The Avid Reader Club

03/09/2026

有朋友嘅太太friend想搵Public Speaking & Interview skill老師。
我還未清楚阿太太的真正需要，
想找找自己再搵返上年暑假幫助兩位專程由國內來香港找我特訓兩周，
準備UK 名校Interview的一篇post，
發現自己其實最強項，
是有效紀錄事情，及把重點表達！（無AI幫架！）😂

這也是我近期遇到一些enquiries時，發現很多人有這種情況：表達能力。

問問題的方法，都是輕輕一句：
「老師，麻煩你告訴我妳可以怎樣幫助我的孩子。。。」 ；
「請問你做什麼的？」；或
「老師，我孩子10歲。。。。（silence）」。
無頭無尾的，令我覺得自己像淘寶的客服
（但sorry我真的無這個時間回答，也無AI auto reply）。

說話/寫作（即溝通技巧），完全表露一個人的邏輯思維程度。

你也曾被問過你不想費力答的問題嗎？覺得就算你認真答，他們也是不懂？


02/09/2026

🐉 Baby SEED Class Update: Today we didn't read ZOG. We became Zog.

Parents, today's 40-minute story time with our 4–5 year olds was Julia Donaldson's ZOG — and I want to share how it went, because it's a good example of why I call myself an "unorthodox" teacher. 😄

Most story times go like this: teacher reads, children sit, teacher asks "What colour was the dragon?" and everyone's hand goes up (or doesn't). I do it differently. I gamify the book.

Here's what happened today:

🔥 We learnt how to breathe "fire" like the dragons in Year 2 at Dragon School
❄️ Then we switched to "ice" — cold breath, shivering shoulders
📣 Then we went out to the corridor to practise our ROAR… and discovered it echoes! (Apologies to our neighbours at One Island South 🙈)

But the real teaching isn't the roaring. It's the questions.

I ask lots of questions during a story — but not all questions are equal. Compare these:

❌ "What is Zog learning and why?" – a fact-check question. If the child gets it "wrong", reading quietly starts to feel like a test.

✅ "Which dragon do YOU want to be and why?" – suddenly the child is inside the story, seeing the world as that character.

✅ Before flipping to the next page, ask "What do you think dragons learn in Year 2 at school?" – now they're predicting, imagining, and genuinely curious about what happens on the next page.

Guessing the plot before it unfolds is one of the most important habits we build at this age. It keeps young readers actively thinking rather than passively listening — which is exactly the foundation our whole TREE System (Baby Seed ➔ Seed ➔ Sapling ➔ Tree) is built on.

👉🏻**A tip for home reading this week**: Before you turn each page, ask ONE "What do you think happens next?" — and accept every answer as a good one. There is no wrong guess. The goal is curiosity, not accuracy.

When reading is a game, children come back for more. When it's a quiz, they learn to avoid it. 📚💛

The Baby SEED kids left today asking when we'll read the next Zog book — which is exactly the outcome I want.

— Teacher Anna

31/08/2026

2019年寫的一篇再重睇，寫得太好啦要再post！😂😚😚 關於自學力的那句其實到最後，但用這篇文章來祝福㊗️新學年的小朋友：

『學習本應係件開心事，學識自學才是一生受用的本事！』

Drop your name card!

近排工作時聽得最多的一個字，應該是「stress」!

有剛升上初中的小學生、準備高中的年青人、甚至入了大學的、和工作了幾十年的。以近排香港這種狀況，某些人也把年輕人對未來沒有希望的哀嚎歸咎於香港教育制度的失敗。

說實話，教育制度，有責任照顧我們每個人對未來的希望嗎？

先用胡媽近排做人生教練時遇到的一對小情侶Danny仔和珠女做個例子。

初次見面，眼前一亮！他們是任何人也認為是接近完美的一對璧人！Danny仔和珠女出自中產家庭，於香港頂尖名校以優異成績考入香港大學並於英國劍橋畢業。兩人更被世界最大投資銀行吸納為重點培訓的要員，真正是前途無可限量！大家都在健康家庭長大，非常孝順父母，是很有規矩很謙虛的年輕人！興趣同樣都是音樂，不是閒來到卡拉OK那種，而是曾經於美國Carnegie Hall表演的那種演奏級level。

