All About Preparing For Primary One

[poppy15]

jeanieg:

Hi mommies


I am not sure where to post this question as it pertains to Chinese New Year!
My girl is entering P1 next year and usually around CNY we travel back to Penang where my MIL and husband's family lives. Of cos, in kindy we can take like 4 or 5 days off but as for P1, do schools allow more than the standard 2 days break?

I know, I vely KS, as CNY is far away but I am been meaning to ask this so I ask lor : )

Any advice?

hi, my DS is entering P1 next yr too...

for us, we travelled overseas during the CNY period as well, for abt a week so i was worried what to do with next yr; hw are our arrangements gg to be like...

my cousin's suggestions to us - this what what she did too when her kids were in P1.. and for two consecutive yrs since her DS, followed by her DD ..

CNY 2012 falls on a mon & tues, with sun as the eve, so what u can do ( or try to do) is to take sch leave for 3 days - wed, thurs & fri.

i know i know, u parents are gonna :pokeeye: for bringing up this kind of suggestion.

but i guessed since sch term starts nt too long ago, the kids will not missed out much.

a check with DH whose the kind of ' no means no ' type, finds this suggestion visible too. he agreed on the part whereby a child wldnt miss out too much since its only abt 2 weeks of lessons from 03 Jan

but comes P2, better nt do this anymore. :razz:

[nms1]

jeanieg:

Hi mommies


I am not sure where to post this question as it pertains to Chinese New Year!
My girl is entering P1 next year and usually around CNY we travel back to Penang where my MIL and husband's family lives. Of cos, in kindy we can take like 4 or 5 days off but as for P1, do schools allow more than the standard 2 days break?

I know, I vely KS, as CNY is far away but I am been meaning to ask this so I ask lor : )

Any advice?

I don't think it will be a problem as long as you let the teacher know in advance. As it is so early in the year there probably won't even be any work to catch up on.

My daughter missed a week in July as my brother got married overseas; her teacher gave her some work to do but told her not to do it while she was away, just to catch up when she came up. She also had to do the spelling test and ting xie that she missed.

[jeanieg]

Thanks poppy15 and nms1 for your input. I feel better knowing we can 'pong tang' school for a couple of days.

[janet88]

Parents, do try to enjoy your holidays while kids are in kindy. Come primary school, it’s not very advisable to take off unless necessary. My hubby is also the ‘no means no’ type. Last year, I got son to ‘pong tang’ 2 days b4 SA2 as we couldnt finish revision. Had to keep quiet about it.


Btw, this year’s Bookfest will be around mid nov instead. Happened to see the info on popular van this morn.

[Precious Summo]

Hi all,

am looking at mind stretcher topics… and want to find out which are the better outlets in north area as i am deciding between mind stretcher and concept maths for my child. But concept maths is more expensive than mind stretcher.

Also looking at english classes in mind stretcher. Currently, my child is in i can read program. Thinking of switching him to another school. How is mind stretcher in their program for English?

[Champion]

Precious Summo:

Hi all,

am looking at mind stretcher topics.. and want to find out which are the better outlets in north area as i am deciding between mind stretcher and concept maths for my child. But concept maths is more expensive than mind stretcher.

Also looking at english classes in mind stretcher. Currently, my child is in i can read program. Thinking of switching him to another school. How is mind stretcher in their program for English?

Hi! You may refer to the following links:-
1) Mind Stretcher
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=13542&hilit=mind+stretcher

2) All About Primary School Maths Enrichment
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=287&p=558951&hilit=concept+Maths#p558951

[Precious Summo]

Thanks Champion

[glendt]

Concept Math from what I know is started by an ex Ai Tong teacher. I heard that she teaches very well and you would see many Ai Tong kids there. She goes faster than the school and the questions given are harder than schools but it is geared for the MOE syllabus. Good to start with them if you can from P1.

[Celyw]

i3mum:

Hi kvk,


Is you child in a child care? If yes, I think it's manageable

My is in a 3 hour kindy and on hand she has 7 enrichment classes, so I do not know what to cut down. She seems to like all of them. :sad:

kvk:

My DD is now having 3 enrichment classes.
English/Maths, Abacus and Chinese.
Do they sound alot to you?

my child is in 3 hour kindy too and having ICR, Abacus, Berries, Swimming and Piano is it too much? :oops:

[Celyw]

phtthp:

a) for language(s):-


phonics and 汉语拼音 are fundamental.
plus accompanied by lots of reading storybooks.

Speech & drama (optional) - but useful in helping child in P1 'Show and Tell' overcome shyness, display confidence during expression of his thoughts and articulate audibly with the right pitch tone voice, in front of fellow Teacher and classmates.

b) for Maths:-

i) Montessori Maths helps a child set foundation right from the start in understanding key basic, fundamental Maths concepts. To me, this is crucial.

ii) abacus (optional), MPM (optional).


c) for Science -

exploratory fun experiments help a child set foundation in understanding key Science basic principles and concepts. Kids learn more via the fun way, not via boring worksheets style.

Fastrackids Science exploratory 2 year programme (K1, K2) is good:-
http://www.fastrackids.com/fastrackids
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=869

Hi phtthp,
when I see your this post I am very thrilled haha..because my child is completing ICR by end of this mth, completing HYPY enrichment in school by Nov, taking abacus and completed his 2 years FTK already...does that mean he is well prepared?