All About GEP

[2ppaamm]

phankao:

Yes, we speak English at home. And they attend a SAP/GEP pri school (or used to). :lol: But somehow my elder boy is poor in language. Poor as in comparison to his Math & Science lah. I don't find that surprising. Just that he is better at doing subjects that require less linguistic expression? HAHAHA!!! My younger boy is never good at IQ tests of any sort and is good only in Math & Chinese. Even Science is too much of \"language\" to him - the English kind ... and no, we don't even speak chinese at home(at least not when the elder 3 were young), so I don't know where he got his love of Chinese from.

Yep, sometimes things are just so strange, don't you think?

[syshi]

2ppaamm:

Hi,


I have a friend who is 1.73m, his son 1.84m. Don't think it has all to do with the food, this boy sleeps very early every night, and eats very little. He is still growing. His mum is about 1.6m.

To grow tall, 3 elements (from my years of research - which may mean nothing :)):
1. Sleep
2. Exercise
3. Diet.

I fulfill all those... Ha.. Ha.. Ha...

[vlim]

hai..wonder how to help my son to counter stage fright...He is very uneasy with oral presentation...

[2ppaamm]

vlim:

hai..wonder how to help my son to counter stage fright...He is very uneasy with oral presentation...

Make him practise, practise, practise in front of you. Give him impromptu projects to present in front of you. Train him to speak his mind and in the least prepared situation.

Don't correct him, just listen and observe him improve with every presentation.

Practise makes perfect! That's how I train my students. Don't know if it will work for you, but you can certainly try!

[vlim]

2ppaamm:

vlim:

hai..wonder how to help my son to counter stage fright...He is very uneasy with oral presentation...

Make him practise, practise, practise in front of you. Give him impromptu projects to present in front of you. Train him to speak his mind and in the least prepared situation.

Don't correct him, just listen and observe him improve with every presentation.

Practise makes perfect! That's how I train my students. Don't know if it will work for you, but you can certainly try!

But my kid has no problem in speaking up in front of me but when coming to oral presention in public...scared scared....yesturday he told me he 'purposely' did badly in an audition so that he does not have to go on stage to give annoucement :stupid: :stupid: .... hai ..cannot scold him as I think most people got stage fright including me :lol:

[syshi]

vlim:

But my kid has no problem in speaking up in front of me but when coming to oral presention in public...scared scared....yesturday he told me he 'purposely' did badly in an audition so that he does not have to go on stage to give annoucement :stupid: :stupid: .... hai ..cannot scold him as I think most people got stage fright including me :lol:

My DS also got stage fright... if you got those magic show or games which required him to go up stage, he will hide at the back...
Even up till now...

But funny thing is during his pre-school graduation, he was asked to delivery the speech for Chinese... and he did it without getting any stage fright... quite surprised also.. maybe need to built up his confidence...

[Zann]

Morning all, how is your child progressing with Family Tree thingy? Wonder if the submission data is common for all? Mine has yet to conduct his interview last night coz his interviewee was too busy.

[syshi]

For CHS, only submitting the Family Tree Chart today… interview draft next week…

[KSmom8]

Zann:

Morning all, how is your child progressing with Family Tree thingy? Wonder if the submission data is common for all? Mine has yet to conduct his interview last night coz his interviewee was too busy.

My son submitted draft interview questions and draft family tree (submitted today). His teacher has not returned the interview questions. The write up on the interview is not due yet ...can't remember deadline. Perhaps different submission schedule for different schools?

[KSmom8]

syshi:

My DS also got stage fright... if you got those magic show or games which required him to go up stage, he will hide at the back...

Even up till now...

But funny thing is during his pre-school graduation, he was asked to delivery the speech for Chinese... and he did it without getting any stage fright... quite surprised also.. maybe need to built up his confidence...

Thanks for the tip! My son is also very uneasy with oral presentations. Hubby and I hope that being in GEP will help him overcome this... main reason why we decided to let him go to GEP.