All About Preparing For Primary One
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Question...
Does everyone here prepares their kid in advance for Pri 1?
e.g. cover the topics before teacher, do worksheets and test papers, etc
... 1 year, 1/2 year in advance?
Just wondering if there'll be more pros or cons?
e.g. kid gets bored in class... stress... too much homework... no time to play... etc
Welcome to Primary 1.... DUH.... :razz: -
Daddy
I think depends on the school that your child goes to. I think for the branded ones, there's a need to be very prepared because other students will be as prepared. If you do not prepare your child, he/she will be left behind. For normal school, your child still need to know the basics like 1-100, addition, subtraction, write simple sentences (up to 5 sentences), recognise high frequency chinese charaters, hypy. Even in normal schools, assessment of the child's language and mathematical competencies starts in the first wk or during orientation.
Question...
Does everyone here prepares their kid in advance for Pri 1?
e.g. cover the topics before teacher, do worksheets and test papers, etc
... 1 year, 1/2 year in advance?
Just wondering if there'll be more pros or cons?
e.g. kid gets bored in class... stress... too much homework... no time to play... etc
Welcome to Primary 1.... DUH.... :razz: -
I don’t. Well, at least not academics. Whatever their teacher has covered with them in their childcare is sufficient.
When DD went to P1, the only thing I prepared her for was handling up to $2 of loose change. DS will be going to P1 next year. Again, I am not teaching ahead. Same thing, just teaching him how to handle money. -
Cool...
I was kinda overwhelmed when I browse thru those test papers online...
dunno if I shld subject my dd to this \"torture\"...
:stupid:
And yes... wonder if she can handle the loose $$ on her own... buy her a cute purse? :razz: -
Thanks Janet.
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I think to prepare or not also depends on how your child is faring in terms of basic knowledge for a K2 kid. By the end of K2, they should have a decent grasp of their number bonds within 20, able to put together 3-5 simple sentences, have a decent grasp of the HYPY and high frequency chinese characters.
DD is in RGPS. P1 was pretty much a breeze. Chinese, mainly HYPY until 2nd semester, Math, number bonds and addition and subtraction within 20 for 1st semester, until 99 for 2nd semester, English, they are using Stella so no books to follow.
There is more emphasis on verbal skills, so if you want to, maybe do more show and tell stuff with your kid. The other thing that I went through with DD, not before P1 but throughout her P1 year, were more homework/exam tackling skills. Little things like if this page ends with question 5, make sure that the next page starts with question 6. Draw a line to create a column for your workings. Label/number your the steps in your working, how to work backwards to check that your answer is correct(for math), how to use the english and chinese dictionary, stuff like that.
And at the end of the day, it all boils down to what we parents can accept as ‘acceptable results’ from our kids. -
Funz:
Wah... and I thought u never prepare your kid...I think to prepare or not also depends on how your child is faring in terms of basic knowledge for a K2 kid. By the end of K2, they should have a decent grasp of their number bonds within 20, able to put together 3-5 simple sentences, have a decent grasp of the HYPY and high frequency chinese characters.
DD is in RGPS. P1 was pretty much a breeze. Chinese, mainly HYPY until 2nd semester, Math, number bonds and addition and subtraction within 20 for 1st semester, until 99 for 2nd semester, English, they are using Stella so no books to follow.
There is more emphasis on verbal skills, so if you want to, maybe do more show and tell stuff with your kid. The other thing that I went through with DD, not before P1 but throughout her P1 year, were more homework/exam tackling skills. Little things like if this page ends with question 5, make sure that the next page starts with question 6. Draw a line to create a column for your workings. Label/number your the steps in your working, how to work backwards to check that your answer is correct(for math), how to use the english and chinese dictionary, stuff like that.
And at the end of the day, it all boils down to what we parents can accept as 'acceptable results' from our kids.
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Not before P1 mah. Seriously, b4 P1, all I did was dig up some loose change, 10, 20, 50 cents and ask her to pick up different combinations for me. But I am lucky cos her K2 teachers, and now also DS's K2 teachers, covered the basics with them pretty thoroughly.
The rest all happened during the school year and it was more just giving her pointers on how to work more efficiently. Haha. Those stuff, no point telling your kid now if you are not into getting him/her to do assessments, etc. Too abstract for them to understand, must be done in conjunction with their work. These are habits/skills that I want my girl to pick up, not academic preparation as in teaching her ahead of syllabus. -
Preparing for P1,
English - Nope. Letting CC do their syllabus with DD1 and I have just using her K2 books to revise with her now and then. Not using any p1 materials to teach her yet. Though I am considering in enrolling her for a Bridging K2 English program (6 Days), it will be in November so yet to confirm
Chinese - It is just CC and Enrichment. I did buy her P1 writing book but that was because there wasn’t any K2 books for her to practise her handwriting. I am quite picky on handwriting …
Maths - CC doesn’t cover that much and mummy finds it hard to follow thru on the basics so she’s in enrichment to cover the foundation and basics. CC is actually teaching multiplication but enrichment is still strengtening her addition and subtraction before she moves on. -
Daddy
:laugh: train her to recognise the $$ is more impt that buying her a cute purse..Cool...
I was kinda overwhelmed when I browse thru those test papers online...
dunno if I shld subject my dd to this \"torture\"...
:stupid:
And yes... wonder if she can handle the loose $$ on her own... buy her a cute purse? :razz:
I am training my ds now to differentiate the $$.. and how much change he should be receiving when he pay for his food using i.e S$1 coin.. :evil:
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