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Wesim:

Yep, we are fully aware that this issue might arise. We will see how it goes when my dd enters P1 next year:)

You are right, maybe she likes reinforcing her learning... 温故知新

Wesim:

Yep, we are fully aware that this issue might arise. We will see how it goes when my dd enters P1 next year:)

Wesim:

I homeschool my dd because i find that our pre-nursery curriculum is really not up to standard. So, i did my research, \"test\" out and cross my fingers. I only started the flash cards when my dd was 12mths. Thought i was too late, but it was still ok.


Strongly agree with quixation that it's a long tedious process. I am still homeschooling my dd, who is now 6. She is going to a neighbourhood primary school, not some kind of branded school. My friends and the enrichment teachers told me that she is very well-prepared for P1. So, i guess my effort does pay off. However, being a KS mummy, i do not let my hair down. I am now preparing her for P3......I am indeed a super KS mummy.

SofiaWee:

Hi!!


I'm a SAHM. I'm new to motherhood, with a 10-mth-old girl. I'm already trying to show some flash cards to my baby, but she's absolutely not interested in looking at words.

On good days, she would even happily look at the pictures of the flash cards I show her, but once I get to showing her actual words on the cards, she'll just look left, right, high, low --- and never at the word itself. Not to mention that, she'll lose interest after more than 5 cards.

Okay, so I've been trying flash cards with her for about a month now, we are kind of at a bottleneck. Am I putting too much stress on my little one, by \"forcing\" her to look at something she doesn't enjoy? Am I being too kiasu here by teaching her so early? Or should I persist, and hope that one day, she may start to enjoy it?

Has anyone had this experience before?

Thanks!!!

Nebbermind:

I understand that there may not be any direct response to flashcard coz it's supposed to stimulate the mind. You may not see any immediate result and only realise it is working when your kid is older and can learn at a faster rate than their peers.


Learning need not be confined to maths and words. Some young kids have such wide range of vocab and can string together grammatically correct sentences, complex expressions etc without really knowing how to spell or write them. There are many ways to learn.

slmkhoo:

SofiaWee:

Hiya!


If you only started flashcards with your baby at 12mths, it's quite an amazing feat that your DD completed Peter and Jane by age 4! I just checked out Peter and Jane at Popular today, am not sure if my DD could ever reach the final levels, but I went ahead and purchased 1a and 1b. Keeping my fingers crossed that my fussy little one would take to it.

Could you share your homeschooling curriculum? Do you just buy a variety of enrichment books from Popular, and start from there?

I know that some people swear by early learning with flashcards etc, but do note that some kids pick up reading early anyway, and some won't. My older girl read before 4yo without having been through any flashcard or other reading system. The only thing I did was read to her daily without any attempt to teach her anything. With exactly the same exposure, maybe more because of listening in on her older sister, my younger girl didn't start to read until past 5yo. She wasn't interested, and I didn't start teaching her till she was 5yo, but she loved being read to. Once I started her on phonics, she learned fast and went from phonics to chapter books in 6 mths. Now that they are teenagers, I can tell you that my younger girl, the late reader, is the more able student in all subjects, including English and Lit. So enjoy the process of exposing and enriching your kids' lives, but don't be too worked up over the targets and achievements in the preschool (or even the Pr school) years.

SofiaWee:

quixation:

Hi all, persevere..


I started my gal flash cards the glenn doman style at 5 mth old.she read her first word at 9-10mths old

Made it really fast and clap at the end says yeah
before & after the session I played with her peekaboo or tickle..
evrn if they dun look doesnt mean they not absorbing.
Most most importantly what r u, the parent who flash the card thinking at the time u flashing?
Most of u are thinking \"is he/she looking?\" \"Is she absorbing?\"
Thats the 1st and worse mistake.
Just flash as fast as u can like peekaboo and dont think of the abv. After flashing, just keep the cards away.. keep your mind focused on flashing as a game and if they take the card tell them \"say bey bye to ~the word on the card~\" ... Key word here is PLAY.. make session like game/playtimr
Also keep using the words u flashed that few days during other time of the day., either show them pictures or use them often
they will look if its fast enuff and fun enuff but they glance for even 1 sec is enuff..u jus finish and go..

I had great success with the flashcards for both eng, Chinese and maths even encyclopedia.
Anyone needs video of how it wss done and more ideas, pm me.,

I dun wanna link the videos here as I was criticised for being proud last time by some mothers.

Dont give up! All babies are geniuses, its pure nature that their absorption rate is highest from0-3 yrs as this is instincts.

Good luck!!!!

Hi!

Thanks for sharing your personal experience!

For Maths, do you show the so-called dots cards? I really dun understand how the dots work. Could you tell me how your gal specifically benefit from this?

And for Chinese, most Chinese words come in two characters like ba1ba (father), tai4yang2 (sun), can a baby learn to sight-read two characters? For English, we can begin with single words, and progress from there eventually to sentences. But for Chinese, the basic stuff already starts with two characters. Will that pose a challenge for young children?

SofiaWee:

Hiya!


If you only started flashcards with your baby at 12mths, it's quite an amazing feat that your DD completed Peter and Jane by age 4! I just checked out Peter and Jane at Popular today, am not sure if my DD could ever reach the final levels, but I went ahead and purchased 1a and 1b. Keeping my fingers crossed that my fussy little one would take to it.

Could you share your homeschooling curriculum? Do you just buy a variety of enrichment books from Popular, and start from there?

Wesim:

I homeschool my dd because i find that our pre-nursery curriculum is really not up to standard. So, i did my research, \"test\" out and cross my fingers. I only started the flash cards when my dd was 12mths. Thought i was too late, but it was still ok.


Strongly agree with quixation that it's a long tedious process. I am still homeschooling my dd, who is now 6. She is going to a neighbourhood primary school, not some kind of branded school. My friends and the enrichment teachers told me that she is very well-prepared for P1. So, i guess my effort does pay off. However, being a KS mummy, i do not let my hair down. I am now preparing her for P3......I am indeed a super KS mummy.

quixation:

Hi all, persevere..


I started my gal flash cards the glenn doman style at 5 mth old.she read her first word at 9-10mths old

Made it really fast and clap at the end says yeah
before & after the session I played with her peekaboo or tickle..
evrn if they dun look doesnt mean they not absorbing.
Most most importantly what r u, the parent who flash the card thinking at the time u flashing?
Most of u are thinking \"is he/she looking?\" \"Is she absorbing?\"
Thats the 1st and worse mistake.
Just flash as fast as u can like peekaboo and dont think of the abv. After flashing, just keep the cards away.. keep your mind focused on flashing as a game and if they take the card tell them \"say bey bye to ~the word on the card~\" ... Key word here is PLAY.. make session like game/playtimr
Also keep using the words u flashed that few days during other time of the day., either show them pictures or use them often
they will look if its fast enuff and fun enuff but they glance for even 1 sec is enuff..u jus finish and go..

I had great success with the flashcards for both eng, Chinese and maths even encyclopedia.
Anyone needs video of how it wss done and more ideas, pm me.,

I dun wanna link the videos here as I was criticised for being proud last time by some mothers.

Dont give up! All babies are geniuses, its pure nature that their absorption rate is highest from0-3 yrs as this is instincts.

Good luck!!!!