Comments on: Never Learnt The Lesson http://huileng.seng.sg/2005/10/20/never-learnt-the-lesson/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 May 2012 20:17:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: kwai yoke http://huileng.seng.sg/2005/10/20/never-learnt-the-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-754 kwai yoke Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000 #comment-754 Don't be too hard on yourself. My 3yo though can sit through (not still) his meal, but once he's full, he will want to get out of the place. So, for important meetings which I can't leave as and when I like, or for a child to making a scene, I will get a baby sitter. Don’t be too hard on yourself. My 3yo though can sit through (not still) his meal, but once he’s full, he will want to get out of the place. So, for important meetings which I can’t leave as and when I like, or for a child to making a scene, I will get a baby sitter.

]]> By: Geraldine http://huileng.seng.sg/2005/10/20/never-learnt-the-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Geraldine Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0000 #comment-755 Something to share from early childhood education -- for every year of our age, we gain one minute of focus span (if I remember correctly -- up to a maximum of 30 minutes only!). This knowledge made me feel better when I realized that it was not my 'failure' when I couldn't maintain the attention of some of the very young children I was first put in-charge of. I wasn't experienced enough to know then that I couldn't expect them to keep still for a longer time than I'd expect. :p If we try to re-trace finely a 2-3 hr classroom session/seminar we had recently attended, we might be able to recall that after the first 20-30 minutes of the session, we shift our eyes away from the speaker to look at other things in the surrounding, shift a bit here and there in the chair, probably discuss/chat with someone we know sitting next to us or even doodle on a piece of paper if we have a writing table. It is with this basis that pre-school curriculums are designed to be highly interactive using songs and play. A baby-sitter would be a better option to relief you for a night out. I'm sure baby would be happier in the home environment she's familiar with if the baby-sitter is a good playmate for her. :) Something to share from early childhood education — for every year of our age, we gain one minute of focus span (if I remember correctly — up to a maximum of 30 minutes only!). This knowledge made me feel better when I realized that it was not my ‘failure’ when I couldn’t maintain the attention of some of the very young children I was first put in-charge of. I wasn’t experienced enough to know then that I couldn’t expect them to keep still for a longer time than I’d expect. :p

If we try to re-trace finely a 2-3 hr classroom session/seminar we had recently attended, we might be able to recall that after the first 20-30 minutes of the session, we shift our eyes away from the speaker to look at other things in the surrounding, shift a bit here and there in the chair, probably discuss/chat with someone we know sitting next to us or even doodle on a piece of paper if we have a writing table.

It is with this basis that pre-school curriculums are designed to be highly interactive using songs and play. A baby-sitter would be a better option to relief you for a night out. I’m sure baby would be happier in the home environment she’s familiar with if the baby-sitter is a good playmate for her. :)

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