Marymount Convent

[jesyeo]

Hi funkymonkey,


Thanks. my eyes are better now. shld be able to get full recovered in the next 2 days.

funkymonkey:

jesyeo:

Hi funkymonkey,

Sorry for the late response. I am down with severe sore eyes and cornea abrasion for the past 2 weeks. Finally is going to get recover soon.

My DD2 is current 3yrs 2mths old. Thanks for sharing with me what you have experienced with ur DD2. I will monitor my DD2 on those points closely. I hope she will be able to overcome it.


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[jesyeo]

Hi Gin,


Great that u are having fun time with ur kids. It is so heart warming to see them happy learning together. Thanks for sharing the tips to make our child learn. However, I have tried playing with my DD2 alphabet flash cards last time and she simply not interested. Realised that she will tend to avoid if is something that she doesn't know. She will just simply walk away and don't want to play Recognising words seems to be a rather hard for her. Till now she still can't recognise a single word.

Gin:

Hi jesyeo,

Yes, I totally agree with you, it is definitely not easy having kids and being a FTWM at the same time. Same for me here.

I do take a Multivite supplement once in a while (like once a week or every 10 days), on days when I feel I can no longer stand on my feet while awake :).

Having to teach and spend fun time with children is not so easy when you have limited energy and time on your hands.

With my little girl, I make flashcards with words she learn from school and we use that for Word Games. We scramble all the words (about 10 each time) and then we have to read aloud the word before we can grab the flashcard. In this way, we have fun and she gets to learn at the same time. Sometimes, she likes to keep playing and learning new words through this method. As I usually write in cursive writing, I prefer to print the words out from the computer. Writing them out would require less time. We play this game with Chinese characters, numbers and English words.

My little girl loves the routine of playing a board game and reading 2 books before going to bed. I just continue to read to her and she is welcomed to join in the reading if she feels like it. Sometimes, she likes to search out just simple words like 'lion' or other words from the pages of the book. We go to the AMK library once or twice a week and we usually have 12 books at any given time, at home. It is not a pressure cooker at our home, I just make the tools available and hopefully she will pick them up one of these days and make good use of them :).

Please do not feel bad because you are too busy or tired. We can only do what we can - after all, every parent just wants to love his/her kids :).

cantbearit2:

[quote=\"jesyeo\"]Hi Gin,

Thanks for your advice. I am guilty that I have not been spending much time with DD2 on reading and writing. Sigh..must find more time for her.

jesyeo, though my DD2 does not seem dyslexic, IM guilty of not spending enough time wif her too. Guess having 3 kids & being a FTWM is not as easy as I thot.

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[jesyeo]

Hi LLX04,


Yes. No school tomorrow. The pupils are to log in to http://www.lead.com.sg to do their assignments. After you login to the site, there is this notice at the left which links you to a word document that states what are the assignments that need to be done. There are a total of 9 assignments.

LLX04:

Hihi,
I just get to know that there is no school tomorrow and the gals are supposed to do e-learning at home. Is this referring to the problem sums.com? I am totally clueless and my gal said there is an email by teacher. Anyone knows about this?

[Tinkerbelle]

Tinkerbelle:

LLX04:

Hihi,

I just get to know that there is no school tomorrow and the gals are supposed to do e-learning at home. Is this referring to the problem sums.com? I am totally clueless and my gal said there is an email by teacher. Anyone knows about this?

Hi LLX04,
Yes, e-learning day tomorrow. Your DD's teacher will give out a copy of detailed instructions on what to do for every subject. DD2 already received her copy 2 days ago. I don't have her copy here with me now so can't confirm if it's http://www.problumsums.com or not. In the past, the sch has used both http://www.lead.com.sg and http://www.problemsums.com. Maybe your DD will receive the instructions today. Or you can email your DD's FT to enquire about the instructions for her class.

Alternatively, you can also check the sch's website tomorrow. In the past years, there had been a direct link to e-learning exercises.

Hi LLX04,
Confirmed with DD1, e-learning tomorrow will be using http://www.leads.com.sg
I've PM you the sch ID & password for e-learning, just in case you don't have them to access your DD's assignments. Have fun.

[cantbearit2]

funkymonkey:

cantbearit2:

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I understand that teaching the top 2 classes can be stressful for the teachers but to take a blow at the kids' self-esteem is truly uncalled for.

Heard abt Amy Chua being a \"tiger mum\"? Looks like we may have a \"tiger teacher\" at MCS. :?

