Club 2005 Kids
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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. -
Late Morning everyone..
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Daddy D.. how did you celebrate Father's Day..
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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 -
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I just hide in the office and tag on car rides :oops: :oops:carry umbrella when you go out.
the heat is terrible now. quite a # of my friends fall sick.
drink plenty of barley water. -
Funz:
DD1 has touch typing and she has completed, she did the majority of the typing in school so not much left for home.
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.
[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
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[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..... -
Daddy
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:
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
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Kissgurami:
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
DD1 has touch typing and she has completed, she did the majority of the typing in school so not much left for home.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.
[quote] And I really question, what it the purpose of making P1 kids sit there and type? )
[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: -
Funz:
Out of curiosity, DD1 is mconline, is yours the same or different? I am amused by your thought though at typing.
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:
Different thinking indeed, coz I find typing an extra skill. The gist is balancing the interest?
DD1 as I mentioned, does it during her ICT class while yours seems to be lumped at one go which I would takes the joy from it hence you want to give constructive feedback to the school?
I have no complains about typing and DD1 enjoys it hence I hope it does not get taken away.
Thought to share the below
[quote]\"Given the ubiquity of keyboards and the growing expectation that secondary school pupils and university students will type their essays and coursework, I think it (touch typing) is one the most useful skills a child can learn - at any age from seven upwards.\" John Clare (The Daily Telegraph)[/quote]
My friend's 4+ year old will be learning ICT and touch typing (kiddy type) during their national curriculum (UK). She was surprised my girl was doing it as she always thought Singapore is so focused on subjects and not bothered about other items which is part of the lifestyle.
DD1 can form a sentence especially after the March and more exposed to a range of vocabulary. The ones which she unclear on, she just notes it in HYPY. Think they started to learn forming or re-arranging sentences in May? So far her homework from school doesnt require involvement from myself, I do get the occasional questions or meanings. think that is about it
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Not MConline. Some BBC uk website.
Like I say diff thinking loh. To me, typing is something that they will pick up as they do their school work. No need to specifically hammer on the keyboards mindlessly. What I do think will be more meaningful is an exercise to teach them to create simple presentation on powerpoint or even do scrapbooking.
For Chinese so far the DS school work has not required him to write a story independantly. Re-arranging sentences, etc yes. They hardly even have show and tell unlike DD’s school. So I feel that it is kind of a big jump from what he has been doing in school to the holiday assignment given.
Anyways, like I say, diff in thinking and expectation.
Ok enough about DS’s homework.
Holiday coming to an end liao. As usual, I am having mixed feelings. On the one hand relieved on the other hand sad that they will be busy with their school schedules again. -
Funz:
not sure what the site teaches :rotflmao: but if it is mindless then they might want to change the site.
No need to specifically hammer on the keyboards mindlessly. What I do think will be more meaningful is an exercise to teach them to create simple presentation on powerpoint or even do scrapbooking.
though everything is touch screen nowadays but still need to know the basics of keyboard before powerpoint
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[quote]So I feel that it is kind of a big jump from what he has been doing in school to the holiday assignment given.[/quote]
I see, then maybe giving feedback would be good I guess?
[quote]Holiday coming to an end liao. As usual, I am having mixed feelings. On the one hand relieved on the other hand sad that they will be busy with their school schedules again.[/quote]Oh Jeez! I just realise, they are starting school next week!! I thought it re-opens in the first week of July :faint:
I like my lay ins and bringing her home as I wish... now I need to stick to a routine.. :lightrod: routine and me = :razz: :razz:
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