Club 2005 Kids

[Kissgurami]

it is so hot out there

[phtthp]

carry umbrella when you go out.

the heat is terrible now. quite a # of my friends fall sick.
drink plenty of barley water.

[Funz]

DS was down with flu last Thursday. Fever of over 40 deg. He was so drowsy he slept for 2 days straight. Waking up only when we wake him for food and meds. His fever broke on the 3rd day and he was a lot better. But no rest for me cos now DD and DH are down with high fever and body aches yesterday. More sleepless nights checking DD’s temp and sponging her.

[Funz]

Cannot help but question the objective of the homework that the teachers dish out for DS for the holiday.


Journal and booklist I understand. But the e-learning homework…haiz. I was scolding DS for taking such a long time to complete the e-learning task and telling him to stop complaining. Last night, logged in to check why he has not completed. Realised why he hated it. It was a typing exercise. Which is fine but the whole assignment has 4 levels, each level has 3 stages, each stage has 20 exercises. Yes, they tried to make the thing interactive by adding animation and sound but after 2 to 3 exercises, it becomes totally tedious.

And I really question, what it the purpose of making P1 kids sit there and type?

The other one is Chinese. For his chinese holiday assignment, he has to make a story book. As in come up with the story, write it and illustrate. Not much details were given, just a one liner saying to make a Chinese story book. I wonder if this is an assignment for the kids or their parents. P1 to make up a story, write it and illustrate. When all the school has been teaching the 1st semester was han yu pin yin.

Really, why do schools assign holiday homework that really makes no sense. The Chinese storybook, ok, still relevant, just that it will be a huge challenge for P1 kids. But typing??? Cannot get over that.

[Castle House]

Late Morning everyone..


Errr.. can't comments much..

Daddy D.. how did you celebrate Father's Day.. :evil:

[Daddy D]

Bum at holiday with dd... While mummy went shopping... Lol.

Had pizza n choc cake with dd
Got my father's day card from dd

[Kissgurami]

phtthp:

carry umbrella when you go out.

the heat is terrible now. quite a # of my friends fall sick.
drink plenty of barley water.

I just hide in the office and tag on car rides :oops: :oops:

[Kissgurami]

Funz:

Last night, logged in to check why he has not completed. Realised why he hated it. It was a typing exercise. Which is fine but the whole assignment has 4 levels, each level has 3 stages, each stage has 20 exercises. Yes, they tried to make the thing interactive by adding animation and sound but after 2 to 3 exercises, it becomes totally tedious.

DD1 has touch typing and she has completed, she did the majority of the typing in school so not much left for home.
[quote] And I really question, what it the purpose of making P1 kids sit there and type? [/quote]To cultivate ICT knowledge from young? During my days, we had CAL which was conducted outside school hours (it does sound a long long time ago )
[quote]The other one is Chinese. For his chinese holiday assignment, he has to make a story book.[/quote]Maybe the school thought it would be a good exercise to have the kid be able to draw events that happen during their holidays as part of the story? A start to introduce them to Han zi?
[quote]The Chinese storybook, ok, still relevant, just that it will be a huge challenge for P1 kids. But typing??? Cannot get over that.[/quote]No comments for that coz I actually found it intriguing that DD1 had touch typing and IT things to learn......... it was fun for me to show her that is what I do for my work and how she is learning it now for the future.....

[Kissgurami]

Daddy

Bum at holiday with dd... While mummy went shopping... Lol.

Had pizza n choc cake with dd
Got my father's day card from dd

Woah even I can't see you but I can sense your HUGE GRIN FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER :boogie: :rahrah: :boogie: :rahrah: :rahrah:

[Funz]

Kissgurami:

Funz:

Last night, logged in to check why he has not completed. Realised why he hated it. It was a typing exercise. Which is fine but the whole assignment has 4 levels, each level has 3 stages, each stage has 20 exercises. Yes, they tried to make the thing interactive by adding animation and sound but after 2 to 3 exercises, it becomes totally tedious.

DD1 has touch typing and she has completed, she did the majority of the typing in school so not much left for home.
[quote] And I really question, what it the purpose of making P1 kids sit there and type?

To cultivate ICT knowledge from young? During my days, we had CAL which was conducted outside school hours (it does sound a long long time ago )
[quote]The other one is Chinese. For his chinese holiday assignment, he has to make a story book.[/quote]Maybe the school thought it would be a good exercise to have the kid be able to draw events that happen during their holidays as part of the story? A start to introduce them to Han zi?
[quote]The Chinese storybook, ok, still relevant, just that it will be a huge challenge for P1 kids. But typing??? Cannot get over that.[/quote]No comments for that coz I actually found it intriguing that DD1 had touch typing and IT things to learn......... it was fun for me to show her that is what I do for my work and how she is learning it now for the future.....[/quote]Different thinking I guess.

I do not see a need to make a kid sit and type for the sake of typing. It is something that they can pick up along the way.

And I have always felt that work given should match the average kid's capabilities. Something that the kids should be able to complete with minimal involvement from the parents. For chinese, it is not so much the drawing but to expect the kids to write a story on their own is pretty daunting for them. At P1 they can barely form a proper sentence much less write a story. :razz: