All About English Creative Writing

[san20sg]

Vicky2016\" post_id=\"2062570\" time=\"1648187962\" user_id=\"176407:

Hello parents,
When do you thini is a good time for your child to be exposed to creative writing? I am considering whether to put my dd for creative writing classes when she goes p1 next year however, I feel that it could be too soon as compo writing is only introduced in p3. Am I right ??
Confused mummy here please help. 😄

Yes it may be too early for weekly classes in P1. They are just starting to learn how to construct sentences. Maybe you can teach yourself in P1 and send to classes in P2 or P3.

[manorway]

Vicky2016\" post_id=\"2062570\" time=\"1648187962\" user_id=\"176407:

Hello parents,
When do you thini is a good time for your child to be exposed to creative writing? I am considering whether to put my dd for creative writing classes when she goes p1 next year however, I feel that it could be too soon as compo writing is only introduced in p3. Am I right ??
Confused mummy here please help. 😄

Creative writing and school composition are not the same. Creative writing just means writing any topic creatively, then it is about encouraging your child to write any time on any topic. But if you are referring to compo writing for the eventual P3 exam, then P1 is too early in my view. Some kids at P1 can already form very good sentences, so you can encourage them to write freely first.

[tracychew]

I tried joining a compo writing class at P1 but it was every fortnight not weekly. At 6-7 years old my children were struggling with handwriting and too many commas… learning the stories helped but the teacher spent more time correcting their basics… which is important too.


At the younger age maybe it helps more to find something that covers writing and speaking. I see children who speak English primarily at home seem to do better than mine as we speak half half between eng and chi.

[KanChiongMum]

tracychew\" post_id=\"2072644\" time=\"1656596903\" user_id=\"143434:

I tried joining a compo writing class at P1 but it was every fortnight not weekly. At 6-7 years old my children were struggling with handwriting and too many commas.. learning the stories helped but the teacher spent more time correcting their basics.. which is important too.

At the younger age maybe it helps more to find something that covers writing and speaking. I see children who speak English primarily at home seem to do better than mine as we speak half half between eng and chi.

what is the duration of primary one writing class? 1h 30min?

[sharonkhoo]

tracychew\" post_id=\"2072644\" time=\"1656596903\" user_id=\"143434:

I tried joining a compo writing class at P1 but it was every fortnight not weekly. At 6-7 years old my children were struggling with handwriting and too many commas.. learning the stories helped but the teacher spent more time correcting their basics.. which is important too.

At the younger age maybe it helps more to find something that covers writing and speaking. I see children who speak English primarily at home seem to do better than mine as we speak half half between eng and chi.

I don't know if you have already found a class. Just a couple of suggestions that you (or anyone with kids who are having difficulties with sentences) could try at home:
- try to speak complete sentences in one language, without mixing. The kids will then be able to compose complete sentences for compo purposes.
- read aloud to your kids from storybooks, and get them to read aloud as well. They will then learn the rhythms of the language, and also learn how to use complete sentences, and widen their vocab. Even if they are now older, do some reading aloud - from newspaper articles, snatches of books/articles you think might interest them, etc.
- get kids to do \"leisure writing\" - anything that they want, and not school compos! Letters, diaries, instruction manuals for some game, their own stories. Just getting the practice writing is good, and working on school compos will be easier (but of course more boring, but what to do?)

These are tried and true methods used on my own kids who are both grown-up now.

[tracychew]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2074697\" time=\"1657932305\" user_id=\"28674:

I don't know if you have already found a class. Just a couple of suggestions that you (or anyone with kids who are having difficulties with sentences) could try at home:
- try to speak complete sentences in one language, without mixing. The kids will then be able to compose complete sentences for compo purposes.
- read aloud to your kids from storybooks, and get them to read aloud as well. They will then learn the rhythms of the language, and also learn how to use complete sentences, and widen their vocab. Even if they are now older, do some reading aloud - from newspaper articles, snatches of books/articles you think might interest them, etc.
- get kids to do \"leisure writing\" - anything that they want, and not school compos! Letters, diaries, instruction manuals for some game, their own stories. Just getting the practice writing is good, and working on school compos will be easier (but of course more boring, but what to do?)

These are tried and true methods used on my own kids who are both grown-up now.

Thank you so much for this detailed reply! I will forward this to my friends with younger children!! They would love it too!!

For me it was a few years back and I switched between a private home tutor for the personal attention at the start.. and centre (TAS) once my child was more independent.. I did try reading lots of storybooks aloud too! I think my own english improved after that

[EN Parent]

Looking for a P6 writing class for weekdays. 3pm if possible. Any recommendation?

[springin2020]

Hi Parents,


I just ride on this thread, I would like to check if any parents send their child to MindChamps writing class in Junction 10 branch, how is it?

cheers, Mymmy

[Vamos]

Hi everyone. Just to find out which is the best online course for PSLE cohort in terms of their teaching & marking feedback? E.g. Chalkboard Academy, Writing Samurai, Big Ideaz etc.

[manorway]

Vamos\" post_id=\"2109192\" time=\"1684726490\" user_id=\"200806:

Hi everyone. Just to find out which is the best online course for PSLE cohort in terms of their teaching & marking feedback? E.g. Chalkboard Academy, Writing Samurai, Big Ideaz etc.

Best if parents can share examples.

Chalkboard academy class only writes 1 story though parents pay for 6 hours of lessons. Pricey. Give kids model compo to read. But reading model compo does not mean kids can apply in their own writing. If kids can apply from JUST reading others' stories, they would ALREADY have done so by P6.