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The Leap
14 Comments5 years old – Dec
I was pretty worried for Tim because he was slow in reading or spelling. He couldn’t remember the letters even if I asked him to repeat more than 10 times. Maybe he just does it to satisfy me but not consciously saying it. I believed he is more visual person, learning by seeing.He also does not know his suku kata for BM. I had to sit with him to go through it every day during the Dec holidays. He sort of getting it but I suspected he is trying hard to memorize which he is not good at. Ended up, next few days he will forget. He still was not able to read BM or English word. He can read Peter and Jane very well. You know why? Because he does it every day in school. It is not that he recognizes the words.
6 years old
Amazingly, he reads both English and BM. Words that he doesn’t know, he could pronounce. After he pronounces it, if he does not understand, he asked us. I wonder how he does it. I really don’t know.Maybe it is the papa, who reads with him every night. Tim reads the Bible every night with his papa and sometimes me. Maybe it is the Tadika that drilled the 6 years old student every day.
However still pretty week in his spelling or ejaan.
7 years old
Now he can read any books, I am buying lots of interesting books for him. He reads the Bible by himself. I tried to get more BM books for him to improve his BM. I would want to cultivate reading in both my children. Should I invest in Encyclopedias?Sometimes he is a busy body, reads my letters or look over my computer to read my email. :rolleyes:
He is also progressing in his spelling and ejaan but lots of room for improvement. I used to tear my hair out, teaching him spelling. At that time, I had so little faith that he will pick up spelling. Now look at him, he put my thoughts to shame. By the way, I didn’t drilled him on his spelling because I gave up. I let him learn it by himself in school.
Bottom Line
All those worry was unnecessary. If your child is slow like Tim, try to read together with them. The more they read with you, they more they will learn. I started Tim with simple words. For BM, start with the basic suku kata. Now Popular Bookstore has a lot of books on suku kata.
Another tip from another parent, allow your child to watch cartoon in different language. Some DVD allows you to choose the language.
Published on January 19, 2009 · Filed under: Parenting;
14 Responses to “The Leap”
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I think girls are faster so I was worried too when my boy did not show the same speed or progress as my girl at his age but now reading your post, I think I need not worry yah.
Usually the kids like to read my emails too, so sometimes I let them take over the keyboard to type something to their daddy. They love that. You should try it too. 🙂
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Jesslyn said on January 20th, 2009 at 9:34 am
While they read book, make it a habit to ask them to point the wordings,by this way, they can remember well the wordings when they read in different books.
btw, I dislike suku kata last time..it’s so bored!
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I like this post! It’s so assuring for a lot of mothers…
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Tim at 5yo sounds a lot like my Alycia now (she’s 5yo). I hope she can also read well when she’s 7 yo.
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alicia said on January 21st, 2009 at 6:52 am
the worry might sound unnecessary but as a mum it is not easy not to be worried
im more concern about samuel’s social skill than academic hope he can outgrow his shyness soon -
wen said on January 21st, 2009 at 10:44 am
good progress. thks to mommy and teacher!
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wen said on January 21st, 2009 at 10:44 am
did u get my email on the hotel rates? i sent to u like last week
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Sabrina said on January 21st, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I guess kids will pick up words slowly. We cannot just force them to learn.
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Jan said on January 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
heehee….all that worrying for nothing hor!!! Think it’s mother instinct playing tricks on us…..
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huisia said on January 22nd, 2009 at 9:14 am
boys tend be slow in academic, i always worry jo too, but your post relief me a lot!
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huisia said on January 22nd, 2009 at 9:16 am
Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family
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Does he read the kids’ bible or the adult NIV bible? Regardless, his progress is just fantastic!
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michelle said on January 24th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Giddy Tigress:Previously he was reading kid’s bible. Now he is reading the ESV bible.
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Well done!
I’m still waiting for Zara to start reading.
