Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Good Iphone App - Phonics game
If you really need to let your kids play Iphone, this application is a good one. It is called "Phonics", there're 2 sections in this app, the first one is the phonics sound of A - Z, the second section is the spelling part where the app will prompt the kid the sound of each alphabet that make up a word. If the kid gets the spelling right, the word and picture will dance, is quite interesting and Chloe likes it.
You might also be interested in another Iphone App of "IWriteWord"
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Fun Class - C for Cake
In this lesson, Chloe learn C for cake. I let her colour the craftwork of a cake, and paste the gift papers on it. She likes the colouring part, it has trained up her grasping skill. Her craft as below:
After the craft work, I sang her the Happy Birthday song, she was shy to participate, but after the lesson, she sang the song to her daddy, holding the 'cake' at the same time :)
After the lesson, we went to the shopping mall opposite my house to buy her a cake, and she ate the cake happily. This type of related activities are very good in enhancing their memory, Chloe still remember about buying the cake in her next lesson, which i'll blog about this joke shortly :)
The lesson plan:
1) Greeting Song, click here
2) Introduce phonics of C, sing phonics song of C
3) Prompting
4) Tell the kid today we're learning C for Cake
5) Art craft on the cake, sing birthday song after done
6) Summary
7) Closing song
click here for closing song
P.s. we are both not familiar with the closing song of "Pat a cake", thus it was not an enjoyable one. My advice is you can download the song into your Iphone so the kid can replay it as and when he or she likes, and this will also enhance him or her what they had learned in the Fun Class.
After the craft work, I sang her the Happy Birthday song, she was shy to participate, but after the lesson, she sang the song to her daddy, holding the 'cake' at the same time :)After the lesson, we went to the shopping mall opposite my house to buy her a cake, and she ate the cake happily. This type of related activities are very good in enhancing their memory, Chloe still remember about buying the cake in her next lesson, which i'll blog about this joke shortly :)
The lesson plan:
1) Greeting Song, click here
2) Introduce phonics of C, sing phonics song of C
3) Prompting
4) Tell the kid today we're learning C for Cake
5) Art craft on the cake, sing birthday song after done
6) Summary
7) Closing song
click here for closing song
P.s. we are both not familiar with the closing song of "Pat a cake", thus it was not an enjoyable one. My advice is you can download the song into your Iphone so the kid can replay it as and when he or she likes, and this will also enhance him or her what they had learned in the Fun Class.
Educational Toy - ABC magnets
I bought a set of these A to Z and 0 to 9 wooden magnets early this year. The initial purpose was to hold the photos on my fridge. Chloe likes the set very much, she likes to re-arrange the photos with these magnets on my fridge, sometimes keep them in her bag. It can be annoying that every time after I arranged the photos nicely on my fridge, she would take them down and the photos could be dropping on the floor. At first I would scold her and disallow her from playing with the magnets, but surprisingly one day when I told her to leave the kitchen, she told me let her put back the alphabets first, and she really named the alphabets. So this set of magnets further enhances her recognition to the alphabets and numbers.
After I joined Jann course, she told us we should keep a few sets of ABC puzzles and magnets at home, the kids would love to play with the puzzles and magnets even though they are the same but in different patterns. I find it very true as Chloe likes to play with all kinds of alphabets toys, I was once someone who does not buy toys for kids but I would have to change my mindset now.
Kids learn through playing, let the kids grow up with fun, and don't forget,
Toys do play a part in growing smarter kids!
Parents Can't Solve a Primary 1 Math Question
Saw a mother posted the following question on the motherhood forum:
Q: I am more than 35 but less than 50.
When I add my digits, I get 12.
I am not 48.
What number am I?
She asked for solution to this question.
Some mothers pointed out the answer is 39, many complained the question been too difficult for a primary 1 student.
I personally do not think this question is that difficult. Let me explain the answer before arguing my points.
Numbers from 35 to 50 that if you add up the digits become 12, will only be 39 and 48, as the question said it is not 48, it is then 39. This is about reasoning, which is not a tough mathematics question.
This kind of questions are not designed to fail the students, but to encourage them to think, and not solve the questions blindly.
No doubt, in our time, we are doing solely mathematics like adding, subtract, multiply, division only, that's why in our time, most children do not think out of the box. This is why the current system is trying to change this, we want a generation that can think, and not just doing theory, but not practical!
It is understandable why the mother cannot solve this question, as she might be trained in the old system, think and solve problems the old way, but the problem I want to highlight here is, we should encourage our kids to think further, think more, instead of complaining the questions been tough, not suitable. Sometimes, I would think the parents should learn and progress with the children. Example in the question above, if the mother encourages the kid to think what are the numbers from 35 to 50 that can add up its own digits to become 12, the kid will not find this question difficult, can 36 be the answer? 3+6=9, so it can't, can 37 be the answer? 3+7=10, so it is not the answer.......etc; but if the mother complains to the kid this question is too tough, then she might kill the interest in the kid in learning the mathematics.
Think and solve the questions from an easy perspective! And progress with your children in their learning path the fun way!
Click here on "preparing your kid for primary 1"
Q: I am more than 35 but less than 50.
When I add my digits, I get 12.
I am not 48.
What number am I?
She asked for solution to this question.
Some mothers pointed out the answer is 39, many complained the question been too difficult for a primary 1 student.
I personally do not think this question is that difficult. Let me explain the answer before arguing my points.
