tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-376675447227239302024-03-13T15:45:06.332+08:00Homeschool @ SGHomeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-19979077979665056342013-01-06T18:58:00.000+08:002013-01-06T18:58:30.683+08:00Write on!<div style="text-align: center;">
I created another blog and it's giving me headache! It made me want to quit the blogsphere world! Anybody want to help me create my own blog site? :P</div>
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Well, enough said! Here's my new link (if anyone's interested):</div>
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Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-67459768847981771232012-11-29T18:02:00.003+08:002012-11-29T18:58:44.940+08:00The end?<div style="text-align: center;">Happily, i wanted to upload photos and blog away until...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">A message popped out telling me that i have max out my storage capacity & in order to continue i've to pay. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">So is this the end?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">One hand, i feel like i am reaching to a 'blogging' halt. There seem nothing interesting to share about since our homeschool is just doing assessment books after assessment books. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">On the other hand, sometimes i do get hit with inspiration and i want to blog about it. Like now. But, it seems rather silly to pay for it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">So, i am weighing in my options. I can start a new blog elsewhere or i can create my very own. Or just end blogging right here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">But till then..... </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This blog shall take another short break. Or maybe it's bye forever.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope i will get it sorted out soon. Otherwise, it's goodbye blog world! We shall see!/div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-88250822459797748072012-11-11T20:50:00.000+08:002012-11-11T21:26:32.410+08:00Mad Maths!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-41611401935147577562012-11-11T00:37:00.003+08:002012-11-11T00:40:22.059+08:00Annual Parent teacher meet<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I met sonshine's teachers ahead of the actual Parent-teacher meet. The teachers were kind enough to arrange us to meet earlier since i'm there everyday (to pick him up). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both teachers shared that he is a very obedient and extremely well behaved boy. He is attentive and non disruptive in class. The mandarin teacher noted that he's love for learning is very strong and apparent. Like his past teachers, both teachers say he is academically strong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His mandarin teacher shared that he takes his role/job very seriously. One of the example she gave was during the concert rehearsal, how he was so determined to get his steps right. She said although his dance moves were not perfect but that drive to want to do it right was commendable & will surely take him very far in life. No wonder, a couple of teachers came up to me and told me how impressed they were. I thought they were referring to his dancing! LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I notice this attitude applies to all things relating to school- including his enrichment school. Be it the smallest of task from packing his school bag to his school work- he takes them all seriously. He listens to each and every instruction carefully and makes sure he executes them accurately- with or without my prompting. I am uncertain if this is a good or bad thing. Because i think it's driven by fear, fear of doing the wrong thing and being the odd one out. Yet, so far, i see nothing but good things resulting from this attitude of his. It spurs him to do his best, no less.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That said, he is not perfect. Socially, he still keeps to himself. Although he doesn't exchange many words, he does respond- only when needed. He joins in to play with his classmates minus the verbal exchange but comfortable with his friends. He is such a quiet boy that even when he's bullied by his classmates, he would simply keep mum. And he is quite an emotional little boy. He tends to cry, quite dramatically, over smallest of things and will cry like he lost his mother. No.Kidding. The teachers say we gotta toughen this boy up. Right, i am so going to check him in for taekwondo class- hiiaaaaak!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of the feedback, i am most proud of is his behaviour in class. Over and over again, i hear the teachers say he is very well behaved. I am glad that he is not giving his teachers a handful. I have always been very proud of this aspect of my sonny. He's always been that good little boy, of course he has his moments. Yet again, i am not sure if it's entirely a good thing. He tend to get bullied easily because of his mild & quiet nature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, it was a good feedback. Nothing surprising though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other day, i turned over our laundry basket and gave her a packet of straws. She was kept busy with inserting the straws through the basket linings. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sat her in the bumbo seat (yah, she can still fit comfortably in it) and shove her a set of stickers. She peeled off the stickers one by one and stuck them on the chair. It sure kept her quiet & contented! </span></div>
