Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[periwinklejoy]

E3:

janet_lee88:

Hi E3,

3 hours passes very fast...I know it bcos I used to struggle to do as much as I can when daughter was in kindergarten.

If you go back to school, you'll be too tired to coach eldest one when she returns home. Maybe you can consider this option when #3 is older.

Thanks Janet, so nice of you to consider my welfare. Yup, I am now busy compiling theory notes for each individual question for my dd's theory exam. I did that last time for her grade 3 and she got a Distinction. Now, fervently compiling for grade 5, which will be right after her CA1! Very busy March for us cos she'll also be taking her Grade 5 practical as well. Once March is over, I think we can breathe easier...I hope.... :nailbite:

Wow E3, you are a real Super Mummy! How do you find so much time to do so much for yr kids! I must learn fr u! Like I said earlier, I'm struggling to fit revision and my coaching time into my elder dd's schedule, wat with her supp classes, ballet (twice a week). Can share some tips on scheduling? I want to spend time with her on Eng, Compos (Chin and Eng), Science. But its week 4 already and nothing accomplished as I cldn't bear to get her to do any more work after she finished her hw.

[janet88]

E3:

Trapwithin:

[quote=\"Funx3\"]Haven't U Experience Instances When U Teach Him Something, He Goes, \"But My Teacher Says It's Not Like This, ....\" :roll: :roll:

How true .. happens all the time

You know what I tell her. \"LISTEN TO ME!\" :lol: :lol: :lol:[/quote]Hubby & I tell kids the same thing, LISTEN, DO NOT INTERRUPT !!!

[Mrsbongz]

I told ds that i'm not wrong, but he burst into tears bcos he's worried he'll get into trouble w e teacher :roll: Dh asked how come he fears the teacher so much yet disregards us :x


E3, i do think janet's rite, working adjunct w 3 kids its v time consuming, esp if u incl commuting. I can hardly find time for ds2 now that ds1 is in p1. I'm lucky that i can leave work on the dot everyday, but i find myself very ragged from the commute. More so than actual work!!

[IJJ]

janet_lee88:

E3:

[quote=\"Trapwithin\"]
How true .. happens all the time

You know what I tell her. \"LISTEN TO ME!\" :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hubby & I tell kids the same thing, LISTEN, DO NOT INTERRUPT !!![/quote] My eldest trusts me. She will tell me, \"I will ask teacher why he/she writes wrongly...' It will be a different story if her daddy teaches her. :lol:

My 2nd girl usually questions, \"Are you sure you are right?\" That girl says, \"Every human makes mistakes.\" :lol: :lol:

[periwinklejoy]

IJJ:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"E3\"]
You know what I tell her. \"LISTEN TO ME!\" :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hubby & I tell kids the same thing, LISTEN, DO NOT INTERRUPT !!!

My eldest trusts me. She will tell me, \"I will ask teacher why he/she writes wrongly...' It will be a different story if her daddy teaches her. :lol:

My 2nd girl usually questions, \"Are you sure you are right?\" That girl says, \"Every human makes mistakes.\" :lol: :lol:[/quote]Wow, u hv gained 100% trust and respect fr yr dd! Great job!

[janet88]

Hi IJJ,

Last night when I couldn’t handle the Math question, I asked my boy. Daughter asked me, ‘you mean you don’t know ?’ I told her, ‘yes, I don’t understand and your daddy or gor gor are better in Maths than me. There is nothing wrong asking’. She has finally got it into her head that mummy doesn’t know Maths. Whew !!!

I must remind myself NEVER EVER buy ‘Excel in Maths’ again.

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periwinklejoy:

Can share some tips on scheduling? I want to spend time with her on Eng, Compos (Chin and Eng), Science. But its week 4 already and nothing accomplished as I cldn't bear to get her to do any more work after she finished her hw.

