<![CDATA[All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses]]>Hihi,


Pls advise whether is it really necessary to be able to read independently prior to Primary one?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/12139/all-about-primary-one-readiness-amp-preparatory-coursesRSS for NodeWed, 29 Apr 2026 02:11:56 GMTWed, 29 Oct 2008 03:37:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:43:29 GMT]]>Hi i m sraying at east side. Cn anyone recommend me any P1 preparatory class plz?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1855126https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1855126Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:43:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:32:40 GMT]]>

rellako:
Hi mummies! Anyone tried Mindstretch P1 preparatory class before? How was it?

Hi Mummy,
i enrolled my sons in Jan and withdraw the class in Apr.
the reason i enrolled was due to below concern,
1) nearby location šŸ™‚
2) want to let my sons experience 'class room' model. Because the kindergarden mainly learning through playing.
3) the preparatory class was not only English but include maths as well.

then the reason i withdraw due to below
1) the size of class was quite big , think around 14-15.
2) Notice that weekday evening class not that efficient because of long day stay after Kindergarden. ( you can choose weekend,but i decided to withdraw and try others , haha)
3) no interaction with teacher, parents are not allowed to meet face to face with teacher. happen that once time sons told me the next week need to prepare \"show & tell\", i check their school bag didn't find any clues or message from teacher. what made me had a strong feeling to withdraw was my son update me in the next week class that teacher only pick the students had prepared. (!!!) i was wondering if the kids and parents are good in show & tell, then why must we enroll our kids?
I feel Mind stretcher more like tuition than enrichment.

Overall, i would rate the syllabus and worksheet moderate. Is still not a bad choice if cannot find any nearby center.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1842618https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1842618Thu, 12 Apr 2018 04:32:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 04:39:36 GMT]]>Hi mummies! Anyone tried Mindstretch P1 preparatory class before? How was it?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1811030https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1811030Tue, 24 Oct 2017 04:39:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Sat, 16 Jul 2016 07:03:56 GMT]]>Anyone tried gavin tuition at Braddell(toa payoh)? They claim to have teachers from MOE schools to teach. Any advise ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1699302https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1699302Sat, 16 Jul 2016 07:03:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Mon, 18 Apr 2016 05:47:32 GMT]]>Hi fellow parents, i'm seeking out some suggestions here for Primary 1 preparatory classes.


At this moment, I've enquired with the following centres:
- Kent Ridge
- Kip McGrath
Both of which are located at Junction 10.

For Kent Ridge, I managed to take a look at the assessment papers the kids will be practising on, and I'm quite satisfied with it. Sadly, the given time slot (Sat morning) clashes with my kid's other activity.

For Kip McGrath, there wasn't such reference available. Instead the guy at the counter didn't quite convince me about their curriculum. He was saying there'd be computer exercises, and English. Then when I asked about Maths, he suggested that Maths \"can be done\" on alternating weeks. šŸ˜“. So although their fees is lower than KR's, I wasn't so into this one. (maybe other outlets are better?)

So...I was just wondering, if parents here have other recommendations, preferably around Bt Panjang/Bt Timah area, that I can consider inquiring with?

TIA!! :rahrah:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1669598https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1669598Mon, 18 Apr 2016 05:47:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Mon, 06 Apr 2015 05:39:49 GMT]]>Anyone tried ā€˜I lOVE LEARNINGā€™ at Westgate?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1486107https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1486107Mon, 06 Apr 2015 05:39:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:16:24 GMT]]>Hi


We are looking to form a small tuition group of P1 kids to join my boy. We are looking at a small group, 2-3 kids max, at my place in orchard/ newton area.

Tutor is good and experienced with teaching kids in the area. If interested do pm me.

Galaxy Queen

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1456642https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1456642Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:16:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:57:51 GMT]]>Hi


We are looking to form a small tuition group of P1 kids to join my boy. We are looking at a small group, 2-3 kids max, at my place in orchard/ newton area.

Tutor is good and experienced with teaching kids in the area. If interested do pm me.

Galaxy Queen

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1456635https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1456635Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:57:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Thu, 18 Sep 2014 23:29:40 GMT]]>My child is going to P1 next year too but we have yet to enrol him in any prep classes. Is it too late to start one now? Do they have prep classes for all subjects or itā€™s by single subject? If single subject that means the children need to attend 3 lessons a week? I would prefer all in one type. Any good recommendation in the north side? TIA.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1384526https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1384526Thu, 18 Sep 2014 23:29:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:21:45 GMT]]>Hello parents!


My girl is gg to P1 next year too and we are looking to form a small group (5 or less) for P1 Chinese Prep Class for a tutor based in Bishan St 12 (5min to interchange and MRT).

Cost is $15 per 90min lesson.

Tutor will be teaching hanyu pinyin, reading, writing, storytelling, simple conversation, vocab and character recognition and pronunciation.

Please PM contact me if you wish to join me

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1375167https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1375167Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:21:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:31:56 GMT]]>

lchunleo:
How to play the I spy game? My child 4.5 yrs also prep him but lots of resistance in learning things. He tends to distract from what I wish to teach him or goofing around.

