PM Says new Stat Board to oversee pre-school education

[Daddy D]

pirate:

The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet , piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: .

ONLY?
Talk about \"idle\" time...

[Kissgurami]

Daddy

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.

You lucky leh...
My kid every other days got homework/spelling/听写/mini tests...
Give me more work also... :faint:

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.

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

[Daddy D]

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?

[FairyPenguin]

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.

[Kissgurami]

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....

[3Boys]

pirate:

The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet , piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: .

You win liao.... :yikes:

[Sun_2010]

Daddy

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?

Daddy D,
:please: My intention i not to offend. You know your child best.

My take
But frankly why need to study with the kid? It could be the work given is too difficult so need parent's help or the child needs motivation to sit down and do it. Is whatever it is we need to work on that so that it leads to independent homework doing.

Its just that, imo, a child should not get used to an adult sitting with the child for him/her to do his work, unless you are teaching something, or going thru something together. It builds a dependence will be hard to break and adds a burden that will wear one out. Some monitoring is ok but constant monitoring would drive me and DS crazy.

In fact imho, yes its ok if to watch tv if that does not act as a distraction for the kid when the kid is doing hw.
I do it sometimes ( or it could be being on KSP , hehe ). Especially when the deal is I have to play chess with him after he is done , bcos chess is big time work for me , but fun for him. So i have my fun first. :oops:

Again I say , you know best what your child needs. Follow your gut. if it feels right do it. If it niggles, dig deeper.

To parenting :celebrate:

[buds]

3Boys:

pirate:

The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet , piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: .

You win liao.... :yikes:

Only? :scared:

3Boys.. :spank:

They are all non-academic lar.. ok what..

[pirate]

Daddy

pirate:

The only classes DD goes to outside of kindergarten is ballet , piano :stupid: , swimming :imdrowning: and wushu :nunchuk: .

ONLY?
Talk about \"idle\" time...

Not my fault she's hyperactive and wants to do all those things. One 1-hr lesson each per week (ok. ok. wushu is two, but swimming is suspended because the pool is being re-tiled!) leaves... too much Oggy & the Cockroaches. :razz:

[buds]

Mawar:

The parents with the means and aspirations will continue to send their kiddies for enrichment classes. I fully encourage exposing little ones to music, art or speech & drama type of classes. They are fun and kids benefit from playing and having fun. I hope the new anchor operator will incorporate more of this type of activities into their program. Let kids from all walks of life be exposed to this type of classes. Make our kindies fun. Focus less on the ABCs, that will come later. Focus on inquiry and exploratory based learning, and life skills.

Montessori centres have them all under one roof.

Inquiry & exploratory based learning. Math curriculum via hands-on learning which does not even seem like learning. They don't learn just ABCs but instead it's a complete Phonics and Grammar curriculum which covers up till lower primary language curriculum. Cultural, Botany, Zoology (etc) in Montessori covers up till our P3-P4 science curriculum. I haven't included sensory learning, geography, life skills, (etc).... and yet gahmen doesn't recognize Montessori education. :roll: Tsk tsk.