Category Archives: English

English teaching begins, along with Chinese

Posted on 25 Jan 2011 by keltong

Spent the last 2 days preparing the 2 letters and 3 letters card for Darien. So tonight we need to start going through with him. Mind Stretcher is teaching ‘am’ and ‘ad’, so I picked out the words from the … Continue reading →

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A typical night before going to bed

Posted on 24 Jan 2011 by keltong

A typical night. Warn the kids it is sleeping time. Get them to change and they will come to me with story books. Go through 基础汉字500 with Darien. (We are into “的” and “人” today). Read Chinese story to Darien. … Continue reading →

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First day at Mind Stretcher

Posted on 23 Jan 2011 by keltong

Today my K1 boy starts his first phonics class at Mind Stretcher (MS). In order to get him prepared, I have been asking him to play the alphabets phonics game at Starfall.com, which he seems to enjoy. I also purchased the Leapfrog … Continue reading →

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Start of my (books) shopping spree!

Posted on 21 Jan 2011 by keltong

After reading tamarind’s Phonics and Reading blog, I decided that I will have to supplement my son’s phonics class with additional teaching at home. I am also intrigued by the Ladybird’s Key Words with Peter and Jane series (P&J). This series of … Continue reading →

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English and Chinese class for Darien

Posted on 18 Jan 2011 by keltong

After taking the weekend to consider, we decided to gave up the I Can Read (ICR) assessment and go for the Mind Stretcher (MS) one instead. The reason is as what I said before, distance and term fees. We figure … Continue reading →

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Doing something for my kids

Posted on 12 Jan 2011 by keltong

After procrastinating for a long time, I finally decided that I need to do something different for my 2 sons education. You see, when Denver was young, he has the luxury of attempting at classes like music appreciation at Yamaha, have an … Continue reading →

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