2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[MMM]

happyheart:

Side tracked a little. DS voice is now deep and coarse, no more the young voice. He just returned home from school and now playing on his own, running around the house with his nerf guns and making all combat sounds!!! Haiyoo...so big already still play like that..lol! he looks so happy playing and I cannot bring myself to tell him..\" go and bathe and start on your homework\". Am I too soft? :roll: :roll:

I am bad with that.

Pls do not misunderstand me for the following remarks. I am not insinuating anything but I always tell my kids 慈母多败儿 so I am not going to be their 慈母 and don't expect me to be one. Well... they say I am their tiger mum....

[BeContented]

MMM:

happyheart:

Side tracked a little. DS voice is now deep and coarse, no more the young voice. He just returned home from school and now playing on his own, running around the house with his nerf guns and making all combat sounds!!! Haiyoo...so big already still play like that..lol! he looks so happy playing and I cannot bring myself to tell him..\" go and bathe and start on your homework\". Am I too soft? :roll: :roll:

I am bad with that.

Pls do not misunderstand me for the following remarks. I am not insinuating anything but I always tell my kids 慈母多败儿 so I am not going to be their 慈母 and don't expect me to be one. Well... they say I am their tiger mum....

I also agree more with 慈母多败儿
When I have the mood, I'll join DS for 5-10mins of play & then I'll declare 'war over'. Start work!! :rotflmao:

[JohnYeo]

happyheart:

Side tracked a little. DS voice is now deep and coarse, no more the young voice. He just returned home from school and now playing on his own, running around the house with his nerf guns and making all combat sounds!!! Haiyoo...so big already still play like that..lol! he looks so happy playing and I cannot bring myself to tell him..\" go and bathe and start on your homework\". Am I too soft? :roll: :roll:

Hmmmm...soft or not? I feel just be consistent?

[wonderm]

My children have finished PSLE a few years ago. Like everyone else, P6 was a difficult year with a lot of revision and drilling. But they coped fine without feeling too stressed or burnt out.


Just to share here how I helped my kids to cope with exam stress and careless mistakes since they were in lower primary.

I told them to look at exam as harvest time. Farmers work hard throughout the year and harvesting is a happy occasion. As students, they should also work hard consistently throughout the year, there is nothing to fear or be stressed come exam time. If they had done their study and revision well, they are very likely to get good exam results and they will be happy and can enjoy the holiday which follows.

Many young kids tend to be careless, and so are my children. I told them that during exam, they should think of it as they are given a limited amount of time to pluck the fruits on their fruit tree. Imagine through their own hard work, they have a fruit tree full of fruits, but due to carelessness, they overlooked and didn’t pluck all the fruits during this "harvest time". Isn’t it a pity?

The above analogy was more to help them build a correct mindset. Of course, come upper primary like P5/P6, they learned the various study and exam techniques to do well without over-working.

The coming months are important months for all PSLE students. Take this opportunity to strengthen your bonding with your DC by showing them lots of love and support.

[JohnYeo]

wonderm:

My children have finished PSLE a few years ago. Like everyone else, P6 was a difficult year with a lot of revision and drilling. But they coped fine without feeling too stressed or burnt out.


Just to share here how I helped my kids to cope with exam stress and careless mistakes since they were in lower primary.

I told them to look at exam as harvest time. Farmers work hard throughout the year and harvesting is a happy occasion. As students, they should also work hard consistently throughout the year, there is nothing to fear or be stressed come exam time. If they had done their study and revision well, they are very likely to get good exam results and they will be happy and can enjoy the holiday which follows.

Many young kids tend to be careless, and so are my children. I told them that during exam, they should think of it as they are given a limited amount of time to pluck the fruits on their fruit tree. Imagine through their own hard work, they have a fruit tree full of fruits, but due to carelessness, they overlooked and didn't pluck all the fruits during this \"harvest time\". Isn't it a pity?

The above analogy was more to help them build a correct mindset. Of course, come upper primary like P5/P6, they learned the various study and exam techniques to do well without over-working.

The coming months are important months for all PSLE students. Take this opportunity to strengthen your bonding with your DC by showing them lots of love and support.

:goodpost: This is one of the effective ways children learn too...in fact, everything can be related to what children already know and learning become easier and more effective

[ngl2010]

happyheart:

Side tracked a little. DS voice is now deep and coarse, no more the young voice. He just returned home from school and now playing on his own, running around the house with his nerf guns and making all combat sounds!!! Haiyoo...so big already still play like that..lol! he looks so happy playing and I cannot bring myself to tell him..\" go and bathe and start on your homework\". Am I too soft? :roll: :roll:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Men will always be boys? :evil:

I only have one child, so sometimes I accompany him do silly things so he won't feel lonely. There are times we even argue about who gets what so my husband has to act as a referee . I am doing this so my son can taste what having siblings feels like. When I need to discipline him, then I use lower voice so he knows that mummy is in serious mood.

