4+yo Jae is learning about musical notes, so I adapted this idea from Vee’s previous teacher. A4 card stock: cut into 8 pieces each write note on each card, using thick rounded-tip black marker pen (you may use red too) make 2 or 4 of each note so that you can play games (clap / […]
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My kids love stickers and maps, so this sticker atlas is an excellent fit for them. Covers world flags, animals, space and dinosaurs. With encyclopedic info as well. Got it some time back. Can’t remember which bookstore though. Pls refer to the ISBN in the last photo. Happy weekend! ~ MieVee MummysHomeschool.com P.S. Check out
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7yo Vee & I read the Young Scientist magazine yesterday and it introduced magnets. I dug out our 2 Daiso magnets and a bunch of paper clips. Some simple activities: explore how like / unlike poles repel / attract see how many paper clips we could link try rubbing and magnetising paper clips My mum
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Kept busy the whole day again… – morning: reading and speed reading – lots of new flashcards. 7yo Vee and 4yo Jae wanted to play, so I said, “All right, El, only you are watching flashcards. Let’s go.” Then suddenly all the kids rushed into their favourite seats to watch the cards. These are times
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Though KL Chinese schools are on one week lunar new year holidays, my kids start homeschool lessons today cos they have a Singaporean mum. (SG only gets 2 days off!) The family’s down with diarrhoea, so we’re doing light activities: – Malay lesson with Cikgu. This week’s play segment (last 15min) is “Five Stones” (Batu
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I’m apprehensive when the lunar new year approaches because my kids go nuts after watching lion dances and drum performances. Absolutely nuts. 1. They take the Junior Engineer building rods to hit furniture — group drum performance. To protect the furniture, I offer the only drum we have to whoever finishes his homework first. Less
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Today, I’m going to touch on helping my child deal with negative peer influence in school. There’s a Chinese saying “近朱者赤 近墨者黑”, which means one takes the behaviour of one’s company (or friends). My eldest, Vee, was homeschooled until 5.5 years old. Before that, he mainly interacted with adults, his siblings, cousins and family friends.
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The kids’ favourite festival, Lunar New Year, is approaching real soon and they’re getting crazy over lion dance, dragon dance and drums again. When a child is motivated to figure out something that matters to him, he’d be hungry to learn. No need for any worksheets, assessment books or tests. We happened to be at
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Since attending Primary 1, Vee has little time for home practice. Nevertheless, learning takes place anytime anywhere, so here’s how he got to solve 3 real math problems yesterday: 1. Me (on the way home): “How much water did you drink today?” Vee: “2 and a half bottles!” Me: “Wow, let’s find out how much
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Nearly-7yo Vee has been progressing well across subjects with one exception — reading. I observe his development closely and it’s clear that he isn’t keen to read much despite being able to read. He loves solving and discussing math problems usually verbally, with maniplatives or simple model drawings. When it comes to a story problem
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