(2008/06) June 2008

[zuen]

Roxy,
When I try to speak in Mandarin to S, she replies me in English. She only attempts to speak in Mandarin to my mum.

Piyo,
Jia you. Dun compare, only end up getting upset. There will always be somebody who is better. Maybe boys are slower? My no. 2 is already 14 months, still not walking or talking. Faint.

Connie,
I will laugh if any of my maids can finish their 2-year contract lor. I really hope to go maidless one day just that my mum cannot handle 2 kids now. Bcos hb and I worked long hours, the kids will have to stay full 12 hours in CC if we really decide to send them there. And we will still end up having to rush to put them there and pick them up so that we will be on time for work. They will probably end up being the earliest to reach the CC and latest to be picked up.
On top of that, I will have to handle them alone on weekends and PH bcos hb tends to work. And the housework after the kids sleep.
The tot itself is daunting enuff. I will probably have a maid until S goes into primary school.

Time table? Must learn time table in Kindergarten? I remember learning that only in P3 wor. Faint.
Like I say lor, the syllabus seem normal but I suppose the more aggreesive pre-schools do more difficult stuff.

Will let you all know if I sign up wonderland. I am lazy and havent move my butt to register S.

 

[jn80jn]

Merry X'mas everyone!

 

[tanlengleng]

<font color="ff0000">Merry Christmas to everyone &amp; your family members too</font>

 

[roxyz]

Merry Xas everyone!

 

[xqw]

Hi mummies,

Ask for help.
My boy still cannot sit down properly and concenrate study (at least 2 mins, he also dun want). Everytime asked him to read the book (we let him choose the book his like), he will keep on complaint eg: eye pain, tired, want to sleep and etc. Asked him question, he never think and straight tell you he dun know. He keep on looking around, the eye doesn't look at book at all.

Till now, he dun know how to hold pencil, dun know colouring (just colour all over the paper and draw a circle) and can't recognice alphabet.

What can I do?
How do build up his interest?

 

[zuen]

Merry Christmas.

Roxy, Connie,
I signed up for Music Wonderful. See you all pm 3rd Jan.

I have never met Connie before but I think S should recognise Z.

Piyo,
Your boy can read? Or you to read for him?
For Shauna, it will be dependent on her mood too. Sometimes, she also does exactly what you mentioned. Asked her to practice her alphabet, she decided that she wants to do something else when we barely start. I just tot that it is most important for them to be interested and enjoy what they are doing now. They are afterall just 3 yo.
Which month is your boy born in?

 

[xqw]

My boy born in Jun.

Usually we let him play and play. Not sure am I right or not to give him play and play without learning.

 

[zuen]

Piyo,
Shauna is a May baby. We also let her play niah. Maybe Connie and roxy can advise better. They have boys too.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
Yeh, Then we can meet up. Mine is 8pm but Roxy said hers is 745pm.

Piyo,
AT this age, they learn thru play. My boy's peer can write and do homework on his own. He is in Ichiban kiddy and there's good n bad feedback on this sch. This sch is very focus on studies. At 3 yrs already have homework.

My boy still can't hold a pencil properly. Maybe u want to buy the thicker type so that he can have a better grip, This is wat his teacher told me to do. For reading, you just have to be patient. My friend told me to read a loud and even if he is running around, he will still be listening. So I just follow but now can see improvement. Don give him books with all words or little picture, they are not patient. Other than thomas books that he choose, the rest of the books that I bought have little words so they are more keen to listen. My initial mistake is fairy tales with no 1-2 pictures so now those books are kept in carboard for future.

 

[roxyz]

zuen, connie, then it should be 8pm. I probably got the timing wrong. Was going to call yamaha up tomorrow to check ... cya gals tomorrow!!

piyo, if you are really worried abt his concentration, you can ask GP to refer you to KK specialist. Last time when I brought isaiah for speech therapy, within the same place, they also have other therapies and when i checked with the parents, its for kids who cannot concentrate and the therapist teach the parents how to guide the kids to focus etc.

