<![CDATA[K2 听写]]>My DS received his first 听写 list yesterday. He has one week to learn these words:

1。头发
2。脚
3。眼睛
4。舌头
5。七嘴八舌
6。鼻子
7。耳朵
I thought these are pretty difficult for K2 level? What I like is the teacher trained them to practise writing stroke by stroke of each character so they will learn to write each character correctly.
🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/32011/k2-听写RSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 11:02:52 GMTTue, 14 Feb 2012 04:31:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:32:13 GMT]]>My nephew had spelling like "butterfly" in K2 mandarin. Even I still cannot write that!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/719413https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/719413Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:32:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:17:46 GMT]]>

pinkapple:
ho ho.


mine has
厨房
睡房
组屋
客厅
电脑

gosh!

but we try not to tell my son that these are difficult words and he usually manage to get them right.
Oh wow! These are hard too! :scared:

For English spelling, my DS had these words for his first round:

Friends
Heart
Love
Cookie
Chocolate

I taught him to break up the longer words so it's easier to remember. Eg. 'He-art' which he already can spell separately. He took 5 minutes to learn them and after more than a week, he could still remember them! 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/719403https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/719403Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:33:30 GMT]]>ho ho.


mine has
厨房
睡房
组屋
客厅
电脑

gosh!

but we try not to tell my son that these are difficult words and he usually manage to get them right.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/716926https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/716926Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:33:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:51:31 GMT]]>I rem DS1 was able to tingxie "crab" in K2 but now at P3, he doesn’t rem how to write that anymore. It’s all abt drilling lah.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/716459https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/716459Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:51:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:04:54 GMT]]>

ebebel:
My DS received his first 听写 list yesterday. He has one week to learn these words:

1。头发
2。脚
3。眼睛
4。舌头
5。七嘴八舌
6。鼻子
7。耳朵
I thought these are pretty difficult for K2 level? What I like is the teacher trained them to practise writing stroke by stroke of each character so they will learn to write each character correctly.
🙂
I think your DS' cc did the same as what my DD's cc did, the words are related to the topic learnt that week/term. For your DS' case, it is body parts.

I also think its funny that they just anyhow choose difficult words without starting from easier ones. Think their aim is to teach the theme and also let the kids experience ting xie at the same time (in prep for P1).

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snowball32:

So long as the child understands the strokes and can read the characters, it makes learning chinese words much easier (just like knowing phonics will help the child in understanding/ reading English words and hence make learning spelling easier).
I do agree with this. Must understands the stoke and the child will be able to write. Prior to this, expose the child to speak and slowly recognise those characters. Think the key is how to excite/interest them without pushing too much and turn them off. Am still learning

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/712540https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/712540Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:12:18 GMT]]>

ahkeong:
tankee:


cannot compare with old days.

Primary school now are tougher than when we were there.

think he is going to suffer big time!!

both me and wife speaks to him in english
hence his chinese not strong.. plus his handwriting oso quite bad
can dun take chinese? 😂

Its good to teach him to read and recognise chinese characters. We also speak English at home. Hence, we look for a fulltime CC which teaches Chinese everyday. Within 6mths from joining the CC, both my kids (used to be branded \"Kan Tang aka Potato\" can converse in Mandarin already.

So long as the child understands the strokes and can read the characters, it makes learning chinese words much easier (just like knowing phonics will help the child in understanding/ reading English words and hence make learning spelling easier).

Just my few cents worth of comments from my experience

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711682https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711682Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:26:01 GMT]]>

tankee:

cannot compare with old days.

Primary school now are tougher than when we were there.
think he is going to suffer big time!!

both me and wife speaks to him in english
hence his chinese not strong.. plus his handwriting oso quite bad
can dun take chinese? 😂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711322https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711322Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:26:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:15:53 GMT]]>Agree that every child is different and strong in different areas. For my boy, he has a strong interest in Chinese so the ‘tougher’ curriculum in his kinddy is good for him and helping him develop his interest in the language. Although I see some kids might struggle more, like my DD. I had to try and make it interesting for her (like helping her to remember the words through drawings) and help her learn just one character a day when she was in K2!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711134https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711134Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:15:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:13:55 GMT]]>

ahkeong:
my boy in k2 oso kena difficult words for 听写


words which we only learn when we were in primary school

wats wrong ah?

cannot compare with old days.

Primary school now are tougher than when we were there.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711091https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711091Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:13:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:29:33 GMT]]>my boy in k2 oso kena difficult words for 听写


words which we only learn when we were in primary school

wats wrong ah?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711052https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711052Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:29:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:57:23 GMT]]>

snowball32:

My DD1, now in K2, has no problem learning her 听写, words like :耳朵，
新年，想， 送，给，唱歌, etc.....

She just need to practise the words - 1 page on her jotter book and she can write the characters already.
Probably each child will be strong in certain area. Some very good in Chinese, some in English and some in Maths at young age

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711042https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/711042Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:57:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:56:07 GMT]]>Actually 听写 is not difficult to learn if you understand/ follow the strokes forming the words and knowing how to read the words.


