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[MintyMin]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

[MintyMin]

sean wife:

Hi MintyMin,


You mentioned before that your DD is attending K1 Maths at MathsHub. Can you share more on how the class is conducted and what are the activities covered? Is there teaching involved or kids do their own activities?

Hi sean wife,

Frankly, i haf nvr seat in or really stay ard to c hw the class is conducted.. but previously when my DD1 is only wif a small class of 4, the teacher do go round guiding them and there's also a teacher asst in class to assist the teacher too.. but i haf juz changed my DD to another slot and there are more kids in there.. as to hw much attn given to each kid to guide.. m not sure.. but i do noe.. if majority can't do, they will guide using the whiteboard.. they do oragami, shapes, sizes, subtractions and additions.. each week, for 1.5hrs, they will finish at least 4pages of wrksheets..

For their K1 age.. or even N2 age.. some dun really ask qns or say they do not know hw to do.. till they are being asked by teacher.. unless they are very outspoken.. whh is the case for my DD initially.. but now she is ok to ask.. n she might b the youngest in class..

Hw do i noe if she learn.. well.. at hm they love to use those leaflets to fold planes, cars, etc.. so tis way.. we get them to fold half.. n ask if both halves are the same.. etc.. my DD noes shapes, wat matches wat.. n when u ask her to count she noes.. subtractions at times a bit slow coz distracted.. simple ones.. she noes.. i dun expect much frm her.. most impt is she has interest to attend the class.. if she dun.. i wont hesitate to stop her from going..

[MintyMin]

libran269:

MintyMin:

Sista Poppy.. ur DS attending phonics lessons at where? at least u can breathe better.. m trying to teach DS my own at hm.. wif the limited time after dinner every day..

Even I am teaching my DD at home; after returning from work. Her kindy is little slow (I feel) when I compare the others.

Hi libran269, tatz gd.. but y do u feel that her kindy is a little slow? Wat is ur benchmark to get that feel? Weirdly.. as we only changed DD1's over to PCF in July.. he also feel tat PCF's teaching not as enriching for DD1.. therefore considering to put her back to the CC where both my DS and DD2 is at now.. but for me.. i c not lack in her knowledge of tings n hw she is able to read n all.. :? :scratchhead:

Jiayou! I noe hw tiring it is to teach after wrk.. I haven't started on DD1 yet as my priority now is to get my DS to recognise sight words easily n read w/o problem.. as much as DD1 always asking if she'll b nxt once i have finish with DS.. but i m super tired to continue wif her usually.. though i do let her do assessment books as requested by her if i haf the energy to guide her through.. if not will b simple book reading..

[libran269]

MintyMin:

libran269:

[quote=\"MintyMin\"]Sista Poppy.. ur DS attending phonics lessons at where? at least u can breathe better.. m trying to teach DS my own at hm.. wif the limited time after dinner every day..

Even I am teaching my DD at home; after returning from work. Her kindy is little slow (I feel) when I compare the others.

Hi libran269, tatz gd.. but y do u feel that her kindy is a little slow? Wat is ur benchmark to get that feel? Weirdly.. as we only changed DD1's over to PCF in July.. he also feel tat PCF's teaching not as enriching for DD1.. therefore considering to put her back to the CC where both my DS and DD2 is at now.. but for me.. i c not lack in her knowledge of tings n hw she is able to read n all.. :? :scratchhead:

Jiayou! I noe hw tiring it is to teach after wrk.. I haven't started on DD1 yet as my priority now is to get my DS to recognise sight words easily n read w/o problem.. as much as DD1 always asking if she'll b nxt once i have finish with DS.. but i m super tired to continue wif her usually.. though i do let her do assessment books as requested by her if i haf the energy to guide her through.. if not will b simple book reading.. [/quote]Her CC does lot of other activities; GK based. I compared with kids going to MMIs and PCF. I am just keeping a watch as I dont any unpleasant surprises in the end..when in K2

[sean wife]

