<![CDATA[Parents doing projects]]>for their children literally, what’s your view on this?


And do the teachers actually give high marks for it, knowing jolly well that the child may not actually has the capability to do it by him/herself.

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nms1:
Champion:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
You're kidding ? K2 has to write 25 words ?

Yes, Janet - 25 words + drawings! :faint: :faint:

For a K2 child I think I would have just told the teacher it was too much or done as much as she could then left it and written a note to the teacher. They aren't going to punish them at that age....sometimes we are too scared to question teachers. We are the parents and we do have rights, especially in K2 when you are paying a lot of money![/quote]This is the prob when there is no standard format in preschool.
The principals are afraid to be blamed for not preparing kids for P1, so they literally drill the K2s. :siao:
Last year, my daughter's 听写 was even tougher than P1 level :stompfeet: she had to learn 8 词语, which is equivalent to 16 个字.
I didn't want to push her too much or she would be afraid of P1. Older son also attended the same kindy and he told me quietly the principal has gone nuts :rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/566187https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/566187Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:39:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:32:39 GMT]]>My DD in nursery, they need to do scrab book.The T never say how many.Sometimes, rare to find pictures for some alphabet.Then I paste one pic or draw 1 picture.This has no marks.My DD that time she didn’t know more words and I can’t push her to learn.They have to paste and read the words in the school.That time I draw for her cos she doesn’t know how to draw.Then I teach her how to draw the pictures.Then she slowly learned.We can guide them how to do and help them depend on their age.Better way is teach them how to do,but we can’t teach in an emergency situation.They need sometime to learn.

My son in P3.He had a music project.He did by himself.He didn’t ask any help from me.He researched by himself.He do with his two other friends.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/563631https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/563631Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:32:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:12:25 GMT]]>

Champion:
janet_lee88:


You're kidding ? K2 has to write 25 words ?

Yes, Janet - 25 words + drawings! :faint: :faint:

So, I literally has to take out the Dictionary and help her if she can't come out with the 25 words for that certain alphabet. 😓

For a K2 child I think I would have just told the teacher it was too much or done as much as she could then left it and written a note to the teacher. They aren't going to punish them at that age....sometimes we are too scared to question teachers. We are the parents and we do have rights, especially in K2 when you are paying a lot of money!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/563569https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/563569Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:12:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:54:11 GMT]]>

janet_lee88:

You're kidding ? K2 has to write 25 words ?
Yes, Janet - 25 words + drawings! :faint: :faint:

So, I literally has to take out the Dictionary and help her if she can't come out with the 25 words for that certain alphabet. 😓

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562994https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562994Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:54:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:07:40 GMT]]>

Champion:
DD2 in K2 has this book call \"WORD BANK\" book where the kid is required to write all the words they know for certain alphabet. For eg, \"A\" she has to write Aeroplane, Apple, August...etc....


Not only has to write but to draw the pic! The kid is expected to write at least 25 words so that mean 25 pics. She will finish writing the word but by then she will be a bit tired and :snooze: and grouchy. So, mummy - has to confess - helps with the drawing and coloring. I hate to draw but in order for her to submit her h/w, I hape to push myself to do it! 😢
You're kidding ? K2 has to write 25 words ? That's asking a lot :siao:
My daughter had to draw and colour the picture matching the CL character in the first half of this year. She didn't mind doing the writing part, but not the drawing. I hate to draw too...bcos my chicken and duck looks the same :oops: my 'best' is drawing an apple.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562878https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562878Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:07:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:49:10 GMT]]>DD2 in K2 has this book call \"WORD BANK\" book where the kid is required to write all the words they know for certain alphabet. For eg, \"A\" she has to write Aeroplane, Apple, August...etc....