這對已接近「做韓劇先有咁完美」的年青人，找上胡媽，談的就是stress & dream (對未來的希望/夢想)。

在投資銀行工作壓力當然很大！在等價交換這遊戲規則裏，他們很清楚為了那張名片需要付出的是什麼代價。但最吊詭的，是當身邊所有人也認為自己是平步青雲時，自己感受到的卻是賣了靈魂般的壓力生活。在長期這般工作下，他們倆都看不到人生未來的希望，意識到有些東西是不對的⋯

首先，對人生未來感迷惘與否，跟教育程度或曾接受過哪種教育制度根本沒有直接關係！教育，本就是為你創造未來更多可能性的一基本條件而已。沒接受過高尚教育但活得非常好的，大有人在！

當一個人已擁有名譽地位、財富愛情、甚至俊美的儀容和優秀的背景，卻仍會對現有的工作和人生未來感到迷惘時，需要關注的地方，一定是核心的個人價值觀。

而我想說的，是這種迷惘，與那些認為自己工作不如意、賺不到錢買樓、不夠俊美和沒有家庭背景的人一樣，面對着的也可能是同一種資本主義社會產生的價值觀 - 胡媽稱之為「名片效應」。

首先，他們都是被這個很着重「名片效應」價值觀的環境下孕育長大的；這價值觀，也就是大部份香港人都被困擾着，而產生無窮壓力的來源。這其實也不是香港獨有的問題了！全世界不就是在玩這個「名片效應」的遊戲嗎？

當個人的核心價值觀與這種全世界也認為正常的名片效應價值觀產生出入時，那才會令人感到迷惘、甚至迷失。

我很會賺錢，並不等於我只想賺錢。
我沒錢買樓，並不等於我生活得不好；也不等於我買到樓便會生活變好。
我很想擁有那個包包，並不等於有了包包我便是有錢人；也不等於我想證明我想做個有錢人。

因為名片是假的，你才是真的！
名片只是你為別人設定的「你」！

我仍然很欣賞Danny仔和珠女願意找我這位教練阿姨來傾談自己的情況，而不是沮咒公司或老闆的不是，或把責任推給政府，或認為這個世界有任何其他單位會負責照顧他們對未來希望的需求。

感到迷惘時，有沒有問過自己的理想/夢想是什麼呢？還是一直都是活在別人認為成功人士應過的生活方式？每天早上令你起床的動力是什麼？每晚臨睡前感到自己活得充實有意義嗎？每天你用了多少時間做自己喜歡的事，而所做的事有讓你增值人生嗎？有把自己的精神與能量讓這世界變得幸福一點嗎？

因為分析過自己的想法和價值觀後，你應該會發現這世界只有你的思想（再配合你的行動) 才是改變你未來的唯一辦法！

想一想：沒有手上的名片，你希望自己能成為一個怎樣的人？

世上最好回報的投資，便是投資在你的時間和個人身上！ 這個是連投資銀行也不會懂得幫你投資的項目。

靠自己啦，老友！

Disclaimer: 投資人生涉及風險，過往表現並不反映你的將來價值觀動向。

*相片來自台灣Cheers雜誌中一期有關「自學力」的cover story，其中有句說話說得特別好『如果能力不隨時更新，過往的資產便成為今天的負債。』

**這一期更訪問了一位我認識而且非常尊敬的台灣攝影老師，把清潔澎湖海灘為她的生命任務和職業，忠於自己的價值觀開心地努力地生活着。

27/08/2026

Waiting until primary school to fix passive reading habits is already too late.😭

Look at the photos below👇🏻.