My kids’ CC teach my kids to recognise chinese characters way back from PG to K1, they only introduce HYPY in K2 to prep for P1.

My DD1, now in K2, has no problem learning her 听写, words like :耳朵，
新年，想， 送，给，唱歌, etc…

She just need to practise the words - 1 page on her jotter book and she can write the characters already.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710655https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710655Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:56:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:40:02 GMT]]>

dimsum:
omg, i think the words are tough.

My K2 boy cham liao. Probably will struggle with tingxie when he's in P1 next year. He's in a CC that doesn't give any homework and doesn't believe in tingxie or spelling.

My child also had no spelling and tingxie. After 3 years in primary school and on her 4th now....I would conclude that every child is different. Some would need this kind of boosting at preschool and some would not need. It is really the parents who need to know necessary or not and choose the right preschool.

Only in hindsight for myself, I think I have chosen the right one for my child without the academic rigors type....at least she had lots of fun in preschool days with birthday party celebrations every month!

I think for parents with children going to SAP school, they may need to beef up Chinese more so some of these Chinese standard in preschool is very high.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710607https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710607Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:40:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:28:19 GMT]]>

tankee:
jedamum:

[quote=\"ebebel\"]Oh wow! Looks like it's getting tougher by the week, donian!

I remember the words I learnt when I was in kinddy were like: 人，口，刀，尺，水，火，日，月，天，地，山，田，木，市，布，衣，牛，羊，花，草... etc. So much simpler! Our kids gotta work so much harder now!

my K2 boy still tingxie these simple words leh 😓

:yikes:[/quote] :yikes: to your :yikes: !!!!
and i thought his words are already difficult (ie 衣，牛，羊 etc) 😓
ds1 did not even have tingxie in preschool. :roll:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710593https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710593Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:19:41 GMT]]>

jedamum:
ebebel:

Oh wow! Looks like it's getting tougher by the week, donian!

I remember the words I learnt when I was in kinddy were like: 人，口，刀，尺，水，火，日，月，天，地，山，田，木，市，布，衣，牛，羊，花，草... etc. So much simpler! Our kids gotta work so much harder now!

my K2 boy still tingxie these simple words leh 😓

:yikes:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710465https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710465Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:19:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:51:24 GMT]]>

jedamum:
ebebel:

Oh wow! Looks like it's getting tougher by the week, donian!

I remember the words I learnt when I was in kinddy were like: 人，口，刀，尺，水，火，日，月，天，地，山，田，木，市，布，衣，牛，羊，花，草... etc. So much simpler! Our kids gotta work so much harder now!

my K2 boy still tingxie these simple words leh 😓

I think different kinddies have different approaches bah...? I think the kinddies should pace themselves appropriately and not stress the kids out unnecessarily. In the first half of P1, the emphasis is on reading, listening and speaking, and not so much on writing yet. Too much 'difficult' writing in Kinddy level might just kill the kids' interest in learning the language, IMO. 😓

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710402https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710402Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:23:22 GMT]]>

ebebel:
Oh wow! Looks like it's getting tougher by the week, donian!

I remember the words I learnt when I was in kinddy were like: 人，口，刀，尺，水，火，日，月，天，地，山，田，木，市，布，衣，牛，羊，花，草... etc. So much simpler! Our kids gotta work so much harder now!
my K2 boy still tingxie these simple words leh 😓

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710366https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710366Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:23:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:19:57 GMT]]>Oh wow! Looks like it’s getting tougher by the week, donian!

I remember the words I learnt when I was in kinddy were like: 人，口，刀，尺，水，火，日，月，天，地，山，田，木，市，布，衣，牛，羊，花，草… etc. So much simpler! Our kids gotta work so much harder now!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710357https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710357Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:19:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:31:05 GMT]]>My boy’s 听写 list for 4 weeks.


Week 1:
爸爸 / 妈妈 / 哥哥 / 姐姐

Week 2:
家 / 门 / 妹妹 / 弟弟

Week 3:
朋友 / 玩具 / 积木/ 游戏

Week 4:
喜欢 / 唱歌 / 跑步 / 爱好

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710294https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710294Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:31:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:57:35 GMT]]>Number 6 should be 牙齿, haha, remembered wrongly.


daddy2007, he's in a childcare centre, Carpe Diem (YCK). He's very blessed to have very good teachers this year 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710260https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710260Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:57:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:57:54 GMT]]>

ebebel:
My DS received his first 听写 list yesterday. He has one week to learn these words:

1。头发
2。脚
3。眼睛
4。舌头
5。七嘴八舌
6。鼻子
7。耳朵
I thought these are pretty difficult for K2 level? What I like is the teacher trained them to practise writing stroke by stroke of each character so they will learn to write each character correctly.
🙂
wow... which kindergarten is he in?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710078https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/710078Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:57:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to K2 听写 on Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:49:15 GMT]]>omg, i think the words are tough.

My K2 boy cham liao. Probably will struggle with tingxie when he’s in P1 next year. He’s in a CC that doesn’t give any homework and doesn’t believe in tingxie or spelling.

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