JJB,
I think it's true that boys tend to be careless compared to girls. My kid's class got a parent who feedbacked to the teacher that her boy is very careless, always losing things, even very big items with his name on. The teacher said that some kids develop a sense of responsibility later than the other, we just have to keep trying.
I only got my kid to do some assessment books during the hols. Now got no time. My husband was just saying yesterday that my kid has stopped doing the assessment books. My kid loves to read. So most of the time, I allow her to read to her heart's content. I don't want to turn her off studying by depriving her of reading and forcing her to do assessment books.
I think hanyu pinyin is quite a challenge for my kid. For a fill-in-the-blank worksheet, she actually wrote the chinese characters and put the pitches on the characters!
The other day, she asked me why "iu" and "yu" are not pronounced the same way. I got stuck. I quickly went to ask my chinese teacher friends and they explained to me that 'yu' is actually made up of 'y' and ':u' (no such symbol, but you know which one I'm referring to).
Rimilyn and dorothy,
Ya, you're right. I think we didn't praise her. Ok, I'll try to persuade her to wash her shoes again and get my husband to praise her together. Hope it's not too late. Thanks!
Mine is a girl. The exterior of the shoes is made of leather-like material, that's why we can wipe it. Hers is those girlish shoes with an elastic strap across. The brand is 'bubblegum' or something like that. We bought it at Bata. I used to see such shoes at kiddy palace. I'm not sure whether they still have them.
But at the end of the week, I still have to wash them, bcos there's still a bit of fabric on them, like the strap and the rim at the edge of the shoes. But I've to admit that it takes less effort compared to the whole shoe fabric kind.
A friend said I may want to try out this 3M fabric protector from those DIY shops or shops selling hammer and stuff if I buy canvas shoes. She said her friends tried it, claiming that you can spray on fabric and you can just wipe the dirt away when it's dirty. I haven't tried that yet.
My kid has two sessions of PE every week. One is one-hour gymnastics, the other is half an hour PE. Ya, some schools have 3 one-period PE for P1 and 2. It depends on the school itself.
For veggie, I get my kid to eat one or two pieces at first becos she didn't like it either. Then I tell her,"See? Mummy is eating so much veggie." Sometimes, I pick one or two again from my "so much" to give to her bcos she'll realise that she's eating 'so little' veggie compared to her mummy. I constantly praise her when she eats more veggie, and when we eat with my sisters or parents, I would say things like,"Look! She's eating veggie!" and my family will cleverly praise her too.
Mine also eats very little compared to other kids. Like yours, as long as she finishes half a bowl of rice with some meat and veggie for dinner, I'm contented.