Spelling = Mummy's headache

Evan started having spelling on every friday in April and it almost drives me crazy.... I felt that the words are too chim for him, it is soooo difficult to teach him 5 difficult words in a week... His spelling list includes words like magazines, newspaper, internet, computer, printer.....

As I really can't come to terms with the spelling list and I din wan to stress him too much, I din really go all the way out to teach him.... I will make sure he can spell 1 or 2 words of the list and thats it... some of his classmates can get all right, some can't spell a single word....

Last week he can spell "stars, moon, shining, world" before going to school... but he only managed to spell 2 of them in school.... Eh actually I was kind of disappointed...

Today I started to teach him the spelling list and within 2 hours, he seems to get it all into his head!! I was surprised, is the list simpler? hopefully he can still rem all of them by then...

Actually I dun understand why must K1 have spelling on a weekly basis.... we used to have such carefree preschool life.... haiz... kids nowadays are under so much pressure..... and they are going to start ting xie in July, oh plus 5 chinese words every week??!!?!