Numbers from 35 to 50 that if you add up the digits become 12, will only be 39 and 48, as the question said it is not 48, it is then 39. This is about reasoning, which is not a tough mathematics question.
This kind of questions are not designed to fail the students, but to encourage them to think, and not solve the questions blindly.
No doubt, in our time, we are doing solely mathematics like adding, subtract, multiply, division only, that's why in our time, most children do not think out of the box. This is why the current system is trying to change this, we want a generation that can think, and not just doing theory, but not practical!
It is understandable why the mother cannot solve this question, as she might be trained in the old system, think and solve problems the old way, but the problem I want to highlight here is, we should encourage our kids to think further, think more, instead of complaining the questions been tough, not suitable. Sometimes, I would think the parents should learn and progress with the children. Example in the question above, if the mother encourages the kid to think what are the numbers from 35 to 50 that can add up its own digits to become 12, the kid will not find this question difficult, can 36 be the answer? 3+6=9, so it can't, can 37 be the answer? 3+7=10, so it is not the answer.......etc; but if the mother complains to the kid this question is too tough, then she might kill the interest in the kid in learning the mathematics.
Think and solve the questions from an easy perspective! And progress with your children in their learning path the fun way!
Click here on "preparing your kid for primary 1"
Fun Class - C for Crocodile
In this Fun Class, Chloe made the puppets of a crocodile and 2 monkeys:
The drawings were cut out and provided by Jann's phonics course. I let Chloe crush the crepe paper and paste it on the crocodile puppet. I helped her colour the 2 monkeys.
The final products are below:
These puppets were then used in the rhyme, which was very fun and interesting. I wore the crocodile on one hand, and sticked the 2 monkeys to my 2 fingers of another hand, the rhyme goes like this:
Two little monkeys swinging on a tree, they swing and swing, what did they see?
Here came a crocodile as hungry as can be......
"Nah, nah nah nah nah..... You cannot catch me....."
(Crocodile snapped away one monkey)
One little monkey swinging on the tree, he swing and swing, what did he see?
Here came a crocodile as hungry as can be......
"Nah, nah nah nah nah..... You cannot catch me....."
(Crocodile snapped away the last one monkey)
No more monkey swinging on the tree....
Chloe likes this puppet playing very much, I put the puppets in a file after the lesson, she'll take it out and play it herself. She'll sing the rhyme, incomplete here and there, but never mind, as long as she enjoys it :)
Structure of the lesson:
1) Greeting Song, click here for greeting song
2) Introduce phonics of C, sing phonics song of C
3) Prompting (Crocodile is too difficult to her, I skipped this part)
4) Tell the kid today we're learning C for Crocodile, colour crocodile on the phonics sheet.
5) Art craft on the crocodile and monkey puppets
6) Summary
7) Closing song
Click here for closing song
The drawings were cut out and provided by Jann's phonics course. I let Chloe crush the crepe paper and paste it on the crocodile puppet. I helped her colour the 2 monkeys.The final products are below:
These puppets were then used in the rhyme, which was very fun and interesting. I wore the crocodile on one hand, and sticked the 2 monkeys to my 2 fingers of another hand, the rhyme goes like this:Two little monkeys swinging on a tree, they swing and swing, what did they see?
Here came a crocodile as hungry as can be......
"Nah, nah nah nah nah..... You cannot catch me....."
(Crocodile snapped away one monkey)
One little monkey swinging on the tree, he swing and swing, what did he see?
Here came a crocodile as hungry as can be......
"Nah, nah nah nah nah..... You cannot catch me....."
(Crocodile snapped away the last one monkey)
No more monkey swinging on the tree....
Chloe likes this puppet playing very much, I put the puppets in a file after the lesson, she'll take it out and play it herself. She'll sing the rhyme, incomplete here and there, but never mind, as long as she enjoys it :)
Structure of the lesson:
1) Greeting Song, click here for greeting song
2) Introduce phonics of C, sing phonics song of C
3) Prompting (Crocodile is too difficult to her, I skipped this part)
4) Tell the kid today we're learning C for Crocodile, colour crocodile on the phonics sheet.
5) Art craft on the crocodile and monkey puppets
6) Summary
7) Closing song
Click here for closing song
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Learn spelling from playing toy!
I would like to recommend this toy to all, this is a very good educational toy that let the kids learn spelling. It is for age 3+ but Chloe is less than 2.5 years old and she likes it. This educational toy is called "Verbal Reasoning". It consists of multiple letters from A to Z so that the kids can have fun mix it around to make up the word shown in the picture.
From the video above you can see she's getting the alphabets after hearing the phonics sounds or hints given by me.
I got this toy from Jann but you can also get it from Kiddy Palace at $11.90 discounted price.
How did my girl learn to associate things with A - Z
She learned this from various sources, without my supervision. I was surprised when she told me, as I didn't teach her this. She likes the song of ABC, so she'll request me to search for this song from youtube for her, and I'll normally searched songs with title "ABC" and pass her the Iphone to let her choose the song she wants. From the list she found other ABC related songs and clips, one of the good ones are this which teaches A-Z phonics and things associated with it:
Youtube Phonics Song
So she learned this A is for "Apple, A, A, Apple...." and etc. She also learned from those block books and picture books given by my sister in law. So do not under estimate the ability of the children, they can self-learn pretty fast.
In the clips above, she didn't say out the full list of A - Z, and she started to talk nonsense when comes to H, is very difficult to video tape her as she doesn't have the patient. But I managed to record it as a voice clip when she was about to sleep one of the nights:
Click Here to hear the voice clip :)
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