Preschool Curriculum
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sembgal:
SPIES:
Anyone know the curriculum of living sanctuary kindergarten?
The Chinese standard is comparable to 天下.
Hi, may I know whether berries or tian Hsia has a higher std?
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XK:
sembgal:
[quote=\"SPIES\"]Anyone know the curriculum of living sanctuary kindergarten?
The Chinese standard is comparable to 天下.
Hi, may I know whether berries or tian Hsia has a higher std?
Thx[/quote]You have to check if the teacher is a current preschool teacher who works part time or a full time one at that centre. Personally, I prefer current preschool teacher who works part time. Look at the centre's worksheets, vocabulary words taught, type of furniture used, toilet accessible easily and other smaller details like the accent of the teacher whom the child can relate to. 天下has open house end of every term for parents to witness the songs and rhymes learnt by the children. I feel 天下is more structured and Berries is more fun. Lastly, it is important that parents revise the lesson content with the child at home for reinforcement. -
blrmmy:
Just wondering, besides Phonics, what are the other most common or important courses that all the mommies and daddies here have sent their 5 years old?
I would say perhaps Chinese enrichmt classes (eg berries/TH etc) as I personally am q impressed on how these schools can turn the once-boring subject to many into something so enjoyable to the young now. Esp to kids who speak EL all the time, it is not so easy to instill the love of the CL language in them.
As for Maths, MPM/CMA/Kumon are among the popular ones altho most of them stop attending these classes and switch to Maths tuition classes once they hit P1.
However..what is deemed \"important\" to one parent may be \"unnecesary\" to another.
E.g. for a kid who reads extensively .... or your kid's cc/kindy is doing the job just fine... or you can afford the time/effort to teach him/her at home ... he/she may not even need to attend any enrichments.
So it really depends on what you think your kid needs.
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iLoveChubby:
ILoveChubby, thank you for the advises. I am trying to find out more to see if it is necessary to put my 5 years old child in some of the enrichment courses since mine is idling and playing at home only and not attending any school or childcare. Am trying to see if it is good enough to just find him a half day preschool or kindergarten to attend or put him in some courses without attending any school or kindergarten. Any advises or recommendation? Thank you.blrmmy:
Just wondering, besides Phonics, what are the other most common or important courses that all the mommies and daddies here have sent their 5 years old?
I would say perhaps Chinese enrichmt classes (eg berries/TH etc) as I personally am q impressed on how these schools can turn the once-boring subject to many into something so enjoyable to the young now. Esp to kids who speak EL all the time, it is not so easy to instill the love of the CL language in them.
As for Maths, MPM/CMA/Kumon are among the popular ones altho most of them stop attending these classes and switch to Maths tuition classes once they hit P1.
However..what is deemed \"important\" to one parent may be \"unnecesary\" to another.
E.g. for a kid who reads extensively .... or your kid's cc/kindy is doing the job just fine... or you can afford the time/effort to teach him/her at home ... he/she may not even need to attend any enrichments.
So it really depends on what you think your kid needs. -
blrmmy:
ILoveChubby, thank you for the advises. I am trying to find out more to see if it is necessary to put my 5 years old child in some of the enrichment courses since mine is idling and playing at home only and not attending any school or childcare. Am trying to see if it is good enough to just find him a half day preschool or kindergarten to attend or put him in some courses without attending any school or kindergarten. Any advises or recommendation? Thank you.[/quote]Curious.. why isnt he attending any kindy now?.. Are you teaching him at home?...iLoveChubby:
[quote=\"blrmmy\"]Just wondering, besides Phonics, what are the other most common or important courses that all the mommies and daddies here have sent their 5 years old?
I would say perhaps Chinese enrichmt classes (eg berries/TH etc) as I personally am q impressed on how these schools can turn the once-boring subject to many into something so enjoyable to the young now. Esp to kids who speak EL all the time, it is not so easy to instill the love of the CL language in them.
As for Maths, MPM/CMA/Kumon are among the popular ones altho most of them stop attending these classes and switch to Maths tuition classes once they hit P1.
However..what is deemed \"important\" to one parent may be \"unnecesary\" to another.
E.g. for a kid who reads extensively .... or your kid's cc/kindy is doing the job just fine... or you can afford the time/effort to teach him/her at home ... he/she may not even need to attend any enrichments.
So it really depends on what you think your kid needs.
Personally I still thk kindy is essential for them.. besides the academic aspects, it will be good for them to learn some social skills and how to interact with their peers.
You may wish to check out the kindys around your area or can read up the threads on kindys/CCs for comments of your interested preschools.
Enrichment classes are normally only once a week, may not be sufficient for build up the basics, unless you are actively \"home-schooling\" him at home with the right resources/materials. -
[quote]I would say perhaps Chinese enrichmt classes (eg berries/TH etc) as I personally am q impressed on how these schools can turn the once-boring subject to many into something so enjoyable to the young now. Esp to kids who speak EL all the time, it is not so easy to instill the love of the CL language in them.
As for Maths, MPM/CMA/Kumon are among the popular ones altho most of them stop attending these classes and switch to Maths tuition classes once they hit P1.
However..what is deemed \"important\" to one parent may be \"unnecesary\" to another.