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I am still trying to find a rhythm in our homeschooling schedule. At first, i thought i would do a subject a day. But i realised i can't cover much per subject in a week. 15-20 minutes a day of homeschooling is barely enough for me to cover much. So i thought to try one subject a week. Last week, i made it an English week. So far so good. But, i am still unsure. I'll have to see how this week (Chinese theme) goes. </div>
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Composition wasn't about writing a story. I just used the above assessment workbook and let sonshine do. It's more like a close passage really. At the same time, i made him read aloud the passage (preparing him for oral, perhaps?).</div>
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We worked on Grammar. This week we learn about adjectives; how we use them to describe a noun. We also worked when to use 'a & an'. </div>
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On a separate note, i bought a Kingfisher dictionary for my son. It's a simple, beginner dictionary just nice for kids. I taught him how to use the dictionary. As we stumble onto new words, i would suggest looking up the word in the dictionary. One day, we came across a new word and i asked if he knew the meaning & he did! Naturally, i asked how he knew, he said 'I checked the dictionary'. Ah, what a proud moment for me!</div>
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On a haste, i went out to buy him a bigger & more detailed Webster's dictionary- also for kids. I was frustrated with the first one because we couldn't find many words in it. However, this bigger dictionary is probably still a tad pre-schooler unfriendly. The words they used to describe another word may be too difficult & sonshine wasn't as enthusiastic about checking as he was with the first. Oh well!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to one of my favourite montessori blogs, i was reminded that i could start matching activity with my toddler. So we did quite a few match-y match-y stuff last week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As we worked on each category, i try to name all the items so that as she 'play', she also learns the name of each item. Sometimes i would ask her to point to the item as i call them out just to make sure she knows. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have decided to pursue copywork as part of my homeschool curriculum. There are too many benefits of copywork to give it up though its boring. You can read more about copywork </span><a href="http://www.welltrainedmind.com/why-do-copywork-and-dictation/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. But to each his own. Before you jump in, i suggest you take a second to think if it suits your child's learning style. I don't think every child will benefit from this style of learning. For sonshine, i think he needs this type of drilling to help highlight the sentence structure, punctuation marks, capital letters etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gave him a simple book to copy. The key thing i was looking for was minimal punctuation marks (just commas and periods) and repetitive sentences (hoping that he can magically learn the spelling of the words he wrote several times over). Pelangi books are right up my alley for this purpose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On a separate note, we had quite a frustrating time doing this on one of the days. I had him re-write some letters because it was not written accurately (he wrote '0' like a '6'). I ended up scolding and caning him. Not because of his error but his 'i can't do it' mentality which made him cry in despair. I didn't like that he cried over such a small matter (not the first time) and told him that it is okay if he doesn't know or needs more time but its not okay to cry and give up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He continuously surprise me with his ability to understand and solve mathematical questions. For instance, a question he encountered was "Jim had 3 five-dollar notes. He bought something and left $3. What did he buy?" I was certain he needed help and was just about to explain to him when he said 'car' (see diagram above). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I saw Niktitin Block game splashed all over on the Internet quite long ago but i gave no thought to it. I think only parents whose kids attend Shichida school would know about this. But recently, i was looking for some pattern block game & this came to mind. I decided to give it a try despite not knowing what exactly it is about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first level is relatively 'no sweat'. But it gets a little challenging especially when you need to use those half colored sides and when the number of cubes increases. I got visually confused (if there is such a term) as we tackle the higher levels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But, i love it! I love the visual stimulation and challenge. This game is not meant for kids only, it is also for the young at heart. In fact, i would think its a great game for senior citizens who need some brain challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">For the kids, i think its quite challenging but not impossible. Sonshine was alittle put off at the first play. I had to stack it away, out of sight, out of mind for a few weeks so that he would forget his dislike for it. :P Somehow, at the second try, he got hooked. I learnt that it is important, very important, to let the kids do the easiest first. With some encouragement and guidance, sonshine got the hang of it. Although, whenever he feels that its too difficult, he would lay back and let me do all the work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That said, i don't think it is worth to pay SGD $70 for it. You can easily create this game at home with a little creativity, using lego bricks or colored blocks you have at home. I decided to let the money fly away because i just had no time to DIY. </span></div>
