Early English Literacy Classes for Young Children This specially put together 3-year programme is tailored for young learners between age 4 and 6 years old.
LEARNING offers home-based English literacy classes to young learners between age 4 and 12 years old using teaching and learning materials from SCHOLASTIC. The maiden programme offered by LEARNING is the Scholastic Early English Development Programme, in short, S.E.E.D. S.E.E.D. is a comprehensive and systematic language curriculum using Phonics and Whole Language Learning approach to teach the En
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Conversation with a 4 year old boy who drew a picture of a lion dance in this afternoon class...
Boy : Teacher, I am drawing here a 'tung-tung-chiang'.
Teacher : You mean a lion dance, Xiang-Xiang.
Boy : No...this is a 'tung-tung-chiang'. No lion lion.
Teacher : I get you, dear. 'Tung-tung-chiang' is the sound made by the drums in a lion dance. So, you are actually drawing a lion dance.
Boy : ...(Looking and sounding annoyed)...Nooo...This is 'tung-tung-chiaaaang'. This is not a lion dance. This is 'tung-tung-chiaaaang' bah.
Teacher : Okay, okay..It's 'tung-tung-chiang'. It's 'tung-tung-chiang'.
12/02/2014
AMAZED. That's the word to describe how I felt this afternoon with the girls. Two girls arrived early for class and while waiting for their friend, they helped themselves to some pieces of papers I kept in a box. In matter of seconds, both sat in a corner and got busy. What was the result?
TA-DAAAAA~ A Row of Houses!
A child's mind is full of wonders, indeed.
28/01/2014
Chinese New Year card making this afternoon with the kiddos.
Easy breezy materials : Red packets (plenty at this time of the year), white card paper and orange construction paper, glue and imagination!
Happy Chinese New Year to all who are celebrating.
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
I got one of my 5 year olds to help me out with a new kid on the block.
Me : Isaac. ..Can you show Keith the way to the classroom while I wait for Alson to arrive?
Isaac : Sure... Come on, Keith. (then turns to look at
me)...Teacher, I know Keith.
Me : You know Keith?? How did you get to know him?
Isaac : Like yeaaah...You just said his name!?! You said his name Keith.
@-@
Teacher : Okay, boys. We are in the last quarter of the year so best if we get ready for the final exams. When are your exams?
Boy 1 : Errr...I don't know. Maybe next month.
Teacher : What do you mean you don't know? You should know the dates by now.
Boy 2 : I think mine...uuhh..17th October?? 18th?? (looking confuse)
Boy 3 : I also don't know. But I know my brother's birthday is on October 11th. (big grin with a peace sign)
Boy 1 : Hey! My birthday will be on next Friday!
@-@
Today in class with the 5 year olds...
Teacher : How many legs does a spider have?
Children : Eeeeiiighhhtt!
Teacher : What about an octopus?
Children : Eeeeiiighhtt!
Teacher : Good...Now, how many legs does a bumblebee have?
Girls : Siii # # #!
Boy : No! Bumblebee has four legs!
Teacher : Does a bumblebee have four legs??
Boy : Yes!
Teacher : Okaayyy, perhaps you would like to tell me more about this bumblebee and its four legs?
Boy : This bumblebee is yellow and black and has four legs and the legs are like black and round like tyres...and..and... when it changes into a robot it goes like this ...cheewwengwengjukjuukzzzbzbz (moving and making noise like a robot)...and now it has two legs just like us.
Teacher : (Enlightened)..Aaahhh... Are you referring to Bumblebee the car from The Transformer movie?
Boy : YEAH! Bumblebee Transformer!!
We did letter writing activity in this evening class of 6 and 7 year old boys.
Here is a conversation with some of them during lesson...
Teacher : ...Okay...So, please think of a person in your life that you could thank for something.
Boy 1 : Err...Oh I know! I want to say thank you to my teacher.
Teacher : That's a good one. Is this teacher teaching in your school?
Boy 1 : Yes. She is nice.
Teacher : That's sweet. What is her name? You have to write it in the letter.
Boy 1 : I don't know o...I just call her teacher.
(Teacher went @-@)
Boy 2 : Teacher...teacher! (waving frantically)
Teacher : Ok, yes...Who would you like to thank in your letter?
Boy 2 : I want to thank peaaswhy!
Teacher : Pea who? What???
Boy 2 : I want to say thank you to P...S...Y...! (using his finger to spell)
Teacher : PS...You mean PSY the singer? From Korea? Why??
Boy 2 : Because he sing the Oppa Gangnam Style, so I want to say thank you to him...YEA...OPPA GANGNAM STYLE!
Teacher went double @-@!!!
Conversation with a 5 year old boy.
Boy : B is for bear..B is for bush and branch...and B is for boat. Not a sail boat but just the boat. Because sail boat begins with S.
Teacher : Very good...
Boy : And B is for banana!...Hey teacher, I will draw you a banana.
Teacher : Ok, let's see you draw a banana.
Boy : I will draw you a banana AND a banini.
Teacher : Okaayyy...But what's a banini?
Boy : A banini! You don't know a banini?? A banini is something like a banana but it taste better. Yum!
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17/07/2013
Student-centered writing activities.
A five year old girl put on a pair of fairy wings and with a big smile she shook her shoulders. Puzzled, she asked innocently, "Teacher, why I cannot fly?"