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    Comparing Pre-school English Reading and Phonics Enrichment

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    • K Offline
      kola
      last edited by

      [quote]
      kola wrote:
      - Could you suggest a better and more interesting method to revise with her, as the blue series is getting tougher, I want to make sure she really grab the concept and know the words.


      buds wrote:
      Sure thing, lemme get together some materials and share with you some
      activities to work with her. Gimme some time okie? Cos my girls are in
      the midst of exams and we're doing revision together these days they
      are home. [/quote]Hi buds,
      Do you still remember me...? :oops: I think it has been quite a while, probably it has slip your mind a little....
      Hmm.... I am still waiting patiently for the suggestion of activities that I could do with my girl (K1 next year) on her blue scheme phonics at home....
      Kindly advise... šŸ™ Thanks in advance your time and effort...

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      • B Offline
        buds
        last edited by

        Yes, of course i still remember you kola.

        Sorry i'm tied up with some events with
        the girls' school for year-end graduation
        and performances stuff like that... i'm an
        active parent-support momma for my
        girls' school. I have found some stuff to
        share with ya... will find time to take some
        pictures and put it up to help you in your
        journey to help yours... šŸ˜‰ Apologies
        for the delay. :oops:

        In the meantime, there are some activities
        here you can read up about from my other
        thread, ya?

        > http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1927

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        • K Offline
          kola
          last edited by

          Hi buds,

          Knowing that you are a very busy mommy... I will wait patiently...
          Thank you for the useful link... :lol:

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          • B Offline
            buds
            last edited by

            :lol: Yah, i try to keep myself occupied to stay sane. :lol:


            Yes... Yes... Patience IS afterall a virtue. :please:

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            • T Offline
              titank
              last edited by

              buds:
              It's not imperative that you do 2 subjects at one go & stressing

              her & yourself out. Start out with the phonics and once that is
              over, continue the Math. The homebased one can just stick to
              Phonics first as i have advised you before. Maximise the time
              of 1.5hrs to learn one thing at a time rather than shorten
              the timing to 45min to learn both... btw, how is she doing
              over at the homebased one? Care to share feedback? šŸ˜„
              Think she is doing fine as the teacher told me now my DD had learn the 1st character & last character. Soon can decode the word! Example Snail, S & L she know.

              Maybe she is an existing kindergarten teacher so she do put in some extra outside montessori phonics. Had inform the teacher that I would want her to concentrate phonics, maths can come later.

              Would provide more feedback once I get the assessment report.


              Ok lah from Redhill to Sengkang at the most 20-30 minutes
              drive I can still tahan!

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              • B Offline
                buds
                last edited by

                titank:
                Think she is doing fine as the teacher told me now my DD had learn the 1st character & last character. Soon can decode the word! Example Snail, S & L she know.

                That means she will be doing wordbuilding soon. But not for words like
                snail... hee.. šŸ˜‰... it'd be more to those 3-letter ones like c_t, t_p (etc).
                She'd be learning that two consonants and a vowel make a word and she
                should be taught to listen and sound out the vowel sounds in 3-letter
                phonetic words. šŸ˜„
                titank:
                Maybe she is an existing kindergarten teacher so she do put in some extra outside montessori phonics.
                Yes, that is definitely a plus! :celebrate:
                titank:
                Had inform the teacher that I would want her to concentrate phonics, maths can come later.
                You lah... early early dowan to listen to me. Cheh.. :roll: :lol:
                But good that you eventually went ahead with just one. šŸ˜‰
                Your DD is still quite young... consider just nice to start this
                early & will definitely have enough time to do other enrichment
                programmes to support her learning development. Think mebbe
                u learnt your lesson from your DS time... :lol: Cannot last minute
                prepare children for primary education... especially in our current
                pace of primary school curriculum. šŸ˜›
                titank:
                Would provide more feedback once I get the assessment report.
                Orite bro, cool. šŸ˜Ž Will look out for it! šŸ˜„
                titank:
                Ok lah from Redhill to Sengkang at the most 20-30 minutes drive I can still tahan!
                At least you drive mah.. not taking public transport. While she goes
                for lesson, you can hop over Sengkang Pool and play slide with your
                DS for one on one time. šŸ˜‰

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                • T Offline
                  titank
                  last edited by

                  Yes now doing the 3 letter word not those 5 letter word. Guess just have to take it easy & no point rushing.

