P1 Tution -- Necessary?

[bluegal6]

My child problem is she could read but she can’t understand, thus unable to do problem sums. Please advise how to train her to understand what is the questions asking about.

[lchunleo]

aiyoaiyo:

Saw last nite ch8 programme about the psle tscore changes.. one expert suggested that parents should find out what challenges the child is facing in his studie in order to help him ..so tuition may not be the solution.

can advise what ch8 program is that? i miss it. thanks

[jetsetter]

lchunleo:

aiyoaiyo:

Saw last nite ch8 programme about the psle tscore changes.. one expert suggested that parents should find out what challenges the child is facing in his studie in order to help him ..so tuition may not be the solution.

can advise what ch8 program is that? i miss it. thanks

probably no longer on toggle. but watch this is good enough.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_lP2hQ7oZA][/youtube]

But that prog was on P6ers and new scoring system.


[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rwgMLEO5U][/youtube]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q85eb1AdLJE][/youtube]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YsmqUp4LeI][/youtube]

[jetsetter]

bluegal6:

My child problem is she could read but she can't understand, thus unable to do problem sums. Please advise how to train her to understand what is the questions asking about.

OK with Eng Compre?

Underline key words. Use abbreviations for names. Use manipulatives. Role play (i.e. act out the story sum). Draw models. Translate to mother tongue if necessary (!), but not a long term solution beyond P2. Buck up on Eng.

[lee_yl]

lchunleo:

aiyoaiyo:

Saw last nite ch8 programme about the psle tscore changes.. one expert suggested that parents should find out what challenges the child is facing in his studie in order to help him ..so tuition may not be the solution.

can advise what ch8 program is that? i miss it. thanks

前线追踪 (22nd July)

[lee_yl]

jetsetter:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YsmqUp4LeI][/youtube]

The mother can sit down (everyday) and push her primary school son to excel but can she do likewise when the son enters secondary school?

I wonder how is this boy doing now...

[lchunleo]

thanks for replying, jetsetter and leeyl.


it is not easy to tutor kids. after working, have to rush home and wear a different hat. Can't survive long..haha...

i think child need to take ownership of his/her own education. They need to know why they need to study and how to make study fun and digestable in his/her own way. Nice on theory, but it is difficult on the implementation. Imagine talking to a 6-7 year on life philosophy, i think they will switch off the channel to me...:D

[sharonkhoo]

lchunleo:

i think child need to take ownership of his/her own education. They need to know why they need to study and how to make study fun and digestable in his/her own way. Nice on theory, but it is difficult on the implementation. Imagine talking to a 6-7 year on life philosophy, i think they will switch off the channel to me...:D

The message has to be adjusted to the age. It's not too early to start with the broad outline. Initially, the parent will probably have to draw up the rules and supervise more closely, but always with the intention to eventually \"work themselves out of a job\". The child's individual drive and maturity will affect how it works too - my older girl needed very close supervision for 2 yrs, and then still needed some supervision for some years more, while my younger girl was supervised closely for about 2 weeks and was pretty much on her own by P3.

[bluegal6]

jetsetter:

bluegal6:

My child problem is she could read but she can't understand, thus unable to do problem sums. Please advise how to train her to understand what is the questions asking about.

OK with Eng Compre?

Underline key words. Use abbreviations for names. Use manipulatives. Role play (i.e. act out the story sum). Draw models. Translate to mother tongue if necessary (!), but not a long term solution beyond P2. Buck up on Eng.

P1 compre still easy, ya she looks for keyword but sonetimes the answer is not so straight forward so even when she found the keyword but still can't answer correctly.
And of cos weak english will affect her problem sums.... Really don't know how to brush up her english.

[jetsetter]

bluegal6:

jetsetter:

[quote=\"bluegal6\"]My child problem is she could read but she can't understand, thus unable to do problem sums. Please advise how to train her to understand what is the questions asking about.

OK with Eng Compre?

Underline key words. Use abbreviations for names. Use manipulatives. Role play (i.e. act out the story sum). Draw models. Translate to mother tongue if necessary (!), but not a long term solution beyond P2. Buck up on Eng.

P1 compre still easy, ya she looks for keyword but sonetimes the answer is not so straight forward so even when she found the keyword but still can't answer correctly.
And of cos weak english will affect her problem sums.... Really don't know how to brush up her english.[/quote] Saw you in another CW thread, so her Eng should be fairly ok

Probably she didn't catch the concept in class. Need to take her through sentence by sentence, using manipulatives if need be. I dunno what type of prob sums she's having difficulty with. There are a few types in P1: money, time, length, greater/smaller than, 4 ops. Unless she's doing those higher order/challenging types outside of her school scope?? Those might phrase the prob in a trickier manner, so many weak ones could lose the plot.