Any parents of gifted children here ?

[sleepy]

insider:

Sleepy: so what will happen to your child after he/she finishes K2? Repeat K2 in same school, change to another school to retake K2, or you can find a way to let him start P1 one year earlier than others?

Teacher did mention she will have to repeat K2 if she continues in same childcare. Alternatively, we can send her to another kindy with different syllabus

However, childcare was only a temporary measure for me since I just delivered a new baby back then & didn't want to compromise her learning while I was busy with a new baby
Hence, I wasn't too concerned what's going to happen at K2. Anyway, I withdrawn her from childcare at 3yo after she completed N2

She rejoined kindy at K1 when she was 5yo. I homeschooled her when she was 4yo supplemented with enrichment classes

By the way, can apply for early admission to P1. There are some criteria listed on MOE website but I don't intend to. No hurry to start P1


Impressive to read such chim books at young age!
Can your girl write very well? In terms of composition

[metz]

insider:

She started reading Chinese 武侠小说 at age 11. She finished reading whatever 金庸/梁羽生/etc books I have in the shelves. I don't think at age 11, she has the vocab rich enough to understand many of the Chinese words in those books. But she could go on based on 'guessing' I believe.

That's really rare and admirable in this generation!

My first Chinese Classic book was 紅樓夢 in traditional print during Sec 1. Subsequently, I just moved on to whatever 武侠小说, Wei Si Li etc I can find in the library. Nobody taught me traditional chinese or explain the difficult words but somehow, I was just able to understand them. Now, I look forward to the day when my kids can enjoy such books like I did and still do now.

[clare]

chamonix:

My first Chinese Classic book was 紅樓夢 in traditional print during Sec 1. Subsequently, I just moved on to whatever 武侠小说, Wei Si Li etc I can find in the library. Nobody taught me traditional chinese or explain the difficult words but somehow, I was just able to understand them. Now, I look forward to the day when my kids can enjoy such books like I did and still do now.

Hi again, chamonix!
Totally OT.... but I'm so thrilled to know that someone else here likes 衛斯理! I used to devour every single Ni Kuang book I could find In sec school, instead of cramming for exams, I'd be racing to finish 射雕英雄传 instead :lol: To me, the traditional chinese somehow lends so much flavour to the stories.

[tamarind]

EN:

The math book? Are you still on it? I stop because ds dont hv the basic. I dont teach in advance unless he shows interest. So have not covered long multiplication/division but will get there when the school syllabus requires it. What's your thought? Can the book be taught or must go through basic?


Tamarind, if you are curious on what math book we are talking about, let us know. I want to know what your thought is, if the content of the book can be taught.

EN,
I briefly went through the 2 books. It will be good to know the basic first. There are some questions that only require logic thinking and simple addition/subtraction. These probably can be taught first before advancing to the higher levels.

I will only teach these books if my kids show a deep interest in maths. These books are good for preparing kids for the maths competitions I am teaching A-level maths now, and I don't think that these books are necessary, or even beneficial to prepare kids to learn higher mathematics in the future.

[tamarind]

clare:

chamonix:

My first Chinese Classic book was 紅樓夢 in traditional print during Sec 1. Subsequently, I just moved on to whatever 武侠小说, Wei Si Li etc I can find in the library. Nobody taught me traditional chinese or explain the difficult words but somehow, I was just able to understand them. Now, I look forward to the day when my kids can enjoy such books like I did and still do now.

Hi again, chamonix!
Totally OT.... but I'm so thrilled to know that someone else here likes 衛斯理! I used to devour every single Ni Kuang book I could find In sec school, instead of cramming for exams, I'd be racing to finish 射雕英雄传 instead :lol: To me, the traditional chinese somehow lends so much flavour to the stories.

I also read all the novels by 金庸 and 衛斯理 in secondary school. I also learnt to read traditional chinese on my own. As for the difficult words, I refer to the dictionary, but most of the time I could understand from the context. These books helped me to become one of the top students in Chinese in my secondary school and JC. That's why I believe it is important to read widely, when learning any language. It is much better than attending any enrichment classes, or doing any number of assessment books.

I also like to read 亦舒, and I have almost every one of her 200+ novels.

My 5 year old girl's level of Chinese is so much higher than myself at the same age, thanks to her Berries class. Now the tough part is to develop her love for the chinese language, and hopefully she will enjoy those books too.

[clare]

tamarind:

I also read all the novels by 金庸 and 衛斯理 in secondary school. I also learnt to read traditional chinese on my own. As for the difficult words, I refer to the dictionary, but most of the time I could understand from the context. These books helped me to become one of the top students in Chinese in my secondary school and JC. That's why I believe it is important to read widely, when learning any language. It is much better than attending any enrichment classes, or doing any number of assessment books.
I also like to read 亦舒, and I have almost every one of her 200+ novels.

Hi Tamarind
Isn't it interesting that we taught ourselves to read traditional chinese which is so much more complicated than simplified... Maybe it's the lure of the books; motivation works wonders!
Ohhhh, you have a huge collection of 亦舒! ~drool~ If you want to clear shelf space one day.... let me know hor....

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Tamarind wrote [quote]I will only teach these books if my kids show a deep interest in maths. These books are good for preparing kids for the maths competitions I am teaching A-level maths now, and I don't think that these books are necessary, or even beneficial to prepare kids to learn higher mathematics in the future.[/quote]
Just bought book 1 but have not started yet. He is interested in book 2 when I showed him but I can only know until I really start. As to whether it is beneficial or not, most of the things my ds picks up are not really related to school work. As long as he is happy & school work is not in the danger of failing, it's fine with me.

[tamarind]

EN:

Just bought book 1 but have not started yet. He is interested in book 2 when I showed him but I can only know until I really start. As to whether it is beneficial or not, most of the things my ds picks up are not really related to school work. As long as he is happy & school work is not in the danger of failing, it's fine with me.

EN,
Yes I agree that it does not matter whether it is really related to school work so long as our kids are happy. A child who loves maths will love that book.

However, my impression of that book is that it is purely on problem solving ? Not much on creativity ? Not sure whether you agree. I have not read every question in that book.

Personally I will spend more time developing creativity, as compared to problem solving. Most kids of above average abilities can be trained to solve problems. In fact, many \"problem solving\" jobs, or technical support work, has now been outsourced to India and China where the labour is cheaper. Creativity and management skills are much more valuable in today's job market.

My aim is to prepare my kids so that they can have a successful career in the future.

If a child is very good with maths, that is, if he is very good with logical thinking, instead of encouraging him to solve countless maths problems, I would teach him a computer programming language. Like C programming, or Visual Basic. That gives him the power to create any computer programs. Instead of spending hours solving all those tedious maths problems, why not write a computer program that will solve those problems within milliseconds ?

[tamarind]

clare:

Ohhhh, you have a huge collection of 亦舒! ~drool~ If you want to clear shelf space one day.... let me know hor....

No problem :mrgreen:

[tamarind]

Dear all,

I just came across this forum about Gifted Education in USA/Canada.

http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/forumdisplay.php?f=40

Something interesting I read :
http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=122366
In our district (I'm in FL which places gifted under the ESE umbrella, making it mandatory to offer services for those identifed as gifted) we do not ever allow a student to enter school if born after the cutoff date of September 1. Gifted services are offered to children in many schools around the district and in most of them, kindergarten is a daily pull out program for one to two hours a day (we're full day). Some provide it full time. As far as I know beginning in first grade, gifted services are offered in self contained classrooms full time. However, the child must be five by 9/1 in order to enter, probably because maturity is a factor no matter how bright the child is.

Nancy

Looks like they cater to gifted kids as young as 5 years old.