Four pairs of eyes, totally glued to a physical storybook. No iPads in sight. No flashing screens.

Just 50 minutes of unbroken focus 👁️—including both my storytime and their own quiet reading on the beanbags.

For a long time, I felt a deep calling to start Baby SEED (Ages 3–5).

We live in an era where digital distraction enters our children’s lives earlier than ever before. Sometimes, seeing parents babysitting their kids with iPad or phones while they‘re eating (as a family), I seriously feel the ’frustration‘ inside me fighting against the ’empathy’;

😤 Frustration, because digital noise is hijacking our children's attention spans earlier than ever before, but parents are nurturing this...maybe out of ignorance—the false belief that passive screen time counts as quiet learning.🙅🏻‍♀️

🥺 Empathy, because I know the truth: most parents aren't doing it out of neglect. They may do it out of sheer exhaustion. They just need 20 minutes of peace to eat a meal, catch their breath or finish their work.

Fixing passive consumption before primary school isn't just an academic advantage. It is a necessity.

Focus is not a trait kids are born with. It is a muscle we build.

When kids learn to fall in love with physical books at age 3, everything changes:

🧠 They build real attention stamina: Learning to sit, listen, and track complex narratives without needing a screen.

📖 They escape passive consumption: Shifting from screen-glued observers to active, curious thinkers.

❤️ They build an emotional anchor: Books become a source of comfort and warmth, not an academic chore. It’s a friend! 👯‍♀️

Baby SEED is officially LAUNCHED and completely FULL.🎉🎉🎉

To protect this quality, I cap these groups at strictly 5 students so every child receives 100% of my direct energy.

🙏🏻 I am overwhelmed with gratitude for our parents' patience and trust:
💖Several families reserved their spots months ago, long before summer even began.
💖 One returning mother trusted me with her youngest child after watching her three older sons learn to read in my program over the years.

Because of the high demand, I am evaluating opening one additional micro-cohort upon request.

👇 Comment "BABYSEED" below or send me a DM to join the priority waitlist for our next group!

(P.S. Make sure to follow my Facebook and IG—I’m dropping a reel next showing the exact method I used to keep these 3-to-5-year-olds focused and reading quietly for 40 minutes!)

25/08/2026

In an AI world where answers are free, the real skill isn‘t knowing the answer—it’s asking the right question.

AI can give your child 1,000 answers in 3 seconds.
But it will only ever be as smart as the prompt they give it.

If we teach kids to memorize facts, they become replaceable.
If we teach them question design, they become irreplaceable.
Why? Crafting a question requires deep comprehension.
To write a good question, you have to understand context, psychology, and logic.
You have to anticipate how the reader (or the AI) will process the information.

Our favorite entry point to build this inquiry mindset? Kahoot.
Instead of just playing quizzes, we turn our students into the quiz creators.

To build a tricky question about a book they just read, they must:
🧐 Analyze character motives rather than just plot points.
🕵🏻‍♂️ Design clever, believable wrong answers (which requires serious critical thinking).
🏃🏻‍♀️ Think three steps ahead of the person taking the quiz.
🤪 Be a humourous person! Fun questions engage others better!!😝

When kids learn to control the question, they take control of their own learning.
👉🏻Want your child to move from passive reader to deep critical thinker?
💌Comment KAHOOT below to get our complete Reading Class schedule for the upcoming term!

