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[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.

[corneyAmber]

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.

Recently I saw a mum buying P6 Oral books for her P3 kid. I am no longer surprised what people do....if they kill the interest with too much too soon, they are answerable to themselves. I have also known a couple of children trying to do Math that is much tougher than their level and the outcome is they dislike Math so much now even at their own level...the saying.... we reap what we sow holds true either way...... :evil:

[phtthp]

pity the children nowadays