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aquagul
17 yrs ago
Hi, could someone tell the average activities of a 3 year old. When do they start writing? Thanks!
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my almost 3 year old (this month).... is starting to write already. He is learning how to write alphabet A-Z, numbers 1-5, and simple chinese characters.
Average activities: He goes to Kindergarten, arts and crafts, Kids gallery courses, soccer, musikbox courses, and chinese tutor comes to teach him once a week.
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cd
17 yrs ago
Most kids won't start attempting to write until 4. But at 3 they'll enjoy drawing, painting, playdough, parks, beaches, riding their little bikes, swimming...By eldest did ballet at 3, but none of the others started paid activites so young after I realised that they didn't need them, and were quite happy playing with their toys, friends, helping in the kitchen, even shopping is exciting to a 3 year old. Plenty of time for that when they're older.
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Aquagul, (as you can see).... I think it depends how ambitious, and busy, and what you are aiming for your child.... in HK, there is no "average" activities for kids....
I have students who does golf, tennis, fencing, violin, piano, drama, speech, chinese calligraphy, ..... at really young ages, which I think are too young... but in HK, nowadays, nothing seems too young for anything anymore !
They have playgroups for 6 months now.... no idea what's "average" anymore.
Let your child try some activities, if he enjoys it, then that's it!
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"I have students who does golf, tennis, fencing, violin, piano, drama, speech, chinese calligraphy, ..... at really young ages, which I think are too young... but in HK, nowadays, nothing seems too young for anything anymore !"
The problem with "overloading" the kids with activities every day is that they also need time to just sit and play. Too many modern kids are "directed" 100% of the time and are more or less unable to play independently without adult input. This is very bad for children.
For a 3 year old, some activities are good, but make sure the child has plenty of time to do his/her own thing.
I have often found on play dates that all the parents cluster around the kids to "help" them play. I'm the one saying "come one guys, let's leave them alone to play". That way we parents go and chat somewhere else (not too far of course, perhaps even in line of sight). The kids have fun by themselves. Much more healthy. They need to figure things out on their own terms. No reason to intervene unless there is crying/fighting. Once that is resolved, "disappear" again.
Ok rant over. ;)
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I ditto axptguy38's message!! Hong Kong parents are overly ambitious & many do it for their own satisfaction. For a 3year old, I think 1 paid activity + playdates are sufficient! A stroll in Victoria Park, running around Elements (2nd floor is great!) on rainy days, picking up leaves in a nearby playground, taking them grocery shopping...are all fun, easy things to do!
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4G
17 yrs ago
How about some baking fun together
If yr interested you can pm me
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MayC
17 yrs ago
My daughter only does ballet. She's 4.
I think it also depends on what schools you want to send your children to. I'm trying to aim for Direct Subsidy schools and my chinese friends have all said that if I want to increase her chance of getting accepted into these schools, I have to enrol her in at least 3-4 paid activities and get lots of references for her.
I haven't followed their suggestions so she's only doing the one. I do my own activities with her after I come home from work. For example, her teacher taught her A = astronaut. I took her to a 3D Imax theatre at Megabox last weekend to show her what astronauts are, what the moon looks like etc.
When she asked about "acrobats", eg. "a" for acrobats, we surfed the net and found pictures of acrobats.
It's much cheaper for me. My daughter's out of school activities are mainly unstructured... we do what we want (I hope I won't regret this though, come interview time!) Tell me again why I'm choosing the local route ;-)
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MayC, I admire your methods. I wonder if those interviews also look at how well rounded a child is, not just their references. I have no doubt your child is more "sound" than those who have packed schedules of activities.
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