A trip on a bus is appealing to him. Especially when he has seldom travelled by public transport. The thought of travelling on a school bus, with dedicated seat, with same group of new friends DEFINITELY is EXCITING for our little boy - A BRAND NEW EXPERIENCE.

All of a sudden, a LITTLE TOY BLUE BUS (which has been neglected and stacked away with many other toy vehicles) becomes the NEW INTEREST of our litte boy, Darren.  Most importantly, he is using it to illustrate to me, where he sits and what he likes about riding on a bus.

So,  

• Kids express better when they can illustrate what they have in mind.
• Kids express better when the topic is of interests to them.

Today’s primary curriculum in Singapore has introduced “Show and Tell”, and also exposure for the children to “Express Themselves” through presentations or when given a certain topic during the oral examination. Purpose is to train the kids to articulate themselves and be more confident in presenting their speeches. 

Besides the school, we can help our children too, to express themselves more confidently.  Hmmm….not a bad idea at all to let them identify topics, objects and places which are of interests to them and encourage them to talk about them freely:)