I think boys at their age don't concentrate... even when I show flashcards to my boy, he is still playing cars. But surprisingly he can recognise some of the words le.. so connie is correct... even if u think they are not paying attention, they actually are. Ive been letting them play with pens and pencil since 1.5 year old so both of them can hold quite ok.
He also not very interested in reading so i try to borrow cars books see picture only

 

[roxyz]

connie, planning every morning either me or my MIL drive him to JCCK then afternoon he take bus to CC and my MIL wait there for him to bring him in. Starting school dis thur le, hope he dun cry too much!! And somemore within the same week he will be starting to attend music wonderland and berries. Hope he dun cry. Luckily ICL is in Mar.... I got suan by my maid y my boy never go enrichment classes etc when she says all kids go.. faints

Btw, my husband has signed up for rulang alumni already... we got worried when it produced the top student... displaying our KS syndrome now haha!

 

[connie_lcl]

Roxy,
Its good that you start planning now. I will either do PV at west groove or register in the new Pri near Gek Poh. West groove CCA not good so many said is disadvantage. Think their standard also drop after the principle change.

If zac cough get serious today, will have to miss class. Hopes he get better, he slept for 15hrs from 330pm to this morning 630am.

 

[zuen]

roxy,
You are igniting that KS-ism in me again. Haiz, RL is way beyond us. I must start doing homework again to decide which school to PV.

Connie,
Wah, 15 hrs!

 

[roxyz]

connie, ZuEn, nice meeting you all just now. shaine is so tall and pretty! And Zac has such big eyes, next time charm all the gals keke. Sorry couldnt stay to talk just now, no 2 super grouchy so must quickly rush home....


zuen, haha yeah loh... my friend immediately whatsapp me after the psle results were announced and told me quickly sign up...in case they start to impose restrictions on alumni... her gal is in Aitong cause she old gal
How about frontier primary? It's a bn school and near my house.. my neighbour got in and she told me though its a brand new school, she still got to go for balloting!

 

[connie_lcl]

So sorry my boy was coughing in class. Mil say he didn't cough much, not sure y worsen after e swim.

Zune, is ur hb v tall? Taller by half head at least

 

[charlynn]

Happy new year mommies

Very exciting reading the threads.....

Anyone knows how to get rid of phlegm? My girl can cough in sleep and wake up vomitting!!!

 

[connie_lcl]

try Hock Hua hou zao san.
$55/bottle.

 

[zuen]

Roxy,
Ur no 2 was waiting for gorgor thru e 45 mins lesson?
Frontial is in my consideration. One part of me says thar neighbourhood schools are all abt e same, the other part says that I shld do homework, do PV + send S to the better one. LOL.

Connie,
Hb is abt 1.85m.
To think that S is a preemie and only 1.9kg at birth. There goes the hope of being petite. The male species always have a soft spot for petite girls. ;p

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
Wow. Mine 2.86kg at birth but now v short lor. He was v noisy in class, wonder is he like that in CNL.

By the way, have to consider the cca in the pri sch too. CCA is imp for sec sch. whichever sch, the PSLE allocation is 100 for chinese n English, 50 for math n science. add up 300. So language now is imp. Heard west groove CCA sucks, pioneer are better than them. Ruland is gd but no chance.

 

[charlynn]

THanks Connie

Will give it a try and get one

 

[zuen]

Connie,
R u gg to perform PV?
Which school?

 

[roxyz]

zuen, shauna now very tall, i told my helper last time shauna was born premmie, she dun believe! no 2 was in library creating nuisance of herself so for second trip we dun bring her already...


connie, zac and isaiah abt same height, both equally short! haiz

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen
Will try west grove. But their cca not strong lei. Recent yes marks also not hitting high. Only ad is near to me n they don have to wake up so early. E other one is e new sch near gek pok. A traffic away from me. But open 2013.

I told hb his boy kept looking at gals in class again. Have to keep pushing his head to see teCher.

Roxy
Both parents short so my boy follow. Daddy promise to bring them play basketball when they grow older, hope they will jump taller.

 

[zuen]

Roxy,
I wanted to b petite all my life wor. Maybe not good for her to b so tall? Muahahaha..

Connie,
I am also wondering if I shld try west grove. I m just worried that they take in too many pvs and have to turn away, like wat they did for last year's intake.
I am thinking of xingnan too, just that hb hates the name of it. Lol. He has his eyes on frontier. He likes new school, new building.

 

[roxyz]

connie
me and hubby also both short short de... hope our kids can jump more and be taller!

zuen... all my life, i want to be tall but no matter how i jump also no use !! i think gals tall is so nice! can be model hee
my neighbour boy is in frontier now..she says they have the whole school to themselves now

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
then u might want to try the new one at Gek Poh that will start 2013. Hope the teacher can concentrate more since it is new sch. and they will strive for higher score to build up reputation. Maybe I go ask PV in Jan 2013 when the sch start. Most likely they will have soft launch this yr as what frontier did. My plc sucks, west groove n the new pri under diff RC and my plc a road away is also under diff RC. My friend said can only do RC at own area. My RC and the 2 pri sch less than a km.