E.g. for a kid who reads extensively .... or your kid's cc/kindy is doing the job just fine... or you can afford the time/effort to teach him/her at home ... he/she may not even need to attend any enrichments.
So it really depends on what you think your kid needs.[/quote][quote]ILoveChubby, thank you for the advises. I am trying to find out more to see if it is necessary to put my 5 years old child in some of the enrichment courses since mine is idling and playing at home only and not attending any school or childcare. Am trying to see if it is good enough to just find him a half day preschool or kindergarten to attend or put him in some courses without attending any school or kindergarten. Any advises or recommendation? Thank you.[/quote][quote]Curious.. why isnt he attending any kindy now?.. Are you teaching him at home?...
Personally I still thk kindy is essential for them.. besides the academic aspects, it will be good for them to learn some social skills and how to interact with their peers.
You may wish to check out the kindys around your area or can read up the threads on kindys/CCs for comments of your interested preschools.
Enrichment classes are normally only once a week, may not be sufficient for build up the basics, unless you are actively \"home-schooling\" him at home with the right resources/materials.[/quote]Hi! Just chanced upon this thread and thought of sharing my experience of struggling to improve my dd's Chinese. Heard that Berries are more fun and more play-based than Tian Xia so wanted her to go and have fun while learning Chinese. She was attending a church kindy and her chinese standard was very poor. The first few months at Berries was very good as the teacher was gentle with young children and engaging. However after the teacher went on maternity leave, there was a change of teacher, it was still ok initially but slowly her interest started to wane. I changed to another branch but it was even worse. So had to pull her out after 1 more year of dragging her to Berries every week. Feel my 2 years' worth of money and efforts totally wasted.
So I totally agree with ILoveChubby that once a week enrichment is not sufficient, especially when it comes to Chinese.
When she was in K1, I found this kindy with emphasis in Mandarin and transfered my dd there although it was a bit far and ex cos of their location. Then within 2 months, she could not just converse but read efficiently. Totally amazed by a simple change of environment.
Now I realize through her Chinese teacher that at this pre-school age, it is a golden age to learn more languages, when they won't differentiate Chinese lessons from English lessons as clearly as from Maths and languages. And if they can master their Chinese well now, they will not end up hating the subject in later years. Objective is for their primary school years to be smooth sailing so they can spend more time and energy on other subjects like Maths, which they pick up more easily in Primary school age than pre-school anyway. The kindy is not short changing on those essential subjects but just doesn't overload them with worksheets or teach them more than what is sufficient to be ready for P1.
Now my gal is in K2, reading di zi gui, tang shi, poems and getting quite a few chances to perform and boost her confidence in Chinese language. I think all this can't be done through regular enrichment centres. I must say I'm very glad to have made a decision early enough for her to get up to speed on her Chinese language cos she's going to a SAP school which is just opp my home. :xedfingers:
If only all preschools' curriculum can be adjusted to fit the child's developmental skills, rather than to fit parents and primary schools' expectations, learning won't be so stressful for both parents and children.
*P.S. Oh dear, dunno what I've done and the previous replies came up as quotes. Sorry still new here!* -
Just to add on, after my Berries experience, I personally feel they are more suitable for kids who are already exposed to Chinese at home and standard is better than children who are English-speaking. So their once weekly class is really an enrichment in a language that the kids are already speaking and exposed to it daily.
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Oh I just remembered, I actually sent my dd to Eduplus too after I stopped her Berries. How forgetful! It wasn’t very memorable as you can probably tell. Their standard is quite high and my dd seems even less confident after every class and she’ll forget everything soon after. It was stopped once I started her on the new kindy.
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Anyone knows what is the curriculum for YMCA?
I do not know how to `get’ the information out from the principal as I found I get lead to other areas of discussion. Was often told PG not much learning as they cannot concentrate for more than 10mins.
They will have play, music, movements. But is that all I should be expecting for PG class?
Any parent with kids in PG class - please share what your child’s programme in a typical day at CC.
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Off123:
Hi,Anyone knows what is the curriculum for YMCA?
I do not know how to `get' the information out from the principal as I found I get lead to other areas of discussion. Was often told PG not much learning as they cannot concentrate for more than 10mins.
They will have play, music, movements. But is that all I should be expecting for PG class?
Any parent with kids in PG class - please share what your child's programme in a typical day at CC.
Thanks!
I do not know the curriculum in YWCA. I can share with you the curriculum we planned for our PG class in my new childcare centre.
Different school define PG differently. To clarify, PG is for children turning two that year and N1 is for children turning three that year.
In PG, we have the following segments:
- Letterland phonics
- Mathematics in the form of introducing colours, shapes, simple sorting
- Science through cookery
- Chinese language through songs
- Music and Movement and Art and Craft
- Much focus will also be in play. This is where they learn how to share, say their \"please\"\"and \"Thank you\", take turns, imitate....
As their attention span is low as the principal had rightly put it, we need to have activities that are hands-on and make it like \"play\" to them. Teachers should be able to adjust according to the children's interests.
Our N1 students are also having similar curriculum, but, they will have more project time as they are able to converse and express their thoughts better. Projects will allow them to learn a certain topic with more depth.
There's so much to talk about with just projects. We have an open house next Saturday. Visit us and we can discuss in greater detail.
More information is available in: http://www.facebook.com/amebaschoolhouse or send an email to [email protected]
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