PM Says new Stat Board to oversee pre-school education
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Funz:
Oh, I had presumed you run a preschool with such activites in its curriculum and so asking what is the fee like.Nebbermind:
[quote=\"Funz\"]
Sorry don't get you? You mean if I personally provide all these activities?
Orhhhh, sorry ah, a bit slow. Distracted by that moving maple leave.
Hmmmm.... below $1k, includes 3 meals and a shower.
[/quote]Below $1k is before subsidy hor?
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concern2:
Last time my boy also asked me how come must learn analog clock when we have digital clock :stupid: :slapshead:pirate:
Buy a big fat digital clock.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Thanks, pirate, maybe it is my clock. Cannot tell time, blame the clock!
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Nebbermind:
No la, not really we kancheong. Not sure about oppsgal's case, for mine: my ah di likes to \"help\". He finds trill to hand the notes to the vendor and bring me the change, in the process, he would examine the notes or coins and ask a lot of qn. Now he knows the $10 and $2 and what they represent.
you parents too kancheong already lah!Oppsgal:
Maybe one day I would bring my kid for hands on \"shopping\"? Right now only know how to read the number on the dollar notes. Coins not much help yet.
when my girl started p1 also gong gong about $$$. But after 3 days, she was helping her friend buy/order food -
Imami:
Ok, will add on to the \"wish list\" to teach my kid.
Yes, yes - the cc teachers told me this when I attended the ptm some time back.Funz:
Numbers up to 20, that is all the kids need to cover by the end of K2. Sounds like it is too simple right? What we are trying to achieve is for kids to have a good grasp of number concepts for numbers up to 20.
That means not just being able to rote count to 20 but understand values of numbers up to 20. Eg, 0 means there is nothing and 10 means there are 10 piece/units of that item. Not just being able to add 1+1=2 or 2-1=1 but understand more than and less than. Not just be able to recite 1-20 but know what comes before or what comes after. Able to spell numbers 1-20. Understand ordinal numbers, 1st ,2nd, 3rd, etc. Understand, odd and even numbers, count in 2s, 5s, 10s. Understand what is ones and what is tens. Number bonds. Patterning and shapes. Time and money and simple fractions, whole, 1/2 and 1/4.
For kids who are more advanced, teachers can scaffold them. Play more complex number games with them. Give them basic sudoku puzzles.
And guess what, all these need not be done in a whiteboard, worksheet, method. It is taught through activities. Cookery, project work, games, experiments, art, music and movement, gym time, etc.
Sometimes I wish the primary schools can adopt some preschool methods in their teaching, especially in the lower primary. -
Imami:
Below $1k is before subsidy hor?[/quote]The cc my kids went to only $200 something...lucky still got 2 meals n one shower :boogie:Funz:
[quote=\"Nebbermind\"]
Oh, I had presumed you run a preschool with such activites in its curriculum and so asking what is the fee like.
Orhhhh, sorry ah, a bit slow. Distracted by that moving maple leave.
Hmmmm.... below $1k, includes 3 meals and a shower. -
Nebbermind:
Last time my boy also asked me how come must learn analog clock when we have digital clock :stupid: :slapshead:[/quote]Ah ha! I know my ah di will ask me de. So I tell hubby buy all analog clocks! At home, only one digital clock. I tell ah di that is for teasing mummy's eye sight! :rotflmao:concern2:
[quote=\"pirate\"]Buy a big fat digital clock.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Thanks, pirate, maybe it is my clock. Cannot tell time, blame the clock! -
Oppsgal:
Ok, will add on to the \"wish list\" to teach my kid.[/quote]Wish list? Why wish list?
Yes, yes - the cc teachers told me this when I attended the ptm some time back.Imami:
[quote=\"Funz\"]Numbers up to 20, that is all the kids need to cover by the end of K2. Sounds like it is too simple right? What we are trying to achieve is for kids to have a good grasp of number concepts for numbers up to 20.
That means not just being able to rote count to 20 but understand values of numbers up to 20. Eg, 0 means there is nothing and 10 means there are 10 piece/units of that item. Not just being able to add 1+1=2 or 2-1=1 but understand more than and less than. Not just be able to recite 1-20 but know what comes before or what comes after. Able to spell numbers 1-20. Understand ordinal numbers, 1st ,2nd, 3rd, etc. Understand, odd and even numbers, count in 2s, 5s, 10s. Understand what is ones and what is tens. Number bonds. Patterning and shapes. Time and money and simple fractions, whole, 1/2 and 1/4.
For kids who are more advanced, teachers can scaffold them. Play more complex number games with them. Give them basic sudoku puzzles.
And guess what, all these need not be done in a whiteboard, worksheet, method. It is taught through activities. Cookery, project work, games, experiments, art, music and movement, gym time, etc.
Sometimes I wish the primary schools can adopt some preschool methods in their teaching, especially in the lower primary. -
Nebbermind:
The cc my kids went to only $200 something...lucky still got 2 meals n one shower :boogie:[/quote]Only two meals ar?? Haiyo, my child sure faint (from hunger).
Below $1k is before subsidy hor?Imami:
[quote=\"Funz\"]
Orhhhh, sorry ah, a bit slow. Distracted by that moving maple leave.
Hmmmm.... below $1k, includes 3 meals and a shower. -
Who would be the third anchor provider? Perhaps not third but another 2 or 3 more to spread out all over the island?
My very own preference list which I hope the new stat. board and govt will give support to expand:
1. International school affiliated kindergartens (very much fun, learn through play!)
2. Etonhouse (recently in the news, impressed by the focus on both Eng/Mandarin)
3. My Little Campus CCC (very good reputation, in high demand in the North and Bishan!)
4. Kinderland (very established kindergarten/CCC)
I am allergic to any brands under KU (sorry about this!). -
Nebbermind:
I was very worried when my very petite daughter went to P1...whether she knew how to buy food. Very worried if she can carry the food to the table, finish the food given the stipulated time and go to the loo.
you parents too kancheong already lah!Oppsgal:
Maybe one day I would bring my kid for hands on \"shopping\"? Right now only know how to read the number on the dollar notes. Coins not much help yet.
when my girl started p1 also gong gong about $$$. But after 3 days, she was helping her friend buy/order food
After 3 days, she settled in beautifully and even helped another girl who is shorter than her to buy food. She also helped that girl to bring a stool to the public phone to call home.
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