Allow young children to learn at their own pace. Many parents don't understand this, including myself. Some people treat this as leave it to them, don't stress them. Some will do it in a casual and non-forceful way. Different children different time table i felt.... We know our children best. We should know when is the correct and helpful stress. Make learning fun and enjoyable for them.
If your child is slow or lazy, you might think all these enrichment are stressful and useless to them. But what is your child is a fast learner?? Then you will think otherwise. So, let's not be so shallow, let us look deeper to it. Again, it's up to individual child. If they are happy, means they are learning. If the child is crying and u see his sulky face everytime the lesson ended, then you know he doesn't benefit much from the courses.
People might wondered, why must i stress my boy so much? I wanted to assure all of you, i did not, and he do not feel that as a pain too. Princeton is enjoying every bit of his enrichment:) Yesterday he asked me, 'mummy today Monday, no lesson after big school (childcare) huh?' I replied saying, today there is no lesson. We will go home and play with meimei' Mummy why no lesson? I joke and said, not enough money.... you already got many lesson. Music lesson, Chinese lesson, phonics, I Can Read, Speech and Drama. Later i got no money to buy milk. He then replied " never mind, i big boy don't need milk. You take money from daddy"
Zhenyu initially was reluctant to let him go for these enrichment programs. He said one is enough. Until he personally felt Princeton's passion and enthusiasm in his heart. Until he saw the improvement Princeton had in his own eyes. He asked me to go ahead and let him learn. Zhenyu is a very thrifty person, but he knew it's worth it.
He dislike parents who stress children over academic stuffs. He love to bring them to playground to enjoy instead. Yesterday when i was doing revision with Princeton, i got impatient and raised my voice. Hubby then reminded me to be patient, nicer tone please.
A child's mind is like a sponge. (before the age of 4) They absorb knowledge and information so quickly. If we don't feed them with the correct/sufficient amount of 'stress', after the age of 4, you will find it a headache for them to even sit still to read a book. At that time, you will know what is STRESS, when your child is at primary one, but still stuck at the knowledge of 3 years old, knowing only shapes and colours.
By then we start to get panicked, force the child to learn, stress ourself and the child. Sorry, it's too late.
