Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[acforfamily]

Hi parents,

In Eduplus, the school organises competitions for Story telling, Recitals, Performances etc once in a while for all the centres. The students are then exposed to various types of competition and they get to go on stage to perform. This is done on a rather big scale as they have quite a few centres.

Do the other language schools Tien Hsia, Berries or Jiang Education organise Chinese speaking competitions within their centres? Can anyone advise?

My kid enjoys these different activities but as I am thinking of switching him out of Eduplus, would be good to know if the others do it as well.

[acforfamily]

i3mum:

Hi ,


I am wondering if it is a must to let my kids attend Chinese enrichment apart from their daily school classes? My kids are going to be in K1 & Nursery next year.

Will teaching at home is sufficient? I m worried they do not have a good foundation by the time they go to Primary school.

Can anyone advise?

Hi i3mum,
I would not have sent my kid to enrichment if he wanted to speak in Mandarin. He has been resistant since young cos I did not start him early enough. I sent him to Eduplus when he was in Kindergarten to get him to speak up. They had recordings of what he reads in class so it is something interesting to make him to speak up.
If you can teach your kids at home, I personally would not send them. Even in lower Primary, I only sent my kid to Story Island, which does not have anything to do with school textbooks, only stories.

[i3mum]

Hi acforfamily,


Thanks for your reply. My in laws speak Mandarin to them at home, but most of the time they will reply them in English. I m worried I do not know the curriculum / \"standard\" of the current chinese language which is taught in school. Is Eduplus good? How about yuquan? Any feedback?

acforfamily:

i3mum:

Hi ,


Hi i3mum,
I would not have sent my kid to enrichment if he wanted to speak in Mandarin. He has been resistant since young cos I did not start him early enough. I sent him to Eduplus when he was in Kindergarten to get him to speak up. They had recordings of what he reads in class so it is something interesting to make him to speak up.
If you can teach your kids at home, I personally would not send them. Even in lower Primary, I only sent my kid to Story Island, which does not have anything to do with school textbooks, only stories.

[mummyloves]

titank:

Oh actually I can put both kid in Molin where save the time & logistics. The problem is that Molin told me max is 10 students (P1 Class) in the class, that is my area of concern. I guess small group like 5-6 should be a better figure & in terms of this Yuquan is better.


On the other hand, I choose N2 from Molin as in terms of N2 is the best value for $$ as compare with other chinese enrichment centres. Ha.ha must maximise use the investment.

In summary, I guess all chinese enrichment centre is more or less the same. At least have to try like 6 months or 1 year then can see the muscle grow up just like you work out in the gym.

Hope you would select a chinese enrichment centre soon!Good luck.

Thanks for sharing. We wanted to check out Molin but they are closed for holiday break. Guess we have to take a look b4 deciding Molin or Yuquan. Did your p1 kid enrol for Yuquan cheng yu class?

[i3mum]

Hi


Anyone care to share about Chinese Enrichment at Yuquan Language school for K1 & K2?

Has anyone send their kids to Holland outlet? Any feedback?

http://www.yuquan.com.sg/courses.php

[acforfamily]

i3mum:

Hi acforfamily,

Thanks for your reply. My in laws speak Mandarin to them at home, but most of the time they will reply them in English. I m worried I do not know the curriculum / \"standard\" of the current chinese language which is taught in school. Is Eduplus good? How about yuquan? Any feedback?

I have never tried other language schools besides Eduplus. My kid has been with them since nursery to lower Primary. What I like about them:
- warm and friendly to the kids, so they like coming to classes
- Kindergarten classes conducted using recordings so it was fun
- even in lower primary, I did not send him to their enrichment class, only their story island classes, so it was fun for him

So, as you can see, I can't really comment on their enrichment lessons other than the above. Perhaps other parents can help.

[hquek]

i3mum:

Hi ,


I am wondering if it is a must to let my kids attend Chinese enrichment apart from their daily school classes? My kids are going to be in K1 & Nursery next year.

Will teaching at home is sufficient? I m worried they do not have a good foundation by the time they go to Primary school.

Can anyone advise?

Hi i3mum, I feel that the little time they devote to chinese in school is simply not enough; and compounded by that we speak mainly english to him, he becomes fairly resistant to chinese. where he is most happy to pick up english books, he doesn't do so for chinese (and we do have a lot of chinese books at home also.

I find that Chinese enrichment is a must in my case - in fact, DS1 goes for chinese and chinese S&D. After a year, he's able to speak it better (dun sound like angmoh) and he's able to recognise quite many words.

But if you can cultivate a chinese speaking/reading environment - like speaking to him in chinese, and doing daily reading, I think it'll be much better than sending him only for enrichment classes. Ultimately he spends more time at home than in class.

[i3mum]

Hi hquek,


Thanks, I agree with you. I also tried to teach my daughter (going to K1 next year) at home, and I really dont know how to teach them in a fun way. Although she knows the words, but I can see that she tried to learn it bcos \"mummy says so\". I was hoping to find an enrichment centre which helps & I can do revision with her.

Which centre do you send your child?

hquek:

Hi i3mum, I feel that the little time they devote to chinese in school is simply not enough; and compounded by that we speak mainly english to him, he becomes fairly resistant to chinese. where he is most happy to pick up english books, he doesn't do so for chinese (and we do have a lot of chinese books at home also.

I find that Chinese enrichment is a must in my case - in fact, DS1 goes for chinese and chinese S&D. After a year, he's able to speak it better (dun sound like angmoh) and he's able to recognise quite many words.

But if you can cultivate a chinese speaking/reading environment - like speaking to him in chinese, and doing daily reading, I think it'll be much better than sending him only for enrichment classes. Ultimately he spends more time at home than in class.

[hquek]

hi i3mum,


Actually my kids attend the Chinese S&D at SHHK ACT (Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Arts & Cultural Troupe), and on top of that, the older one goes for 乐乐华语班. I like his teacher (she’s the one who writes materials for the classes) for the 2nd class and find her materials good - it’s a bit like berries concept (a bit of writing, reading, with little booklet each week). DS2 not attending this only cos of timing issue.

DS1 is also attending Yuquan ‘chinese idioms’ holiday class - 19 lessons at one go. Find it’s quite interesting, BUT they do NOT explain the meaning of the idioms in class (it’s available in the book they provide). They learn to read like 10-12 idioms each day, write out some words, do a bit of 造句 (actually copying from another page) and there’s a supplementary reader.

[i3mum]

Hi hquek,


Thanks for your information. I will find out more. There is Yuquan near my place, which I just realised. Not sure if it is good anot. Another option will be Berries, but Berries is too costly for my 3 kids to attend at 1 go. Hope more parents will give me more feedback.

hquek:

hi i3mum,

Actually my kids attend the Chinese S&D at SHHK ACT (Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Arts & Cultural Troupe), and on top of that, the older one goes for 乐乐华语班. I like his teacher (she's the one who writes materials for the classes) for the 2nd class and find her materials good - it's a bit like berries concept (a bit of writing, reading, with little booklet each week). DS2 not attending this only cos of timing issue.

DS1 is also attending Yuquan 'chinese idioms' holiday class - 19 lessons at one go. Find it's quite interesting, BUT they do NOT explain the meaning of the idioms in class (it's available in the book they provide). They learn to read like 10-12 idioms each day, write out some words, do a bit of 造句 (actually copying from another page) and there's a supplementary reader.