I Can Read - Discussion

[happymom_aa]

hi mommies,


any kids with ICR-CCK?
would like to have feedbacks on this centre.


Thanks.

[chia.031030shirley]

Hi… Anyone has any comment of the ICR @ Bukit TImah?

[notabox]

chia.shirley:

Hi.. Anyone has any comment of the ICR @ Bukit TImah?

Hi chia.shirley,

I went down with ds2 for an assessment @ ICR BT yesterday and he is now on wait list for their Sat class - ICR Preliminary. Ds was assessed by a female tr.

To be frank, I didn't feel her enthusiam towards kids and while talking to me, she got distracted a couple of times and appeared to be in a hurry to go off and wanted to end our conservation fast. As she leaves the centre, she bid my ds1 farewell, mistaking him for ds2 :|.

The admin lady is very unapproachable as well, no smile was offered and no attempt made to make us feel welcome. As compared to Zoophonics, they seriously should look into improving their customer service skill :P.

Well, the reason I still enrol ds is because I wanted to give the ICR system a try. A friend sent her dd to ICR and her dd was able to read after a few months. Even though Ds2 is doing ok at Zoophonics but he still can't read yet and has no interest in books.

Can't look at other branch because have planned to put ds1 and ds3 in other enrichment at BTP. Since all 3 timings matches, it helps to cut down the shuttering.

If you are not restricted by location, then I think you can give ICR a try at other branches. The system itself has proven to work for many and as seen from the poll, it is the preferred language program by parents.

Sorry, can give only an overview, not sure it helps. I will feedback again on the effectiveness after ds2 starts with them next year.

[DC Mummy]

r2010:

DC Mummy:

[quote=\"r2010\"]I just need advise on Icr. My dd is 4 years and attending nursery. She joins the tcs programme for 3 months and promoted to prp. After 1 month in prp the I can read centre told me that she is promoted to icr level. Can someone advise me on how effective is the icr programme and at what age is usually kids start icr. Thanks.

Isn't that amazing. Your DD took shorter time in PRP (1 month) than TCS (3 month)? I thought PRP is more challenging than TCS for their age..........Is your DD good in motor skill as well?

DS teacher feedback that he needs to improve his motor skill before he can be promoted to ICR. Although my DS is youngest in the PRP class (3 yrs 8 months) he can understand and follow the lesson well. However, as informed by the teacher, his motor skill is poor. I heard they need to write


when promote to ICR level.....

My dd motor skill ok. She is starting her I can read next week. I will monitor her progress and see whether it is suitable for her. Which centre is ds is attending. Mine is at I can read gold hill plaza.[/quote]Mine at Sengkang PRP level. Few weeks back, I asked my DS to read P&J, so far he had finished reading aloud book 2a/b and 3 a/b. Today, I just started him with book 4a, every day read 2 pages.....He is able to read the sentences fluently. I hope he can move to ICR by next term in Jan'11 but again am not sure whether will he be restricted moving up due to his poor motor skills.......

[Monster Mummy]

Hi DC Mummy,


No worry, DS should be able to do. Because even my gal during PRP also got really bad writing. As she grow older, she is getting okay.

Furthermore, the ICR programme more emphasize on ensuring the children learn to decode as well as learning vowels. Although they got spelling, my gal’s teacher does not expect them to always score well. His objective is the child must learn how to read.

[chia.031030shirley]

Hello Notabox,


Thank you. I do have the same feeling as you. I will try to look for another centre.

Rgds,
C.S.

notabox:

chia.shirley:

Hi.. Anyone has any comment of the ICR @ Bukit TImah?

Hi chia.shirley,

I went down with ds2 for an assessment @ ICR BT yesterday and he is now on wait list for their Sat class - ICR Preliminary. Ds was assessed by a female tr.

To be frank, I didn't feel her enthusiam towards kids and while talking to me, she got distracted a couple of times and appeared to be in a hurry to go off and wanted to end our conservation fast. As she leaves the centre, she bid my ds1 farewell, mistaking him for ds2 :|.

The admin lady is very unapproachable as well, no smile was offered and no attempt made to make us feel welcome. As compared to Zoophonics, they seriously should look into improving their customer service skill :P.

Well, the reason I still enrol ds is because I wanted to give the ICR system a try. A friend sent her dd to ICR and her dd was able to read after a few months. Even though Ds2 is doing ok at Zoophonics but he still can't read yet and has no interest in books.

Can't look at other branch because have planned to put ds1 and ds3 in other enrichment at BTP. Since all 3 timings matches, it helps to cut down the shuttering.

If you are not restricted by location, then I think you can give ICR a try at other branches. The system itself has proven to work for many and as seen from the poll, it is the preferred language program by parents.

Sorry, can give only an overview, not sure it helps. I will feedback again on the effectiveness after ds2 starts with them next year.

[notabox]

chia.shirley:

Hello Notabox,


Thank you. I do have the same feeling as you. I will try to look for another centre.

Rgds,
C.S.

Same feeling...did you send your child for an assessment at BTP branch?

[chia.031030shirley]

notabox:

chia.shirley:

Hello Notabox,


Thank you. I do have the same feeling as you. I will try to look for another centre.

Rgds,
C.S.

Same feeling...did you send your child for an assessment at BTP branch?

My child ha been in BTP Branch for about 10 mths. However he is facing quite abit of problems there. As parents, we know that our child is very active and likes to know if he is able to adapt to his lessons there. The teachers never bother to tell us about his behaviour until we asked to speak to the teacher. However she always looks far away when she is talking to us about my child. When we asked her specifically what our child did during her lesson and the work that he misses in lesson, she looks away and avoid answering our questions. I'm considering taking him out of that centre or ICR totally.

[notabox]

chia.shirley:

My child ha been in BTP Branch for about 10 mths. However he is facing quite abit of problems there. As parents, we know that our child is very active and likes to know if he is able to adapt to his lessons there. The teachers never bother to tell us about his behaviour until we asked to speak to the teacher. However she always looks far away when she is talking to us about my child. When we asked her specifically what our child did during her lesson and the work that he misses in lesson, she looks away and avoid answering our questions. I'm considering taking him out of that centre or ICR totally.

Oh my...think we could be talking about the same female teacher! I knew the teacher plays the most important part no matter how great a program is but the convenience of BTP just hasten my decision.

Do you know if we are able to request for another teacher other than the one that did the assessment? I noted there are 2 other teachers (male) for the preliminary class. Any idea if they are better?

Gosh, my gf used to send her dd to this branch but withdrew and sent her to Zoophonics when she did not show improvement. This gf recently enrolled her dd back in ICR but at TPY branch and within a few months, sees great improvement in her dd's reading skill.

Did I make a wrong decision?!!

[Engkidz]

Definitely ICR is a good way to learn to read. I think phonics is very powerful.

Last time my gal at ICR BTP and I oso not so impress with the teacher style. Just coz Ang moh and native teacher, doesnt mean good right?
I feel progress very slow and no comms with me or my hubby about progress. I got tired and started shopping around. Also don’t want to waste my money so worry that ICR was a waste.
LCentral is downstairs, level 1 BTP. My gal is there now. She likes the lesson and I am happy making the switch.