2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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janet_lee88:
Hugs to your ds & to you Janet. It really breaks our hearts to see them in such situations. They are still kids yet suddenly this year must act like big kids. They don't know how to handle the stress & probably need some outlets to release their stress. Maybe don't know how to share in so many words their stress too. Dd teared before but as girls she could share more indepth her feelings. Do take some time & chat with your ds. Ask him questions on what caused the outburst so that you know better how to help him address it.My son cried last night. Hubby was at a loss...Younger sister gave her brother a tissue paper. My heart ached.
From now, stuff inappropriate will either be done by hubby. I want my son to learn his work happily but the work must be of use. I am lousy where his work is concerned but I know what is value-added and what is mass production. -
slmkhoo:
...I found that most of the work was quite directly related to PSLE, and I would adjust what I assigned to take that into account. Eg. if her school homework was to do an English and a Math paper, I wouldn't ask her to any more English and Math that day.
This is exactly what I do too. If school homework overlaps exactly with what I have assigned, I take away my work and give playtime. I give 1 Chinese compo a week. If school assigns a Chinese compo that week, I delete my requirement. -
Honey:
Hi Janet , after reading yr post old memories of my older DS PSLE came flowing back. :sick: what I did was when the days he was feeling down ,I just let him do his sch wk and nothing else unless he chose to, when d days he was feeling energetic n weekend then I pumped him with works. And also give him treats to d restruants he wanted (DS loves good food) and also to d game arcade for one or two games on the way home after tuition to destress.
Hugs to your ds & to you Janet. It really breaks our hearts to see them in such situations. They are still kids yet suddenly this year must act like big kids. They don't know how to handle the stress & probably need some outlets to release their stress. Maybe don't know how to share in so many words their stress too. Dd teared before but as girls she could share more indepth her feelings. Do take some time & chat with your ds. Ask him questions on what caused the outburst so that you know better how to help him address it.janet_lee88:
My son cried last night. Hubby was at a loss...Younger sister gave her brother a tissue paper. My heart ached.
From now, stuff inappropriate will either be done by hubby. I want my son to learn his work happily but the work must be of use. I am lousy where his work is concerned but I know what is value-added and what is mass production.
Told him as long as he has put in his best effort I will except what ever results he get.
Now doing the same for younger DS , hope will work for the younger one as they have different characters :xedfingers: -
He has to learn last week’s mo xie as well + this week. For eng, he has to learn creative phrases too. My son loves frappe. But if drink too much, will get cough. Next week having oral…so cannot indulge him.
Thinking of keeping him at home 2moro…take a break. Need to write 1st letter of excuse liao. -
underthesea:
Does your child's school still giving homework for Music, Social Studies, Art & HealthEd? Mine does and I have been doing it for DD since the beginning of this year. I don't understand why the school is so 'ON' on these subjects this year!!
:yikes: What!!! Homework for Music, SS, Art & HE....kids don't even have enough time for their subject homeworks and still pump in for these subjects. So far, my ds jut brought 1 Art homework that's all and that is also given during the long weekend. -
My DS enjoys his Social Science homework. He gets to construct Powerpoint presentations and write up reports. It’s all ungraded but he spends a lotta time on them because he enjoys them. Grandma does his Art pieces and there is very little Music.
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mn:
Just reminded my son to pass him all the non value work like music, HE, SS and Art to hubby. My son should spend his time resting instead of doing all these stuff. Last year near SA, he had to practise his harmonica. :faint:underthesea:
Does your child's school still giving homework for Music, Social Studies, Art & HealthEd? Mine does and I have been doing it for DD since the beginning of this year. I don't understand why the school is so 'ON' on these subjects this year!!
:yikes: What!!! Homework for Music, SS, Art & HE....kids don't even have enough time for their subject homeworks and still pump in for these subjects. So far, my ds jut brought 1 Art homework that's all and that is also given during the long weekend. -
Chenonceau:
My DS enjoys his Social Science homework. He gets to construct Powerpoint presentations and write up reports. It's all ungraded but he spends a lotta time on them because he enjoys them. Grandma does his Art pieces and there is very little Music.
He had to do some Chinese project on animals during march holiday :mad: it was some group work and 3 other kids refused to meet up. Son went to his classmate's place to get it done. That other boy's mum and I agreed that if the others do not show up, their names will not appear on PowerPoint.
Daddy buys him sundae every sat, Grandma baked him chicken pie and made jelly. He is really the king this year. -
janet_lee88:
Janet, your ds needs a break. Good idea to pass inappropriate stuff to hubby. In June, please try to give your ds at least 2 days off. I can really feel how your ds is feeling. As parents we have to comfort them. Give him some time to play and relax. This will help him release his stress....My son cried last night. Hubby was at a loss...Younger sister gave her brother a tissue paper. My heart ached.
From now, stuff inappropriate will either be done by hubby. I want my son to learn his work happily but the work must be of use. I am lousy where his work is concerned but I know what is value-added and what is mass production.
I have started to give some time for my ds to play after he completes his hw and when it comes to revising he can perform well. After a long day in school their mind needs some relaxation.
Now I have learnt from our lovely mums here not to push too hard but to be their back bone support. By pushing too much it only creates a conflict between mum and child relation. -
janet_lee88:
Daddy buys him sundae every sat, Grandma baked him chicken pie and made jelly. He is really the king this year.
Wow, pampered!
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