How to cultivate a positive learning attitude in our kids

[Wesim]

Hi


I am not blaming my girl lah...i also know there are other methods to use, but my mind is really a blank when it comes to Chinese. But luckily, she is able to recognise some Chinese characters and i will always take the opportunity to 'revise' with her when we play together (learn thru play). I will keep it this way rather then rolling my eyes on our every so-called Chinese lesson. For the harder part, i will leave it to the experts (already signed her up at Berries for next Jan10 class).

Hi daisyt,
Nice to see you here
I am also using your method (asking endless questions) to keep on challenging my girl.

[daisyt]

Wesim:

Hi daisyt,

Nice to see you here
I am also using your method (asking endless questions) to keep on challenging my girl.

Hi Wesim .... sorry but to ask you, have we chat before in other topics or other forum ? :oops: :oops: You seem to know me ...

[mintcc]

Thanks all for sharing. I guess I am just going easy for now and go with things that he is interested in first. Will continue to praise him for his effort and emphasise that the important thing is to try.

[Wesim]

hi daisyt

We ‘met’ at SG Mother**** forum lah. We are staying in the same area (north).

[daisyt]

Wesim:

hi daisyt

We 'met' at SG Mother**** forum lah. We are staying in the same area (north).

Oh .... hahaha. I open the excel file and found your name. Okkkkk ...

[Funz]

DD is 6yrs old. I am trying something out this week. Told her over the weekend that going forward I will not remind her(or nag her) to learn her spelling and tingxie and I will not test her either. She is old enough and she has already gone through so many rounds of spellings to know when the list of words will be provided for them to learn and when the teacher will test them. And she knows how to go about preparing herself.


Lets see how she does this Friday which is her spelling and tingxie day.

I am not really bothered about whether she gets them all correct but I want her to learn to be independant and know that these are her responsibilities as a student and I should not have to constantly remind and nag her about her tests/homework when she goes to primary school.

[daisyt]

As a parent, nothing more rewarding when you kids tell you, \"I CAN DO IT ! Don't worry.\" At a stage, you would feel that awards and results are no longer as rewarding than these 4 words.

[daisyt]

I encourage parents to start imparting positive/active/independent learning attitute when the kids are young. You might not see the result soon but I am sure you can see improvement little by little over the years. When the kids grow older, sure you can see some results. Jia you !


One thing to share with all, how my girl cope without tuition all these years. I always encourage her to seek help from classmates and teachers when she face difficulties in school work. She would observe, who are the classmates or seniors good in Math and Science (since she is quite weak on these two). Then she would approach them for help when required. She would also approach teachers after class. In school, when remedial lesson is required, she would attend. When we see some good guide books, we would purchase and she would refer to when needed. So far, she is coping well, although not fantastic results but I feel its good enough.

[corrochan]

All good sharing, thanks!


Sometimes I make my kid learn something even as I know he’s not enjoying it. And he told me so. I explained that things are not always easy, as in life itself, but he had to just keep on trying - even when he didn’t enjoy at first.

Just my sharing.

[daisyt]

corrochan:

All good sharing, thanks!


Sometimes I make my kid learn something even as I know he's not enjoying it. And he told me so. I explained that things are not always easy, as in life itself, but he had to just keep on trying - even when he didn't enjoy at first.

Just my sharing.

Hi corrochan, very true !

We had at tough but amazing experience when my girl was choosing her CCA early this year. This CCA was something very new to her and its not an easy one. She kept arguing with us at that time, that CCA must be one not stressful, fun, easy easy type because study already so pressurised. But we want her to spend her time on something useful (CCA time is min 6 hours a week), a new skill that she has never encountered before, regardless if its difficult or not. Now, she loves her CCA more than anything and she admits that this CCA is giving her lots of opportunities and experiences that she has never encounted before. It took her about 6 months to tell me \"Mummy, I love my CCA and never regret joining\". And trust me, the 6 months is not an easy time for us. On the other hand, I have to admit, there is this special quality in her. Once she is into something, even if she does not like it, she would still give her best and adapt into the situation well.