Not sure have i told you that Rulang took in many PRC. My friend area many from Rulang and according to her, they bring in PRC so that their chinese standard can maintain n PRC CCA very good. Now Rulang top are maj PRC.



Roxy,
My friend's son also in frontier. they don take in higher pri.

Me too, want to be tall but at least I'm the tallest gal at home. So my gal should be taller than me. Must push HB train them basketball. Jump jump jump.

 

[zuen]

Haha, e grass is always greener on e other side!

Roxy,
Any idea of e race of e students? Oops...

Connie,
WG is actually out of e way for me. Frontier is better. Gek poh also need to take bus.

I have to agree on the Prc thing. Jw is invaded by them? They are everywhere I go and very kiasu. I see so many prc in s ballet and phonics class.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
agreed. My boy enrichment maj also PRC. Gal daily class too.

then u try PV at frontier.

 

[zuen]

Connie,
Frontier is too new to take in pv. No pv for jan 2013 intake too. So I am thinking of pv-ing at gw or xn. Secure a place until p2b 1st, then decide whether to fight for a place in frontier in p2c. I duno if my weak heart can take balloting. Hahaha.

I supposed the new school at gek poh will not take in pv so soon too. So can only apply under p2c. If cannot get in at p2c, will be distribute to whichever school in your vicinity with vacancy wor. Very risky.

 

[zuen]

Connie,
Frontier is too new to take in pv. No pv for jan 2013 intake too. So I am thinking of pv-ing at gw or xn. Secure a place until p2b 1st, then decide whether to fight for a place in frontier in p2c. I duno if my weak heart can take balloting. Hahaha.

I supposed the new school at gek poh will not take in pv so soon too. So can only apply under p2c. If cannot get in at p2c, will be distribute to whichever school in your vicinity with vacancy wor. Very risky.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
I don wan they allocate lei, Heard corporation pri not good. Will try PV at WG first. then see how ba. hopefully can get into the PV.

My friend work as grassroot so under 2b but cannot work grass root opp my block since diff div

 

[roxyz]

zuen, connie.. I duno abt the races... but JW is PRC invaded everywhere! so dun be surprised if the JW school is full of them too...

can PV at more than 1 school? then can PV at WG, JWPS, Rulang etc then see which one strike jackpot?

 

[roxyz]

connie, are u going to try sending no2 to JCK? The balloting/registration starts on 16 Feb.. can go and try. Then maybe no1 can get priority because of no2? can it work this way?

 

[zuen]

Connie,
Ya lor. That is why must do proper planning. That is also why parents go crazy when their kids are due for p1 registration. I am also thinking about pv-ing at WG. Let's keep each other updated lah.

Ur no 2 is starting nursery next year? So age gap is 1 yo?

Roxy,
No restriction to how many schools but need 40hrs per school wor. We are working mummies, why to find so many hours to spare for pv? Unless there are big school events, otherwise, have to slowly accumulate the 40 hrs wor.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
My friend hb clock those long hrs eg camp etc. v fast 40hrs up. But again depend on sch, they take parents for granted. Called in last yr, confirmed Jan 2013 open for PV registration.

Yes, diff by 15 mths. Accident during BF. Who says BF won't get pregnant? Sabo by my gynae.


Roxy,
What fee to pay if have the slot? Just walk in to ballot? Might try and get both to take bus together. My friend told me approx 45mins bus journey n all kids enjoy that rid. Maybe I go ballot for both.

If ballot fail, don know will I cry or not. haha. My Gal still refuse to talk to teacher. Make me v Gang jong.

 

[zuen]

Connie,
Oooo, jan 2013. Must jio me then ya.
I am also aiming those big events but how many are there to go around? I hope WG doesn't oversubscribed and ended up requiring balloting for phase 2b.
Haha, ur gynea really sabo. Now that we already have 2, I suPer worried abt accidents.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
Ok will infrm u again nxt yr.
Get another one, this yr water dragon, got wealth. Then can hi-5.

 

[zuen]

Connie,
-.o" pls.. I m better off dead. Lol.