Thanks for your feedback, MintyMin…


Xactly as what you have said, young kids may not voice out that they need help and if they get stuck for too long, or wait too long for teacher to come around, high chance they will lose the interest. I do see my kid always call ‘teacher’ when she needs help or need teacher to check answer, but I can see that she gets bored when she has to wait and wait….of course, we can say that learning to wait for their turn is part of the learning process, but why delay her from moving on to the 2nd box activity after she is done with the 1st box activity?? I find it quite poor thing lor, especially when I see my kid try to look for her booklet herself so that she can find the sticker for the 2nd box…to be fair, my kid is not the best well-behaved kid with the longest attention span and fastest learner, in fact, she has been uncooperative at times, which make me all the more worried that if I feedback to the centre owner, the teacher will purposely make things even more difficult for her, and in turn, she becomes even more uncooperative….

That’s why thinking of alternatives now….

[micollh]

i haven enroll DD in any maths enrichment yet… cos dunno which one is good… will stop shichida after Dec this year… after that thinking of drama and speech at act3… any good maths enrichment to recommend ?

[MintyMin]

sean wife:

Thanks for your feedback, MintyMin…


Xactly as what you have said, young kids may not voice out that they need help and if they get stuck for too long, or wait too long for teacher to come around, high chance they will lose the interest. I do see my kid always call ‘teacher’ when she needs help or need teacher to check answer, but I can see that she gets bored when she has to wait and wait….of course, we can say that learning to wait for their turn is part of the learning process, but why delay her from moving on to the 2nd box activity after she is done with the 1st box activity?? I find it quite poor thing lor, especially when I see my kid try to look for her booklet herself so that she can find the sticker for the 2nd box…to be fair, my kid is not the best well-behaved kid with the longest attention span and fastest learner, in fact, she has been uncooperative at times, which make me all the more worried that if I feedback to the centre owner, the teacher will purposely make things even more difficult for her, and in turn, she becomes even more uncooperative….

That’s why thinking of alternatives now….

I totally get wat u mean.. b4 classes start.. did u actually tell the teacher b4 abt ur kid's learning capability? I find tat we shld often let them noe so tat they can make the best out of wat they noe to teach our kids..

At mathshub.. so far for my case.. i do let teacher noe hw talkative my DS is.. n what he is weak in.. n Hw my DD1 require a lot of attention, so haf to let her do someting once she finishes if not she will keep calling out for u.. tat kind.. but of coz.. having said tat.. kids do not usually behave the same in front of teachers n in front of us.. but communication with teacher is the key to helping our kids learn.. tatz wat i feel..

I tink it is impt for u to let the teacher noe abt tis.. n m sure they will tell u they will try their best to do wat they can best for ur kid..

[sean wife]

Mintymin,


Actually this kind of self-learning program is quite subjective in terms of how the teacher handles the class….she did feedback that my younger one more focused, my older one more playful and less focused, which I agree and I recommend the teacher to be more stern with them, blar blar blar…I just stop short of telling her can I take over the materials and guide them myself, hahaaa……she is the 2nd teacher they have since beginning of this year, and I find the first teacher so much better….actually this kind of feeling about teacher very hard to explain, but I am glad you get what I mean…

Which branch of mathshub your kids are at? Any teacher to recommend??

Miccohl,

Actually most maths enrichment can be classified into a few categories, and you can read from the maths enrichment thread, but all boils down to the teacher…having been through different classes, I really feel getting a good teacher (or one which gels with the kid) is just like getting a good maid, heng suay one……different kids need different kinds of teachers, but usually our instinct can tell us whether the child can bond with the teacher and vice versa…

[micollh]

sean wife, i follow the maths enrichment thread but i still dunno which is is good… like u said some said this is good but teacher at certain centre not good… so i also dunno which to enrol… confused…

[sean wife]

try everything? hahaha…but seriously I know of some parents from their classes which have multiple enrichments for the same subject, because they train different aspects…for eg. CMA with Montessori, CMA with MPM, Montessori with MPM…I even know one who has Jelic(MPM), CMA and Montessori. It’s good if the kid can take it lor…mine will probably cry murder…

But you never try you never know….go for a trial and see the feeling, but again, if the child is slow to warm kind, one trial is not a good indication…maybe a term will be better.