PM Says new Stat Board to oversee pre-school education
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So parents here who tout the moderate non-academic approach to pre-school, do not just keep this within this forum. You are are part of the broader discussion, do not be afraid to speak up and have yourself heard, or to debate this issue with others who may differ in opinion from you. I believe the g’ment is making an earnest effort to hear public opinion, the moderates need to speak up and be part of the process.
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Sun_2010:
Hmmm some very good and thought provoking qns here....
The interesting question is -
And why does that give you work?
Your DC needs some help to sit down and do?
Your DC needs some some explaining /help to do the homework?
You worry that DC may not get full marks for her spellings/ mini tests?
To each his own , but like you say sometimes we need to examine the why we do what we do .
IMHO , all especially children need \"idle\" time. It has to be no electronic gadget time . Its the ideal time for the brain to play around what it has absorbed. When the children are bored then they use their head to keep themselves entertained - read, draw, scribble , imaginative play - fighting all the bad guys, house-house, self conversation ... limitless learning.
But yes, the idle time is very impt. To the adults who don't observe closely, it is idle time. But from my personal experience, it is not. My child gets his daily doses of free play and rest. There are times when he requested a nap at awkward timing e.g 6pm and this is after his usual nap time from 2-5pm. He seems to have this habit of \"sleeping over the prob\". Time and again, I found him going to awkward nap with some unsolved puzzles or qns and woke up finding a solution for these prob! Amazing but it's true. So yes, he is going to get his awkward nap anytime he wants.
Recently he would just stare out of our window for a long while. When he finally decides enough is enough, he Came back with something new. He told me,\"cat, mat, hat, that are same but not same\". I suspected he meant these are from the same word family but decided to ask him,\"what do you mean by \"same but not same\"? He quickly picked up a pencil and paper and started scribbling these words. He then pointed to me that these words start with diff consonants but all end with \"at\".
So even if the children look like they are doing nothing, what transpires within their brains can be amazing. Let them idle, I say! -
The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet
, piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: . -
3Boys:
So parents here who tout the moderate non-academic approach to pre-school, do not just keep this within this forum. You are are part of the broader discussion, do not be afraid to speak up and have yourself heard, or to debate this issue with others who may differ in opinion from you. I believe the g'ment is making an earnest effort to hear public opinion, the moderates need to speak up and be part of the process.
And I hope that the \"powers-that-be\" have the sense to come into forums such as this and see what people are saying amongst themselves. -
pirate:
The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet
, piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: .
\"only\" ???? -
pirate:
The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet
, piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: .
ONLY?
Talk about \"idle\" time...
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Daddy
Same, DD1 has 1 page homework or no homework but usually she does it in the school (really dont know when she does it) so that she can just play with her sister when she is back from school.
You lucky leh...Mawar:
My kids hardly have homework. Once in a blue moon, they are assigned eLearning, and even then the work is manageable. They tell me that if they could finish their work in class, they don't need to do it at home. Since compos are done strictly in class, they seldom have hw.
My kid every other days got homework/spelling/听写/mini tests...
Give me more work also... :faint:
Her spelling/听写 revision are covered in BASC , hmm mini tests... you should know I don't revise with her so she does it based on what she learns. Her idling time is endless drawings, messing the room and playing/arguing with her sister -
Sun_2010:
:?
The interesting question is -
And why does that give you work?
Your DC needs some help to sit down and do?
Your DC needs some some explaining /help to do the homework?
You worry that DC may not get full marks for her spellings/ mini tests?
To each his own , but like you say sometimes we need to examine the why we do what we do .
IMHO , all especially children need \"idle\" time. It has to be no electronic gadget time . Its the ideal time for the brain to play around what it has absorbed. When the children are bored then they use their head to keep themselves entertained - read, draw, scribble , imaginative play - fighting all the bad guys, house-house, self conversation ... limitless learning.
Huh?
My kid P1 nia...
If Parent don't do, then who study with kid?
Tutor? Maid?
While I go watch TV? -
It’s quite reassuring to hear from experienced parents that P1 is not so frightening after all. Mine starting P1 next year at an ‘average’ neighbourhood school. The better one nearby needs balloting & volunteering (1 year ago) so I gave it a miss.
As I’ve lost touch with primary school syllabus & yet to attend the school’s orientation (scheduled on 16 Nov), it doesn’t help when I browse through the P1 assessments in Popular. Some of the Maths questions are so tough & it’s ridiculous for a 7-year old kid to fathom! Besides, some of my friends whose kids attend other kindergartens seem to learn more in their school eg exposed to 3-D shapes, cover science topics, more elaborate counting & even times-table! Really makes me a bit worried whether my girl is ready for P1. -
Speaking of \"monster parents\" in preschool,
Attended Parent Teacher Conference a month back, DD2 K2 teacher went through the syllabus which they have taught and numbers up to 10 etc and asked if I am happy with their progress of teaching. I said yes and asked why, that is when they said they have parents who are upset that they are taking their time to teach numbers up to 20 and their DC are already progressing to numbers up to 100 :faint: :faint:
I went :yikes: , that syllabus is for end of P1 or start of P2 , thus imagine the stress on the pre-school teachers. instead of being pre-school teachers, they would have to focus on primary syllabus because of such parents.
The pre-school fosters project work, ok I do find a little time taxing for me :oops: :oops: but DD2 loves making things from recycled materials. Learn about endangered species (this is her next project to present to the class).
Unfortunately, probably half her class doesn't participate. This leans in my favour as my DD2 seems to be grateful that I make the effort. The pre-school VP was sharing that such projects are meant to build the bond between child and parent which gives an extra touch to the learning but there are parents who complain and just says no time to do it with the child....
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