 

[aarti]

Hello,

I am distressed mother of 3.5 years old boy. I am facing serious issue regarding my son's social behavior. He is quite talkative n active at home and comfortable with elders.

The moment he is in company of similar age group kids he just don't utter a single word and literally becomes dumb. He started a year ago with playgroup where he never interacted with other kids and never answered any of questions of teacher. Nor he participated in any kind of activity and just sits idle. He was never comfortable with other kids. Once came out of his school he is fine.

I thought he will be fine over the period of time and I need to be patient. With this hope I enrolled him in nursery in an international school. Shocked to see symptoms just continue.

Teachers try to encourage him to participate but with no results. Lately I got him enrolled in a dance class but for complete 1 hour he just stand in class watching other kids and not uttering a single word. On the contrary he is talkative at home and dances well.

Problem from my angle is he is just not comfortable with other kids.

Been advised that solution is socializing which I am trying hard but with no results. He is not ready to mingle with other kids. Otherwise he is intelligent, talkative at home, quite active.

Can some suggest me how to deal with this problem? Or is there any such school who deals specifically with such personality(socialization disorder)?

Any help or pointers will be of great help.

Will appreciate if anyone can suggest way to move forward.

Thanks

 

[tanlengleng]

Aarti,
try here;
http://www.kkh.com.sg/Services/Children/ChildDevelopment/Pages/Home.aspx

HTHs,
Leng Leng

 

[roxyz]

aarti like wat leng leng has recommended, maybe can go to kkh to seek specialist help


connie, just have to pay $50 deposit if you get the place. If you don't get it, no need to pay anything. I don't think balloting is available for no1 le.. they have a waiting list... maybe no2 can get in and no1 can get priority? I know it works the other way round.. not sure this way works or not...

 

[zuen]

Connie,
Frontial primary opens for pv wor. They are calling for applications for kids born in 2007.
Now I am thinking btw west grove and frontial.

 

[roxyz]

connie, did u sign up for JCK? I signed up yesterday and paid $100 registration fee....

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
Some ple said new sch good cos teacher r selected. Frontier direct higher Chinese. My friend' s boy form teacher is gd but her friend one not so. So depend on luck, if nearer to u can try. New sch at my area called get poh pri. Wll try this n west groove since walking distance.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
Some ple said new sch good cos teacher r selected. Frontier direct higher Chinese. My friend' s boy form teacher is gd but her friend one not so. So depend on luck, if nearer to u can try. New sch at my area called get poh pri. Wll try this n west groove since walking distance.

Btw, I got a slot for zac at jck next yr. might consider transfer him there. Friend comment tt they have kindermusik n v gd. Her gal no enrichment n both language v good. Well prepared till p2. Do u wan to try ? K1 direct intake . My gal ballot fail so now on waiting list.

But at CNL can see z Chinese improve a lot n more fluent now. Character also better. No more picking fight at play ground.

 

[roxyz]

connie, kindermusik need to pay extra $60 per term and extra $60 per term for bearies play gym

I heard good reviews abt JCK dat's y sent Isaiah there but so far, dun really see any improvement... he can write basic chinese characters now but its taught by his childcare and not JCK.... hmmm

 

[zuen]

Connie,
Registration shld be closed for jck right?
Haiz, shld have checked the forum earlier.

Roxy,
Wah, write Chinese characters! S asked us to speak to her in English when we tried to communication with her in mandarin lor.

 

[connie_lcl]

Zuen,
Haha, ur gal smart. Still can request language.
Has her chinese improved? The speak at home do helps, now z is v fluent but still mix a few vocab in english.

You can call to ask cos K1 entry not much student. Might still have vacant. For Nursery, no slot. Get S to enter first so your boy will just follow. Then we can save on enrichment n time bringing them. I just noticed my boy enrichment class all china children. He is the only local.

 

[newbbi79]

Morning ladies..

Been a long time since I come in here to chat =D.

All,
Anyone has wean their kisd off pacifier successfully? I have started wearing charlotte since friday, hard time...kept whining for her tutu during nap and before bedtime...haiz..

 

[roxyz]

zuen... yes, we were surprised when he wrote "shou, da, xiao" etc very basic chinese characters... seems like reading chinese story books to him helps. last I checked with principal, kindergarten still has vacancy in noon session.

fei, long time no see! how is charlotte? Isaiah doesn eat tutu, but his mei mei does. Am trying to wean the mei mei off at 2 year 2 months, very tough but trying!!