All About Preparing For Primary One

[phtthp]

Thank you, buds

[tankee]

buds:

phtthp:

under 'Show & Tell' -

what are common topics pupils talk about, besides 'Introduce myself, my family, my favorite toy' ?

A few more topics that are also popular..
>My Favourite Vacation / Holiday
>My Favourite Food
>My New Year Celebration
>My Best Friend
>My Hobby

My Favourite Present

Generally it will be some topic that most, if not all, students can relate to personally. For TNS, there were a few suggested topics to pick from.

[hquek]

has anyone said "My favourite book"? DS1 had to do it this year in P1 (chinese show & tell).

[dimsum]

Erm… "My favourite vacation / holiday " is one popular topic?


What if a kid does not have opportunity to go for hols?

[LOLMum]

dimsum:

Erm... \"My favourite vacation / holiday \" is one popular topic?


What if a kid does not have opportunity to go for hols?

i know of friends who didnt go overseas during the holidays. so they wrote about what they did during holidays.

[dimsum]

sean wife:

Hi hquek,


When reading these chapter books, do you ask the kid to read out word for word? How many pages each day? Do you finish one book first then move on to another book? Are they all black-and-white books?

I try to ask my 4-year olds to read aloud some parts of storybooks each day, but they are still only interested in those colourful picture books, although some can be quite wordy also. They enjoy flipping books at their own leisure time, but I know they do not read word for word when they are reading on their own, although sometimes they can tell me the story when i read alongside with them... They are not keen in those black-and-white pages books, even those with pictures (but no colour)...

They are only 4 yo. Hence, even if their reading capability is advanced, there's no need to rush into black and white wordy chapter books. Picture books with beautiful illustrations are still important at this age. In fact, you can get them to analyse the pictures, observe expressions of the characters and also ask some infer questions. Gradually, they will soon progress to black and white books with no pictures.

[hquek]

dimsum:

They are only 4 yo. Hence, even if their reading capability is advanced, there's no need to rush into black and white wordy chapter books. Picture books with beautiful illustrations are still important at this age. In fact, you can get them to analyse the pictures, observe expressions of the characters and also ask some infer questions. Gradually, they will soon progress to black and white books with no pictures.

True. Ds1 wanted to, so I let him go on. But at times he will pullback and tire of so many words, so I cut down on books or get him more colorful stuff instead. For ds2, I'm also letting him set his pace.

[buds]

tankee:

buds:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]under 'Show & Tell' -

what are common topics pupils talk about, besides 'Introduce myself, my family, my favorite toy' ?

A few more topics that are also popular..
>My Favourite Vacation / Holiday
>My Favourite Food
>My New Year Celebration
>My Best Friend
>My Hobby

My Favourite Present

Generally it will be some topic that most, if not all, students can relate to personally. For TNS, there were a few suggested topics to pick from.[/quote]Agree. That's why most common topics begin with \"MY\"... hence students may have personal experience with them. Likewise for our DDs school, they were given a few topics to \"choose\" from.

However, that being said.. a friend once told me her dd got impromptu topics to talk about on the spot. :nailbite: So, just better to get the chatty side of the kiddies out earlier aniwaes.

[buds]

dimsum:

Erm... \"My favourite vacation / holiday \" is one popular topic? What if a kid does not have opportunity to go for hols?

Not a popular topic.. just a common topic.

LOLMum:

i know of friends who didnt go overseas during the holidays. so they wrote about what they did during holidays.

Yep correct. I had a compo topic for this when i was in primary school
and i wrote about the great family time we had at home and on our
various days outs when daddie was on leave. :please:

[buds]

dimsum:

sean wife:

Hi hquek,


When reading these chapter books, do you ask the kid to read out word for word? How many pages each day? Do you finish one book first then move on to another book? Are they all black-and-white books?

I try to ask my 4-year olds to read aloud some parts of storybooks each day, but they are still only interested in those colourful picture books, although some can be quite wordy also. They enjoy flipping books at their own leisure time, but I know they do not read word for word when they are reading on their own, although sometimes they can tell me the story when i read alongside with them... They are not keen in those black-and-white pages books, even those with pictures (but no colour)...

They are only 4 yo. Hence, even if their reading capability is advanced, there's no need to rush into black and white wordy chapter books. Picture books with beautiful illustrations are still important at this age. In fact, you can get them to analyse the pictures, observe expressions of the characters and also ask some infer questions. Gradually, they will soon progress to black and white books with no pictures.

Well said, dimsum. :goodpost:

Reading may become a chore if we do not make emphasis to reading
enjoyment. DD2 likes to complain that her jie reads that many books
in that short a time cos she doesn't actually internalize what she read.

As parents, we should read too.. or even have a specific time for reading
if we wish to. Just a quiet period where everyone does some reading.
Children will gradually take the cue from how often we read as well. We
should also show that we read proper books instead of just those
colourful magazines. :rotflmao: