2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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Why? U think I'm someone powerful undercover as a SAHM? :rotflmao:
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SAHM_TAN:
Why? U think I'm someone powerful undercover as a SAHM? :rotflmao:
u kiasu grandmaster wor ...... :yikes: -
count me in…
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zeemimi:
It just means that I'm very kaypo, here post, there post, everywhere post. :rotflmao:SAHM_TAN:
Why? U think I'm someone powerful undercover as a SAHM? :rotflmao:
u kiasu grandmaster wor ...... :yikes:
My DD1 will be P1 next yr and I'm here kaypoing....
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I think all of us here are not being kiasu by early early preparation. Better than last min panic. Also, some subjects cannot have last min prep. eg language esp chinese.
Like what LKY said, need to start speaking mandarin to our kids. I think speaking to kids in mandarin since P1 is not being kiasu.
DS just completed PSLE. I regretted not speaking to him in mandarin. A lot of simple basic words also he don’t know. I bought a lot of guide books for him. He may be able to memorise, and used the knowledge for paper 2, but he doesn’t know how to use the words in compo vs another child who speaks mandarin at home, and has been using the words in his everyday life. -
I think parents should thank verykiasu2010 to start this thread. That's the very right thing to do.... start in p5, and not p6. P6 is a bit too late.
My kid just finished PSLE. I started paying attention to sending kid for tuition only in p6 except for Math and Science (started in p5). I do not give any work from my end. My philosophy is to maintain good relationship with my child and let the school and tuition centre handle the academic aspect. I must thank my friends who were more anxious than me the parent. Well, they have more experience. What they said was that better do what we can as parents ... at least for our peace of mind... that we did whatever we could to support our child. So, I started exploring for tuition centres. I tried several places and would be happy to share my experience if you PM me. The GOOD, BAD n UGLY...
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Careermum:
I think all of us here are not being kiasu by early early preparation. Better than last min panic. Also, some subjects cannot have last min prep. eg language esp chinese.
Like what LKY said, need to start speaking mandarin to our kids. I think speaking to kids in mandarin since P1 is not being kiasu.
DS just completed PSLE. I regretted not speaking to him in mandarin. A lot of simple basic words also he don't know. I bought a lot of guide books for him. He may be able to memorise, and used the knowledge for paper 2, but he doesn't know how to use the words in compo vs another child who speaks mandarin at home, and has been using the words in his everyday life.
I think differently frm u n LKY. I don't speak Mandarin to my kids cos my pronunciation is no gd and my vocab is v limited. I can't even complete a sentence w/o peppering some EL words. I feel that I am exposing my kids to sub-std Mandarin instead of helping them improve. so I've stopped trying to speak to them. But I hv a pte tutor (on top of sending them to tuition centre) who comes to my place once a wk to speak n read mandarin with my kids. so far I hv no complaints as they are doing well in the subject (Band 1). In fact, when my kids speak, most ppl think they are not local cos of the precise pronunciation they pick up from their Beijing tutor.
EL is their 1st lang cos that's the lang we speak at home and that's both my hub n my master Lang. We make sure they speak the std EL fluently. We find it grating to our ears when we hear a mixture of EL n CL in a sentence. We will always see CL as a second lang. They learn that to fulfill exam criteria n enough to converse comfortably with their non EL speaking aunts n uncles. -
Agree with u Lock. Basically, we need to start early. Like in your case, it is good that u started exposing your children early to good Mandarin speaking tutor.
What I’m saying is, it is not kiasu to start preparing for 2013 PSLE, so no need to feel paiseh about it. Do not wait till P5 or P6 to prepare them for the languages as languages take time to be acquired & polished. -
I agree that we should start plan early. So what is the bench marks for end of the year that you will be worrying and started to find tutor?
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Careermum:
I think all of us here are not being kiasu by early early preparation. Better than last min panic. Also, some subjects cannot have last min prep. eg language esp chinese.
Like what LKY said, need to start speaking mandarin to our kids. I think speaking to kids in mandarin since P1 is not being kiasu.
DS just completed PSLE. I regretted not speaking to him in mandarin. A lot of simple basic words also he don't know. I bought a lot of guide books for him. He may be able to memorise, and used the knowledge for paper 2, but he doesn't know how to use the words in compo vs another child who speaks mandarin at home, and has been using the words in his everyday life.
Same here. My DS just completed PSLE and his mandarin is just as bad. I regretted not starting him early too. Now with my little one, I started speaking to him as much as I could \"remember\" to do so since he is in Nursery and he can converse quite well with the elderly. Hence, exposing our kids to our MT early is not being kiasu, it's \"adaptation\".
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