April 11, 2019 claudine

Video Tutorials

These bite-sized, Harvard-inspired video tutorials allow your children (aged 6-10) to learn and enjoy writing at their own pace.

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:
1) Write about an object that he or she has created
2) Write a poem using the letters of his or her name
3) Write about the multiple uses of his or her favourite object
4) Write about a photograph that he or she has taken

The materials you would need for this chapter are:

1) Clay or Plasticine or Plain Paper or Lego Blocks
2) A camera to take a photograph
3) Colour pencils or markers

Cost: $50

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:
1. Brainstorm ideas about family
2. Organise these ideas into coherent paragraphs 
3. Plan and write a full story on the topic of Family

For this chapter, you will need these materials:

1. A photograph of your child's favourite family member (optional)
2. Colour pencils or markers

Cost: $50

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:

1. Brainstorm ideas about friendship
2. Organise these ideas into coherent paragraphs
3. Plan and write a full story on the topic of Friendship

For this chapter, the materials you will need are:

1. Origami paper
2. Clay
3. A smart device to access YouTube

Cost: $50

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:

1. Describe his or her neighbourhood in detail
2. Create and write about an entire kingdom filled with things and people
3. Write a letter to an alien friend about the kingdom

For this chapter, the materials you will need are:

1. A smart device that is able to capture photographs and videos
2. Drawing block and colour pencils or cardboard boxes with plasticine
3. Styrofoam board, marshmallows & toothpicks

Cost: $50

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:
1. Create a superhero or superheroine character
2. Design a superhero or superheroine comic strip
3. Write a superhero or superheroine origin story

For this chapter, the materials you will need are:

1. Drawing block, colour pencils or markers
2. A plain white T-shirt and acrylic paints or fabric markers (optional)

Cost: $50

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:
1. Plan an itinerary for an adventurous trip
2. Describe places using the senses
3. Write a postcard to someone about the entire adventure

For this chapter, the materials you will need are:

1. Smart device to access Google Maps or a physical map or globe
2. Colour pencils
3. Smart device to do research (optional)
Cost: $50

 

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:

1) Describe different food items and how they taste
2) Write a recipe using different steps
3) Design an entire menu featuring appetisers, main courses, beverages and desserts

For this chapter, the materials you will need are:

1) Different types of food, eg. bread, fruits, candy, chocolate, whipped cream, nuts
2) Drawing block and colour pencils or markers

Cost: $50

In this chapter, your child will learn how to:
1) Identify errors in his or her writing
2) Ask for feedback from a peer
3) Give feedback for a peer's writing

Cost: $30

Get this bundle of all our tutorials and save $80!
In addition, customers in Singapore who purchase the bundle will receive these bonuses:⁣

1. FREE story planning guide to help your child structure his/ her story⁣
2. FREE handout on different ways to begin a story⁣
3. FREE vocabulary lists with good words and phrases to be used for every topic⁣
4. FREE grammar guide to aid your child in using good grammar when writing and understanding fundamental grammar rules⁣
5. Curated box of materials
Cost: $300

Try it out!

Watch the video tutorial of our very first activity and download the handout below!

Download the Ready.Set.Make activity here!.