We sincerely invite you and your child to attend our Parent Workshop cum Open House and explore strategies to provide your child with the ‘power of language’ to enhance their success and confidence! Join the Kendall teachers as they demonstrate specific ‘parent-friendly’ strategies to use at home which easily builds foundational language skills for your child.
An early ‘gift of language’ is perhaps the most profound way to kickstart your child’s entry into their formal education armed with confidence and a strong ‘can-do’ attitude!
Details are as following:
Date: 3/7/2021 (Saturday)
Time:
– Session 1 – 9:30am－ 11:00am
– Session 2 – 11:30am－ 1:00pm
Venue: Kendall International Preschool – Cheung Sha Wan campus
G/F, RESIDENCE 228, 228 Fuk Wing Street, Cheung Sha Wan, West Kowloon, Hong Kong. (1 min walk from Cheung Sha Wan MTR Station A2 exit)
Activities：
“The Power of Language” Workshop
Part 1：
Parent Seminar –
Wittgenstein’s quote, “the limits of my language is the limit of my world” profoundly underscores Kendall’s belief that ability without language is a life unfulfilled. Language is powerful and giving children this gift is perhaps fundamental to their academic and social success. More than content knowledge, technical ability or even strength of computation – language is the ‘glue’ that connects people to thoughts, ideas, meaning and society.
Speaker：Dr. Wil Chan – Founder and Director of Kendall International Preschool
Part 2：
Parent Workshops
Music: A Child’s First Language
There is clear research on the connection between elements of music and language acquisition. A child’s natural tendency toward syncopation, rhythm and ‘call-response’ can easily be captured to foster phonics, vocabulary and receptive/expressive language skills. Ms Colette, Kendall’s music educator will lead parents through a range of activities to demonstrate this powerful connection!
Conversational Reading: (English and Putonghua)
It is common knowledge that the ability to read is the best predictor of a child’s future school success. Parents can ‘super-charge’ their child’s abilities through the use of ‘conversational reading’ strategies that promote the use of open-ended questions designed to foster thinking, reflection and a new level of comprehension and curiosity! Kendall’s Ms Karen and Chen Laoshi will use common readers available to demonstrate this amazing parent-child activity!
Instructors：Kendall International Preschool teachers
Limited seats available, first come first serve!
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