2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Sun_2010]

notredame:

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"mummy OnABudget\"]i kind of envy parents who kids want to go and play at least no need stay home be monitor or monitress, my ds and his frens are a kiasu bunch they are doing sec 1 maths and comparing who knows more and hubby already said if hes home i got to be home ><.

Your son is too hardworking! Maybe you should convince him that he is heading for burnout? That he will do better when he learns to play hard as well as work hard? That he will be a more interesting person if he has interests other than studies?

Are your son's friends in your house? If it's just your son alone, maybe you can still go out for a couple of hours and leave him at home. He's old enough for that, surely.

Agree! At the same time, I am so envious of the kids' motivation so long as those are 'friendly matches'. My dc is :siam: -ing academic learning as far as possible now.

As for your freedom, try to reach a consensus with you dh. We are homemakers, not maids. We must exercise our women's rights. (Oops, did I over-react?)[/quote]Err... no comparison
Maids have weekly off days and 8 hrs rest each day. :roll:

[sharonkhoo]

Goodluck8:

Quite a number of children had started doing some secondary stuff. Not because of kiasu, it is really a waste to spend the whole three months on playing and they will forget all their stuffs at the start of next year. Must play hard, also must have some time to improve your knowledge, it is then considered balance life. That's my opinion.

I feel differently - it seems a waste to spend 3 mths vacation on studying school stuff when they will be studying it from Jan. Except for the weakest students, most students will not forget what they know in 3 mths! I still remember things I learned 35 yrs ago. I agree that it's a good opportunity to increase knowledge, so I do encourage my kids to read up and learn non-school stuff and engage in other activities when there's no school and limit access to TV and computers. The only 'school' thing I make them do is read a bit of Chinese each day. Just another view.

[BeContented]

clay569:

BeContented:

What a way for dd to start her PSLE marking day.


Went ice skating yesterday, fell as she was ending her last round. Now nursing a swollen sprained ankle, no more outing or play-dates. Me almost died of exhaustion cos I had to piggyback my dd who is only slightly smaller & lighter @ ~1.57m & ~58kg :faint:

:udawoman: you are solid! There's no way I can manage that!

Hope your DD gets well soon.

Just sharing... I sprained my ankle twice. First time I followed western method of letting it rest. However the pain returned when I resumed sports. The problem (pain on and off, esp waking in the mornings) remained for years. The problem was totally eliminated and didn't recur after I went acupuncture.

The second time I sprained, the other ankle this time, the ankle was like pig's trotter. I went tuina this time and it worked very well too. I'm inclined to recommend Chinese method for sprains if anyone were to ask me.

Hmmm. Dun think will ever dare go tuina. Too painful. Tried when I sprained my ankle years ago. I dun think dd can endure it.
For me, cannot remember much actually. Cos all I could remember was, when I fell, hubby ran over, piggyback me & said 'let's go and search for a hotel for our wedding dinner' :rotflmao:

[timtamfan]

slmkhoo:

I feel differently - it seems a waste to spend 3 mths vacation on studying school stuff when they will be studying it from Jan. Except for the weakest students, most students will not forget what they know in 3 mths! I still remember things I learned 35 yrs ago. I agree that it's a good opportunity to increase knowledge, so I do encourage my kids to read up and learn non-school stuff and engage in other activities when there's no school and limit access to TV and computers. The only 'school' thing I make them do is read a bit of Chinese each day. Just another view.

I second this approach. There is so much more 'non-school' information that kids don't learn, so these few months are great opportunities. Ditto for their special interests. But DD is being prepared to cope with Sec1 Chinese already since language is a continuous learning thingy

[iFirefly]

BeContented:

Hmmm. Dun think will ever dare go tuina. Too painful. Tried when I sprained my ankle years ago. I dun think dd can endure it.
For me, cannot remember much actually. Cos all I could remember was, when I fell, hubby ran over, piggyback me & said 'let's go and search for a hotel for our wedding dinner' :rotflmao:

BC.. That was when/how your DH propose to you ? So, did you say \"yes\" in pain ? :evil:

Aiyo.. Thot you gonna say, your DH suggested searching for a hotel to \"rest\", just after you had a fall.. How could he ?! :rotflmao:

[mummy OnABudget]

zeemimi:

mummy OnABudget:

i kind of envy parents who kids want to go and play at least no need stay home be monitor or monitress, my ds and his frens are a kiasu bunch they are doing sec 1 maths and comparing who knows more and hubby already said if hes home i got to be home ><.

:yikes: do sec 1 maths? together? mine wants to play at every opportunity.

they have the same guide book that teaches before practicing the sums provided i so regretted :stupid: :stupid: listening to ds to buy the book

[mummy OnABudget]

today i drag him with me to go see great granny new house brought him to take him away from the books then went walking around in the end he was nagging non stop can go back already anyway i guess before he burns out i will :frustrated: :frustrated: whereas the dd whose exam is coming is doing things her own way slowly.


thing is cannot leave him alone afraid he might burn down my house with his impromptu cooking of eggs.

[sharonkhoo]

mummy OnABudget:

thing is cannot leave him alone afraid he might burn down my house with his impromptu cooking of eggs.

If you make it a rule that he does not cook without an adult in the house, will he disobey?

[Nebbermind]

Or get an induction stove

[clay569]

I honestly think it's ok to do some work. Think the child would know for himself/herself when to stop. If it's done out of interest, why stop? Mmm... Don't at me hoh. But that's what I used to do in my school holidays. I'd take an older sibling textbook, self-studied then did the sums in the text. Assessment books were not in vogue then. I did play, watch lots of cartoon, do crafts, play badminton and music etc. It was all self-directed and my parents didn't tell me to do any work. Neither did they stop me.


True that times have changed. I encourage my children to read widely too. However if they pick up a text and start working on it, I'd be very happy to leave them alone. Just me...