                  For the case of my DS, he completed Montessori Phonics from age 4.5 to 5. So in Age 6 (K2) he was being put into P1 class as suggested by the teacher. In commercial centre, some phonics course even can start at age 3. Generally I do not like to start too early as that means I have to pump the $$ faster.

                  Have lah, I got listen your word meaning that concentrate on the phonics. Indeed in 90 minutes to do both the phonics & maths is not easy. I think now is more like 90% phonics & have a bit of time then into the maths like 10%. Guess maths can come later where most important master the phonics.

                  No chance go Sengkang Pool play slides lah! While the DD having phonics class, I’m on my way bring DS go swimming. So it is super challenging to have 2 kids having enrichment around the same time.

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                  • H Offline
                    hope05
                    last edited by

                    Hi


                    My DS has been attending enrichment lessons at Zoo Phonics since 18 months and he will be in K2 next year.

                    I am switching him over to MA next year cos i was told that besides Phonics, MA will teach a lot of other things like Speech N Drama, Early Writing Skills, Simple story-writing (scribing), Early reading comprehension, Vocabulary building.

                    But i am worried that whether the transition will be good for him.

                    Anybody with kids in MA. How do they teach the phonics there?

                    Appreciate yr advise.

                    Thks & rdgs,

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                    • B Offline
                      buds
                      last edited by

                      titank:
                      Yes now doing the 3 letter word not those 5 letter word. Guess just have to take it easy & no point rushing. For the case of my DS, he completed Montessori Phonics from age 4.5 to 5. So in Age 6 (K2) he was being put into P1 class as suggested by the teacher. In commercial centre, some phonics course even can start at age 3.

                      Oh... then for your DS consider ok la.. the age he embarked on his enrichment
                      programme is just nice. šŸ˜‰ Yah? There are centres that offer Phonics course
                      for 3-year olds? Really?
                      titank:
                      Generally I do not like to start too early as that means I have to pump the $$ faster.
                      Cute lar you! :lol:
                      titank:
                      Have lah, I got listen your word meaning that concentrate on the phonics.
                      Got arh? Cause initially i remember you mentioned scared your DD bored
                      of doing the Phonics part thru out the whole session mah... that's why i
                      said you dowan to listen lor. :laugh: Joking arh... joking... :siam:
                      titank:
                      Indeed in 90 minutes to do both the phonics & maths is not easy. I think now is more like 90% phonics & have a bit of time then into the maths like 10%. Guess maths can come later where most important master the phonics.
                      Of course Math can come later. By then the language is also better developed. šŸ˜„
                      No point lah do 10%. Montessori Math has a wide range of materials to work with...
                      How to work with the child even if 1 to 1 basis with only 10% of the time aiyoh... :slapshead:
                      Mission impossible and meaningless to even begin with. Montessori Math is a multi-
                      sensory method of teaching Math. Without sufficient time to even work with the
                      materials, how to grasp any concept?
                      titank:
                      No chance go Sengkang Pool play slides lah! While the DD having phonics class, I’m on my way bring DS go swimming. So it is super challenging to have 2 kids having enrichment around the same time.
                      If you send DS Sengkang Pool, nearby nia mah... then DD goes Montessori
                      enrichment, DS goes for swimming lesson and YOU can go play slides all on your own! šŸ˜‰
                      Lagi best! Some time for yourself!

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                      • J Offline
                        jojo
                        last edited by

                        titank:
                        Hi Buds,


                        I called up every MMI, in the end all told me they are childcare based.Do not have any enrichment type. 😢
                        All bottom down to the ctr itself. Principal and Staff. My girl is in Pasir Ris MMI, at the age of five, she could write this to me when we brought her to Club Med Phuket

                        \"jie jie you are the best!
                        Mummy you are the best!
                        Daddy you are the best!
                        Thank you for bringing me to ClubMed.
                        Thank you for teaching me Mathematic and English.
                        I love you all!

                        When she handed that to me she told me does it slang. I am impressed.

                        all this also bottom down to individual character, my 2nd girl she is more creative than her jie jie. She likes to show and express herself. During dinner she will say \"Mummy, enjoy your meal\" not like the usual saying \"mummy eat, daddy eat\"

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