Teach Less, Learn More

[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:

[Chenonceau]

The Petition is up. It is here. http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=814

[Vevey]

Chenonceau:

I got a lot of ideas from a book... 365 Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials by E. Richard Churchill, Louis V. Loeschnig and Muriel Mandell. Illustrated by Frances Zweifel. Published by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers.

The table of content looks interesting!

Budding scientists will be interested in Horrible Science too.

[phtthp]

yes! Table of contents is interesting, view from here:-


http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Science-Experiments-Everyday-Materials/dp/1884822673#reader_1884822673

her child had so much fun!
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=19568&start=370