June 17, 2008

Sakamoto Method

Dominique Recommendations maths, Sakamato method

Last week I wrote a post about Abacus. This week I am reviewing another Maths method that is for more advance and complicated as compared to Abacus. This method is more relevant for Singapore Primary Maths as it teaches the child the concepts of how to interpret the questions and breaking it down into smaller and more manageable steps which are easier to solve.

Dr. H. Sakamoto the founder of the method bases his method on 3 simple steps

Grasping the limitation ( Understanding the data in a systematic way through analysis and tabulation)
Diagram ( drawing a pictorial representation of the variables in question simplifies and provides the solution easily)
[This is already currently being taught in all primary/elementary schools]
Writing (providing a systematic way of writing numerical equations to derive at the given answer)
[Also already currently being taught in all primary/elementary schools]

Certain schools in Singapore , like Poi Ching a top notch school in my district, implemented this method as an enrichment class for their P4 students in 2007.

I personally feel that his method is very comprehensive and will definitely aid a student in scoring and excelling in mathematics

Reflective Monday Immunisation- Mummy & Me

Have you got your jab already? Today Roy and I had our jabs. He had his 18mth DPT ( Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus) booster while I took the 1st out of 3 Hep-B(Hepatitis B ) shot. He was a brave boy and didn’t even grinch at the sight of the needle. He was more interested in raiding the jar of sweets that the doctor had on his desk. 🙂 My shot was a bit more painful than I had expected but seeing that Roy could sit through with without any fuss I couldn’t show any sign of discomfort. I just grit my teeth and went through it looking unaffected [ Can’t show that I have less tolerance to pain then he has right?? ]

With that prick it marked the end of the series of compulsory shots that he had to go through. The next shot ( which is optional but I want him to take) will be the Chickenpox Vaccine which I had scheduled for next month together with my 2nd Hep-B shot.

*Kid’s health has a detailed write up on DPT and Hep-B if anyone is interested.