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Her daily activity. The crayons and pencils are readily available and well within her reach. She goes over to the table anytime she wishes.</div>
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I thought it was time to take out my montessori kit for her. Here, she is matching the shapes. Not wanting to overwhelm her, i took out 3 shapes only.</div>
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Sorting Melissa & doug shape blocks by colors. I am pleasantly suprised she could match the colors though she tend to get confuse purple for blue.</div>
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Not forgetting sand play!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="http://makingmum.blogspot.sg/p/day-in-life.html"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day in a Life</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> link up is so inspiring that I can't help but want to join in! It is really interesting to read about how other mummies days are like! How ever similar or different our days are, we all play the same role everyday- juggling! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mostly it is simple bread and butter. But recently, i am trying to be alittle more hardworking. I try to make breakfast more interesting in bid to make him eat faster and more. Not that he has a liking for Hello Kitty, it just makes my morning prettier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the boy is done with his milk, we would head over to the activity table. This would be our homeschool time. Babydoll sits on my left, doodling with color pencils, crayons while sonshine sits on my right working on 'mummy's work'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back home! You would think i'd have the luxury to go out shopping and do the 'tai tai' thing but no. I got to rush home to feed the girl before she is due for her first nap of the day. Today, i allow myself to be a lazy mama and give her 'anything goes' lunch. If time permits, i will read to her and do a little activity with her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Dinner time! Also, my life-time helper returns home! AAAAh, i can feel my tense body starting to relax now. Some days my sweet man would sense that i need a break so he takes me out for a cup of nice teh tarik. Otherwise, Daddy plays with the kids in the toy room while i give myself a break.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A good day would go by without me yelling my head off at the kids. A bad day would see me jumping at sonshine for every wrong thing he does and he shrieks & apologises in response. So before you think i have a perfect day or a super mama, well i am not. I still need to learn how to not be an angsty mother and wife. :I</span></div>
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Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-72066369679332720342012-10-07T23:16:00.001+08:002012-10-07T23:23:00.757+08:00This thing called motivation<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When i was in primary school, i wasn't just an average-grade student. I was a borderline student. I remember year after year, i would worry about passing & being promoted up to the next level. I was a struggling student. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My entire primary school went by in a blur. I attended school because i was told to. I don't know what i was learning and i don't even recall studying for the examinations! Came PSLE, i got, yes you guessed it, borderline grades. It was so borderline that i could pass to the Secondary school but had to be posted into 'Normal' stream (five years course). I recall my mother scolding me, me crying and my sister comforting me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Somehow, i woke up from my deep (academic) slumber in secondary school. Somehow, grades became very important to me. Somehow, i needed to prove to my uncles, family, more importantly-myself, that i am not that 'stupid' and i can be as smart as i want myself to be. My grades shot up and i was posted to the express stream (four years course) just after 6 months. Since then, it was happily ever after and i made it into University. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My own schooling journey taught me about the one thing that is important in getting good grades- self motivation. In primary school, i didn't see the point of studying or getting good grades. My parents didn't push me either. In secondary school & all the way up, my parents were equally hands off. But i somehow got spurred and this little potion called motivation was sprinkled all over me. I had zero tuition. I earn my way up to good grades all through my own hard work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This made me wonder, instead of pushing our children to study hard, would it not be easier if the child has self motivation to do so? Instead of us nagging them to revise, they do it on their own accord? </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course, the million dollar question is, how to motivate a child? Well, i am no expert. I don't have a clue either. But, maybe just maybe, if we take a hands off approach, like what my parents did? As in, passing the sole responsibility of getting the grades entirely on our children. Let them choose the path they want and bear the consequences themselves. If they do well, it is all credit to them. If they fail, perhaps they will wake up from their slumber and be driven to do better the next time, like i did , albeit that i was late (but hey, i did well, didn't i)? