Champion:

concern2:

[quote=\"cherrygal\"]
I will also demonstrate how to do the show n tell to DS sometimes. Show them how to stand, how to project the voice, how to maintain eye contact and how to hold the props. He was impressed with my performance so he obeyed my instructions willingly.

Wow, good on you, cherrygal, leading by example! Yay!
When I showed my introverted son how to go about doing expressions and hand gestures, he imagined himself doing it and went :oops: :siam:

:rotflmao: It really takes practice.

concern2:

cherrygal:

I will also demonstrate how to do the show n tell to DS sometimes. Show them how to stand, how to project the voice, how to maintain eye contact and how to hold the props. He was impressed with my performance so he obeyed my instructions willingly.

Wow, good on you, cherrygal, leading by example! Yay!
When I showed my introverted son how to go about doing expressions and hand gestures, he imagined himself doing it and went :oops: :siam:

:rotflmao: It really takes practice.

cherrygal:

I will also demonstrate how to do the show n tell to DS sometimes. Show them how to stand, how to project the voice, how to maintain eye contact and how to hold the props. He was impressed with my performance so he obeyed my instructions willingly.

Admummy:

Updates:


We've brainstormed ideas about the topic. Worked out the speech (about 8 sentences) with her and printed out on an A4 size paper. I made her read out the script twice daily and so far we've done it for 3 days already.

Just now I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that she could memorise almost 3/4 of the speech (except conclusion which included 2 less frequently use words)!

Here are the \"problems\" we face during \"practices\" with her:

(1) She could not stand straight/still when presenting; she would stand on one leg, keep fidgeting on the feet or swing her body;

(2) She could not look at me when she speaks; her eyes would be dancing around the room (as if trying to recall the script) and gets distracted easily;

Tried asking her to look at me when she speaks even suggested to her that she should fix her sight on one object but unsuccessful. She would giggle and then forget what to say. Any suggestions how to help her to overcome the above?

Another thing...if it is Show and Tell, that means must bring props to show is it? If so, it will be difficult for her to juggle so many things right? Got to memorize the script and bring out the props at the same time. My gal got butter fingers, how to do them concurrently leh? :?

nonKiasu:

While practising, I get DS to face the mirror. In the 'final' practise, I use my mobile to video tape n later ask him what he thinks. His teacher is the one that recommend us to video tape as on actual day, he has to face the camera. I don't have fantasy props... at most...some pictures in one A4 size paper... hopefully if he forgets the scripts, the pictures can help him to recall some sentences.

Admummy:

Updates:


We've brainstormed ideas about the topic. Worked out the speech (about 8 sentences) with her and printed out on an A4 size paper. I made her read out the script twice daily and so far we've done it for 3 days already.

Just now I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that she could memorise almost 3/4 of the speech (except conclusion which included 2 less frequently use words)!

Here are the \"problems\" we face during \"practices\" with her:

(1) She could not stand straight/still when presenting; she would stand on one leg, keep fidgeting on the feet or swing her body;

(2) She could not look at me when she speaks; her eyes would be dancing around the room (as if trying to recall the script) and gets distracted easily;

Tried asking her to look at me when she speaks even suggested to her that she should fix her sight on one object but unsuccessful. She would giggle and then forget what to say. Any suggestions how to help her to overcome the above?

Another thing...if it is Show and Tell, that means must bring props to show is it? If so, it will be difficult for her to juggle so many things right? Got to memorize the script and bring out the props at the same time. My gal got butter fingers, how to do them concurrently leh? :?

pchong:

Can anyone tell me how long the child has to tell?

Is 4 to 5 sentences sufficient?

concern2:

My son loves playing with legos, and I'd ask him to do mini SnT with me at home when he shows me his creations. Same with my DD, she loves drawing and I'd ask her to present her drawings to me to get her ready for SnT when her time comes.

Hope this helps.

Admummy:

My gal is in primary one now. Overall, she is coping well with her studies except Show and Tell (both EL and CL) which forms about 10% the EL and CL curriculum weightage.


