Club 2007 Kiddo

[micollh]

Hello all, I just emailed my PV application today. Finger cross , at least they accept us as PV, else i have to go to Tao Nan… and will be headache able logistic arrangement…

[SAHM_TAN]

Your backup school is very good. Many parents have worked out the transport issue, so am sure you will find your solution too.


No more PV for me, the younger 2 kids will follow DD1's school.

[micollh]

I would prefer school nearer my home… if go tao nan… even we drive her to school in morning also will jam along the road there…so now see how it goes with the PV thingy… yeah once u settled with ur first kid, subsequent just follow no need headache !

[MintyMin]

Good Morning Ladies..


Heya micollh.. i wish u good luck in getting the PV..

[micollh]

Thanks MintyMin… result will be out only next year…so this year can relax first.

[MintyMin]

Ah... ic ic.. nvr do PV or enrol for it.. so not sure hw it wrks.. but glad i dun nid to go thru it..

[micollh]

lucky u minty. but nowadays esp popular school all need PV liao…

[micollh]

some updates for my 4yo:

DD can spell ONE to TEN; she is able to write (by saying the stroke) for her own surname (simple cos it’s wang 4 stroke nia) and ren and kou); knows Jan to December (spelling of it is my target for her next mth); recognise numbers 1 to 20 (recital of number 1 to 50), she is still not so keen in maths…i get her to do maths worksheet daily (simple addition, substraction and concept(like big, small, smallest, biggest, between etc)); poem recital on weekly basis, still do Linking memory for world map ( am doing solar system for her next month)… we still read our ji chu han zhi… now second level book 1, peter and jane book 3a (take so long as each page has new word, we read one page per day)…

[micollh]

any learning methods that works for ur kids to share ? esp in maths… seems like shichida method is not working for DD haizzz…

[phtthp]

hi micollh,


try to brush up on her vocabulary. Important! bec come P1 need to write minimum 5 lines compo. If no vocab as support, dun know how or what to write about. get stuck!

Nov 18 onwards got Popular bookfair, at level 6 Suntec city. Bring yr popular membership card along, for discount.

for a start, can buy her

- Learning Vocabulary,

by Success Publications, costs sthing like $10 for 4 or 5 books. Inside have v nice colorful, nice pictures. At this young age 4 yr old, let child associate image with the word. Everyday, let her see one or 2 pictures. ask her ... can point out to mommy in this picture, where is the skirt in my wardrobe (example) ? Good! now, you can find the skirt picture. How about ... can help mommy find the word skirt ? what sound does it begin with ? ...s

so yr child learns a new word 'skirt' & store it inside her CPU brain.

another vocab you can buy is 'English Take Off to Primary 1' for 5 to 7 yrs old, with parents' guide by Oei Chay Hoon, EPH.

- let her practise some Phonics worksheets.

you may buy:-
English Workbook for Kindergarten 1 & 2, by GA Cheah, Rhythm publishing. If cant find this, buy other similar Phonics books will do. let her practise daily.

another one you can buy is:-
Fun Phonics Activitity Series 1 by Mah See May, Rhythm publishing

- also expose her to some v simple, basic Picture compositions.

eg: Picture composition, by publisher Learners Publishing, author Terry Bell

over here - besides the picture, each page has got some helping words simple vocab below the picture + qns to help & guide parents along to ask the child qns (regarding the picture inside). It sets the child's observation skills to work, make her think about she sees or how she interpret from the picture. This help her later in composition writing next time.

- if Shichida method not working, means perhaps yr child learns via some other way. eg: learn via hands on feel & touch. Every child learns differently. What works for Shichida in one child may not work on another. You may sign her up for some other Maths enrichment pgm more suitable & appropriate for child.