Actually scheduling is not the difficult part. Try and plan ahead, factoring in some buffer, to something that fit your dd's current school activities. Focus on quality learning. It's getting them to complete the assigned tasks on time that is tricky. I let her \"enjoy\" her work by letting her eat ice-cream or fruits while working on home-assigned activities (seatwork), but not so when playing on the piano. She cannot eat anything while doing schoolwork too to prevent \"accidental smudges\". Keep her on a happy, relax yet alert mode, then she can keep to the schedule. I will \"act\" out her moxie and be a clown to help her to remember faster and better. I agree that sometimes schoolwork takes up a lot of time, she has to research on news reports to be typed into Class Blog, do all the activities in the Little Red Dot, do 周记 fortnightly, write all 13 four-chars 听写 in one day into her 笔记, 小书, and of course the usual EL, Math, CL hw and what-nots assigned by her class teachers and theory by piano teacher. Oh yes, and Science project too. A lot of times, all these will spill over to her schedule time to do assessment books. So I will steal time whenever there is lesser hw and let her do one subject from her assessment books, usually Math. However, I realised, nearer exam periods, less hw, so she could usually focus on assessments more.

I sit in with her during piano practices to ensure all songs are quality practices, can skip those that she could play well. This one, I have to be very firm. I have a list of \"compulsory daily items to play (scales, contrary motions, chromatic scales, arpeggios)\" pasted on her piano.

I let her guinea pig sit by her side while she does her past year papers. Of course, she is responsible for cleaning up after whatever left behind by the guinea pig after that.

As long as she can keep to the time and produce quality work, I am fine with whatever ways she wants to do her work. I have to be flexible with 3 kids in the house. She is a task-oriented girl (like the mum) and an Energiser (or Duracell?) battery so she can last pretty long. Her schedule work runs from 2:45pm - 6:30pm (more academic, inclusive of 1 hour of piano practice), dinner, 7:30pm - 9pm (lighter work like reading or doing corrections from my assigned work).

While she's doing work without needing my guidance, I turn my attention to my 5-year-old and carry out HER schedule with her, at the same time, listening out to my dd1 so see if there's anything that she needed my help with. Well...you can tell...my dd3 is pretty much \"self-entertained\", or in better words...\"free play\"...if you do not wish to see it as her being \"neglected\"...hehe...


For EL compositions, I used to let her do one every alternate days (on weekdays only) one month before SA1 and SA2. The other alternate days will be for CL compo. She reads a lot of upper primary model compositions and has taken a liking to certain styles. However, I am still not very happy with the way she writes, she is careful in not making spelling or grammatical mistakes but she always writes in a \"playing it safe\" way, meaning she keeps to the story plot, using idioms, creative phrases as and when, but does not introduce twists. I felt though it's smooth writing but it's very cliche-ish...I would prefer her to write more instrinsically. She plays piano in the same way too, technically note-perfect but lacks the articulation. :roll: I guess it's personality.

Have fun parenting. It's a privilege not everyone is entitled to.

[IJJ]

janet_lee88:

E3:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Hi E3,

3 hours passes very fast...I know it bcos I used to struggle to do as much as I can when daughter was in kindergarten.

If you go back to school, you'll be too tired to coach eldest one when she returns home. Maybe you can consider this option when #3 is older.

Thanks Janet, so nice of you to consider my welfare. Yup, I am now busy compiling theory notes for each individual question for my dd's theory exam. Once March is over, I think we can breathe easier...I hope.... :nailbite:

With 3 kids, you definitely need to save energy for them. No point going back to teach for the few hours bcos you need to factor in time to travel and it's tiring.[/quote]This, I fully agree. I often tell my hubby, \"Since you work hard because of the family, so, please don't sacrifice the family just because of your work.\"

[janet88]

IJJ:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"E3\"]
Thanks Janet, so nice of you to consider my welfare. Yup, I am now busy compiling theory notes for each individual question for my dd's theory exam. Once March is over, I think we can breathe easier...I hope.... :nailbite:

With 3 kids, you definitely need to save energy for them. No point going back to teach for the few hours bcos you need to factor in time to travel and it's tiring.

This, I fully agree. I often tell my hubby, \"Since you work hard because of the family, so, please don't sacrifice the family just because of your work.\" [/quote]Work is work...but family is the reason why you work.

[janet88]

E3:

periwinklejoy:

Can share some tips on scheduling? I want to spend time with her on Eng, Compos (Chin and Eng), Science. But its week 4 already and nothing accomplished as I cldn't bear to get her to do any more work after she finished her hw.

For EL compositions, I used to let her do one every alternate days (on weekdays only) one month before SA1 and SA2. She reads a lot of upper primary model compositions and has taken a liking to certain styles.

Thanks for the tip.