Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[24hr-mum]

i think tuition centres all abt the same. but that aside, i feel the most impt way to inculcate interest is to create a chinese environment - watch ch shows, listen to ch radio, read ch bks. its more effectv than tuition.

[JUSTMOM]

I am looking more for "holiday classes" type, that will be fun, like Chinese speech & drama? Not really tuition classes.

He already attends BASC so I think that’s enough studies for him.
I always think it is easier to learn through play, rather than from memorising the textbook.

I am trying to get him to read more chinese story books (he reads english story books effortlessly) by finding those with contents that will interest him, but it’s quite a struggle. He simply has no interest.

btw, just wondering… am i posting the question in the right thread?

[24hr-mum]

so far i wat i read is berries supp to be fun type. i hvnt tried it. also nvr tried speech n drama cos we read ch bks from young.

if u hv starhub, subscribe to playhse disney, change the language mode into chinese so the child can watch mickey, winnie the pooh etc all in chinese language. when u select info button, can change the lang into chinese. n let him watch ch kids show every sun 10am ch 8. or doramon in chinese.

[JUSTMOM]

oh really??? i didn't realise can switch the language!!!! LOL!

or the current channels I'm watching now don't have the selection choice.
thanks for the tip! guess I'm adding on another group soon. :lol:

also, time to bring out the \"ten thousand whys\" DVD for him to watch again.

[24hr-mum]

it was my 3yr old who anyway press the remote control and switched to the chinese lang mode that i discovered it. when u use the starhub remote control and press the info button, the tv menu wld have a few options - one of whc is a music note symbol - whc u can change from eng to ch.

[mummy of 3]

Dear parents,


I intend to enrol my DD1 in Tien Hsia at JP Branch for next year K2.
Any comment on this centre? :roll: Thanks a lot.
Or any chinese enrichment centre in the west to recommand?

[Champion]

mummy of 3:

Dear parents,


Or any chinese enrichment centre in the west to recommand?

Hello Mummy of 3,
I drop you a Private Message (P.M.)

[Bloom]

mummy of 3:

Dear parents,


I intend to enrol my DD1 in Tien Hsia at JP Branch for next year K2.
Any comment on this centre? :roll: Thanks a lot.
Or any chinese enrichment centre in the west to recommand?

Hi there,

I recently just started to send my girl to Berries @ Bukit Batok and apparently she likes the way they teach. She's P2 going P3.. They also have a little corner - with lots of Chinese books and a tv room for story telling and video. I currently waitlisted for my son - also K2 next year.

[mummy of 3]

Thank u, Champion and Bloom :thankyou:

[peterch]

titank:

I had went through a few language centre such as Yuquan, Xueni, Eduplus, Berries, Tien Hsia, Han Lang, Molin & Jiang Education.

Seem like all about the same but maybe in terms of standard Jiang & Molin could be higher. Ultimately it still depend on how good the teacher is teaching your child.

I agree.... The important key is the teacher

My DS and DD just resided to Spore 11 months ago and they are in P4 and P2. Chinese for them is almost a 'new thing'. Luckily, through this forum I found a very dedicated tutor who really help them a lot. And they passed their chinese now. Still hoping to see more improvement especially for DS, 1,5 year to go before PSLE