Our parents' training in Jolly Phonics was successfully concluded in March. The parents who endeavored to come were very, very pleased that we set up this kind of training for them. You see, the way we teach our children is not the way we were taught! Thus, parents get very frustrated when their 3 year olds can't recite the alphabet! And they are right! We recited the alphabet when we were 3 years old!
But could we read at 4 years? Hell No! We started reading when we were 7 years old…in P.2!
So, what has changed?
The way we teach!
You see, we now teach our children to "sound" the letters before they learn to recite them in the alphabet. This, ladies and gentlemen, is what we were teaching our parents.
We also demonstrated to them how they can make reading interesting to the children. Many of them confessed that they had never considered showing pictures to their little ones during story time. They had also never thought about making reading fun by making voice intonations, acting, etc! Neither had they ever thought about stimulating their little ones' brains by asking them simple questions about the story after reading to them!
We were happy that a number of them showed up for the training. However, a good number from all our branches did not come!
Whereas we appreciate the busy schedules our dear parents have, we also think that early planning is very important so that we make time for our children's scheduled school activities.
We hope that our parents who missed the training will at least purchase our DVDs and CDs that will guide them on how to "sound" the alphabet.
We continue to urge our parents to always try and make the time for our school programmes. At worst, they can send responsible representatives who would ensure that the parents do not miss out on the most important aspects of their children's lives.
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