Teach Less, Learn More

[metz]

buds:

Yah. Super upz. I should start soon on my son, if i were to catch up. *pant*


Well yes, indeed.. this IS the KS forum. :celebrate:

Reading the threads in Enrichment Forum makes me :shock: . And Phankao's sharing makes me wonder if I have been living in a well. My then expectation for my firstborn was to be able to count 1-5 by three years old. Phew, I feel greatly relieved that my children no longer belong to the so-called 'critical-period' for teaching reading (in English and Chinese). Can't imagine the tremendous stress I'll be under if I were to play catch up. :faint:

Good luck, buds!

[buds]

Kekekeee.. :rotflmao: Funny lar you, chamonix. :laugh:


Read : \"... if i were to play catch up...\"

[metz]

Hi buds, just drop you a message. Need some help from you.

[phankao]

chamonix:

Reading the threads in Enrichment Forum makes me :shock: . And Phankao's sharing makes me wonder if I have been living in a well. My then expectation for my firstborn was to be able to count 1-5 by three years old. Phew, I feel greatly relieved that my children no longer belong to the so-called 'critical-period' for teaching reading (in English and Chinese). Can't imagine the tremendous stress I'll be under if I were to play catch up. :faint:

LOL - I never had any goals for all my 4 kids, not even being able to count 15 by 3 years old. In fact, I didn't even go through any stress in the process of the current \"baby\" (the 2yo) getting to read CL & EL. It was effortless - the beauty of early exposure. I actually wrote out a long note on the process of his reading journey. Maybe I'll post it someday when I have time.

[metz]

phankao:

LOL - I never had any goals for all my 4 kids, not even being able to count 15 by 3 years old.

Without goal setting, your No.4 is already so formidable! With goal setting, he will be even more :!:

Not count to 15 lah, only 1 to 5 by 3 years old.

phankao:

In fact, I didn't even go through any stress in the process of the current \"baby\" (the 2yo) getting to read CL & EL. It was effortless - the beauty of early exposure.

Definitely agree that early exposure will help babies/toddlers learn quickly, especially word recognising. I remember while making a feeble effort to introduce Chinese words to my 3 year old via wo hui du, my 14 month old picked up all the words in 我的家庭 and 动物 within 5 days, just by staying close by. (No flashing, just pointing at the words and pictures.) But lazy me didn't bother to continue on. Or I should say that is not my idea of learning. Perhaps because I have never actively made them learn or use the language, they simply love it. Early Feb this year, my K2 couldn't even understand whatever I said to her in Mandarin. But just last week, she walked up to the waitress and requested for a fork in Mandarin at a restuarant. And while reading the Berries books, she also pointed out that 着 has two different pronunciations, depending on the words it is paired up with. All these done pretty effortlessly too.

phankao:

I actually wrote out a long note on the process of his reading journey. Maybe I'll post it someday when I have time

:ugogirl: I'm sure it will be a good read and learning experience for others.

[phtthp]

hi phankao - can’t wait to read your long note eagerly

[Chenonceau]

Yup! Yup! Go Phankao… I wanna read too!!

[phtthp]

phankao, here are we waiting ... (song keep repeating)

kekekekekekekekekekekekkekekekekekeke :lol:

[buds]

phankao:

Maybe I'll post it someday when I have time.

Err.. i think \"someday\" refers to slightly longer.. like one fine day.

[phankao]

buds:

phankao:

Maybe I'll post it someday when I have time.

Err.. i think \"someday\" refers to slightly longer.. like one fine day.

When I finish looking through my own rumblings, ok? hahah. At the moment, they really look like notes! Am afraid that you'd all be disappointed to read anyway. :shock: