Club 2006 Kids

[jedamum]

Wcw

Mine cannot go 1 to 1 tuition. He prefers learning in group.

[crystalbelle]

Good morning club 2006...


Its Friday again

[PhoBIA]

WCW:

jedamum:

Wcw

Mine cannot go 1 to 1 tuition. He prefers learning in group.

oh, which tuition is that?
and what they teach them?
is it tuition or enrichment? sometimes got mixed up

Are you all talking abt tuition for 6 yo, K2 children?
:? Is there a danger of killing the interest to learn if we pack them with too much too early.

[jedamum]

Wcw,

I consider enrichment as dancing, swimming, piano. Academic ones I call them all tuition. My boy attend berries. He looks forward to class. For math, he is now with math hub. He likes the games segment and because he is competitive, he doesn’t mind practice math at home so he can answer questions- and win tokens. If it keeps him interested in math, I may consider continue next year, else it will be just for this year.

[silverhorse]

WCW,


I send my DS2 to Berries for Chinese to get a firm foundation. And Enopi Maths for foundation build-up too. The reason why I sent was that I did not send DS1 for such lessons before Pri 1. He took a while to steady the foundation ( not late, but could have been better ) and I felt that he had lost out to some others who started earlier.

The Pr 1 teachers have 30 students in a class, and not all can understand the what the teachers are teaching. After going through P1-P4 with DS1, I really think foundation is very important. The school education here expects the child to be fully ready when they get to P1.

DS2 will never get bored when he enters P1, cos his school will introduce heuristic maths etc… to challenge his thinking skills. If his foundation is solid, I believe he will find it fun to learn new skills.

That’s my two cents worth.

[jedamum]

WCW:

jedamum:

Wcw,

I consider enrichment as dancing, swimming, piano. Academic ones I call them all tuition. My boy attend berries. He looks forward to class. For math, he is now with math hub. He likes the games segment and because he is competitive, he doesn't mind practice math at home so he can answer questions- and win tokens. If it keeps him interested in math, I may consider continue next year, else it will be just for this year.

oh, tot enrichment is classified under academic and non-academic...
anyway, what does ur child learn in maths hub? P1 syllabus? if so then will ur child be bored when in p1 class?

i prefer to term academic enrichment as tuition too...because dont we all send our kids to academic enrichment hoping to maintain or improve existing standards? :evil: if it sounds weird, then it sounds even weirder that we have tuition for pre-p1 students because these kids have not even sit for any formal exams, then why the need to improve grades? :?

any way, the math hub syllabus is shown on the website. u can go to their website to see. seems comprehensive. we have only attended this term. i would prefer that they give more worksheet as i find that their worksheets are only a few pages/exercises only. ds2 said they spent the time playing math games. so i think they cultivate interest in math and logical thinking, maybe?

as to kids getting bored in class, i sent ds1 to p1 math prep last time before. did he get bored in class? actually he said he was bored for most of the lower pri years (even for chinese, where he is not so good, he also bored). so it is not so much as to how much they know, but rather how engaging their p1 teachers will be.

[jedamum]

WCW:

jedamum:

i prefer to term academic enrichment as tuition too...because dont we all send our kids to academic enrichment hoping to maintain or improve existing standards? :evil: if it sounds weird, then it sounds even weirder that we have tuition for pre-p1 students because these kids have not even sit for any formal exams, then why the need to improve grades? :?


any way, the math hub syllabus is shown on the website. u can go to their website to see. seems comprehensive. we have only attended this term. i would prefer that they give more worksheet as i find that their worksheets are only a few pages/exercises only. ds2 said they spent the time playing math games. so i think they cultivate interest in math and logical thinking, maybe?

as to kids getting bored in class, i sent ds1 to p1 math prep last time before. did he get bored in class? actually he said he was bored for most of the lower pri years (even for chinese, where he is not so good, he also bored). so it is not so much as to how much they know, but rather how engaging their p1 teachers will be.

whatever it is we just want the best for our children, but this \"best\" will be too stress for them?
but then see how fast they learned things also quite shocking... eg. my child is able to read chapter books on his own - which i can never do it till i was pri 2 or 3 or even later...

wow...your boy read chapter books already? any series u can recommend?
my boy prefers non-fiction. he look at the many words and little pictures of chapter books and will go too many words.

[silverhorse]

WCW:

silverhorse:

WCW,


I send my DS2 to Berries for Chinese to get a firm foundation. And Enopi Maths for foundation build-up too. The reason why I sent was that I did not send DS1 for such lessons before Pri 1. He took a while to steady the foundation ( not late, but could have been better ) and I felt that he had lost out to some others who started earlier.

The Pr 1 teachers have 30 students in a class, and not all can understand the what the teachers are teaching. After going through P1-P4 with DS1, I really think foundation is very important. The school education here expects the child to be fully ready when they get to P1.

DS2 will never get bored when he enters P1, cos his school will introduce heuristic maths etc... to challenge his thinking skills. If his foundation is solid, I believe he will find it fun to learn new skills.

That's my two cents worth.

different mah, ur children in top schl lei, std confirm high mah so must be well-prepare

Heh heh.. DS school is only popular in the West. Doesn't mean they are the tops. If you ask me, I would say that their standards are very high, they have good and sound curriculum, but the teachers are so-so only. Two of their HODs left last year to open their own centers, a couple of good teachers left too. So, I'd rather prep my children well. Having seen DS1 struggling through P1 & 2, I will not let it repeat for DS2. But I will not be stressing DS2 out, for I do not overload him with so many tuition/ enrichment classes. I only want him to be happy learning.

[puff]

Now i am stress , didnt send dd to any enrichment except guitar lesson and she is going to a more popular sch. Hope she will not struggle in P1 :xedfingers:

[Curio]

Hi I have a son, born in 2006. Presently he is in K2. Got P1 secured seat through Phase-1 under sibling quota. Area-Bukit Batok.