Nicole is turning 5 yrs old this April. She is in Kindergarten 1 this year. Big girl, I tell her. Which means, bigger responsibilities too! WHICH also means, a more stressful mum!
I’ll just give you a scenario of her weekend schedule, starting Friday, after her school.
Friday: Gym - 6.15 to 7pm
Saturday : Chinese lessons - 1 to 3 pm
English lessons - 4 to 5.30pm
Sunday: Swimming - 9 to 10.30am
English lessons - 11.30 am to 1pm
Ok, before you start off with ‘You shouldn’t be stressing your kid!’, let me explain. She enjoys her gym classes and she is good at it, so why stop? She doesn’t want to stop either. She enjoys her swimming, so why stop too? As for her Chinese, she really likes going to that school and really likes the Chinese teacher. She’s always ready to leave the house for Chinese lessons and since no one speaks Chinese at home, it is good for her to go….. Lastly, why did I put her in twice a week English Enrichment Class? Well, cos its free! That course would have cost me $300 a month!
In between this hectic schedule, she’s got homework from school to complete by Sunday night, in time to hand up on Monday! There is the Chinese words that she had to copy repeatively for her spelling on Tuesday, then her English words, to copy too, for her spelling on Thursday! AND not forgetting her book review!! Yes, she is only 5 yrs of age, but she still has to do a book review! I have to read the book to her, then she has to fill up the information, such as her name, date, name of author, title of book, illustrator, etc.. then how did the story make her feel? From my understanding, she had to then tell her classmates about the book!
When I was her age, my mum said I was like a stupid idiot, ‘everything also don’t know’, I think when I was in Primary 1, I was just learning how to write cat and dog! And now? My daughter is more advanced than me! I think that by the time she reaches Primary 1, I would not be able to teach her any longer!
Maybe in order to help save money for myself and to get tuition for her then, I should open up a tuition centre!!! It will be a win-win situation! :p