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It would sure take an extremely radical parent to do that though. I'll be the first to admit, i am not that parent! :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">That said, there are certain tasks (though small) that i give my son sole responsibility & i take a total hands off approach. And, truth be told, i do see positive effects trickling in. For instance, i don't pack his school bag at all. It his daily responsibility to check his own bag and i don't even do a double check for him. Everyday, he makes sure that all his items are in his bag. I think he is motivated to do because he gets really upset if he doesn't bring the needful items to school. I really don't have to nag at him to pack his bag. Neither are there days where he forgets to pack something. See- the beauty of motivation. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">On a separate note, i was once informed to pack a shirt for an activity. He came home from school and the shirt was still in the bag and so i asked why. Apparently, he had already packed one himself and handed to the teacher (his teacher must have reminded the class) . I was very pleased and proud of his Independence to say the least (although he packed a rag instead and didn't tell me! LOL). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ok ok, it is a small example as compared to taking a hands off approach on our children's studies. But what I'm saying is, perhaps, it works? I</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> don't know. Would you dare take this approach? It would be really hard wouldn't it? </span></div>
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Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-41919491529798533522012-10-07T12:47:00.001+08:002012-10-07T12:47:43.461+08:00Would you- homeschool?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would LOVE to homeschool my children. Unfortunately, our decision is to send the kids to formal school. I have a few factors working against me, hence. When i say homeschool, i am not just talking about the preschool years. It includes the entire primary school. So, why not?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My man still holds a very old school view on this; children must attend formal school. To successfully homeschool, it takes both parents to agree. Otherwise, it would really tough for the homeschool parent to do it alone- without the support of the other. The husband is probably my primary obstacle. But even, if you remove him from the picture, i may still hesitate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The husband, like many parents, feel homeschooling is socially damaging. I know most homeschoolers will be rolling their eyeballs out on this one. I kind of agree and not agree; sitting on the fence on this point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I think the issue about having friends can be easily sorted out by going out on play dates, enrichment classes etc. So i am really not concern about this. But i am concern about the lack of social experience at home. For instance, learning to submit to another authority figure other than the parent, learning how to cope when you are not invited into a social clique at school, learning the various types of personalities out there & how to manage them etc. The home environment is still very much protected. You get to choose who you want to have play dates with. Usually, you will choose those who you get along well with, won't you? And, how many types of characters can you meet at home? The home environment is very much protected. While i think it won't be too late to overcome, but when the kid finally gets 'out there', won't he get a culture shock? And while everyone else have more or less found a coping mechanism, my child is struggling to learn all the social rules. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On the other hand, i think our local primary school environment is way too harsh for a young child. All that ranking and race to be the top is just too destructing on the child's esteem and character. If he's at the bottom, he will inevitably believe that he is just no good- what if he brings this belief all the way to adulthood? Don't think the top student would be spared either. Perhaps he may adopt a 'i am better than them' attitude, learn how to discriminate the 'lower' level students. Of course these are very extreme situations, but it can happen & has happen, can't it, hasn't it? If i were to homeschool, this would be one of my major reasons to do it- to protect my children from the ugliness of our school system. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I honestly believe this is my most major obstacle- myself. The sole task of educating my children is just too daunting and huge for me to handle. I don't know if i can do it. Our primary school education has changed, and still changing, so much since i left school that i don't know anymore. What if i teach them wrongly? What if my methods are not right? Won't their education be ruin by their own mother- gasp! Homeschooling Primary 1-2, or even up to 3, would be quite a breeze. But i think from there onwards it would be extremely tough, judging by how ridiculously challenging our papers are. It would also take alot of research and hard work on my part. I don't know if i have enough stamina to run it for 6 (at least) years, multiply that by 2 for two kids! If my kids do not do well for their PSLE (Primary School Leaving Examination), i will fault on myself & myself alone. I think i will carry the guilt for the rest of my life. That thought alone is enough to give me nightmares.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All that said, i do not doubt the goodness of homeschooling. In fact, i strongly believe in it and encourage all you mothers who have all the factors going for you, to go for it! I admire and very much envy your courage & favorable position to do so! I wish i had more courage, i wish had it all favorable for me. But, right now, i am happy to do it alongside with the schools- though i don't really agree with it sometimes. And i guess, there are some plus points doing it this way too! </span></div>
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Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-19922626982457844182012-10-06T19:31:00.002+08:002012-10-06T19:58:14.580+08:00This is how i do it<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have received a few enquires about what textbooks or curriculum i use to teach sonshine. Since it seems to be a popular question, i decided to post my reply here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was hard to answer this question because i realised i have none! Then it made me feel like i've been very haphazard in my homeschooling. But i realised i have been haphazardly systematic. Yes, oxy-moron.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This brings on the next question; how do i know what to teach? How do i plan our lessons?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When sonshine was younger, i taught him based on whatever i wanted him to learn. For subjects like Mathematics, i generally went with my common sense. Start with counting, recognising quantity, addition etc. For others, i followed his interest. Like, when i noticed that he would always pick up our Atlas book to read, i decided to teach him about world atlas. Most of the time, it is purely coincidental. For instance, once i was trying to get him to eat faster by entertaining him with dollar notes- which happened to be on our dining table. From there, he learnt how to tell the quantity of each dollar note. So, this has been my lesson plan for the past few years- my homeschool curriculum largely came off from my own head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that sonshine is heading for Primary school in less than 2 years (sob), i feel a need to have some sort of checklist or structure in our homeschooling. My source of reference mainly come from the assessment books. It gives me a good idea what i should teach sonshine. The content pages on the assessment books somewhat act as my curriculum plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This brings me to the next question- do i draw up a homeschooling daily/weekly/monthly/yearly plan? No. I yearn to be like those organised and structured mamas, but however hard i try i fail. I realised it is because i don't work against a timeline. Basically, i teach chapter by chapter, level by level. To me, it is very important that sonshine fully understands each level before i move on to the next. I don't believe in jumping to the next chapter just because i need to stick to a plan. I don't like being stress or rushed by something so rigid. I prefer to ensure that whatever he learns has been deeply carved into his brain before i deem it good to close a chapter. For this reason, i don't aim to finish something within a time frame. I never set a goal to teach him addition by 3 years old or aim to finish Primary 1 curriculum before he turns 6. Instead, i follow his pace of learning. We are where we are today because it happens that his learning pace is faster (i say this humbly). That is why it is really hard for me to do any planning because, i never know how long it will take us to finish a chapter. </span></div>
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Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-49971321643367813432012-09-30T09:26:00.001+08:002012-09-30T09:27:10.603+08:00In this week's news....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the past few weeks, we have been working on Personal Pronouns i.e 'I vs you', 'We vs they', 'He, she, it, vs we/they' and 'am vs are', 'is vs are'. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also threw in another exercise on how & when to use 'who'. Actually, i don't really teach him, i just make him do! LOL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (I usually toggle between Kumon grade 1-3, the difference is not the type of questions asked but usually is doing the operation within the ones, tens or hundreds unit. I don't need him to practise his operations (i.e add/subtract) so i usually let him do grade 1 or 2 just to expose him to the type of questions. I don't want him to spend too much time on adding/subtracting.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a separate note, I saw the following word problem on another blog & on a whim, i asked him to solve it: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He did this quite mentally, just by reading it off from my ipad. Without telling me the answer for a), he straight away told me '10!'. Well, okay, son. Now i know you know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a bit of spare time before her nap today, so i decided to give her some sensory play- with paint!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then she got really friendly with Mr paint, while mummy was cringing and trying very, very, very hard not to be bothered by the mounting mess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then she got so chummy with Mr Paint, she decides to smear her arms with it. Meanwhile, mummy's face became more crumpled as she stifles a "aaaAAAAaaaahhhhh...noOOooooOOooooOOoo!!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After that, i made him write the entire poem without me dictating it or spelling any words for him. At the same time, he practised his handwriting. Killing 2 birds with 1 stone i say!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm also gonna work on his spoken Mandarin with my very broken Mandarin. I've ordered </span><a href="http://opentrolley.com.sg/book_detail.aspx?ean=9781404872462"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> book to kick start. I use this book (which i borrowed from the library) to role play with sonshine what are the basics thing to say in Mandarin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still working Glenn Doman flashcards with her. She now shows much interest and would even ask for it. Psst: I think she can recognise some words! But i am not entirely sure. She seems to be able to point to the correct words but if go for another round of cards, she start to loose her 'ability' and start goofing about. However, she seems to get it correctly for first few cards each time i 'test' her. I have activities planned for her but it's currently stored in my head waiting, just waiting to be actualised. Oh, if only i've the time and energy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her favourite word: mama, mama mamaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!! (Yes in that exact manner). She first uttered 'mama' at 10 month old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Her other favourite thing is 'ka ka' for shoe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She loves shoes and would insist i try on shoes for her when we're out shopping at the shoes department :I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She understands two-step instructions like 'pick it up and put it back' or 'put it back and close the (drawer, door)'. I am loving this because i get to engage her help at times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She points to things that attracts her; she can point to her body parts & fruits etc when asked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She understands when i say 'Mama is going to the toilet', she would drop all that she's doing and start walking & pointing at the bathroom where i'd do my business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">She knows to head toward our reading corner when i say 'read book time!' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Or when i say 'let's go', she would wave and start to head toward the door or to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Recently, she seems to tell me after doing her 'big business'. She would look at me and say 'baba' while pulling her diaper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Awwww, my baby is growing up too fast! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I am also a tad dissapointed that she isn't showing signs of reading (yes, i can see all you people rolling your eyeballs, here let me help pick them up for you).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> But that's because i realised sonshine recognised a list of words at 14 month old. I know, i know, each child is different. I do realised that i have unconsciously put on sonshine's cognitive learning curve on her. Here, i have to remind myself that it would be a different route with her. I have had it too easy with sonshine since he absorbs information very fast & effortlessly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So my journey with babydoll might be alittle different, ok maybe even difficult. :I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But then again, to be fair to her, i haven't put on the same diligence on teaching & reading with her as i had with the boy. This i blame sonshine's school! I am spending my time ferrying him up & down; it really breaks any momentum. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyway, time to buck up mama! :)</span></div>Homeschool @ sghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292068554504662142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37667544722723930.post-28658051485833347002012-07-12T13:07:00.000+08:002012-07-12T13:08:04.689+08:00Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So although I was skeptical about making sonshine memorise poems but i decided to give it a try anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first poem is <strong><em>'The Caterpillar'</em></strong> by </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christina</span> Rosetti </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, i read the poem to sonshine and we talked about the content. Then i made him remember the first two lines of the poem. But to my surprise, he remembered the entire poem effortlessly all in one night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that's not the point. The key thing is, both mother & son had such a blast reading & reciting the poem! Sonshine enjoys reciting this poem and insist that i take turn to recite too! We really had alot of fun! Did i tell you we had A LOT of fun? Yes, it was THAT fun. :))</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1) Comprehension: i asked him simple questions like 'What color is the caterpillar?', 'Where is the caterpillar going?' etc</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">2) Speech & articulation: as he recites i work on his tone, speed of reading and pronunciation. He tends to rush by it. But i dare say he is near to perfection now! I don't know why, but it was such a proud moment having the boy stand in front of us reciting this poem so perfectly. Awww, that's my baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was waaaaaay too fun. Even i had a ball! :P</span></div>
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