Not only has to write but to draw the pic! The kid is expected to write at least 25 words so that mean 25 pics. She will finish writing the word but by then she will be a bit tired and :snooze: and grouchy. So, mummy - has to confess - helps with the drawing and coloring. I hate to draw but in order for her to submit her h/w, I hape to push myself to do it! 😢

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562788https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562788Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:49:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:48:31 GMT]]>IMO, the thought process in coming out with the project ideas are more important than actually doing it. I may provide ideas or give feedback but I want my kids to be the ones to come up with what they want to do. I may help out with some hands - on work if they are running out of time. If not, they should be the ones doing the projects. I always tell my kids I have \"been there, done that\", so I shouldn't be doing them. :evil: 😂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562786https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562786Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:48:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:03:17 GMT]]>

sall:
OK. I confess. I helped my dd do her art hw/project when she's in pri sch. Anyway, she doesn't like art and art is not important, so I did it for her. Then she can use the time to do other hw. The tr didn't know I did it because my art is really bad, looks like it's done by a student. 😄

I'm guilty of that too...hubby helps son with his art and social studies work. Otherwise he will have to sleep very late. Sometimes I will help him to check up meanings of the words and he will have to copy them (cannot type). Recently, there was a social studies project where he has to find out more info about Singapore's presidents. Hubby went online to help him get pics and print them.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562669https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/562669Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:03:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:49:28 GMT]]>I think this is really dependent on the situation at hand. Not many parents will sit back and let his kid go into a tizzy over something that could be beyond his head. It could end up very discouraging for the child. But the other end of the spectrum where a child turns out a very polished work…worthy of a professional - that one I will tsk tsk.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561779https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561779Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:49:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:21:08 GMT]]>I don’t agree with parents helping kids with their projects, especially the more important projects like GEP projects. Parents can guide the children, show them how to find research material, give feedback etc, but no hands-on help. In the long run, it’s not good for the child because firstly, he doesn’t learn how to do such projects in the future, and there’ll be lots more of such projects as they get older. And secondly, what values are we imparting to our children when we teach them that it’s okay to claim credit for work which is not done by them.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561698https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561698Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:21:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:05:09 GMT]]>sometimes, my ds2 helps ds1 do his colouring projects. :evil:


no, in general, i only help in surfing the net (supervision), or going library to borrow related books.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561297https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561297Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:05:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:32:05 GMT]]>

sall:
OK. I confess. I helped my dd do her art hw/project when she's in pri sch. Anyway, she doesn't like art and art is not important, so I did it for her. Then she can use the time to do other hw. The tr didn't know I did it because my art is really bad, looks like it's done by a student. 😄

ha ha ha...I can totally relate to that. Ds1 was in icl, and I helped him with all the drawing (he would have to write out the words and colour by himself). not sure if teacher knew mummy was doing it becos the drawings were (and still are) very kiddy. 😉

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561214https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561214Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:32:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:24:51 GMT]]>OK. I confess. I helped my dd do her art hw/project when she's in pri sch. Anyway, she doesn't like art and art is not important, so I did it for her. Then she can use the time to do other hw. The tr didn't know I did it because my art is really bad, looks like it's done by a student. 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561191https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/561191Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:24:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:59:21 GMT]]>If we want inventors, we have better left the children to their own vices on their projects. I am ok with cutting and pasting and helping in the menial tasks which they already know how to do so well if time to attend to those is a constraint.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560612https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560612Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:59:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:51:47 GMT]]>Parents doing projects are not helping but IMHO nothing wrong helping the children doing the projects. 😂


Meaning, parents guide the children how to make a good projects so as later on they would do good projects without any help from parents. 🆒

But actually how many children have these kind of luxury that parents helping the children to do projects :grphug: . Some parents are just too busy :xedfingers:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560594https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560594Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:51:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:48:34 GMT]]>I think that parents who do this are not helping their children at all. Of course the teacher will have to give them a good mark but the teacher will know that they didn’t do it themselves and the child won’t have any pride in getting a good mark for something he/she didn’t do…or at least they shouldn’t.


Sometimes we focus too much on the marks and not enough on the learning process. Which is better - they learn a lot and hand in something that is average as opposed to letting someone do it for them, learning nothing and getting an A?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560579https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560579Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:48:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:09:16 GMT]]>All type of projects, including art & craft, young scientist, social studies, health ed, etc…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560376https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560376Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:09:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parents doing projects on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:57:18 GMT]]>what sorts of projects? i believe you don’t mean art and craft projects? my P3 yet to bring any project classwork home.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560367https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/560367Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:57:18 GMT