[ngl2010]

wonderm:

My children have finished PSLE a few years ago. Like everyone else, P6 was a difficult year with a lot of revision and drilling. But they coped fine without feeling too stressed or burnt out.


Just to share here how I helped my kids to cope with exam stress and careless mistakes since they were in lower primary.

I told them to look at exam as harvest time. Farmers work hard throughout the year and harvesting is a happy occasion. As students, they should also work hard consistently throughout the year, there is nothing to fear or be stressed come exam time. If they had done their study and revision well, they are very likely to get good exam results and they will be happy and can enjoy the holiday which follows.

Many young kids tend to be careless, and so are my children. I told them that during exam, they should think of it as they are given a limited amount of time to pluck the fruits on their fruit tree. Imagine through their own hard work, they have a fruit tree full of fruits, but due to carelessness, they overlooked and didn't pluck all the fruits during this \"harvest time\". Isn't it a pity?

The above analogy was more to help them build a correct mindset. Of course, come upper primary like P5/P6, they learned the various study and exam techniques to do well without over-working.

The coming months are important months for all PSLE students. Take this opportunity to strengthen your bonding with your DC by showing them lots of love and support.

Good analogy :goodpost:

I will use this on my son.

:thankyou:

[JohnYeo]

ngl2010:

wonderm:

My children have finished PSLE a few years ago. Like everyone else, P6 was a difficult year with a lot of revision and drilling. But they coped fine without feeling too stressed or burnt out.


Just to share here how I helped my kids to cope with exam stress and careless mistakes since they were in lower primary.

I told them to look at exam as harvest time. Farmers work hard throughout the year and harvesting is a happy occasion. As students, they should also work hard consistently throughout the year, there is nothing to fear or be stressed come exam time. If they had done their study and revision well, they are very likely to get good exam results and they will be happy and can enjoy the holiday which follows.

Many young kids tend to be careless, and so are my children. I told them that during exam, they should think of it as they are given a limited amount of time to pluck the fruits on their fruit tree. Imagine through their own hard work, they have a fruit tree full of fruits, but due to carelessness, they overlooked and didn't pluck all the fruits during this \"harvest time\". Isn't it a pity?

The above analogy was more to help them build a correct mindset. Of course, come upper primary like P5/P6, they learned the various study and exam techniques to do well without over-working.

The coming months are important months for all PSLE students. Take this opportunity to strengthen your bonding with your DC by showing them lots of love and support.

Good analogy :goodpost:

I will use this on my son.

:thankyou:

It can be even made more powerful by using a similar past experience that your DC has experienced and is close to the heart...for example, he has been through a project and due to \"carelessness\", the result is not what they have expected...or somethings the child has seen or witnessed....(even on TV show and the child has displayed big response, n this means the tv segment means something to the child.)

long story short, it is just to use what had already made sense to DC so that the lesson to be learnt/taught will make more sense to them when delivered.

[mummy so kiasu]

JohnYeo:

I'm just a normal dad...really...my DD1 is 3 y.o and DD2 is going to be 1 soon...hehe...think I KS so I better start asking and learning parenting tips from experienced parents like yourself...hehe....

Sorry many questions...cos now, when our kids are young, we find the time spent with them is so limited and so stretched...so really worried about the future when they go into pri and sec school...

think I must change my name to KS John...;p

You are the most KS daddy I ever seen. I thought usually mummy is more KS than daddy. Are you are a SAHD? Don't worry so early, really too kiasu already.Your kids is only 3 & 1.

PSLE might be scrapped by then & your kids might not need to take PSLE. Your should focus on bonding & development rather than PSLE leh.

[happyheart]

ngl2010:

happyheart:

Side tracked a little. DS voice is now deep and coarse, no more the young voice. He just returned home from school and now playing on his own, running around the house with his nerf guns and making all combat sounds!!! Haiyoo...so big already still play like that..lol! he looks so happy playing and I cannot bring myself to tell him..\" go and bathe and start on your homework\". Am I too soft? :roll: :roll:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Men will always be boys? :evil:

I only have one child, so sometimes I accompany him do silly things so he won't feel lonely. There are times we even argue about who gets what so my husband has to act as a referee . I am doing this so my son can taste what having siblings feels like. When I need to discipline him, then I use lower voice so he knows that mummy is in serious mood.

Hahaha! then I guess it is ok to let him go wild at times...in his own world