學之園(海逸校)06K1

ljsze

Lydia, Doris

Yes.  I set the alarm & when time was up the radio would be turned on.  Yet, he still wanted to play.  Somehow, I had to use something else to distract him.  I'll keep trying & hope it worked later.

I realized a third teacher Miss Hung helping the class this morning (standing in the queue for morning exercise).  Davin greeted her immediately when he saw her.  I hope she would be an extra support and not replacement or substitute.

DorisTSL

ljsze,

Do you mean Miss Hung of PNB class?  Then, how about PNB class during morning exercise?  Did you see any new teacher there?

BTW, you may consider buying a timer for cooking, with large display.  Davin can then see actually how much time is left and he can mentally prepare to stop.

ljsze

Doris

Not that Miss Hung.  Another one.

Thanks for your advice.  Timer is another good alternative.

Lydia, Doris

In average, how many hours can you stay with your son when you're back home everyday ?

LydiaWong

ljsze,Doris,
I also bought a timer but now he hates it and always turn it around and cannot see it. Maybe it's a pressure on him. Sometimes I use biscuit to distract him or as a reward.

ljsze,
Usually I come back b4 6 o'clock and stay with him until ~9:30 when he goes to sleep. But sometimes I'll watch TV while he's playing on his own.

ljsze

Lydia

wow, how nice your job is ?  you can return home b4 6pm.  i guess you're a civil servant.  and, do you work 5 days a week ?  if so, then your job is really a good one.

Lydia, Doris

I was early today & could watch kids playing b4 morning exercise.  It was so good as you could observe their social skills.  It was so funny that a lot of kids played the toy kitchen.  Though it was crowded, kids enjoyed themselves a lot.  I was so happy when I saw that they had fun.

DorisTSL

Lydia, ljsze,

I used to be home around 6pm, except when I have meetings and seminars.  After Brian had dinner, we will play, watch TV or read some English words and Chinese characters until my husband returned home after 8pm.  Brian will play on his own while we have dinner.  He will have milk at around 9pm and go to bed around 10.  

How about you, ljsze?

ljsze

Doris

wow, not bad.  so, i thought i was not that late but turned out i'm the one who returns home latest among the three of us.

Doris, Lydia

Good that we can have at least three hours with them at night.  You should be thankful enough to have the current job which doesn't put much pressure to you on working overtime.

DorisTSL

Lydia, ljsze,

Brian had the third phonics class today.  Brian said he likes the class.  However, I found that kids will learn only two letters in every lesson and I couldn't anything new from Brian's work.  Will consider whether Brian should continue in March.

Lydia,

I saw Preston this morning in the school playground.  He was a bit shy and he hid behind your maid.  However, Brian, Cheuk Yan and Hei Hei were happy to see him and they all ran to him.  So nice!

LydiaWong

Doris,
Did you see him when he just arrived at school? He's always like this, needs some time to warm up and so shy in the beginning. That makes me worry if he goes for interview.
Preston still doesn't like Miss Jill very much, although Miss Jill said he's doing very well. So they just learn 2 letters a class, but they knew all the letters already. Would that duplicate what they learn in regular class? Actually I expect they learn more on phonics (how to put the sounds together to make words) in K2, but so far he's learning how to write. Will they continue in March? I also won't consider to join if the course contents are similar.

DorisTSL

Lydia,

Yes, I saw him when he just arrived at school.  He was a bit shy at the beginning but he could join the other kids very soon.  When Miss Jill asked the kids to line up, he went to Miss Jill and held her hand.  He looked happy.

I asked Miss Kwan at the reception counter about this course before making the decision.  She said the course content is different from what the kids learned in normal class.  However, from the work that Brian brought home, I could see only pictures like egg, elephant, feet, fingers.  I guess kids have learnt all these in class.  Maybe the course for K1 is only for those who didn't study PN class.

ljsze

Lydia, Doris

From what you've mentioned about the phonics class, I guess the course is to give more depth & reinforcing what they've learnt.  Maybe we should not be too aggressive to let the kids learn new things before we make sure that they have grasped those knowledge.

LydiaWong

ljsze,Doris,
What I expect from the course is not writing (which they never mentioned b4), and I don't want him to learn writing too soon. Anyway, there is only 2 more classes left.
How's the evaluation of your kids? Preston has improved quite a bit compared from last time. I hope he'll continue to improve his emotion.

ljsze

Lydia

Davin also improved a lot.  The teachers gave positive comments.  Yet, I did write to Miss Cheng the other day & asked her to give comments for area of improvement if she noticed one.  So far no such feedback.  I think maybe he behaves better at school, like most kids do.

Btw, Davin finally stopped playing computer games without much resistance after a short while when the alarm rang.  Thank God.

DorisTSL

Lydia, ljsze,

I know the K2 kids in LH will start writing in the second term.  However, writing has nothing to do with phonics.  There's no point for us to send our kids to learn writing.

Brian showed improvement except in social skills.  There are still areas for improvement.  

ljsze,

It's good to know that Davin can follow the 'x minute rule' that soon.  

BTW, do you often use the '1-2-3' rule?  It works quite well on Brian, especially when he is at home.

ljsze

Doris

What is '1-2-3' rule ?

My friend participated the drama shown last week '摘星小王子' last week.  I saw a lot of students going to the drama.

Doris, Lydia

Do you do art & craft with your son at home ?

LydiaWong

Doris,
I know. I won't send him to pay for writing course.

ljsze,
I think the '1-2-3' rule is to make him stop doing something bad. I use it sometimes but Preston is so afraid now. He'd tell me to stop counting b4 I count to 2. It only applies on bad behaviour.
Sometimes I do arts and crafts with him (actually I hate arts myself). I bought some finger paints which was a lot of fun and he enjoyed it very much. Preston doesn't really like painting or drawing very much, I guess we both are bad at arts so Preston probably has no talent in this aspect.

ljsze,Doris,
The comments from the teachers were so positive and 'good' which make me query if that's my son.   My hubby said the teacher would wrtie good comments coz you did pay tuition fee (just kidding)   I guess ljsze is right, the kids behave a lot better at school.

DorisTSL

Lydia,

What I mean is the course content does not match the name of the course for K2 class if the kids do a lot of writing in an hour.  Maybe it's a new course and Miss Jill may need some time to figure out what should be done.

ljsze,

What Lydia described about the '1-2-3' rule is the one I am using to deal with Brian's misbehaviour at home.  He used to stop when I count to '2'.

I seldom do arts and crafts with Brian at home because he doesn't like drawing much.  However, I will let him try from time to time to see if he starts to show interest.

ljsze

Doris, Lydia

The reason I ask if you do any art & craft at home is that Miss Cheng says Davin is good at this.

I watch Davin did the homework last night & he really did something more than joining the dotted line.  And, I could also observe other good behaviour that Miss Cheng mentioned in the report.  I hope this would last long.

I'm also not good at art & craft.  I need some help from the books & my sister.  More job for me, but I think it's good to develop this.

LydiaWong

ljsze,Doris,
Preston also likes to do homework. He asked for more after only '1' page of homework. I need to find something else for him to do.
Have your sons fixed his dominant hand? Preston is still using both hands. I don't know if I should force him to use one hand now.

DorisTSL

Lydia, ljsze,

Brian was excited when I asked him to do the homework last night.  I purposely gave him a pencil and he said immediately that the homework should be done with crayons.

BTW, what kinds of art and craft works will you let your kid do at home?

Lydia,

Brian's dominant hand is right hand.  I have no idea about whether you should force Preston to use one hand.  The majority use right hand but those who choose to use left hand are usually good at music, art and maths.