All About Preparing For Primary One

[david59]

ks2me:

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jkcy:

All the talk about the academic preparation is getting me very nervous cos I still allow my boy to play all day but back to another concern - can those of you experienced parents please advise the non-academic aspects to look out for too? Also, anyone knows where to find seminars about getting our child ready for p1?

Can share some experiences with you on non-academic aspects:

1. How to count money
2. How to buy food
3. How to be mindful of own properties (even with sticker labels, the items may never come back). Especially when they start to play, they will forget water bottle, wallet, lunchboxes and sometimes even part of their uniforms if they have a few pieces removable, eg pinafore.
4. For all payment made to school, always hand cheques to them instead of cash if they need to hand in to teacher, at least for Term 1.
5. Teach them how to pack their own bag
6. Cultivate habit to inform you automatically of all messages from school
7. How to look out for bullies
8. How to manage the bullies
9. Know where the General Office is is important
10. Don't buy shoes too big that they cannot run properly during PE
11. Don't buy the std plastic covers to wrap textbooks, it will fall off or cut them and it certainly does not keep the books in mint condition so it defeats its purpose. :lol:
12. Remind that they should try to go everywhere in 2s especially toilets
(a) toilets may not be their size cos it caters from P1-P6 so some of
the taps not easy to push, a friend around can help, otherwise
some get out without washing. Yucks!
(b) there may be adults cleaners inside there and nowadays, cleaners
can be male or female. Going in 2s is safer in case of pedophiles.
13. Caution them that the bookshop is only for buying essentials as I see
many kids shopping in the bookshop during recess and skip meals to
buy favourite toys or stationeries.
14. Get an elastic attachment to the wallet to hang on the uniform. At this age, they can lose virtually anything.
15. Lastly, very important to note, remind them not to run but walk in the school compound....too many accidents have happened at the lower primary level and sometimes they lose their milk teeth in this way. :roll:

If I remember more, will add on.

Whoa! Very thorough. Super experience parent! :celebrate:
Just to add to your pt.9. Many kids discover that they have become very rich when they receive their first allowance on the first day of Primary One. So you need to have a firm hand on how your kid can spend this money in school. Otherwise, these are some bad habits that follow; esp if he or she is given too much allowance : -
1. Spend less on food and 'stealthily' buy cute stationery or toys and hide them. If got caught, will lie that they were given by classmates.
2. Spend more on soft drink and unhealthy snacks.
3. Got cheated, under pressure by bully, or just simply love to or blur blur give treats to others.
4. The worst thing is that the kid does not know the value of money if he or she is not taught how to be responsible.

[david59]

concern:

I heard from my colleagues in term of syllabus, there is a gap between kindergarten and P1, so I thought it might be good to go for P1 preparatory class. So is your kid doing well in school?

I always ask parents who are putting their kids in my centre whether their kid can read reasonably well or not. ( eg. can read at least 1a to 4c of 'Peter and Jane - Read it yourself' series). If they can use phonics to read difficult words, they are superb! If not, I always encourage them to find a good phonics preparatory class as soon as possible.

A good test to know whether your kid can really read is to get him to read those words he has learnt before without any picture at all. They are expected to be able to read and answer comprehension questions even in their first term of Primary One. But then, from next year onward MOE is trying to make education for Primary One and Two more fun to learn so as not to kill the kids' interest in studying. No exam!!! Then again, there will be some popular schools that will continue to teach the way they have always been teaching in the past. More confusion to come :? :?

Anyway, if your kid can read very well, there is no necessity to send him for preparatory class. But does your kid know his or her Han Yi Pin Yi? They will be learning lots of them in Primary One, ok. Won't be easy for those who hardly speak Chinese at home.

[Full.010894Cream]

bring back sweet memories of my son when he was in P1...one day, we found a nice glitter gel pen in his bag and before I cld ask him, he started crying .


to me, as long as it's not a habit, it's OK.

[autumnbronze]

Hi,


This was in my pte email. Have cut and paste the info for interested parents of soon to be P1 kids:



Little O’Zone is organizing an informative talk on “Preparing Your Child For Primary 1.”

This talk will highlight all areas parents need to be aware of while preparing their child for Primary 1. In addition, parents need to be prepared themselves to handle any challenges their child might face while going through this new experience.



This talk is essential for parents of all pre-primary school children and will help them to prepare their child socially, emotionally, intellectually as well as physically. There will be a Q&A session following the talk, which will clarify any doubts or queries.



Should you be interested, please forward me the attached reply slip and mail it together with your cheque payment to confirm your attendance by Friday, 23rd Oct. Do contact me if you require further information or assistance. I would be happy to answer any of your queries.



Thanks and Regards



Linda

Enrichment Coordinator
The Little Skool-House International Pte Ltd (Little O'Zone)
Orchid Country Club 1 Orchid Club Road Road #02-36 Singapore 769162
Tel 6852 2052 Fax 6555 9023
http://www.littleskoolhouse.com

[jkcy]

Thanks everyone for all these sharing. Chief KS, I really appreciate how you made the topics of discussion so organised.


One thing I’m very concerned about is the fact that my boy will have a lot less time at home to play & interact with his siblings. I’m already beginning to miss having him around…

[kiasimom]

jkcy:

Thanks everyone for all these sharing. Chief KS, I really appreciate how you made the topics of discussion so organised.


One thing I'm very concerned about is the fact that my boy will have a lot less time at home to play & interact with his siblings. I'm already beginning to miss having him around....

Hi jkcy,

I can understand how you feel about missing your boy

But look at it this way.
Your boy is entering a new chapter of his learning journey. He will be making new friends, learning new things etc
DO not worry about him having lesser time with his siblings. They will do just fine even though they may not have more time as compared to the past.
My two children are even closer after my younger one goes to P1 this year

[etsbaby]

Hello! Where do you buy the wallet with elastic attachment for your P1 kid?

[mathsparks]

arijit, pls remove all yr multiple posts. it’s very annoying.


etsbaby, you can get those elastic thingy at school bookshops.

[tree nymph]

Hi!

I've just looked at my DS's P1 books. Gosh the standard is quite high! :shock:

For Maths, they will have to learn the multiplication and division starting 2nd half of the year! DS still have trouble adding and substracting...

He is definately going to have big trouble with Chinese. As for English, he will actually run away when i ask him to do some reading! What is this 200 high frequency words? could someone forward me a link? thanks!

[jedamum]

tree nymph:

What is this 200 high frequency words? could someone forward me a link? thanks!

here it is...heehee...advertise my old blog entries for myself.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/sight-words

at the website listed, you can select the dolch list for kindergarten up to 'Grade 3'. a few words a day and voila...your boy can read in no time.