For kids like that, it may be more effective to follow his lead than impose our 'syllabus'. What I did when my kids were young was to have very general plans about what I thought they should be introduced at that stage, and find opportunities to work into our activities. It could be that we might be doing more Maths concepts for a period, and then move on to word recognition and phonics for another period, but it all got covered eventually. Your son may seem to be goofing off, but his attention may have been attracted by something that you can use to work some of your 'learning items' into while keeping his interest.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1374381https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1374381Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:31:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:07:15 GMT]]>How to play the I spy game? My child 4.5 yrs also prep him but lots of resistance in learning things. He tends to distract from what I wish to teach him or goofing around.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1374317https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1374317Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:07:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:50:12 GMT]]>Play the \"I Spy\" game with your child everywhere you go.


No need to get frustrated if your child doesn't get it right. You must be patient. Doesn't have to be long, just a few guesses to keep them interested. It is a game not lesson.

You can include other things besides numbers and letters. The child will slowly be surely be able recognize the letters and numbers. šŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1365057https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1365057Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:50:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:34:43 GMT]]>

Nuroflite:
Hi Parents, my daughther will be in K1 next Yr, but it seems she still not so familiar with ALPHABETS / NUMBERS, staying @east area , any recommendation or affordable class that i can register her in.

:thankyou:
Won't the kindergarten teach these things? Anyway, you can just read to her and show her letters and numbers around her at home, on signs etc. The more you point them out, the more familiar they will become. I don't think you need a class for this.

Also, kids develop at different rates, and at her age, not all kids are familiar with letters and numbers anyway. Even though I read to my kids a lot and raised them the same way, one of them read before 4yo without being taught, and the other only read at 6yo after I decided I needed to formally teach her (they didn't learn English in kindy as we were overseas). Yet the later reader is the one doing much better academically and both are keen readers (they are teenagers now). So there's no need to worry yet. Just show her how letters and numbers are all around and have meaning.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1365046https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1365046Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:34:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:28:20 GMT]]>Hi Parents, my daughther will be in K1 next Yr, but it seems she still not so familiar with ALPHABETS / NUMBERS, staying @east area , any recommendation or affordable class that i can register her in.

:thankyou:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1365040https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1365040Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:03:51 GMT]]>I think starting should be as early as possible.

my 5yo is able to pick up reading by 3ish.. really a comforting thing for us. but 2yo is avoiding..
I bring them to The Tots' Classroom and apparently, for 5yo kids.. they have this course that teaches the kids 'Natural Reading'.
For my boy, reading came natural but I thought it is useful for a lot of mommies out there whose kids are struggling.

I'm enrolling my 2yo to the language class as soon as she turns 3. You guys might want to check that out as well.. šŸ˜‰ šŸ˜‰

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1195702https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1195702Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:03:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:25:20 GMT]]>my daughter is in P2 and that's how i got to know the level of reading required when kids enter P1.


i'm concerned for my son who is in K1 this year and started him on reading program. he's coping weel so far and started to read. sharing my experience in coaching him on the http://www.mumsafari.com/category/learning-reading/

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984646https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984646Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:25:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:48:44 GMT]]>Hi Parents,

I have an ā€œIntroduction to P1 Mathematicsā€ class which will start in May 2013.

The group size is kept to maximum of 6. The lesson will be conducted in an engaging manner so as to cultivate a liking and enthusiasm in your child towards Mathematics during their developing years.

Kids who do not have a strong foundation for Mathematics will usually develop fear towards the subject eventually. Hence, it is crucial to bring forth this subject in the most interesting and motivating during the introductory period.

Lesson will be fun and engaging.

Lesson will be conducted at Punggol (3 mins walk from Punggol Mrt Station).
I can be reached at 9880 4280 if you need more information.
Rates are affordable.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984143https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984143Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:48:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:04:16 GMT]]>Hi,i am new here.

Any comments on cleverland centre.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984107https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/984107Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:15:09 GMT]]>Some of the good enrichment centres have waitlist to get into K2 classes. Advise parents to start in K1, otherwise, come K2, all the places taken up. If the parents can teach, good. But what if the parents canā€™t teach and donā€™t know how to teach? This is just a suggestion for the child to get into the enrichment centre of your choice.

There is one super famous centre in United Square which charges like close to 1k per term for 1 single subject after GST for Headstart Programme. If you have the financial ability, can consider give that super famous centre a ring to find out their classes.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/982455https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/982455Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:15:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:58:07 GMT]]>

Ran1977:
Hi, I am staying in Marine Drive and my son is in K1 this year.

I want to start him on P1 preparatory classes preferably during weekend as I am a FTWM. Any suggestions?
There are plenty of options for you staying in the Marine Parade area, due to the abundance of various enrichment centres. Is there anything specific you are looking for? Math? English? Chinese?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/970985https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/970985Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:23:39 GMT]]>Hi Im staying punggol, looking for one to start my K2ā€¦hope its not too late!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/970881https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/970881Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:23:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:11:25 GMT]]>Hi, I am staying in Marine Drive and my son is in K1 this year.

I want to start him on P1 preparatory classes preferably during weekend as I am a FTWM. Any suggestions?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/719457https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/719457Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:11:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to All About Primary One Readiness &amp; Preparatory Courses on Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:13:48 GMT]]>I have only one word for anyone considering Leap SchoolHouse @ City Square Mall. "AVOID". From my experience i can only say I am yet to come across a more fake bunch of so-called teachers. They are extremely sweet in welcoming you in and there is a whole different story behind the doors. I have heard teachers shout at the students, which i immediately reported. After that incident they started targetting my child for various things. I personally find that the teachers there cannot speak proper english, are rude and insensitive. They are extremely petty when it comes to payments and other money matters.

I would strongly recommend any parent to avoid this place for their darling young ones.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/715236https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/715236Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:13:48 GMT