OMG can'tbearit!!!,
I've just finished reading that book last weekend!!\"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother\"
Yeah.. scary mother....that Amy Chua..i guess her \"method\" only worked on one of her children...
Hopefully our MCS teachers won't do a \"tiger\" on us..not everyone can take it...not even me prabably :siam: :siam: :siam:[/quote]Hi funkymonkey,
U mean it din work on her 2nd gal? She had 2 gals rite? I din read the book but read the newspaper article regarding this book.

[cantbearit2]

Gin:

With my little girl, I make flashcards with words she learn from school and we use that for Word Games. We scramble all the words (about 10 each time) and then we have to read aloud the word before we can grab the flashcard. In this way, we have fun and she gets to learn at the same time. Sometimes, she likes to keep playing and learning new words through this method. As I usually write in cursive writing, I prefer to print the words out from the computer. Writing them out would require less time. We play this game with Chinese characters, numbers and English words.

My little girl loves the routine of playing a board game and reading 2 books before going to bed. I just continue to read to her and she is welcomed to join in the reading if she feels like it. Sometimes, she likes to search out just simple words like 'lion' or other words from the pages of the book. We go to the AMK library once or twice a week and we usually have 12 books at any given time, at home. It is not a pressure cooker at our home, I just make the tools available and hopefully she will pick them up one of these days and make good use of them :).

Please do not feel bad because you are too busy or tired. We can only do what we can - after all, every parent just wants to love his/her kids :).

Wow Gin,
U R such a hands on mum! :udawoman: :udawoman: :udawoman: Yur DD is so lucky!!!!

[cantbearit2]

jesyeo:

Hi LLX04,


Yes. No school tomorrow. The pupils are to log in to http://www.lead.com.sg to do their assignments. After you login to the site, there is this notice at the left which links you to a word document that states what are the assignments that need to be done. There are a total of 9 assignments.

LLX04:

Hihi,
I just get to know that there is no school tomorrow and the gals are supposed to do e-learning at home. Is this referring to the problem sums.com? I am totally clueless and my gal said there is an email by teacher. Anyone knows about this?

Anyone noes if that means tmr there's no CCA too?

[cantbearit2]

jesyeo:

Hi cantbearit2，


Yes! My DD2 is 2007 baby. Same as urs?

cantbearit2:

Hi jesyeo,
Yur DD2 oso born in 2007?

My DD2 too!!! :lol: :lol: who noes, they mayb classmates in 3yrs time. Hee....

[cantbearit2]

jesyeo:

Hi canbearit2,


Wow you have 3 kids! It is definitely a big challenge for you to manage all their needs. How u manage ur time to handle so many?

For me, I guess I have been spending most of the time on DD1. Guiding her on honework, spelling etc and those household chores. As for DD2, I have been relying on her childcare teachers. However, recently realise that DD2's standard comparing to DD1 when she is at age 3, is really a big diference. DD2 standard is really way far behind which makes me start to worry. Somemore now that she appears to have sone signs of dylexic wihch makes me worry more.

Luckily I have a v helpful mum who's willing to help me out, even during the weekends. Otherwise I won't b able to manage wif DD1's enrichm class. I have to admit it's v tiring esp if u r not so bo chap and oso a FTWM.

I oso tend to concentrate more on DD1 since she started P1. DD2 is pretty independent but still needs lots of love fr mummy. Hee....v sticky to me. Tat's y IM guilty of neglecting her as well. But over the weekends, we try to plan some events for her as well as DD1. DS3 is too young to join in so seldom bring him out. :oops:

Dun worry too much abt yur DD2. She may not b dyslexic juz a late bloomer. Every child's development is diff.

My DD1 din start to talk till age 3 (even then, it was juz 2 words or so, nv a full sentence). The only words she noe is \"mummy\", \"daddy\", \"por por\". Everyone tells me girls tend to start talking earlier but apparently DD1 is not. I was so worried that I keep asking the nurses & docs each time we went for her development chk. My cousin's DD on the other hand started talking full sentences at age 2. Gosh, wat a diff!

Gif yur DD2 some time, she may surprise u. If u r still worried, u may wish to let her go for the dyslexic test.

[cantbearit2]

jesyeo:

Hi Gin,


Great that u are having fun time with ur kids. It is so heart warming to see them happy learning together. Thanks for sharing the tips to make our child learn. However, I have tried playing with my DD2 alphabet flash cards last time and she simply not interested. Realised that she will tend to avoid if is something that she doesn't know. She will just simply walk away and don't want to play Recognising words seems to be a rather hard for her. Till now she still can't recognise a single word.

Aiyo, jesyeo, your DD2 same like my DD1 lor. Since toddler, my DD1 nv like flashcards. She simple refuse to sit down and be flashed. :frustrated: Each time I take out the flash card, she will run ard like a monkey (mayb b'cos born in monkey yr, hee....) :scratchhead: :scratchhead: