Whatever might be the reason, it is your job as a parent to figure it out. Get to the root of it and help your kid overcome the inhibitions to own up to his mistakes. This can start by letting your kid understand that mistakes are natural and that whatever the case may be, trying to disown one’s own actions is just an act of cowardice.
Category: Growth
How to maximise video usage to revise?
Revision is that stage when you have covered almost all of the syllabus at least once. While you are revising you should be aware of which areas your kid is performing badly in. Make a list if possible. Due to time constraints, videos would be the best option in this phase to lay emphasis and revisit the sections which your child seems to have not learned well enough.
It’s all a memory game! How to get your kids to remember what they’ve learnt?
The human brain has its own limitations and you just cannot feed every single bit of information into it for eternity. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t try our level best to store as much as we can. Is there something that we can do for this?
Art and Mother Tongue – How are they connected?
So how do you get your kids to learn their mother tongue? Let’s be honest. That is going to be one dreadful task for them and us. Most kids and youngsters have grown so accustomed to English that they hardly use their mother tongue for any form of communication. Imposing a language on them is not a welcome move. This is the problem with making these languages a part of the school curriculum and marking their performances.
Let’s Speak Well!
There have been few men like Churchill who have been both popular as well as controversial. He had a speech impediment and used to stutter. While he was 29, Churchill stood up to give a speech in Parliament.
Happy Birthday Singapore!
National Days are normally associated with the act of liberation of a nation from an external power or an unworkable system. Singapore’s National Day as we have all learned in history is the celebration of the nation’s independence from the Malaysian Federation. On 9 August 1965, the island nation of Singapore was formed.
Let our kids be kids!
How many bedtime stories you have told your kids? Alright, we’ll be a bit more lenient. How many of our kids are even familiar with such a concept?
Let’s Exercise for a Healthy Mind!
Physical exercise is key to a healthy body and a productive life. Everyone knows that. But what happens when it comes to actually practising this?
How can we teach our kids to think intelligently?
Good questions can emanate only when you have a vibrant mind. The best way to attain such a state of mind is to inculcate the habit of reading. Reading is to the mind what a whetstone is to a sword.
Happy Racial Harmony Day!
Schools are at the centre of the Day’s celebration. It could be said that concern over the lack of historical awareness among Singaporean youth contributed towards the proclamation of such a day. Singaporean students are indeed taught a bit of history on the day.
