Collecting Memories for a Lifetime
One of the strategies that I teach children for English Oral at Singapore Primary level is to tap into their personal experiences. During an Intensive English Oral course I was conducting, I realised that...
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Working Harder During the Holidays
Ever tell your child, “Work harder okay?” As a teacher, I heard parents tell their child that in front of me countless times. It’s a nice sentiment, but it does absolutely nothing. It’s not...
Should I Engage a Tutor for My Child?
Your child has just gotten back the results from the recent exam. It’s far from ideal. Now you’re wondering if you should engage a tutor to help him or her. This article aims to...
Getting the Most Out of Parent-Teacher Meetings
The mid-years are over for most students and soon it will be time to meet the teachers. It can be a tense time, and I know some parents dread having to hear negative feedback...
Science Tip: Cancelling Away Carelessness
Quoting a colleague of mine, “careless” means you could “care less”. Children are often not aware of the heavy cost of carelessness. Each careless MCQ mistake in a Maths or Science exam costs 2%...
The Importance of Units
Mathematics is meaning. As a teacher, I always insist that my students write their units. I do not force them to do this out of convention. Rather, I wish to impress upon my students...
Guess and Check
Most students I’ve encountered shun away from using the Guess and Check strategy. Its name itself is a misnomer and contributes to them misunderstanding how to use the strategy. It’s a powerful strategy that...
What Is Wrong with My Child?
In this article, I want to discuss how children develop, and how they do so at different paces. I am not a child psychologist and my opinions here are formed from my experiences and...
Either Love It or Hate It
Subject-verb agreement – a topic of English grammar that I know causes many a person to have a nervous twitch. I suspect that some may not even be familiar with the term; or have banished...
The Power of the Tongue
When I was young, I didn’t do well academically. In my mid-twenties, my late grandmother, whom I love dearly, once lamented to me in Hokkien, “I don’t understand, why are you not ‘kiang’ (which...
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