Comparing Pre-school English Reading and Phonics Enrichment

[MMM]

My K2 did Jan & Elly Phonics program from elementary to advance starting from mid Nursery and end by mid this year. She is K2 this year. Concurrently she also did LW creative english while she was with J&E.


She is currently doing Lcentral liftoff program.

My personal comments is that J&E provides a very strong foundation however 2 years is really long. So it took awhile to see results.

LW creative english, didn’t do much. They are a reading program but it was based on our revision with her so she did fine. I don’t see them engaging any methods to teach the kids to read.

For Lcentral, I only started her mid this year after her J&E program completed. I would say I see quickest results. Despite completing her advanced phonics, I always felt that blending doesn’t come naturally for her. After attending Lcentral for 4 months now, she really pick up alot of new words and fast. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a readiness thing. Eg. she is able to decode common sight words really fast now eg. disappointed, disappointment, boisterous, etc… I sort of regretted not sending her to lcentral much earlier.

[Jav]

Hi MMM, which LCentral your gal goes to?

[genmai]

Hi MMM,


I sent my DD1 when she’s near 4 yo to ICR and she was placed in the TCS prog (LC’s = of foundation). After 3 months, she was promoted to PRP (LC’s = of Launchpad) which she stayed for 9 months as she took a long time to be able to blend. In comparison, I only showed my DD2 Starfall.com occasionally. To my surprise, she can blend simple words before turning 4 yo.

I can only conclude from my DDs that the ability to blend is a readiness thing and each child develop at a different pace. After knowing how to blend, the learning curve is very steep when given proper guidance.

[MMM]

Jav:

Hi MMM, which LCentral your gal goes to?

Hi,

She goes to Lcentral Kovan.

[Jav]

Thanks MMM

[Jav]

Hi,

any more comments on Learning Point? I am concern how the teacher can engage the 12 children’s attention in the class since P1 kids still need a lot of guidance. Anyone has any kid has gone thru the path & can share more? They also don’t allow parents to view the classroom. I have no idea what’s the set up of the class like.

[iLoveChubby]

Hi all!

Would like to find out if anyone has any comments on Morris Allen? It seems that it is not a very \"popular\" centre as compared to ICR, Lcentral etc..
My DS is gg K1 next yr, thkg of signing up MA @ bishan out of convenience.
I was also contemplating ICR as I thk their system is pretty structured .. as for MA, i am not v sure abt how they guide the K1/K2 kids to read as they do not exactly show their materials so openly to interested customers.
Both are abt the same $ (in terms of hrly rate)..
Anyone who has tried MA, I would very much appreciate your feedback!
Thanks a mil!

[sean wife]

MMM:

My K2 did Jan & Elly Phonics program from elementary to advance starting from mid Nursery and end by mid this year. She is K2 this year. Concurrently she also did LW creative english while she was with J&E.


She is currently doing Lcentral liftoff program.

My personal comments is that J&E provides a very strong foundation however 2 years is really long. So it took awhile to see results.

LW creative english, didn't do much. They are a reading program but it was based on our revision with her so she did fine. I don't see them engaging any methods to teach the kids to read.

For Lcentral, I only started her mid this year after her J&E program completed. I would say I see quickest results. Despite completing her advanced phonics, I always felt that blending doesn't come naturally for her. After attending Lcentral for 4 months now, she really pick up alot of new words and fast. Sometimes I wonder if it's a readiness thing. Eg. she is able to decode common sight words really fast now eg. disappointed, disappointment, boisterous, etc... I sort of regretted not sending her to lcentral much earlier.

Hi MMM,

For Lorna Whiston K1 program, is it mainly reading program or they also cover quite a bit of writing, grammer, comprehension skills? Comparing between LW and LCentral Liftoff program, which one has more writing focus?

Thanks for sharing!

[ppnqq]

Anyone knows of LC at Yishun branch? Is it good? TIA.

[MMM]

sean wife:

Hi MMM,


For Lorna Whiston K1 program, is it mainly reading program or they also cover quite a bit of writing, grammer, comprehension skills? Comparing between LW and LCentral Liftoff program, which one has more writing focus?

Thanks for sharing!

For LW, they have to bring home a book and read and then during the next lesson, they have to read to the teacher. I didn't observe any solid phonics are being taught. There was some writing but looking back, I think it was a waste of $$$. Liftoff is more solid. Eg. they are taught to decode words and there is a comprehension each lesson. Maybe not so much on grammar/ compo. But between the 2, I would choose liftoff.

lcentral also introduces new vocab in its comprehension passage to the kids. eg. boisterous, etc...