It’s time for another enrichment review! I feel these are always so valuable as it gives personal feedback on how the lessons are and what the child’s progress is. We are now at the half-term mark for Nadine’s Phonics Intermediate classes at Jan & Elly. And here’s a progress report! Perhaps another parent would go,…
Today is Tax Day in Singapore, United States and Philippines. It’s also the founding date of McDonald’s Family Restaurant. Sadly, various disasters happened on this date: The Hillsborough human crush in the FA Cup Semi-finals, The start of Tiananmen massacre, and the bombing at Boston Marathon. All these events on 15 April. For our family,…
Ok. This is NOT about the song. And I do apologise if I got you humming it again! This is about when do you let your children be on their own. I’m not referring to moving out of your home. I’m not referring to going off to college. I’m not even referring to walking home…
One of the chief concerns that a K2 parent has is the reading ability of the 6 year old child. Yes! In fact, I would say it is a PRIMARY concern for most parents. You see, the reading ability would somewhat determine how the child copes in Primary School. Somehow, we’ve come to equate READING…
I have three kids. And as much as I want to keep them germ/virus/bacteria free, they aren’t. So when they fall sick, they ALL fall sick. (that’s best case scenario) The worst case is when they take turns to fall sick. Besides having sleepless nights to monitor the sick child, ensuring that the temperature doesn’t…
What is it like to be a primary school student in Singapore? I’m not sure if you are aware, but there’s no ‘repeating’ or ‘retaining’ or ‘stay back’ or ‘not promoted’ in Primary School. (There goes all those warnings some of us scream at our kids!) Every child in Singapore has to go through six…
Updates below! If you have never touched an assessment book in your life, you clearly haven’t studied in Singapore. A wise man once said, “The more assessments you do, the better your results” (ok, I lied. I came up with that!) So being the very good mummy that I am, not wanting to short-change my…
