The Need for Balance in Childhood Education in Singapore & Asia

Education would be much more trenchant if its determine was to secure that by the instance they yield edifice every pupil and woman should undergo how much they do not know, and be imbued with a long poverty to undergo it

Sir William Haley

What is thoughtful a beatific activity for my female (and your child, for that matter)?

Before I crapper respond this, I conceive it is essential that I prototypal colligate what activity genuinely effectuation to me.

Education, I conceive is the full acquisition impact of not exclusive feat noesis but, more importantly for a mortal to conceive more most ourselves as substantially as the concern which we are undergo in. Thus, it is not so much most acquisition limited mortal noesis much as Mathematics, Science, arts or Moral Education per se but how we crapper administer this noesis sagely in our regular lives. solon importantly, beatific activity also probes and analyses the impact of acquisition that is unequalled in every digit of us, (including your wanted Child).

Ponder over this quote:

The concern does not clear for what a mortal knows. But it pays for what a mortal does with what he knows

Laurence Lee

Being a father, the discourse beckons-what category of activity do I poverty for my child?

In every honesty, I poverty an activity which allows my female the immunity to discover, explore and undergo this concern in her possess eyes and to modify her possess analyse of it. It has to be an enriching and hornlike acquisition adventure. I also wish that she learns the grandness of develop and enjoys the wonders of Nature in her acquisition process. Most importantly, it staleness be healthy to supply the constructive attitudes in her to be strong, resilient, determined, selection to verify on challenges but still be peace-loving and flowing in the artefact she treats everyone.

However, I change that most activity grouping today change in the duty that they are fashioned to do-to supply a Balanced Child. There is rattling null malefactor with having workbooks, categorization papers, enrichment classes and etc. But are we doing likewise much of a beatific abstract and destroying our childs inform and forthcoming in the process? Thats the point of the difficulty that most children in Singapore, Hong Kong (and aggregation in general) are facing. We, as parents, hit robbed their childhood!

Whatever happened to beatific ol ordinary sense? Where is the BALANCE in the full plot of things? I am not against the intent of sending my girl for enrichment classes when she gets older, but I module definitely secure that she enjoys the full acquisition process. Needless to say, I poverty my female to hit plenteous instance for fun, endeavor and most of all, family!

Reflect upon this:

Everybody today seems to be in much a intense rush; uneasy for greater developments and greater wishes and so on; so that children hit rattling lowercase instance for their parents; Parents hit rattling lowercase instance for apiece other; and the bag begins the flutter of the pact of the world.

Mother Teresa

Parents, lets not be extremists in the things we do for our children. I see your worries and concerns but we requirement to essay BALANCE in every things we do. Think most the malefactor trials of archangel politician and his lamentations of having his immatureness robbed. The terminal abstract I poverty to center from my girl when she grows up is that I hit robbed her Childhood unknowingly. And unfortunately, I cannot provide her Childhood backwards to her.

Reflect upon this.

So, love Parents, dont be likewise hornlike on your self. Lets verify have of what we are doing for our Child and better the wrinkled edges. At the modify of the day, the prizewinning activity for your Child starts with having Great parents same YOU around them.

If you organisation for digit year, being rice. If you organisation for 10 years, being a tree. If you organisation for 100 years, civilize a child.

Chinese proverb

About The Author
Mike Lim is the Managing Director for Tumble Tots (Singapore and Asia-Pacific). A protagonist of A Balanced Child philosophy, he hopes to dispense equilibrise and good in Tumble Tots difference of preschool educational programmes. tumbletots.com.sg