All About Preparing For Primary One

[mrswongtuition]

SAHM_TAN:

I would like to check with parents who send their kids to Primary 1 preparation courses? How do they value-add to what's being taught in kindergarten or CC?


Thanks

What you and your child achieve out of such programs really depends on what is the focus of the program.

What are you looking for in a short course?
- Exposure to Primary school like worksheets (MCQ)?
- Gain certain knowledge/skills?
- Asses if your child needs extra help/coaching before Primary 1?

For the classes I conduct, it's more of exposure to school worksheets (understanding how does MCQ work) and identifying their weak areas so that parents can work on them before they officially start P1.

For example, I have identified some who 'breeze through' their preschool's worksheets because the teachers give answers but are not able to do similar worksheets on their own.
The cause can be due to them not knowing how to read, or them not understanding the questions (can read but no comprehension). Or both.

Then the parents can decide on a remedy action (which I will advise parents). Sometimes the child improves very quickly with daily exposure to reading and simple worksheets done at home with parents. Sometimes they need 1-to-1 attention from tutor to re-explain all the basics.

There are some who are really well-prepared and I would tell parents that there's no need for tuition yet.
However, there are some that really need some intervention ASAP, before they start to lose interest and confidence.

[24hr-mum]

my p2 girl still forgets her belongings.

for a start, u can train ur k2 kid to buy own food, carry own food, eat faster, eat wisely, count money, take down notes esp hmwk, rem to pack own sch bag, pocket $ n uniform. not just academic skills

[SAHM_TAN]

DD is K1 this yr. Ya been trying to get her to eat faster, now she will take an hr to finish her lunch and dinner, even without TV


Thanks for the reminder on the other areas.

[janet88]

mum0408:

Dear all,


I'm thinking to send her to one of those holiday programme which teach student how to be more responsible and concentrate in their studies.
Any recommendation? :?:

Hi,
My son in P4 still needed reminders for his ting xie and mo xie. He still takes some time to eat and if I don't bug him to take his bath and get homework done, he will take forever

[24hr-mum]

my boy, now 5, also eats super slow - 1hr to 1.5hr stimes. unless its junk food eg burger or if its fruits. no. 1 was like that until this year p2

my no. 3 is only 3 but eats 30min. difference? no. 1 and 2 raised by granny. no. 3 is by my maid.

[janet88]

My son is super bochap…I have to get used to that until he matures…hopefully by secondary school. In the meantime, I have to encourage him. My daughter is going to P1 next yr…she is more kiasu than my son. Hope she stays this way next yr.

[24hr-mum]

very worried for my boy. eat slow. do work slow. not becos he cant do tho he isnt very smart but just lazy n playful

[dimsum]

Hi, need feedback from experienced mummies.

Currently, I am looking for a CC for my 4yo boy (will be in K1 next year). The one that I am interested in does not do weekly English spelling at all, not even in K2. The centre mgr said their spelling is done rather informally when learning phonics and she said it’s effective.
Will my DS struggle when he enters P1 and weekly spelling is a routine?
Is it a norm or exception for kindys and CC to give weekly spelling?

[mum0408]

Yes, most of us nags because we hav no choice. That is y I'm looking for \"help\" from someone who can teach them to be more responsible and concentrate. If I continue nagging like that....I think I probably aged faster than my mom...


Anyone heard of mindschamp or something quite similar?

Does it work?? :idea:

[janet88]

Who likes to nag ? Given a choice, I rather keep quiet. Nag at son to bathe, take his lunch, get homework done but write nicely…pack his school bag/tidy up. It’s a daily affair.


Kids now are NOT stupid…in fact they are very much cleverer than us when we were their age. My son does his homework in school so that he doesn’t have homework. There was once he got punished for doing that…during Maths lesson while teacher was teaching, he did his Science homework. Needless to say, his teacher called me to complain after punishing him. All his crazy antics every year.