(2007/03) March 2007 MTBs

QQ: it is the mentality of SG.. but it is changing.. slowly but surely..

the early childhood sector is blooming.. play is a big word now in the education sector..
 


Pax: scaffolding is more deliberate than that..more planning.. and hey. u konw the term scaffolding comes from your profession!
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Astro
YES! i was speed reading then came across the word all a sudden.. :p
building a structure by extending and stacking up w members...
so in this context, building a knowledge by asking questions and giving material
 
Astro, when I was taking the coursed, many years backm already say blooming, but now still blooming, practical and theory is really diff, many parents are still holding that concept, so all schools are still working on work. Sheets.

Many parents claim that they accpt that kind of teaching methods, but still they are eager to know their kids progress via worksheets etc, so a long term investment will be less viable and then everyone will go to schools with gung-ho teachers and worksheets, spelling, etc
 
Astro: I m not concerned by the control shift to the children though. This happens everyday at my house. My kids "control" the 2 maids.. And they end up watching too much tv. :p
 
Pax, when I said scaffolding, jay also know, so it is the profession la. Haha...
Yes, it is knowledge building.....
U grab the concept so well,,,
I Ike that.
Just write one more word,
Modeling.
 
Ya, I also finsh my pump. Maybe go or or soon, v tired lliao.

RR, oh tuppeerware, not important. Cn store at your house until donkkey years later nevermind. Just use it bah,
I must go search my books, I have a few, hee. Pls read and share with us next time.
Ryd is a genius, pls continue to scaffold his learning,
 
QQ: Haha!!! Just ask me lah, no need to do survey. This method is too idealistic. Even if i can see this happening in childcare stage, it won t be carried into the pri, sec or tertiary stage. For example... How are we able to measure performance, award honors degrees and scholarships?
As long as the world need a systematic way, sooner or later, to allocate resources, there is need for measuring performance, unfortunately.
 
Good morning... I m still thinking about Rites.. And scaffolding..
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RR: What abt Reyes? Will u send her to the same school? Hey I used the same concept to teach Anna plural. Then she asked me, what abt child and children?!? So I told her there are special cases such as this one. :p Then another case.. Phonics.. "cat", "bat", "fat", "mat" etc.. I told her if the letters are the same behind, then the words read the same. When we came across "she" and "the", she struggled with them, asked me how come they sound so different.. :p
 
AAA,
I expected this question.
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For Reyes, I won't send her to such a learning env full time or enrichment. Reason being she's the kind that needs structured learning and she will probably feel lost in such an env and won't benefit as much as Reyden will.
 
RR: Exactly why I asked.
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Cos this method works for everyone, given time. Some children take a longer time to warm up, get comfortable, and open up. For this group, some "pushing" from the adults is required. And the regular programs may be more suitable.
 
U girls are scary! Think I need to run away or be silent reader cos nothing to contribute n dunno how to contribute! Kwa kwa kwa.

SQ
how come YE Chinese so good? School teach de?

CK,
EV's "rashes" not getting better leh. I m still thinking it could be scabies. Haiz. Last nite we did another round of treatment (apply lotion head to toe for 24hrs). Hopefully she will get better soon.

Mejo,
yes pls update results of your cool sculpting 8 wks later.
 
Autum
She's int in Chinese more than English
'Weird'

Hey tis' wat happened last week:
I told YE we r gg out for dinner with A, B, C and D
She asked me who is D
Then I said 'blah blah blah'
And she said 'orh.... Is it EJ n EV?'!!!!

When we went marina sq, the moment I parked E Car she told me she has been ter b4 w tian tian, EJ n EV
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