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[phtthp]

hi Chenonceau,


you mention you demo yr child Science experiments when he still in diapers. Can share with us what are some of the experiments you explored with him during his kindergarten days ? Thanks a million !

[phtthp]

regarding P1 to P6 Maths modeling - last Sat april 23, Dr Yeap Ban Har conducted a seminar for parents at RGPS, teaching Bar modeling method. Costs $30 per parent. He taught from scratch, slowly went thru all questionsand solution in detail one by one - meant for P1 students, P2, P3, P4, P5 and P6 PSLE qns.


after the seminar, then he uploaded solutions into his blogspot:
http://banhar.blogspot.com/

you may download his answers into powerpoint slides. Parents can follow bar modeling method by going thru all powerpoint slides, step by step. Dr. Yeap taught parents from ground 0, assuming 0 based knowledge.

for problem 6 on apples, pears, oranges, he show two methods of solving - both bar method, plus conventional algebra method.

for the last problem on equilateral triangle, he show solution using x, y method.

[Chenonceau]

phtthp:

hi Chenonceau,


you mention you demo yr child Science experiments when he still in diapers. Can share with us what are some of the experiments you explored with him during his kindergarten days ? Thanks a million !

Not demo. Play. It was play. All play. We didn't have a TV at that time and I dislike playing games. So I searched about for activities to amuse and entertain him. I didn't know and didn't explain any scientific principles etc... we just had fun watching what happened when stuff was put together in a certain way. When he got old enough to ask why, I tried to explain. After a while, he learnt to google because I really dunno much.

Back then, I had no intention of helping him score in Science so I followed no syllabus. Anything that looked like fun, we did. However, it gave him a passion for Science and developed observation and analytical skills in such a way that when it comes to answering Science OE, no one really had to teach him to use key words etc... It came naturally to him.

I got a lot of ideas from a book... 365 Simple Science Experiments with Everyday Materials by E. Richard Churchill, Louis V. Loeschnig and Muriel Mandell. Illustrated by Frances Zweifel. Published by Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers.

[BeContented]

Hi,

I am very very curious. Saw a mommy using Sec1 compre and cloze passage for her current P4 GEP child. Is GEP really so far ahead? I know they are taught P6 Maths, but Sec 1…gosh.

[Pen88n]

cwc:

Hi,

I am very very curious. Saw a mommy using Sec1 compre and cloze passage for her current P4 GEP child. Is GEP really so far ahead? I know they are taught P6 Maths, but Sec 1....gosh.

Is your kid in GEP? From what I know, GEP is using a different syllabus and there is no textbooks for English, Maths and Science, so it is kind of difficult to gauge at what level it is pegged against.

[BeContented]

Pen88n:

cwc:

Hi,

I am very very curious. Saw a mommy using Sec1 compre and cloze passage for her current P4 GEP child. Is GEP really so far ahead? I know they are taught P6 Maths, but Sec 1....gosh.

Is your kid in GEP? From what I know, GEP is using a different syllabus and there is no textbooks for English, Maths and Science, so it is kind of difficult to gauge at what level it is pegged against.

My kid is not in GEP Maybe you are right, since there are no textbooks, it's hard to gauge. I just hope these kids do not get overly stressed

[phtthp]

hi Chenonceau,


Thanks baby, for being so kind and so generous in giving me detailed info so fast !
can i hug you for being so nice, sweetie pie ? Thank you so much

[Pen88n]

cwc:

Pen88n:

[quote=\"cwc\"]Hi,

I am very very curious. Saw a mommy using Sec1 compre and cloze passage for her current P4 GEP child. Is GEP really so far ahead? I know they are taught P6 Maths, but Sec 1....gosh.

Is your kid in GEP? From what I know, GEP is using a different syllabus and there is no textbooks for English, Maths and Science, so it is kind of difficult to gauge at what level it is pegged against.

My kid is not in GEP Maybe you are right, since there are no textbooks, it's hard to gauge. I just hope these kids do not get overly stressed :)[/quote]Nowadays, some parents seem to want to \"push\" kids further by prepping them with more advance materials. I know of parents who send kids to P1 tuition classes when they are in K2, and making kids do P1 / 2 assessment books. In short to medium term, this yield good results (in terms of marks).

Personally, I do not subscribe to this method of \"drilling\" higher level materials to prep kids. Over time, the parent and kid will have to keep up with the \"drilling\" and it will get increasingly difficult and stressful for the kid to keep up. If a solid foundation is built for the kid, regardless of what is thrown at the kid, they wil be able to handle without the advanced prep.

[janet88]

What I understand is GEP testing at P3 is quite tough…Eng is P5 standard and Math is not what can be found in textbooks.


I heard from a parent regarding getting kid do assessment book 1 level higher…I cannot subscribe to that bcos it’s too stressful and also very 可怜. This parent finished P1 syllabus before start of school term. For me, I believe in revising what the teacher has taught in school. Solid foundation is important, starting from P1.

[phankao]

Pen88n:

Nowadays, some parents seem to want to \"push\" kids further by prepping them with more advance materials. I know of parents who send kids to P1 tuition classes when they are in K2, and making kids do P1 / 2 assessment books. In short to medium term, this yield good results (in terms of marks). .

Oooh, I am doing that p1 stuff with my 2yo. Hope it works in the long term! Scared off by the older kids' experience liao.