Comparing Pre-school English Reading and Phonics Enrichment

[anneffendi]

Hi all,


I actually just send my son to reading programme (for 5-7yrs) at Jelutung CC last June school holidays after my "bad" experience with phonics read "administrative" issues…I am quite happy and satisfied and its affordable .Though it was a short one 4x only, my son shown great confidence and now enjoy reading.
It was not purely reading,but they actually taught simple plurals, adjectives and brought home some worksheets .

Hence, me continuing his phonics & reading at Jelutung this coming August.CC is also not bad

[rain29]

Hi titank,


I am interested in the homebased programme. I hv sent u a pm. tks

[cantbearit2]

homeworkmummy:

My gal will be joining the i can read prelim reading pogramme with teacher Catherine at Kovan. Any comments about her? also how long does it take to complete the Prelim reading skills to the actual ICR course. I saw the workbook for Prelim reading and seems they dont teach words at this stage at all. In fact my daughter school will start teaching them simple words from term 3 onwards, which means icr will be behind than the school schedule? :shock:

Hello homeworkmummy,

My gal had juz been promoted to the ICR Stage 1. She was formally from Teacher Cat's (or Catherine) class for the PRP too.

I must say that Teacher Cat is those no-nonsense kind of teacher. Initially we were a little worried. But we soon realised that we had been unduly worried. My DD enjoys the class. Although in the beginning DD din seem to pick up much from the class. But towards the 4-5mth, we found her trying to use phonics to de-code words she sees. By the time Teacher Cat promoted her, she was reading with pretty good diction.

Therefore I am all thumbs up for ICR. DD is currently with a new teacher, Teacher Micheal. My DD adores him. So I have no prob getting her to attend his class too. :rahrah:

Think your gal will benefit a lot fr the class.

[homeworkmummy]

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Hello homeworkmummy,

My gal had juz been promoted to the ICR Stage 1. She was formally from Teacher Cat's (or Catherine) class for the PRP too.

I must say that Teacher Cat is those no-nonsense kind of teacher. Initially we were a little worried. But we soon realised that we had been unduly worried. My DD enjoys the class. Although in the beginning DD din seem to pick up much from the class. But towards the 4-5mth, we found her trying to use phonics to de-code words she sees. By the time Teacher Cat promoted her, she was reading with pretty good diction.

Therefore I am all thumbs up for ICR. DD is currently with a new teacher, Teacher Micheal. My DD adores him. So I have no prob getting her to attend his class too. :rahrah:

Think your gal will benefit a lot fr the class. :D[/quote]


Hello cantbearit2 yeh..although I find that my daughter is not picking up much for now, she seems to be enjoying and looking forward to the lessons, which is good....at least my money is not wasted.

[cantbearit2]

Hi Homeworkmummy,


Take it easy. In time, you will see the benefits.

[Kellytai]

Hi, my gal is in ICR now. She is 6 yrs old now. She gone thru TCS, PRP and now she is in ICR prog. I think she is okay wif her comprehension but on reading still not very gd … I dunno abt other children, but for my gal, she will stop when she see some "unknown" word. Then she will look at me for help. I hv been trying to get her use "phonics" to break the word, but she just refuse to do that. Anyone can advise me how to improve her reading skill? I dunno she has no confident or she cant do it?

[MrsTan]

Kellytai:

Hi, my gal is in ICR now. She is 6 yrs old now. She gone thru TCS, PRP and now she is in ICR prog. I think she is okay wif her comprehension but on reading still not very gd .. I dunno abt other children, but for my gal, she will stop when she see some \"unknown\" word. Then she will look at me for help. I hv been trying to get her use \"phonics\" to break the word, but she just refuse to do that. Anyone can advise me how to improve her reading skill? I dunno she has no confident or she cant do it?

My girl is in ICR abt 1 yr +, next month moving to ICR Stage 1, previously, as she only bring back workbooks fr school and she couldn't tell us what she learnt there, we have to spend money to buy other phonics books so that she can base on it to do her homework. hahahahhaha, cos there is no materials fr ICR, we unable to tell what she has learnt.

Until this year Jun, we oso sign her up for KRTC at TYP to learn phonics, she pick up beri fast, then we realise, she must have been taught something in ICR, but becos there was no materials, we unable to reinforce learning w her, until KRTC got a book that she need to study, sort of like text book, most of the words in the book she could try to blend and got it about 80% correct.

Fr there I think, she did learn something fr ICR, maybe the techiques, tat's why she pick up KRTC phoics so fast. Since she wd be going for ICR Stage 1 next month, there will be some textbooks and reading materials given, we intend to let her continue both ICR and KRTC, but KRTC phonics is a one year prog, so we may w/d her by end of the year.

I got abt 200 to 300 story books at home, my girl never like to read, and I oso never force her. What I do is, I ask her to draw the pic from the story books or copy from the story books, every book she copy, I will give her one star, and she can accumulate and change things, like burger etc..........

[Kellytai]

Mrs. Tan,


U r right ... In TCS & PRP ... not much worksheets given, therefore no material for her to do revision ... Only reach ICR, then they hv 6 books to complete ..
My gal is doing Book 4 now .. in term of spelling, comprehension, she is alright ...
So now i hv to \"push\" her on her reading skill ... Just engaged a phonics home based tutor, will start a trial lesson next wk .. hopeful she can improve her reading skill ...

[jansonirene]

Kellytai:

Hi, my gal is in ICR now. She is 6 yrs old now. She gone thru TCS, PRP and now she is in ICR prog. I think she is okay wif her comprehension but on reading still not very gd .. I dunno abt other children, but for my gal, she will stop when she see some \"unknown\" word. Then she will look at me for help. I hv been trying to get her use \"phonics\" to break the word, but she just refuse to do that. Anyone can advise me how to improve her reading skill? I dunno she has no confident or she cant do it?

My girl has attended 1 year of zoophonics as some kind of enrichment when she was 3 years old, before I discontinued and enrolled her in childcare centre. Even though the duration is short, I think it has benefited her a lot.
She is 6 years old now, and can read simple books, and also the instructions on those assessment books. If she come across \"unfamilar\" words, she will try to guess the word by looking at the 1st letter to pronounce it.

Now, when I read newspapers, I will ask her to try and read the headlines. She is quite interested especially when she sees interesting pictures in the newspapers.

[fattysuperfamily]

My child is coming to 3 soon and thought of sending him to enrich his english reading and comprehension ability. It seems that I can Read system seems to be quite alright for him to start…parents need to be around?