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Hi isabella.zola,

You can make writing fun for him or her.

These are some suggestions to make writing fun:

1) Have a comic strip to tell your story

You can ask him to write a story but instead of pure writing, you can
get your child to draw cartoon characters and use speech bubbles to
show what the characters are saying in the story instead.

2) Combine plots from different stories

Show him different extracts from a story book and ask him to
take a storyline from one book and merge it with another and
come up with his own unique story.

Example:

Story of 3 Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf..stop at the part
where he enters the pig's house to blow it down and weave in this
story to 'Jack and the Beanstalk' where the Big Bad Wolf
huffs and puffs and finds himself in the land of giants and he
needs to depend on Jack to survive.

In the end, he realizes that he cannot go around blowing other
animals' houses down just to get what he wants as he realizes that
if Jack had not been unselfish, he would have been killed by the giant.

By doing so, your child does not have to write his own story but
instead he can choose to weave in one part of a story into another
and create something new altogether. This also helps him to be more
creative.

Basically, you can set writing tasks for him that are fun and which
also do not include lots of actual writing yet to get him started

TAS

Hi TAS,

Thank you for your detailed and wonderful ideas!

Your advice on this forum is invaluable! I will try these ideas out and let you know how it goes.

jasmineong

jasmineong

TAS, I went to look for your other posts at other threads and found these postings by you that are commonly asked and commonly confusing to us parents..I post them here so it is easy reference for other parents and me to look through when we are in doubt, thanks for taking the time to post all these tips! :celebrate: I have categorized them, hope I have done it correctly.

-an, a (when 'an' should not be used even when the first letter is a vowel)
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=540

-\texamples of flashbacks
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=530

-\tLie, lay, lain, laid (when to use what)
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=520

-\tdiff between past tense and past continuous tense
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=500

-\twhom, who (when to use what)
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11809&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40

- past tense, past perfect tense
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11809&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

quirkymum

Hi Jasmine,

Thanks for compiling this list. I have been following TAS for a short while but was too busy and tired to go back further into their earlier threads to read what they posted. Now the tips are all in one place, fantastic! :celebrate:

Leicestergal

Hi TAS,

Thanks for your detailed and very clear answer. Thanks for all your posts too, I can help my kids here who are out of the singapore system to catch up! Would you consider posting your lessons online and we can subscribe and pay to watch, so mummies like me who are overseas can benefit

metz

Leicestergal:
Hi TAS,

Would you consider posting your lessons online and we can subscribe and pay to watch, so mummies like me who are overseas can benefit

Oh yes, that's what I have in mind too! Please, would you give some thought to this suggestion?

starlight1968sg

Hi TAS,

Thanks a lot for sharing your tips again in the forum.

jeestan

Hi TAS,

Would appreciate it you could help see how to improve this piece of writing by a P4, thank you:

- I struck a match and threw it on some paper. The paper began to burn merrily. Suddenly, the wind blew the paper against the cupboard and the cupboard began to burn as well. Huge flames roared towards us. My brother and I trembled with fear and we were white with apprehension. I could not move. My brother pulled me away from the inferno. We ran to the door and opened it. The flames roared behind us. Thankfully we could escape. Once we were outside the house, we called for the fire brigade and they came and doused out the fire.

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Leicestergal:
Hi TAS,

Thanks for your detailed and very clear answer. Thanks for all your posts too, I can help my kids here who are out of the singapore system to catch up! Would you consider posting your lessons online and we can subscribe and pay to watch, so mummies like me who are overseas can benefit

No problem

I will answer your question about the online lessons together with chamonix?

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chamonix:
Leicestergal:
Hi TAS,

Would you consider posting your lessons online and we can subscribe and pay to watch, so mummies like me who are overseas can benefit
Oh yes, that's what I have in mind too! Please, would you give some thought to this suggestion?

Hi chamonix and Leicestergal,

Currently, we have no plans to do so. We will think about it but even if we
do so, it might be in the next few years. Sorry about that. Perhaps
in the meantime, you could buy more assessment books from Popular
and also get examination papers from some schools in Singapore to
continue to familiarize yourself with the Singapore education?

TAS

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