metz:

I knew we won't have time for unused assessment books during holidays. Hence, I have given them away before the school holidays started. One albatross off my neck.

metz:

A great and fun learning experience!

Studying/Learning doesn't have to be confined to just doing assessment books. In truth, I always have mixed feelings about assessment books. On one hand, I feel assessment books are pretty boring and drilling. On the other hand, if the kids did none, there's always this sense of guilt that I am too lax with them :nailbite: ...

Funz:

Sometimes I feel that I am such a bad example for my kids. I will choose to do everything else over studying.


Very honestly, before the start of the hols, I thought this hols we will complete some of the more useful assesments that we have not done. Use it as a form of revision. At least keep some of the studying momentum going.

1st week, aiyah, let them play lah, still so many weeks to go
2nd week, maybe next week we start
3rd week, ummm, think we clear out the assessment books, dun think we will ever touch them again.

So I console myself....

Funz:

This the end product of yesterday's charity bake.

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m560/cylsfun/Charitybakes_zpsa78816bb.jpg\">

We wanted to raise at least $500. Each pack of cookies consisting of 10 pieces each of 3 flavours is going for $10. So how many packs do we need to bake. From there, we looked at the recipe. Each portion yields about 60 cookies, so how much flour, butter, sugar, etc do we need to buy, and we worked that out. We worked those out a few days before we started. And we went shopping.

Along the way, I talked to them about factoring in time to see if we can complete baking so many cookies within 1 or 2 days and also to cater to the unforeseen like burnt batches or recipe yielding lesser than expected, etc. All these can be learnt only from experience.

....we did do some studying afterall.

Funz:

Sometimes I feel that I am such a bad example for my kids. I will choose to do everything else over studying.


Very honestly, before the start of the hols, I thought this hols we will complete some of the more useful assesments that we have not done. Use it as a form of revision. At least keep some of the studying momentum going.

1st week, aiyah, let them play lah, still so many weeks to go
2nd week, maybe next week we start
3rd week, ummm, think we clear out the assessment books, dun think we will ever touch them again.

So I console myself....

This the end product of yesterday's charity bake.

http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m560/cylsfun/Charitybakes_zpsa78816bb.jpg\">

We wanted to raise at least $500. Each pack of cookies consisting of 10 pieces each of 3 flavours is going for $10. So how many packs do we need to bake. From there, we looked at the recipe. Each portion yields about 60 cookies, so how much flour, butter, sugar, etc do we need to buy, and we worked that out. We worked those out a few days before we started. And we went shopping.

Along the way, I talked to them about factoring in time to see if we can complete baking so many cookies within 1 or 2 days and also to cater to the unforeseen like burnt batches or recipe yielding lesser than expected, etc. All these can be learnt only from experience.

....we did do some studying afterall.

MMM:

sleepy:

Somehow I feel that this school holiday time passes quickly. It's almost the end of 3rd week of holiday. Left 3 weeks to school reopen. Still so many things not done yet!

That is sooo true... :sad: Happy times seem to pass by so quickly. Before we know it, it is the night before school reopen..

Wanted to build kids' EL for next year.... but it seems that we've only done alittle....

sleepy:

Somehow I feel that this school holiday time passes quickly. It's almost the end of 3rd week of holiday. Left 3 weeks to school reopen. Still so many things not done yet!

janet_lee88:

I was out yesterday...kids were with parents and they had fun. This morning, got them to do some English. Now in the mood for some fun...just so lethargic and thinking of monotonous routine :gloomy: when school reopens.

buds:

concern2:

This morning while brushing my teeth, I overheard a neighbour shouting at her kids,\"Go do your homework - bring out your maths and English...\"

Or-horr.. It just means.

1. You woke up too late. Or she woke up too early.
2. You are too lax. She's on top of things.
3. You brushed your teeth. She may have forgotten.
4. You are soft spoken. She's a loudspeaker.
Or your estate (if like ours), just echoes every little sound because our area is very quiet.
5. You want a full holiday. She wants a balanced holiday.
6. Or the ultimate.....

You have tutors for your kids, she doesn't. :politebleah:

Whatever it is, it's ok for it's different strokes for different folks. No right or wrong answer. Best is, your kids should be even more grateful to you that they can get a work-less holiday. If my neighbour was like that I'd tell my kids, \"See how lucky you are?

buds:

I'll tell them that! :rotflmao:

Our next door neighbour taking Grade 5 piano but most times no parent around. Fortunately for his father, this boy is quite auto-mode since they only have each other. They both carry out their responsibilities. So one goes to work to find money for both of them... sonny goes to school, studies hard and practices on his pieces after he'd be off playing basketball and once his dad returns from work, they'd both go out for dinner. :love:

wonderm:

buds:

[quote=\"concern2\"]This morning while brushing my teeth, I overheard a neighbour shouting at her kids,\"Go do your homework - bring out your maths and English...\"

Or-horr.. It just means.

