Homework and reading, with some complementing self-drawn distractions
Homework
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Photo opp
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Do you listen to the teachers or the parents?
August 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Education, Parenting rules
School kids nationwide are on holidays from this weekend on. Caitlin has some holiday homework to do for the week off school, from (as far as I can see- gotta check her bag/books) 3 subjects of English, Malay and Chinese. Each of them have a date on the homework pages for respective dates of the [...]
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The tongue
August 5th, 2009 · 6 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Education, Ergonomics, Parenting musing, Photo opp
Being the youngest I grew up with books and some comics already in the house (as well as contemporary music like The Carpenters, some Beatles, Glen Campbell, John Denver… Oh my I’m scaring myself while I list this) One of the comics that sticks in my head is Peanuts: Charlie Brown & Snoopy, Linus & [...]
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The dread begins…
July 25th, 2008 · 6 Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Education
As prompted by Hissychick‘s recent comment, Caitlin’s preschooling does include homework. Lots of colouring Math: Colouring the corresponding number of objects and repeated writing of numbers 1-8 at this point. It’s amazing that while Caitlin handled writing number 8 quite well, her number 2 is still problematic. English: Colouring the corresponding object which first letter [...]
