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[jul04]

Ants on the Apple / Zoophonics


Is what I heard \"Ants on the Apple\"? Is this Zoophonics? :?

The song goes something like this..
\"Balls are bouncing
Buh buh buh (3x)
Balls are bouncing
Buh Buh Buh
Buh is the sound of B

Lizards leaping
Ler ler ler...

Kittens kicking
Kuh kuh kuh..\"

It's a song played on a CD, with short pauses between each alphabet. There's a complementary book with a picture on each page corresponding to the alphabet that the CD is playing.

[buds]

Nope, jules.. It's Ants On The Apple. Just that. :lol:



http://postimage.org/image/9etqels4/


It's a resource kit for the introduction to the phonetic sounds of
each alphabet, making learning easy and fun for the children. :celebrate:

[jul04]

Ooh... Thanks! The book that I saw didn't look like this leh. Older version?

[jul04]

I suppose I could buy the Ants on the Apple CD & play it at home? Dunno what to do with my boy

[buds]

Describe the book to me, jul04? :please:

[buds]

Heyya jul04, sad to hear your review with regards to your trial. While the absence of other children may have contributed to the solemn and somewhat not-so-cheerful first time for all of you, the manner in which the directresses could engage children is also important. With your homework and research, i am proud to announce here that i do find you are more than ready to make a fair basic assessment of what to look out for in your recce and your future trial sessions. I too was somewhat disappointed to note your thoughts and had to read the review twice just so that it would sink in and so that i could visualize the entire hour and a half and put myself in your shoes and of course your boy's shoes too for that matter.


The flow of the lessons can be more engaging and also involving the parents in the process, with or without other parents and children.

Oh dear... right now as i'm typing this, i'm going... hmmm... :idea:... mebbe i could do a trial session for you?

But mine definitely won't be free lor. :rotflmao:

[smurf]

Wow, Buds doing trial session!

[smurf]

Wanna check on the sound 'a'. Why different phonics method has different sounds for the letter 'a'? :?


When I listen to Ants on the apple, the sound is 'ah'. Whereas when I listen to letterland, the sound is 'air'?? :?

[buds]

Depending on the slang or the accent of the speakers

in the respective countries. You choose if you
want your child to say the word glass with the
\"ah\" sound or glass with the \"air\" sound.

As long not the singlish \"grass\" sudah.. :faint:

[jul04]

buds:

While the absence of other children may have contributed to the solemn and somewhat not-so-cheerful first time for all of you, the manner in which the directresses could engage children is also important.

Hmm.. I'm not that confident that I'm making an absolutely fair assessment coz I'm still a newbie & untrained in Montessori. So I guess I could give them the benefit of the doubt. But personally, I find that it's not for me. I dunno if I'm asking too much as what I've read abt Montessori on the Net are all pretty US-based, and the books I've read are either published in 1910s or by Maria Montessori herself :lol: All I can say is, it's not for ME. It could be a good class for other parents
[quote]With your homework and research, i am proud to announce here that i do find you are more than ready to make a fair basic assessment of what to look out for in your recce and your future trial sessions. [/quote] :dowan: Aiyoh don't do me paiseh lah :oops:

I'm just a beginner. In fact, I'm only on my 2nd book, \"The Discovery of the Child\" by Maria Montessori. Heavy going man! And I'm not really READING reading.. It's too much for someone who just wants to understand, not to become a Directress I just plowed through the section on Seguin's method of teaching children how to write using geometrical drawings :nosebleed: Only halfway through & the loan period from NLB's almost up :lol:

Seriously though, could the Montessori method have changed so much over time or geographical location that it makes what I read inapplicable? I mean, are my expectations unreasonable? Coz when I went to Character, Amazing Star & Modern International... they seem so un-Montessori Am I looking for something that isn't available in Spore?

And please! I'm not well-versed at all! I have a knack of smoking & looking really confident, like I really know what I'm talking abt :rotflmao: :siam:

[quote]Oh dear... right now as i'm typing this, i'm going... hmmm... :idea:... mebbe i could do a trial session for you?

But mine definitely won't be free lor. :rotflmao:[/quote]Hey! I'd like a trial! Then I can see if I can relate my readings to the real world :love: