Julia Gabriel - Community Thread

[worked_up]

currently, he’s attending s&d at Julia Gabriel every saturdays and he made tremendous improvement in his confidence. he’s more confident to express his thoughts and feelings. s&d also improves his speech and enhances creativity. he’s always looking forward for the next lesson.


well done, JG!

in my opinion, teachers are only there to guide the children, doing their very best but they have no superpower to change a child’s abilities in a short period using the simplest method. learning needs a lot of effort, patience and time, depending on the child. parents play the most important part in their child’s learning process, therefore, parents are the best teachers. be supportive and express more encouragement and praises to your child even if they show little improvement.

however, don’t mistaken me for a teacher!

[vfong1]

worked_up:

currently, he's attending s&d at Julia Gabriel every saturdays and he made tremendous improvement in his confidence. he's more confident to express his thoughts and feelings. s&d also improves his speech and enhances creativity. he's always looking forward for the next lesson.


well done, JG!

in my opinion, teachers are only there to guide the children, doing their very best but they have no superpower to change a child's abilities in a short period using the simplest method. learning needs a lot of effort, patience and time, depending on the child. parents play the most important part in their child's learning process, therefore, parents are the best teachers. be supportive and express more encouragement and praises to your child even if they show little improvement.

however, don't mistaken me for a teacher!

hi worked_up, how old is your child?

[worked_up]

he’s 4…in N1 now

[vfong1]

Anymore feedbacks on JG?

[foreverj]

hi my daughter used to attend playclub and playnest (one term each) when she was 16mths to 19mth. she loved the experience! the teachers were great becos of the impromptu singing and jamming on keyboard, playclub bears entertaining when they mimick the animal sounds etc. up to now, she still talks about julia gabriel and wants to go back. i stopped becos i enrolled her in cc.


recently i brought her for a trial for edudrama for N1. she’s now 3 plus. wasn’t impressed as i feel the activities r similar to playclub. so in the end never enroll. basically they had show and tell one-by-one for each kid (plus give stickers to reward), singing songs, pretending (jumping like frogs, baa-ing like sheep etc). they also moved out from the classroom to go into another room. my daughter stil loves the experience though.

overall, i would say teachers there r still fantastic. juz that the things they do doesn’t seem very diff from wat the cc already is doing.

[eyktay]

morach:

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Hi,

Anyone has kids in Julia Gabriel's Readers and Writers Program? Is this program good? I am planning to send my P1 dd to this program and would appreciate your feedback.

Ya...wld like to know abt this for my K2 also.....is JG more for younger kids?

[sally]

eyktay:

morach:

[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


Hi,

Anyone has kids in Julia Gabriel's Readers and Writers Program? Is this program good? I am planning to send my P1 dd to this program and would appreciate your feedback.

Ya...wld like to know abt this for my K2 also.....is JG more for younger kids?

We did send my boy for the Readers & Writers Program 5 yrs back. Personal feedback is that not suitable for school kid

[eyktay]

sally:

We did send my boy for the Readers & Writers Program 5 yrs back. Personal feedback is that not suitable for school kid

Thanks for sharing! School kid means >7yo?

[sally]

eyktay:

Thanks for sharing! School kid means >7yo?

yes....

[lovecitylondon]

My son went for JG 3-times a week, Eng playnest and subsequently playclub from 13months to 22mths. He likes it, and so did I. As a first-time mom, I learnt a lot on how babies to toddlers learn, react and develop, what to look out for, what are the milestones, how to control, etc through their way of teaching. As for him, he got to play in the sand-pit, playground, water-play, paints, etc activities where he did not get to do at home. Speech and language-wise: very good. Social and other milestones: the teacher will have a chat with the parent twice (i think) every term to let you know things that they’ve noticed, or if u have any concerns to raise, etc. Like, this girl wasn’t talking much and the teacher actually told her mom it is because she herself is not communicating to her in more words than just "ball", "go". So she suggested ways of communication to help in her girl’s language development from home. So, by the end of playnest (18mths), most kids could say their own names, sing some songs. This is not a requisite I believe, but something that I observed fr my son’s class.


Not sure if the teachers are still as good, that was back in 2007-08.