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Why is my kid sick all the time? How is it that he/she gets the cold so often when before they were healthy isolated at home!

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Why is my kid always sick???   Why is my kid infected so often js your school filthy.!?!  We hear this from time to time and often with new first time parents. There, there …..take a breathe. Its very normal. Here is why….. For the first timers, either to daycare, kindergarten, preschool or primary school… your kids are gonna get sick. Like a lot.  The immune system will be tested and  eventually over time a healthier stronger child will emerge.   It can take up to a year and during that year you can expect frequent colds, tummy aches, runs and etc.  Even a few pabic visits to the ER. But at the other end of it , will emerge a child who can mingle and mix with the best of them. The same is said of the adult teachers who first start teaching and get ill throughout the first year.  There are things you can do to help prep your kid for the storm to come. Teach good hygiene habits, masks and hand washing before n after meals. Good  n healthy nutrition...

Taska Damansara Utama and our Star Teacher Grace is on TV3 news!

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PHer first time on National TV watch until the end for the segment.  Of late news has been on CCTV at Taskas. We are for it as we believe it can help protect children, employers and employees. For children too young to speak for themselves and accountability fir employers and employees whi bear a heavy responsibility.  We do not share the CCTv video and use it only when required to discovwr the truth of things.   

When do the kids need to learn the Multiplication tables? How?

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Though at Taska Damansara Utama there is no dire need to learn the tables, however as we have a. Primary and kindly program at the Learning Steps Academy,  This is a battle we fight and are asked about all the time.  The straight answer is….. as soon as they can. It can be as early as six or as old as nine years old.   To only start learning the tables at standard 3 or 9 years old is already somewhat late. As standard 2 curriculum in Malaysia already requires Times Table and preliminary division in the later part of Std 2.  Hence we can derive from here that only starting to learn the complete tables only when you 9 or Std 3 is going to be a game of never ending catch up.  You can sing it, chant it and play math games. Recite it in the car together on the way to Jaya Grocer,  have a quick quiz during a long haul drive to the hometown. Reward success and encourage their efforts. But being too lenient, delaying the learning until it is too late will hurt thei...
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     Hi guys, my name is Min Rui. I am 12 years old ,I’ve studied in SJK(c) Yuk Chai for 5 years ,During 2022 ,  i’ve was picked for the basketball and track and field school team , every year my teacher will  select a few people and bring them to a competition and compete with other different schools. When we win or lose ,it doesn’t matter but all  that matters is ,at least we’ve got some experience from the competition . But, i’ve managed to win 11 medals and 2 trophies from all of the competition i’ve competed in. At the same time , i also have to focus on my studies.My teachers also told me that if i only do sports it doesn’t automatically give myself  a brighter future , so i’ve set a goal for myself. i have to study hard and get a scholarship to make my parents and teachers be proud of me .          Next, i’ve found out that there is a difference between my basketball school team teacher and my track and field school team...

My Graduation Day In Primary School

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      #     Its already the end of my primary school, and I had my graduation last Friday.     My friends and I kept laughing and crying during the graduation. At the start of the graduation, my friends and I were standing behind the stage to get our diplomas. Everyone was as nervous as if we were going on a roller coaster. Afterwards, we sang our farewell songs and everyone's   eyes  were full of tears as we sang on the stage. To lighten up the mood, the dancer in our school performed a beautiful and elegant dance. There were also musical instrument performances that everyone enjoyed. After all the performance ended, everyone had puffy eyes for all the crying we did. Then, we all gathered together and took our last photos. After the graduation, I said my last words to my beloved  teachers   and     fri ends  and  appreciate our very last memories together. It was a very heart bre aking moment for me to say goodb...

Getting to know my students. A Daddy's Daycare in Malaysia.

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Every year as sure as the sun will rise. students will leave and new students will arrive.  But ignoring that let's ask a deeper question...why is a dude now running a daycare and how does that work? Well to be honest there are weird moments when I introduce myself and my career.  Awkward even as when they hear me say that I am a daycare teacher. daycare operator, childcare provider and etc it often triggers a curious response. Yes. I am in a field largely held by women.  As a child I was raised in this childcare environment which makes it a very lively and merry home indeed. My parents operated from our home,  and went on to run bigger daycares for almost four decades with perhaps over a thousand children having come through our doors.  Through most of the process I was witness and participant in helping to run the daycare. In Form 1 I would be up at 4am to help prep the meals and porridge for the kids.  When I was back from school I would help watch and t...
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 Gong Xi Fatt Chai. From all of us at Taska Damansara Utama!,