Yuquan Preschool

[titank]

Hi All,


Anyone send thier kid to Yuquan Preschool? Can share how is their English, Maths & Science standard level? Heard the kids would be learning the following chinese enruichment programmes in the childcare centre

经典诵读课程 (弟子规 / 三字经 / 百家姓)
成语识字Cool》快速识字课程
中华字经》快速识字课程
小博士成语识字课程

[i3mum]

Hi titank,


I m keen to know as well. Anyone send their kids there? for Chinese enrichment?

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

titank:

Hi All,

Anyone had send thier kid to Yuquan Preschool? Care to share?

[Dee]

Hi,

I'm keen to know any feedbacks on YuQuan preschool as well, if they have equal emphasis on English and Chinese, and if the cirriculum is good. Yu Quan gives the impression that they are good at Chinese enrichment classses, not so sure about their preschool though. Hope to hear feedbacks. cheers!

[hquek]

My fren sent her younger kids to yq middle road childcare. She has an older one who attended only montessori type childcare. She is very pleased with the school cos her 2 kids’ chinese improved by leaps and bounds - I don’t hear that their english standard was impacted. Even the younger son (figure about 4 y/o) is able to spout chinese idioms. In comparison, her oldest has problems with chinese language (now in primary school).


Her only gripe is that it’s a bit difficult to drop kids off at the middle road branch.

[pecalis]

My eldest went to the 1000 characters module 1, when she was 5. I didn't find it helpful at all since she was made to memorize phrases of 4 characters without understanding the meaning. Many of the words are beyond me and hubby too! We stopped after module 1.


Just sharing our experience

[ChiefKiasu]

pecalis:

My eldest went to the 1000 characters module 1, when she was 5. I didn't find it helpful at all since she was made to memorize phrases of 4 characters without understanding the meaning. Many of the words are beyond me and hubby too! We stopped after module 1.


Just sharing our experience

The idea is for them to remember the sounds. And they will also recognize the characters, even though they may not understand their meaning. The understanding comes later in their lives as and when they encounter the idioms, at which time they only need to know how to apply the idioms, since they already know how to read them. It is also a great way to train the kids to speak proper Chinese.

My daughter has been at Yuquan for a year. She is able to recognize well over a couple of hundred characters. Of course, she also goes for Berries, and her preschool practices Chinese-speaking only days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All in all, even though she still does not initiate conversations in Chinese, she can understand and speak Chinese very well.

[ZacK]

ChiefKiasu:

My daughter has been at Yuquan for a year. She is able to recognize well over a couple of hundred characters. Of course, she also goes for Berries, and her preschool practices Chinese-speaking only days on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All in all, even though she still does not initiate conversations in Chinese, she can understand and speak Chinese very well.

Shd I be worried now? DS1 cannot speak a proper sentence in mandarin and due for P1 next month... I tried asking him to tell me some phrases in mandarin and he could probably manage 2-3 phrases like 谢谢， 早安， 你好... That's abt all :oops:

[outsider]

Hi Chief,

I rem your child was attending school house by the bay… you made a switch ?

[ChiefKiasu]

outsider:

Hi Chief,

I rem your child was attending school house by the bay... you made a switch ?

She's still at Schoolhouse By The Bay . We don't dare to make the change ever since she demanded: \"Don't change MY SCHOOLHOUSE!\" when she overheard me and my wife discussing about sending her to NAFA when she was 3yo.

[ChiefKiasu]

insider:

... Don't mean to stress you hor but Chinese is just such a subject that if you don't set the foot correctly in the first place, subsequently can be very painful for your son and you and wify...


PS: Base on my experience, can start English language late for a child and is easier for the child to catch up but same is not so applicable for Chinese...

:goodpost: well said, insider. I fully agree with you. Also to add - most children will breeze through P1-P2 for Chinese without much problems even if they don't speak/read much Chinese at home. Usually, the cracks will start showing from P3 onwards. If your child do not naturally speak Chinese at home, you really need to think about additional enrichment for him/her when there is still time from P1 onwards. I learnt it the hard way .