23/08/2026

【當 20 多位大人與小朋友，在一場工作坊裡玩到不願走……】

昨晚終於完成了我首個廣東話版 《高效自學親子工作坊》！現場擠滿了 20 多位家長與小朋友，看著大家由一開始的好奇，到投入遊戲時的歡笑，再到解構背後學習原理時的那種「Eye-opening」眼神，真的非常感動🥹。

很多人以為「自學力」只是一種抽象的精神——要有動力、要自律。但昨晚我們用實證告訴大家：自學力，其實是一套人人都能輕鬆掌握的「實用系統」與「大腦遊戲」！

從圖像化記憶（Sun List）、體感記憶（Body Folders）到極速專注（Alpha State 速讀訓練），我們把看似枯燥的學習與閱讀，變成了連小朋友都能秒速上手的「遊戲化機制」(Gamified Learning)。

最讓我驚喜的是，不只小朋友玩得投入，連在場的大人也大呼過癮！在這個資訊爆炸的時代，不單是小朋友，大人其實更需要這套「終身受用的自學與專注力系統」。

❤️ 【特別感謝與 10 週年預告】
特別感謝 BNI Value Chapter分會給我這個機會，嘗試舉辦這場大人與小朋友同樂的成人體驗工作坊！得到你哋嘅支持，有幾位已上岸嘅大老闆幫我不斷推廣，甚至為我找尋開拓生意嘅機會，真係超級感動大家的Givers Gain Spirit!😭🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

更要特別感謝我最棒的 Partner —— Tam ATEC - Auntie Tam's Education Centre。不知不覺間，我們已經攜手並肩支持了 10 個年頭！9 月 6 日就是我們的 10 週年紀念，這份信任與默契，是 The Avid Reader Club 能一直陪伴孩子成長的最強後盾。I love you Tam! Without you, I would have never become who I am today 😭💖🫶🏻

🚀 【未來預告：帶走一套一輩子受用的「自學力」】
昨晚的熱烈迴響，讓我更加堅信：學習本來就是一件高興的事，學會自學，才是受用一世的本事。

為了讓更多家長能成為孩子的「思維與自學教練」，同時幫助年輕教育者與職場人提升底層邏輯力，我目前正在籌備更系統化的**【深度自學力工作坊】**以及專為家長與教育者打造的 【Meta-Learning 認證課程 (Certification Program)】！

我將會推出更多實用講座與深度工作坊，教大家如何將這套閱讀力、記憶法、專注力與時間管理系統完全落地於家庭與日常生活中。

👉 【限時禮物：免費送你《時間富翁 10 個高效家庭素養 Tips》】
想知道如何將昨晚工作坊的精髓落實在屋企？我特別整理了一份 《時間富翁 10 個高效家庭素養習慣》高清 PDF 懶人包！

只要在下方留言 【自學力】 ，我會親自 DM 送你這份實用工具包，及update你最新工作坊時間！
（名額有限，留言後記得 Check 你的 Inbox / Requested Messages 啦 📩）

#時間富翁 #高效自學力 #全感官學習 #親子工作坊 #閱讀思維 #家長認證課程 #家庭素養

21/08/2026

Smart readers don't count pages—they process ideas. 📚

Telling a child to "go read for 30 minutes" often backfires. They set a timer, scan text passively, and retain almost nothing.

Reading isn't just about finishing a book—it's an active cognitive skill.

Inside The Avid Reader Club, we teach our students the A.C.T. Reading Protocol so they can take ownership of their own learning:

🎯 Approach: Kids learn how to evaluate books before opening chapter one. By analysing blurbs, checking genre preferences, and sizing up difficulty levels, they select books they actually want to finish.

💡 Connect: Instead of mindlessly flipping pages, students ask targeted questions as they read—linking character decisions, themes, and conflicts back to their own lived experiences.

🚀 Transform: Reading becomes a long-term habit when progress is visible. Students track key insights, record takeaways, and review their reflections using our custom Reading Trackers.

When children stop treating reading like homework and start using a structured mental protocol, comprehension and focus follow naturally.

Enrollment for our regular term-time reading, writing, and cognitive development programs is officially open.

In our small-group classes, students master higher-order thinking, structure complex ideas, and even write and publish their very own physical books.

👇 Want your child to build strong, self-led reading habits this school year?
Comment ACT below and I’ll send our full school year class schedule directly to your DMs!

10/08/2026

Gosh…time flies…10 years... where did the time go?!

