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jojo (bluemom)
Member
Username: bluemom
Post Number: 1291
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 12:27 am: | 
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Hi, are there any mummies self-teach their kids at hm instead of sending them to English n Maths enrichment classes?
Any advice of what I shld teach him from a start? I am afraid that I might be able to control my tempers when he don't....
Pls advice me. Thanks |
mom2001-04 (mom200104)
New member
Username: mom200104
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2010
| | Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 4:50 am: |
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Hi Jojo, how old r ur kids?
I hv self-tuition for all subjects for my Pr 3 girl since K2 September.
The only exception is that she also hv Chinese enrichment class at Berries bcuz we don't speak Chinese at home.
Tempers will certainly flare, we are human afterall, so if things get bad, maybe a tuition teacher or group tuition will help ease tension! :p
I teach by assessment books, I start by browsing at Popular Bookshop and ask mothers for recommendations.
I choose according to the ability, interest and endurance of my child, i.e weekly revision vs. daily exercise.
You'll need lots of patience, discipline to teach consistently, and self-control of course.
But you'll save lots of money, flexibilty to vary teaching methods, more bonding and get satisfaction when your child do well in exams! Also after tutoring your child for about a semester, if you decide to go for enrichment, at least you'll have a better feel of what kind of environment or method more suitable for your child.
Hope my advice helps. Good luck!  |
aly_nat (aly_nat)
New member
Username: aly_nat
Post Number: 94
Registered: 12-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 3:42 pm: |
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Hi mom2001-04,
I also self teach my P2 girl. Do u have any particular assessment book to recommend for P2 Maths n English?
My gal does not take to chinese very well. Any comments re. Berries? Costs vs course content.
I struggle along to control my temper when my patience is stretch. I plan to only turn to external tuition when the standard is beyond me. Hopefully I can handle them throughout her Primary education. I have been told how tough P5/P6 maths n science can be. |
jojo (bluemom)
Member
Username: bluemom
Post Number: 1350
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 5:47 pm: |
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Hi, now I tried teaching my son whom now 6yrs, next yr P1. Tempers really flare when asked him whether he know or not but he just blankly looked at you, aiyo, can't tahan....
I bought assessment books to teach him n recently I just bought the maths P1 coursebook n realised that maths become so difficult. Sometimes really pity him. Have to squeeze so much into such a small brain... Do you let the kid do assessment works everyday??
My son has been attending Tien Hsia since K1.
Can we keep in contact to exchg teaching pointers, if ok, you can PM me ur contact. |
Elaine (elaine_ho76)
New member
Username: elaine_ho76
Post Number: 45
Registered: 7-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 4:10 pm: |
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Dear parent,
I like to organise home base LOGICO PICCOLO program for Ages 5-9.
Directions for LOGICO PICCOLO cards:
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT SERIES
* Watch and Think
* Perception
* Watch, Discover and Speak
* Space Position
* Traces
* Patterns
* Geometry 1
* Geometry 2
ENGLISH SERIES
* Me and My Family
* My Home
* At School
* My Town
MATHEMATICS SERIES
* Counting and Addition to 10
* Addition and Subtraction to 10
* Addition to 20
* Addition and Subtraction to 20
* Introducing Multiplication
* Multiplication by 2 to 10
* Introducing Division
* Division by 2 to 10
(Total of 320 cards)
Frequency: Every Tuesday & Thursday (except PH)
OR Every Monday & Wednesday (except PH)
Capacity: Max 2-5 participants per session
Time: 9.45am to 10.45am
Location: 567 Hougang St 51
Charges: $10 payable every session * 32 sessions
(10 cards per session)
$50 deposit for frame
(Refundable at 32th session)
Contact: Elaine @ 9387 3377 or
elaine_ho76@hotmail.com
LOGICO PICCOLO can help to improve children's
* Concentration and perception abilities
* Logical thinking and reasoning skills
* Spatial imagination and geometrical thinking skills
* English vocabularies and sentences structures familiarizing abilities
* Basic mathmatical concepts and operation skills
* Problem solving and ideas association skills |
Jaye N (sharkie8480)
New member
Username: sharkie8480
Post Number: 4
Registered: 4-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 9:37 pm: |
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There's a site with free Pri school math resources here: http://flyingcoloursacademy.blogspot.com/
YOu can use the resources to teach your own child |
Tan Gek Chang (gekchangtan)
New member
Username: gekchangtan
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 2:46 pm: |
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great idea, jojo!
I've always wanted to home school my children, like what alot of parents in Europe of US do, but no confidence lei... Scully teach wrongly? Or what if they grow up feeling isolated and no friends... Endless worries >
I'm trying to *hinthint* to my boy's form teacher to bring them for excursions more often like Science Centre, Omni Theatre, Singapore Arts Museum... I am a firm believer in holistic education. Contrary to what other people think, i believe holistic education builds stronger characters... :D |
Compass (compass)
New member
Username: compass
Post Number: 2
Registered: 4-2012
| | Posted on Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 10:33 pm: |
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hi hi.. National Institute of Education-Singapore (NIE) is offering FREE Math Online Tutorials called “The Blending Assessment with Instruction Program (BAIP). It is a commercial program developed by researchers and Math experts in the University of Kansas in the United States and has been field tested over 239 mainstream school districts and 3,777 students with special needs in year 2009 within the United States.
BAIP is made powerful through (1) researched-based lessons for teachers, (2) instructional tutorials (text and animation versions) for students, (3) parent resources linked expressly to curriculum standards, and (4) eventual summative assessments used to monitor student achievement and management system.
Student skills BAIP addresses:
· Fundamentals
· Higher Order Thinking
· Reasoning
· Data Analysis
· Probability
The BAIP project will provide FREE ACCESS to its collection of online lessons, tutorials and parent activities in exchange for parents and teachers using BAIP. It also seeks to answer to whether hand how we can promote student achievement, learning attitudes, and parental support in mathematics. In exchange for helping us answer these questions, we pledge class collection of mathematical resources to you.
If you are interested in receiving free BAIP math online tutorials, please email niebaip@gmail.com or call 8280-3608 (during office hours) today! |
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