka muna bago maligo...mapapasma ka nyan".
Na madalas ko na rin sabihin sa aking mga anak.

Alas diyes ang umpisa ng klase ni Sofia sa Photoshop
at alas nuwebe y medya ay narito pa kami sa bahay...
at nag aayos pa rin ng laptop na dadalhin sa school.

Eksaktong 9:35am kami umalis ng bahay...nagmamadaling
magmaneho para umabot sa klase ni Sofia (mahirap kasing
mahuli...mauubusan ka ng parking at upuan naman sa loob
ng klase).

"Late na kung late...hmmp.!"

10:10am kami dumating sa klase...at ang mga classmate
ni Sofia ay nasa labas pa ng classroom...naghihintay.

"Akala ko late na kami...hhaaayyyzz..."

10:20am na kami pinapasok sa loob.

Akala ko late na kami...

Day 4 Lesson: Image Size & Lasso Tool Cropping

Yes,you can change School Sched... WHY NOT?

I hope this post can help parents to prepare themselves and their kids
before the start of homeschooling.

It's almost a week now when we had a home school Dry Run, and
our one week of real homeschooling was a really challenge for my kids and for me.

PREPARATION FOR SCHOOL:

My kids are now enjoying late waking up for their school.

Previously they need to get out of bed at exactly 5:30 am for a quick shower,
6:00 am for a quick breakfast & dress up and exactly 6:30 am,
they need to go down and wait for school bus. Otherwise,
if they missed the bus I will drive them to school.

But now, they are up at 8:00 am, eat their breakfast (which I made)
at 8:30 am and prepare themselves for a 9:00 am homeschooling.

Previously, me and my wife are preparing our food every night,
after dinner or before going to bed for kids (school) and for us (office).
Now, I am preparing our food every 6:15 am.

Food are available on the fridge, anytime they can eat and during their breaks.

STUDY:

We had a small meeting a night before their first day of school.
I explained where to find their daily course activity, how to use the manual,
how to log on their home school site, where to find course video tutorials.

Also instructed them to make a daily journal in English, at least
5 words or more everyday. I explained where and how to use their
notebook on each subject.

Everything was set. Except for one thing...

"The Parent/Teacher Dad customized Lesson Plan".
I purposely not to do it because I want to know if they can
manage their schedule on their own way.

Home School starts at 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM

My Kids are now more time to read and think
about their Daily Lesson

CONFUSION:

From time to time from my office, I always call my kids asking
if they are good. And most of the answers are fine, we are doing good.

But at night before we sleep they will ask where to find this,
where to read this and one time ..." Are my books complete?".
And most of the time I was trapped and answering "don't worry,
I will take a look at it.

Another confusion.

Since we are from traditional schooling. My kids are still
(I think...) longing for a teacher whose standing in front
of the class and explaining today's lesson.

But now, they are the one who read all the books, starting
from lesson plan, course manual, text books and references.

And I think that was a very stressful to them.

CONCLUSION:

From the time we received our books, I took me two weeks
to review and browse school manuals & some of the books.
Knowing that my effort as a Teacher DAD is fairly enough
to start my kids homeschooling---is really NOT ENOUGH.

I need a serious time to do all teachers stuff for my kids.

Need to do the following.

• A Lesson Plan on each subject at least 1 week ahead of school schedule.
• A serious explanation on each lesson, my student doesn't understand.
• Must watch video tutorials on each subject, so that I can explain clearly to my students.
• Need to re-schedule the school class base on students capacity on each subject.

My recommendations: Parent must prepare a Lesson Plan
at least one week ahead of school schedule

Follow link on how to prepare Lesson Plan:
Lesson Plan needs planning

All of this task needs to be done as soon as possible.

Or I can say...ALL OF THIS TASK MUST BE DONE BEFORE YOU START
YOUR HOMESCHOOLING.