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Foreign Language Acquisition in Children

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In Singapore, a city which has five official spoken languages as well as the many more spoken by tourists, or people working and living in the city, it is common to see people in relationships or married who have a different background in culture, nationality or language.

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Why is Grit important for your child?

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What is Girt?
Angela Duckworth, a renowned American psychologist, defined Grit as a child's perseverance and passion for long-term goals. These long-term goals translate to a child's purpose.

So what purpose on earth does the child have?

Although the child is still young to understand their purpose, exposing them to a myriad of activities will cultivate their interest and eventually develop a purpose.

Why is Grit important?
Purpose
Practice
Perseverance
Why is Grit important for your child?

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World Class Ivy League Dreams

Getting an Ivy League education is an ambitious goal shared by many students and their parents, and with good reason.

Gaining acceptance into any university requires a three-pronged approach consisting of excellent grades, a tremendous test score and a diversified background involving the arts, athletics or community service.

Ivy League Requirements
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EQ: What is it & why is it relevant in our working lives?

EQ: What is it & why is it relevant in our working lives?
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When discussing intelligence, the majority of people will be familiar with the term IQ: the intelligence quotient used to assess human intelligence; yet rarely do we discuss EQ and its importance of value to us in our working lives. For those unfamiliar with the term, EQ is defined as emotional intelligence: the ability to read both personal emotions, in addition to recognising emotions portrayed by others and finding an appropriate response in reaction to signals given. EQ is employed around the clock without us even recognising what we have the ability to do, for example sympathising about a difficult situation with someone we know, the ability to wait patiently or even the ability to control our own emotions in heated situations.


Self-awareness:
Self-regulation:
Motivation:
Empathy:
Social Skills:


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Better Writing Is Closer Than You Think

Better Writing Is Closer Than You Think
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Writing is a recursive process that spirals upward.Thinking, writing and reading are inseparable activities that intertwine with each other. Consider this: if you can think it, you can write it. If you can write it, you can read it. Writing is communication, and helping your child communicate through language is the most important academic skill you can teach and model.

Does the writing make sense?
Has it been organized with a beginning, a middle and an end?
Can you find the topic sentence that introduces the subject of the paragraph?
Is the middle of the paragraph should full of relevant details?
Does the final sentence conclude the writing?

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Hard Thing Rule!

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[FONT=&quot]What is a Hard thing?[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]A hard thing is something whereby you need to do in order to achieve your ultimate goal or goals[/FONT]
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How to practise optimism for kids

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[FONT=&quot]Optimism is defined in the dictionary as “hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something”, which can be translated into the idea that a person has a positive outlook about what they are looking to achieve in addition to feeling positive about the people and environment they find in their surroundings. Although we tend to classify people as being more pessimistic or optimistic by nature, we must remember that the beliefs we carry, or the outlook we have on life is portrayed to everybody that sees us, and must not forget what effect this has on children.[/FONT]
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Taking Cues from Japan on Childhood Independence

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Walk anywhere in Japan or take the bus or train, and you may see children headed purposefully to specific destinations. There is no adult in charge, guiding them on their journey. These extremely young children – some as young as six years old – don’t push, run or yell boisterously. They don’t even loiter. Instead, they make their way purposefully through crowds and turn styles, across platforms and sections of big cities, and they confidently navigate public transportation routes to get to school and home again. This is a daily journey for Japanese children, much the way your child might go to the mailbox and back alone.
The Culture of Independence

Teaching Early Independence

Very Young Kids

The Primary Grades and Beyond

In Summary

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The Importance of Coding

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In this day and age, as the electronic industry continues to develop at rates faster than ever before, digital technology bombards us wherever we turn, with the digital and electronic job market growing exponentially in order to keep up with the demand. As a child, emphasis in education was placed on Maths, English and Science rather than skills which would assist me to develop in today’s market, but as schools begin to catch on to the necessity of instilling digital skills into the next generation, we talk about coding.

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For the 1st time, Ace Tutors is giving away not one but two brand new Kindle paperwhite to two lucky winners. Do help us reach 3000 likes on Facebook and you could walk away with a Kindle. A Kindle paperwhite cost USD 119.99.


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Re: How to select the best tutor - A detailed guide

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[FONT=&amp]As a child growing up in the 90s, one of the most common phrases mentioned about the younger generations that I can remember was ‘children should be seen and not heard’, placing a strict emphasis on the idea of children being obedient, polite to others, rarely causing a fuss in a public location, whilst listening to and respecting their elders. Yet as time continues to move forward, and we notice a rise in television programmes where ‘super nannies’ go into households in order to save fractured families from ‘out of control’ children, we look to see if this ideal is still at the heart of parenting or whether the idea of reward and punishment has changed over time.[/FONT]
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The Essentiality of Critical Thinking

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Critical thinking is defined as “making reasoned judgements that are logical and well thought out…a way of thinking in which you don’t simply accept all arguments and conclusions…but rather have an attitude involving questioning” and is an essential tool to our everyday lives, in addition to academic success...

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Roald Dahl’s The B.F.G – an exploration through activity

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Think Before You Speak

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[FONT=&quot]Have you ever had one of those moments, where your brain seems to take a mini-break, and as soon as you’ve opened your mouth in front of either one person or a group of people, you feel like clapping your hand to your mouth and hoping the ground swallows you up? ...[/FONT]
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The new PSLE scoring system

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The new PSLE scoring system has been revealed and it is as per the diagram below. It is different from the current scoring system as it is independent of how other subjects fare. To achieve an AL (Achievement Level) 1 the student will need to score 90 marks and above.[FONT=&quot]
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Helicopter parenting in reality

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[FONT=&quot]Helicopter parenting - good or bad?[/FONT]
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