I guess she's facing a lot of stress because she's shy and soft-spoken by nature. What makes thing worst was the CL teacher aggravated the matter. During last term's CL show and tell, she was asked to prepare the topic, \"My Favourite Animal\". I took the pain to work with her on the content and what to say and even practised with her for almost 2 weeks. She was doing really fine during the rehearsals with me. Unfortunately on the actual day, I guess she was really nervous and forgotten about what to say. (BTW, I did not ask her to memorize any scripts, coz I know this would add stress to her. So what we did was to identify key words to mention, then she would use her own words to form sentences on the spot).

She was crying very badly when she came home that night. She told me the CL teacher asked the whole class who think my gal did well (nobody raise hand), then who think my gal did badly (whole class raised their hands).
She told me she felt so shameful and betrayed by her friends (coz even her best friend think she was lousy and laughed at her). Since then, she no longer look forward to going to school, always asking me when holiday will come, even told me she hates all her classmates.

I have shared the incident with both the EL and CL teacher during PTM, also hinted to them to give more encouragement and have more patience to my gal in this show and tell. Both of them noted my point.

This term, the show and tell weightage is even more (25% if not wrong). I can already sense the great resentment that will come from my gal. I have tried to inculcate positive thinking but not really effective.

Anyone can share how I can improve the situation? What can I do to encourage my gal to take failure positively? Not be petty? How to boost her confidence? Any courses on show and tell to recommend?
TIA

sleepy:

I strongly suggest memorising the script. It's actually much less stressful to memorise than to think of sentences on the spot. Draft the script together with her so it's her own language & sentence sense. Write a shorter script (half a page) so that she wouldn't be overwhelmed by lengthy script.

Perhaps speech & drama class will help to boast her confidence & allow her to get used to standing in front of a small crowd. However, result is not immediate.

There are some discussions here fyi
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2628
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=24210

ksi:

Does the teacher teach the children how to do \"show and tell\" in P1/P2 as in the techniques and the tips?


My child was under the old system in P1/P2 but she had a few out of curriculum show and tell experiences at that level, designed by her teacher, likely to break the monotony of lessons in class. For those, there was not much teaching but children were just encouraged to pick a topic of interest and talk about it. So it was not assessed but simply exposure. In that setting, the teacher gave her own feedback and not obtained it from the class, because no one was an expert.

In the same token, during the learning process, children who are still clueless themselves should not be given the voting rights on their classmates' performances, this is not voting for SG idol. :faint: However, an alternative such as a qualitative feedback on the strengths and the weakness can be shared by a few selected students to form a balanced feedback for a child in her learning process. As an experienced teacher, if a child appears totally unprepared, a separate discussion should be taken offline with the parents to understand the situation. And if a child is just not performing to par yet but has put in efforts like ADmummy's child, then such voting of Yes=good and No-bad serves NO purpose at all but to shame the child and inhibits future learning. Every child who puts in efforts will have strength to be pointed out(for effort), for example, if their speech is not perfect and they forget their lines, this is just deemed as a weakness, ie, room for improvement, however, the strength may be seen in the effort of preparing the props and the content is rich. So as a teacher, this kind of balanced feedback will motivate the child for the next 'show and tell'.

Having said this, I would say there is also merit in voting by the students when the situation is right. For example, if the teacher can predict that it is a positive outcome. This is particularly effective in a leadership role as it can boost the confidence of the children looking up to this leader and the leader leading. So in order to have voting exercise, a teacher must be very observant and sharp. I must commend a teacher I know who is particularly strong in this area. She does not do voting exercise on all children except one as she can predict the positive outcome and invoke a positive feeling inside the classroom.

Hope this is useful for your situation.

Admummy:

BTW, I did not ask her to memorize any scripts, coz I know this would add stress to her. So what we did was to identify key words to mention, then she would use her own words to form sentences on the spot).


She was crying very badly when she came home that night. She told me the CL teacher asked the whole class who think my gal did well (nobody raise hand), then who think my gal did badly (whole class raised their hands).
She told me she felt so shameful and betrayed by her friends (coz even her best friend think she was lousy and laughed at her). Since then, she no longer look forward to going to school, always asking me when holiday will come, even told me she hates all her classmates.

Anyone can share how I can improve the situation? What can I do to encourage my gal to take failure positively? Not be petty? How to boost her confidence? Any courses on show and tell to recommend?
TIA