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Students’ Work: Being Quick Thinking
5 Steps To Help Your Child Become An Independent Thinker
Cleaning the study table, doing laundry and doing homework - these are some of the most common, yet important responsibilities for a child. These simple activities may look and feel very simple to many of us. However, they can pose a big challenge for most of the children. A child must learn and master many skills and techniques before he leaves home for their higher studies. Children who develop critical independent thinking skills can be very successful in their life.
7 Proven Steps to Teach Your Child Prepositions of Place
Prepositions of place are an important part of the English language and will enable your child to create more complex sentences. The meanings of basic prepositions and prepositional phrases are incredibly easy to demonstrate at home and your child can often guess their meanings.
Students’ Work: A Courageous Moment
Master the 8 Types of Comprehension Questions for PSLE English
The comprehension component isn't as straightforward as the one in our days where it consisted mainly of factual questions. It is now a lot more complex and requires students to be equipped with a varied set of techniques to answer the various types of questions.
Primary Writing Tips: 5 Steps To Start Right
If you jump into writing the story by simply spending 1 minute on the topic given and a glimpse of the three pictures shown, there’s a high chance that you will end up writing off-topic or simply won’t have adequate depth in the composition to get the A or A* that you want.
Ultimate Tips & Tricks to Excel in English Language Skills
English is the most widely spoken language in the world, both as a domestic language and a business language.
5 Engaging Word Association Games to Strengthen Your Child’s Vocabulary
Running out of ideas of games to play with your child either at home or in the car? Try these 5 simple yet fun word association games wherever you may be!
12 Powerful Descriptions for Guilt – Elevate Your English Composition
Guilt - one of the most common but least understood emotions. In the overall scheme of emotions, guilt is in the general category of negative feeling states. It’s one of the “sad” emotions, which also include agony, grief, and loneliness. Often neglected when it comes to writing at the primary level, teach your child some useful descriptions for guilt to help add some complexity to his writing, and trust me, his teacher will reward him generously for that.
