Due to the pandemic crisis worsening, several circuit breaker measures have been introduced by our Government to ensure that the spread of Covid-19 remains as mild and as contained as possible. With children spending most of their time at home, what can parents do to make effective use of this time?
Category: Learning
How to help my child prepare for DSA interviews?
However anxious we are, time cannot stand still, and the Direct School Admission interviews are around the corner. In a time when Covid-19 has instilled fear and uncertainty amongst all of us, some parents are hoping that the DSA interviews will provide a safety net for their Primary 6 children this year.
How can writing by hand make my child smarter?
In this age of technology, there is less need to write anything by hand. With classes being virtual and notes sent online, there is no need for children to write anymore. People now think of writing by hand as some primitive activity, having no intentions to use a pen and paper unless absolutely necessary.
Scaffolding? How does that help my child?
In the blink of an eye, we are entering week 4 of term 2! How time flies – soon it’ll be the start of the Mid-Year Examinations. Parents, if we are starting to fret about how well our child is learning, let’s practice a simple method to help enhance their learning – The scaffolding technique.
It’s March 2021! Where has time gone to?
Screen time is the obvious concern of the present-day Singaporean parent. How much is too much? During the past year, there has been a significant shift to online learning. Households had to ease the screen time restrictions placed on kids. An obsession with gadgets and the online domain is the biggest threat to effective time management. What needs to be done here?
Lessons from Home: Let everyone be involved!
Primary Six students entered a new phase of their lives, Secondary Four students have moved onto tertiary institutions. Regardless of their examination results, there will always be a place for students in Singapore to pursue further education.
My child has been posted to a new school – help!
Well, well, well, it’s the last 10 days of the year. School postings for Primary 6 students will be out on 22 December 2020, and there is much anxiety all around. How much do we fear the unknown? Are we ready for new beginnings? With the allotment into secondary schools being released soon, for many…
Teaching kids to be resilient to failure!
‘Failures are the stepping stones to success.’ Now, all of us are familiar with this saying. But how does failure actually work? What happens when you fail at something? Well, more often than not, you feel bad, you brood over it, you might even get depressed and you can also feel like you are incapable of achieving success. Yes, quite often we appear to be unaware of the right way to handle our failures.
Does my child need tuition?
It is fast approaching 15 December 2020 – half of December has almost flown by. If you tried to pinpoint where exactly time had gone to, don’t be surprised if you find that you have absolutely no clue! Seeing that the new year is approximately a fortnight away, parents are starting to contemplate what tuition options they have for their child.
10 ways to encourage your kids to be bilingual!
Children pick up a lot of their habits from their parents, right? So if you wish to get your kids to be bilingual, you need to start being more bilingual around them. You are the best influencer to your kid.
