As high-achieving parents raising children with limitless potential, we need to open up about mental wellness. Here are 3 simple steps to an Olympics teachable moment on handling nervousness.
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Here are more ways to bring Chinese reading alive, while learning the 石部首 (shí bùshǒu, radical of “stone”). Since 石 means stone, we worked with many little stones in a Montessori way. To save you time researching, you’ll be able to download the printables later. All you need to do is to write the words
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Over the years, the LINE Dictionary has become our favourite online Chinese-English dictionary. What’s more, it’s free… Our story… I learnt English and Chinese as first languages in Singapore. Now, my children are studying in a Malaysian Chinese school (SJKC), where the standard of Chinese is way higher. They also learn Mathematics and Science in
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The 2 younger boys (Jae and El) made a catapult to shoot toy balls at home, accidentally hitting the ceiling fan. *gasp* I quickly showed them how to make a simple one with things we already: 7 ice-cream sticks 3 rubber bands 1 milk bottle cap poster putty (aka white tack) to stick the milk
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If you’re interested in teaching your child to read Chinese, this post is for you. Little El only had Primary 1 lessons for about a month before his school closed for 3 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since there’s no news of school reopening, we’re prepared to do home learning for more months ahead.
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Feeling the strain from school closure and having to be your child’s teacher at home? Here’s how you can boost your parent-child relationship and learning with a simple 10-minute reset… This is part of our series at [Learn at Home] During Covid-19 School Closure Invest in “banking time” School closure is a challenging time for
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Need ideas on what meaningful activities to do with the children during school closure? Here’s what we’ve been busy with over more than 40 days at home! Each activity is connected to meaningful learning objectives and is generally simple to put together. It’s more about giving you ideas to make the best use of what
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If your child is studying at a Malaysian Chinese primary school (SJKC), then you’ll find this list of online learning resources useful, especially during Covid-19 school closure. This is part of our series at [Learn at Home] During Covid-19 School Closure Online / Digital Textbooks & Workbooks – SJKC Online / Digital Textbooks – SK
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This is part of our series at [Learn at Home] During Covid-19 School Closure Thanks to the Internet, our children are able to continue learning at home even with sudden school closures. I understand that many parents did not have time to prepare books or materials before the schools closed. Some of my children’s classmates
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Does your child need to learn at home due to Covid-19 school closures? Then you’re at the right place. Over the past 10 years, I’ve homeschooled my 3 children through preschool and kindergarten. This year, they’re all in primary school and we supplement with home learning activities after school. Just when I thought I could
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