1. You woke up too late. Or she woke up too early.
2. You are too lax. She's on top of things.
3. You brushed your teeth. She may have forgotten.
4. You are soft spoken. She's a loudspeaker.
Or your estate (if like ours), just echoes every little sound because our area is very quiet.
5. You want a full holiday. She wants a balanced holiday.
6. Or the ultimate.....

You have tutors for your kids, she doesn't. :politebleah:

Whatever it is, it's ok for it's different strokes for different folks. No right or wrong answer. Best is, your kids should be even more grateful to you that they can get a work-less holiday. If my neighbour was like that I'd tell my kids, \"See how lucky you are?

metz:

buds:

Whatever it is, it's ok for it's different strokes for different folks. No right or wrong answer. Best is, your kids should be even more grateful to you that they can get a work-less holiday. If my neighbour was like that I'd tell my kids, \"See how lucky you are?

Your kids will feel even luckier if you were staying near us. Can imagine you telling them,\"See how lucky you are? No need to practise piano/violin day and night.\" :rotflmao:

buds:

concern2:

This morning while brushing my teeth, I overheard a neighbour shouting at her kids,\"Go do your homework - bring out your maths and English...\"

Or-horr.. It just means.

1. You woke up too late. Or she woke up too early.
2. You are too lax. She's on top of things.
3. You brushed your teeth. She may have forgotten.
4. You are soft spoken. She's a loudspeaker.
Or your estate (if like ours), just echoes every little sound because our area is very quiet.
5. You want a full holiday. She wants a balanced holiday.
6. Or the ultimate.....

You have tutors for your kids, she doesn't. :politebleah:

Whatever it is, it's ok for it's different strokes for different folks. No right or wrong answer. Best is, your kids should be even more grateful to you that they can get a work-less holiday. If my neighbour was like that I'd tell my kids, \"See how lucky you are?

buds:

Whatever it is, it's ok for it's different strokes for different folks. No right or wrong answer. Best is, your kids should be even more grateful to you that they can get a work-less holiday. If my neighbour was like that I'd tell my kids, \"See how lucky you are?

concern2:

This morning while brushing my teeth, I overheard a neighbour shouting at her kids,\"Go do your homework - bring out your maths and English...\"

slmkhoo:

metz:

Is doing academic work during holidays necessary bad?

I don't think so. For me, it depends on need. If they need to catch up, we will work on the material. I don't teach schoolwork ahead of school because I want them to learn how to learn in class, and I'm lazy. But not all academic work is schoolwork, and if they are interested, they are free to read and learn anything they want to, as long as it's not from next year's textbooks. They still have to do their daily reading, which is academic work but not schoolwork.

janet_lee88:

concern2:

This morning while brushing my teeth, I overheard a neighbour shouting at her kids,\"Go do your homework - bring out your maths and English...\"

I am guilty of that sometimes :oops:

Mawar:

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"HAPPYH\"]Yes...... I also ask my DD to clean up the dining table, wash the simple utensils, fold clothes, etc...


She does obey sometimes but most of the times.........find excuses.

I build some chores into their normal schedules even during term time as I want them to get used to the idea of doing some housework. What I assign during holidays is over and above the normal, but once assigned, I don't let them off as it's a bad precedent. Sometimes, if it's something I don't really care whether they do or not, I will give them the choice first, but if they agree, they don't get let off. Again, bad precedent. It's not academic learning, but it's important that they learn to keep to their commitments.

concern2:

This morning while brushing my teeth, I overheard a neighbour shouting at her kids,\"Go do your homework - bring out your maths and English...\"

slmkhoo:

HAPPYH:

Yes...... I also ask my DD to clean up the dining table, wash the simple utensils, fold clothes, etc...


She does obey sometimes but most of the times.........find excuses.

I build some chores into their normal schedules even during term time as I want them to get used to the idea of doing some housework. What I assign during holidays is over and above the normal, but once assigned, I don't let them off as it's a bad precedent. Sometimes, if it's something I don't really care whether they do or not, I will give them the choice first, but if they agree, they don't get let off. Again, bad precedent. It's not academic learning, but it's important that they learn to keep to their commitments.