Teach Less, Learn More

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Brenda10:

Funx3:

May be this is the Gar men Way of Making us Practice - \"Huo Dao Lao, Xue Dao Lao\"?

So We Parents must Set Good Examples to our Kids, Learning their Stuff at Our Grand Old Age?

Our mnd will forever young and would not suffer 老人痴呆症 (Alzheimer's disease). :lol:

That's Presuming Your Kids Will Let U Touch Their Stuff in their Teenage Years ....
And If Really Gotta To That, I'll :siam: Faster then U can finish reading this!
Ha Ha ....

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Chenonceau:

Augmum:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]
Good idea!

:lol:
or pay us some $$$ for treatment of pre-mature greying of our hairs.

Cosmetic surgery!!!... Lidat I dun mind pre-teach. :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:

Liposuction (all over). Face tightening. Freckles treatment. Oh yeah![/quote]So Fast U Start ....
DAY DREAM Already!

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

What I'm good at is BUYING assessment book. My Maths is really really hopeless...I relay Brenda's advice to hubby to coach son . Just last Friday, hubby attended a P1 Math workshop to learn how to teach Math.

If I have to coach my kids in their studies until they have finished P6, there is NO chance of getting 老人痴呆症 (Alzheimer's disease) in the meantime.
I always tell my son we are learning something new everyday...and that applies to me too, so don't complain.

Hi Janet

All the best to your ds on this coming SA1 for maths and put more effort on Section B and Section C (advise to be daily) as these two area require more detail working once you don't see much problem in Section A (MCQ).

jia you :rahrah:

[janet88]

Hi Chenonceau,

If you want to claim more expenses from hubby, include collagen (to stay young)/facial/hair treatment (grey hair)/sun block (going out to buy books).

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Pen88n:

Chenonceau:

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Pre-teaching make you fat - munching to reduce stress?? Wrinkles possible due to all the stress! :idea: Freckles - u need to teach outdoor under the sun??? :?

I need to go outdoor and buy assessment book mah... :lol: :lol: :lol:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: ok ok, go convince our taxman to give us / our hubbies rebate for our cosmetic surgery, so that we can all benefit from your suggestion. Will buy u kopi if I can get that one day!!! :love:[/quote]I Better, I Buy U Choc Mousse Cake!

Why Worry About ALL those FATS and Calories ....
Got Rebate for Liposuction -ma!
:lol: :lol:

[janet88]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

What I'm good at is BUYING assessment book. My Maths is really really hopeless...I relay Brenda's advice to hubby to coach son . Just last Friday, hubby attended a P1 Math workshop to learn how to teach Math.

If I have to coach my kids in their studies until they have finished P6, there is NO chance of getting 老人痴呆症 (Alzheimer's disease) in the meantime.
I always tell my son we are learning something new everyday...and that applies to me too, so don't complain.

Hi Janet
All the best to your ds on this coming SA1 for maths and put more effort on Section B and Section C (advise to be daily) as these two area require more detail working once you don't see much problem in Section A (MCQ).

jia you :rahrah:

No time to practice Maths daily...this week he has NAPFA tests, so will be very tired when he returns. Need to work on his Section A still but of course the section behind equally impt. Thanks for reminder. I will :rahrah:

[MummyThreeStreams]

I’m generally quite relaxed about my boy’s schooling, but this thread is getting me mildly anxious! He is in P1 now, no tuition. I don’t even teach him much at home, as we spend most of the time practising piano or playing with his brothers. I suppose P1 is still the honeymoon period.


BUT, next year, we’ll all be packing off overseas for a year - he’ll miss part of P2 and P3. I will be homeschooling him the syllabus, but is it enough to teach from the textbook?

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Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

I'm following Brenda's advice...print out Section A Maths to get son to practice on accuracy first, closer to exam will time him on speed and accuracy. Really hope :celebrate: he will pass Maths this time.

Hi Janet

Section A and B are the safety base to secure the marks of 36 to 40.

As for Section C, you can also break the question into 8, 6, 4 (5 marks) and move on so as to have sufficient time before SA1.

Oh, I must have missed reading this part.

Brenda,
please direct me to the advice part or PM me. Thank you so much!

[sleepy]

Chenonceau:

sleepy:

Where to learn unitary method?

:faint:
Never heard of this too. Need to know by P5?

There is a good resource from MathHeuristics (at united Square) on Unitary Transfer. It's priced at $40/= a book.

Gosh, price is steep.

Oh no, never heard of this MathHeuristic either. Is it an enrichment center? Can just walk in to buy the book? Or avail from popular too?

Possible to post book's cover page?

Thank you thank you!

[Chenonceau]

MummyThreeStreams:

is it enough to teach from the textbook?

No! No! Noooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Ummmm... is there an emoticon depicting someone running in sheer panic down a tunnel?]

Heck no!

I suggest you buy the top school exam papers, and get your kid to do those for diagnostic. From there, you highlight topics that pose problem. List the topics out and then look for resources to teach those topic by topic. We used the internet quite a bit in P3 and P4... and of course, we did drills for multiplication and mental addition and subtraction. Good to get a good foundation there first.... build speed and accuracy at lower primary for the mechanics of Math. Then later, when you come to P5, can pick up faster and easier the complex skills.

If your kid can master P1, dun hesitate to push ahead. I learnt my hard lesson this year. Pre-teaching is necessary if you dun want a demoralized little boy who cries into his pillow.

The textbook is useless... but if you want, you can look at the contents page for topics list. However, your guide to curriculum should be the top school exam papers. I use them to diagnose, to practise and to test. If you get soft copies, you can print the same paper twice and redo.