Tks rosemummy. That was very encouraging. Will cont to work hard with him.

Tks for sharing wawa. I do appreciate my child. I understand how.painful it can be to not receive affection from our children. Your child is still precious and he can still be happy as he has a mummy who really loves him.

hi mama_mia


thks for sharing. i am still hoping that my son will learn sufficiently so he can manage sufficiently well when he is older. much of his communication could be rote learning, and not as effortless as many children, but i hope that high exposure will at least give him sufficient "data bank" to manage as well as a normal child. will see how…

phankao


very impressive. he is so cute! it’s too late to do this for my 5 year old right? i gotta go through the long tedious process of teaching word by word…

you know, i sound a bit like you on the video! i find it quite amusing, like hearing myself…

smurf - housework is important and urgent. our children is important, but not always urgent. just see your kids as dirty dishes lor… i cannot stand seeing my children waste their time…

hi phankao. impressive. you should show parents your baby, (31 mths old is still a baby to me! :)) and maybe they will believe you and be inspired.


smurf - i think it is a matter of priority. i started being a SAHM from aug last year to stay home with my 3 boys. i was quite swamped in the beginning and i ask myself why i had stayed home - to cook and wash socks?? we chose not to continue to have a maid and me, having been pampered all my life, have now gotta pick up home making and cooking skills. thankfully i have a wonderful mummy who helped me a lot. still, i was miserable on many days.

but i continued to work on my efficiency and constantly think and pray about how i can help my children despite the work i needed to do. i have to decide to \"give up\" certain things like the neatness and cleanliness of parts of the house. i get the children to help, i delegate (i have a robot vacuum cleaner, a pt helper who comes once every 2 weeks and my wonderful mum who cooks dinner (i tingkat back) for me).

your solution will be different from mine. but you will find a solution. do not give up trying. if you find that you have no time for the coaching, and the coaching is important to you, then keep thinking, because i am sure you will find an answer.

i have gotten a good routine now, and i finish all my housework by the morning (on gd days, i even have time to come to this forum!). i find time to teach my youngest chinese and maths (i can only manage two subjects each day for now) and read a book to him each day. i watch over my elder two's school homework and teach them occasionally. now i am even more hard pressed for time cos i have dropped their chinese tuition and i am now their chinese tutor (ahh!!)

it can be done. if you initially only have 15 minutes a day, then start with 15 minutes. persevere and you will see results and then i am sure you will be so motivated that you will be able to find another 15 minutes and so on.

Hi, anyone has recommendations on useful resources for oral? for p4 & 5 and of course the PSLE. I am now teaching the kids on my own. I mean TRYING to teach them on my own…

thanks tamarind. words cannot express my gratitude to you.


i need hope!!

anyway, i will try everything you suggested!!

i am stopping the tuition. i think it is difficult for me to tell the tutor what to do, because she has her professional opinion and i don't want to question it. i hope to find someone who gives no homework, but do good teaching.

meanwhile, i shall spend the time they will now have from doing tuition hw and attending tuition, to read. i read with them now, but very little because they have so little time.

the zuowen book, is not available locally, is it?

hello mummies, i am new to this thread, so appreciate it if you could help me orientate, as there is a wealth of information here!


i am a desperate mother here. with a p4 and a p5, who are struggling with chinese. they spoke mandarin with their grandmas when they were younger, but never became very fluent in it, and sadly, i did not read many chinese books for them…

now their school work is so heavy, i am hard pressed for time to read with them, esp when i have a younger one with language delay which i also need to spend time teaching/playing with.

anyway, i want to do what i can. i am anxious, so i don’t think i wanna order from dang dang (which took 2 months to deliver what i ordered). can i get good books from local bookstore, at bras basah? i saw you guys mention a bookstore. and the xiaomao books looks like the favourites? is it age appropriate for my two boys?

also, they are spending a lot of time practising writing compositions and comprehensions (from their tutor), and yet their mandarin is still borderline pass. i am trying to find a better tutor. but do you think i should just drop the tuition, and concentrate on reading with them? do you think i have time to work with them before their PSLE?

actually my chinese was good as a student, and i do like the chinese language, and the children are not adverse to chinese, but i do feel that i am coming late in the game. my target is for the children to eventually become fluent reader/writer/speaker, but it is difficult not to worry over their psle chinese results…

i sent my youngest to a morning course. my second is at a camp (for the first time in his life!).


my youngest is supposed to be napping, but he is not… he is dropping his nap, i think. (he is reaching 5 years old this year)

oh dread.

hello! thanks for SAHM_TAN, 24-hr mum bebe, janelt_lee 88 and sleepy for replying to my question about your day! i have been missing for a while, haha...


wow SAHM_TAN - you really work hard! assignments after 9:30pm. i am completed washed out by then. there will be unwashed dishes in the sink and mess all around the house...

24-hr mum - i used to be more proactive when it comes to educational materials. i have kinda stopped... mainly cos my kids only have time to finish their sch work and tuition work.. and for my youngest - the problem is not lack of materials, but his willingness to do them... and my available time... oh well..

bebe - you are super amazing! you do so much, including cook! i marvel at you. errmm.. are you like, very young (in age)?? so maybe you got more energy??

janet_lee 88 - yeah, i have some personal time too, when my kids all go to school in the morning. but i spent much more time completing housework and making a feeble attempt to pack up the house and clear the perpectual lump of things on the coffee table, dinning table, TV counter, kitchen counter, etc etc....

sleepy - you look like you got a good life leh... wah, your children so good, no need pushing? i have to tell my son 10 times, before he would move from doing his work on the floor to the table...