Club 2005 Kids

[Kabby]

CayennePepper:

Me thinks lower primary is very important for building foundation, not time to chase grades, so should take it easy actually. With the light workload, it's the best time to read a lot, build a good vocabulary bank, establish good study habits etc. Most of all, at this age they should enjoy school and the process of learning I've seen my fair share of p1 kids who lose all enthusiasm for school by mid-year after endless tuition classes, homework, assessment books and past year papers. By then, zero motivation left wor.

My 2 cents: must must must let your kids have time to read esp when in lower primary. Cos if they don't build up vocabulary and an intuitive sense for language, be it EL or MT, right from the start, later on you'll end up fighting fire with the most boring way imaginable, guaranteed to kill all interest... Piles and piles of guide books and worksheets... No amount of vocabulary lists can beat what you get out of reading good books for years!

Take the time to lay a strong foundation first; during the higher primary years, they can build on it with confidence.

:goodpost: :hi5:

i think can take 1-2 years to get them adjusted and love school and learning first. my opinion lah. slowly increase the workload (aka \"build on\" as cayenne termed it nicely).

i think we should take care they don't burn out too. if climax too early, not good right? :evil:

[SAHM_TAN]

Goodnite CayennePepper

[Kabby]

SAHM_TAN:

The skin is the largest organ

very good! score point!

i like to ask my students this Q when we doing anatomy. they always like to guess the Liver. not many will think of skin.

[SAHM_TAN]

:faint: one used O day the other used climax :faint: We are G rating thread leh :evil:

[SAHM_TAN]

kabalevsky:

SAHM_TAN:

The skin is the largest organ

very good! score point!

i like to ask my students this Q when we doing anatomy. they always like to guess the Liver. not many will think of skin.

it's the often neglect /missed organ pple just think of it as covering

[Kabby]

Picolo:

:celebrate: Bingo, CayennePepper, you said what's most impt (reading & reading & reading to build good solid foundations), my ds1 did very little of those assessment books from pre-school - pri 3, though I want to admit that I buy quite a lot of those books, not to push them to kiddos but to learn and know what the edn system expects of the kids, what kind of milestones they're supposed to achieve, etc. My kids also visits different parts of Singapore (parks/zoo/science centres) very often when they were in pri 1 & younger. From Pri 2, they have more CCAs stuff from school and more homework and it became more difficult to arrange such activities effortlessly. Plus, kids prefer to read books than sweat when they become older...

What I am trying to say is: it's a LONG journey, you know. Knowledge should empower us, not to stress us out. I am VERY thankful for mummies like psle2011mum who have walked the path to help decode, taking the mysteries out of PSLE EL/CL/Math/Sc, and assure parents that they can indeed be conquered. If not for her, we may never know what the examiners are looking for, or may take a very long time to understand. She has actually made the path shorter for us.

ds1 &2 are doing well in school, ds1 very well esp cos he's a very avid reader since young. From my observation, kids who read widely have a very strong competitive edge against others, and no amount of assessment books accomplishment is going to beat that. And it starts showing in upper primary and beyond.

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Thanks for sharing picolo!

I think schools give mainstream education for the masses. Can survive if you are a typical learner who can still concentrate in a big class.

For parents who want the children to do better than survive, teach them ourselves or engage tutor.

I don't think it's cos the teachers are not doing their job. I know many hardworking dedicated teachers (of course have lazy ones too) but it doesn't mean if many people have tuition it means the teachers are lousy?

We cannot compare mainstream education for the masses with 1-1 tuition or parent coaching own child I think?

[Kabby]

SAHM_TAN:

:faint: one used O day the other used climax :faint: We are G rating thread leh :evil:

haha :rotflmao:

but you have to admit there's nothing wrong in my sentence too, hor? :evil:

[SAHM_TAN]

kabalevsky:

Picolo:

:celebrate: Bingo, CayennePepper, you said what's most impt (reading & reading & reading to build good solid foundations), my ds1 did very little of those assessment books from pre-school - pri 3, though I want to admit that I buy quite a lot of those books, not to push them to kiddos but to learn and know what the edn system expects of the kids, what kind of milestones they're supposed to achieve, etc. My kids also visits different parts of Singapore (parks/zoo/science centres) very often when they were in pri 1 & younger. From Pri 2, they have more CCAs stuff from school and more homework and it became more difficult to arrange such activities effortlessly. Plus, kids prefer to read books than sweat when they become older...

What I am trying to say is: it's a LONG journey, you know. Knowledge should empower us, not to stress us out. I am VERY thankful for mummies like psle2011mum who have walked the path to help decode, taking the mysteries out of PSLE EL/CL/Math/Sc, and assure parents that they can indeed be conquered. If not for her, we may never know what the examiners are looking for, or may take a very long time to understand. She has actually made the path shorter for us.

ds1 &2 are doing well in school, ds1 very well esp cos he's a very avid reader since young. From my observation, kids who read widely have a very strong competitive edge against others, and no amount of assessment books accomplishment is going to beat that. And it starts showing in upper primary and beyond.

:goodpost:
Thanks for sharing picolo!

I think schools give mainstream education for the masses. Can survive if you are a typical learner who can still concentrate in a big class.

For parents who want the children to do better than survive, teach them ourselves or engage tutor.

I don't think it's cos the teachers are not doing their job. I know many hardworking dedicated teachers (of course have lazy ones too) but it doesn't mean if many people have tuition it means the teachers are lousy?

We cannot compare mainstream education for the masses with 1-1 tuition or parent coaching own child I think?

true

[SAHM_TAN]

kabalevsky:

SAHM_TAN:

:faint: one used O day the other used climax :faint: We are G rating thread leh :evil:

haha :rotflmao:

but you have to admit there's nothing wrong in my sentence too, hor? :evil:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

finally caught up to this post

[Kabby]

CayennePepper:

Kissgurami:

cayennepepper, now I feel much better.. thought I was :siao: when I was asked why don't I bring DDs to library... was too afraid mention what if some irresponsible parent brought their kid with HFMD and touch the books... so I rather get the books on my own..

Scare you further... I've seen little kids sneeze and wipe snot on the library books!!! :yikes:

But so ex to buy, sigh...

what?!? i thought the bacteria and virus would have died by the time my kids borrow the books!

man! is that why my kids get sick? we visit the library every 3 weeks lei! always borrow another full set when the current one deadline is due... and i let them browse all over the library. they definitely touch many many more books than we bring home.

now i will never view the books the same way again! :scared: :yikes: :nailbite: