Many of you are keen to unleash your child’s limitless potential. Recently, Jae was selected as a finalist in the national Chinese pen calligraphy competition. Here are some of my reflections on nurturing a child’s interest: 1. Expose Expose the child to a variety of activities to let him explore his innate interests or talents. …
Jae (10yo) has been really into gemstones recently, and rubbing his interest onto El (8yo). Once the child has a budding interest, I simply have to facilitate his learning across subjects. Here are some ideas: Science & Geography: visit The Gem Museum (Singapore). Lots to learn & explore. Social: interact with gemologist / gem professionals …
If you’re looking to start your child (or yourself) on Chinese reading, read on to find out the important features of a well-designed programme. If you’re designing your own home learning materials, you may also find this post useful.
In our family, “Learning is compulsory. Schooling is optional”. Today, 10yo Jae had a hard-to-get appointment to renew his passport yet school was opened for him with short notice given. So he skipped school. There was a booth selling cakes at the immigration office, so we had a little math exploration: He was quite amazed …
In primary school mathematics, one of the most challenging topics is the division of fractions. 3 ÷ 1/2 = ? How about 1/2 ÷ 1/4 = ? And 4/5 ÷ 2/3 = ? Do you understand why you calculate the way you do? Or do you do it by memorising an algorithm? You can give …
One child just had a math test and an upcoming school math team selection test. There are 2 potential situations: 1. Unable to solve the problem 2. Able to solve the problem but makes an error Since this child needed support on Type 2 mistakes, we had a short review session together and came up …
Got your Alpha Egg Q3 dictionary / translator pen and hope to make the best use out of it? Or wondering what Alpha Egg Q3 can do before deciding to get one? You’re at the right place! Our children have been using Alpha Egg Q3 for learning Chinese for several years and we’ve been amazed …
The date 22022022 is a palindrome & ambigram! A palindrome is a sequence of characters or numbers that is read the same forward and backward. An ambigram reads the same when flipped or rotated 180 degrees. Can you think of more palindrome dates in 2022? How about more ambigram dates? Invite your child to explore …
Since we practise Montessori, the boys have been using glass and ceramic ware since their toddler years. This is the way they learn to handle things carefully. Over the past decade, they broke less than 10 in total. Quite a feat actually. Today, one child broke his personalised birthday mug because he held it by …
8yo El was attracted by a STEAM kit in a bookstore. (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) : Do you think you’re able to work on this by yourself? : Yes, I’ve read the box, and it says 3+. He bought it with his savings. Over the past 2 days, he has made: a …