Comparing Math Enrichment Programmes

[tinker_bell]

san20sg\" post_id=\"2092683\" time=\"1671578292\" user_id=\"76391:

Thanks tinkerbell. Do you know his location where he is based?

@san20sg better to check with mr ong directly.

[xyun08]

san20sg\" post_id=\"2092505\" time=\"1671490492\" user_id=\"76391:

wow xyun that's very advanced indeed for P1. This heuristic qn is only taught in P3 or P4 if I am not wrong!
TLL actually taught these questions 3 years in advance!! Really faints.

I feel if the kids really do follow TLL since P1 their curriculum may actually work but the kid also can’t be too weak in the first place .
However the teachers TLL engage for lower primary I feel are not so dedicated. Not sure for upper primary . Lower primary teachers based on My google ,a lot of them came from “famous preschools” not ex MOE teachers and some I saw do not have a degree too.

Don’t want to say anything discriminating over here but after paying so much for the fees I have different expectations of the teachers . And based on what my girl told me , I do not think the teacher she has now actually tries to guide the kids to think but rather teach them “shortcut ways” or solving methods via rote learning . At P2, I don’t think kids should be “spoon fed” solving methods like this . This is what is making me look for alternatives to TLL

[iwork]

IMO, P1 is not suitable for Math Olympiad or Challenging Math. There are quite a lot of calculation, including division, which most P1 will not know how to do. So beside teaching the concept, method, most of the time the teacher is checking on computation errors.

[tinker_bell]

xyun08\" post_id=\"2094473\" time=\"1673153245\" user_id=\"128943:

I feel if the kids really do follow TLL since P1 their curriculum may actually work but the kid also can’t be too weak in the first place .
However the teachers TLL engage for lower primary I feel are not so dedicated. Not sure for upper primary . Lower primary teachers based on My google ,a lot of them came from “famous preschools” not ex MOE teachers and some I saw do not have a degree too.

Don’t want to say anything discriminating over here but after paying so much for the fees I have different expectations of the teachers . And based on what my girl told me , I do not think the teacher she has now actually tries to guide the kids to think but rather teach them “shortcut ways” or solving methods via rote learning . At P2, I don’t think kids should be “spoon fed” solving methods like this . This is what is making me look for alternatives to TLL

Not surprising. There are more math enrichment centers with advanced mathematics programmes that now teach math olympiad or challenging math to primary 1 kids. TBH, not sure if the primary 1 kids can even understand all the advanced math methods.

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[clairebear]

Hi. Long time no post... recently saw the tuition centre that my children go to having free lesson. not sure iff it is useful to anyone here. They are situated at Bedok and Toa Payoh area.

[kiasu-ks]

san20sg\" post_id=\"2060670\" time=\"1646551398\" user_id=\"76391:

I think they have copyrighted the worksheet (printed and stated on every page of the worksheet itself) so I cannot put up on the forum. One class is about 1.5 hours long.

One set is about 15pages, with about 4 pages guided sums and 4 pages sums as homework. They usually do have 1-2 more challenging questions that I do not know how to do, but then my Maths is quite bad unlike my hub. My hub should be able to do them.

The problem is, my son does not know how to do after tuition class, these homework problem sums, not just the hard ones and when I ask him about the guided examples, he does not know either. I do not know why he is like this, and what is the reason for being so clueless after tuition class. He isn't such a weak student in Maths and can score almost full last year.

He has been selected for GEP first round but he wasn't a top kid kind either. He does work really slowly and is very bad at Chinese.

My child attends CM too but still cannot do some of the homework although the centre mentioned that the homework questions were similar to those that were covered in the classes. I am in urgent need to look for 1-1 tuition now before PSLE. Anyone has good recommendation?

[tinker_bell]

kiasu-ks\" post_id=\"2098702\" time=\"1677109604\" user_id=\"118343:

My child attends CM too but still cannot do some of the homework although the centre mentioned that the homework questions were similar to those that were covered in the classes. I am in urgent need to look for 1-1 tuition now before PSLE. Anyone has good recommendation?

You can try mr ong from https://sites.google.com/view/learningbeautifulmaths he is a home based tutor who is an ex-moe teacher.

[tinker_bell]

kiasu-ks\" post_id=\"2098702\" time=\"1677109604\" user_id=\"118343:

My child attends CM too but still cannot do some of the homework although the centre mentioned that the homework questions were similar to those that were covered in the classes. I am in urgent need to look for 1-1 tuition now before PSLE. Anyone has good recommendation?

Recommended alternatives to CM would be http://www.nicklebeetutors.com/ and https://www.ammielwan.com.sg/.

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[manorway]

tinker_bell\" post_id=\"2092512\" time=\"1671496759\" user_id=\"194652:

AFAIK mr ong from https://www.facebook.com/ongsgbeautifulmaths is home based tutor. Like https://thebraindojo.sg/ at bishan.

Here is mr ong's hp number 92331180.

Hi Tinkerbell, I have seen many of your posts promoting different tutors and centres. Did your child try all these places?

[tinker_bell]

manorway\" post_id=\"2098811\" time=\"1677167499\" user_id=\"9303:

Hi Tinkerbell, I have seen many of your posts promoting different tutors and centres. Did your child try all these places?

If only I have enough disposable income to splurge on tuition and enrichment for my kids! LOL I think i mentioned to you before right? I mostly teach my eldest kid using psle materials bought off carousell and from trading with other parents.

Just doing my bit sharing what I know from the parent groupchats. Like i always say, caring and sharing makes the world go round!