It feels like just yesterday Tam and I were getting things started. Looking back, we’re not only still doing what we love every day, but we’ve also grown so much along the way. Over the past decade, we’ve expanded our programs and evolved how we teach to meet a much wider range of needs for our amazing students.

To celebrate this 10-year milestone, we’d love for you and your family to come celebrate with us! 🥳🎉

📅 SAVE THE DATE!
🗓 Sunday, September 6, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned:
🍷 “Wine-Down” Corner: A relaxing spot for parents to unwind and chill.
⚡ Fun Activities for Kids: Including a Pokémon card swap, arts & crafts, and more!
📚 “A Book for a Book” Swap: Time to clear off those bookshelves! Bring books your kids have outgrown and swap them for ones at their new reading level.

Check out some of our memories here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1662339157217823&type=3

Mark your calendars—we can’t wait to celebrate with all of you! ❤️

Without you all coming to support us, it wouldn't be such a success! My heartfelt THANK YOU to all my friends!

We had over 100 guests joining us, received the highest record of 934 books for swapping! So glad to see books are reused again!!

Children and adults all seemed to enjoy themselves a lot in so many ways, and this is what we, Anna & Tam want - to provide a warm, homey environment at ATEC for all!

This is just the beginning, stay tuned for more fun reading-related activities @ www.theavidreaderclub.com & www.auntietamcentre.com!!!

PS: Special thanks to Alan Lam who volunteered to be our photographer! Bravo shots of lovely memories!!

10/08/2026

To think smart, you must ask smart questions. 🧠

Most traditional worksheets test children on surface-level recall:
❌ "Who is the main character?"
❌ "Where does the story take place?"

This conditions kids to scan pages for quick facts instead of processing the underlying themes. They learn to consume information passively rather than analysing it deeply.

Inside The Avid Reader Club, we teach our students how to formulate "Smart Questions" for their peers:

1️⃣ Not a Closed Question: A Smart Question can never be answered with a simple "Yes" or "No."
2️⃣ Not Fact-Finding: The answer cannot be found by skimming page 5 or doing a quick search online.

When you shift a child from answering basic prompts to generating high-level inquiry, reading stops being a passive chore. It becomes a workout in critical thinking, logic, and self-confidence.

Summer has ended, but active learning doesn't have to stop. Our regular term-time reading and writing classes are now open for enrollment.

👇 Comment "NEW" below and I’ll send our new school year class schedule straight to your DMs!

09/08/2026

Summer camp終於完啦 ！
老實講，雖然連續做五個禮拜對我嚟講係有啲吃力，
但呢段日子我比班小朋友更加興奮。

睇住相裏面嘅自己一邊拉筋、一邊跟孩子們扔抱枕，
甚至一齊食住零食睇書寫書……
這才是我心中最理想的學習狀態 -
學習本應係開心事。

好多人以為學寫作一定要苦讀，
但現實剛好相反：
當孩子感覺放鬆、安全，
他們的專注力和想像力
才會真正打開。

習慣了這個環境後，
原本只報 1 星期的小朋友，
竟主動要求加碼上足 4 星期!😱😭🥹
(超級多謝各位媽咪支持！🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️)

小朋友不單重建了每日閱讀 Routine，
更親手完成了人生第一本 Canva eBook。

睇住佢哋從第一日的小小不自信，
到最後拿著作品時眼神裏閃爍的光采，
這份成就感，
真的是做教育最甜美的事。🥰💖

感謝每一位家長無條件的信任，
也感謝每一位小朋友帶給了我一個這麼充實的夏天🫶🏻。

暑期 Camp 雖已完結，但學習的熱情才剛剛開始。

🗓️ 新學期常規班現已開放報名，有興趣請PM啦！每一課堂只剩少量位。

#快樂學習 #自主學習 #閱讀習慣 #寫作自信 #香港教育 #親子日常 #學童成長