<![CDATA[Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc???]]>Hi mommies,


Looking out for music class for my 28 months gal. Will be going for Kindermusik Trial class this weekend. But will like to explore more before decide.

Seem like there are mainly 3 more popular schools. Any others??
1) Kindermusik
2) Semipi
3) Mandeville Baby Music

Anyone to share experience on these schools?
Need some advise before decide. Please help. THANX!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/2650/request-for-feedback-kindermusik-semipi-mandeville-etcRSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 23:46:47 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:29:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:33:06 GMT]]>Same here… So if my son is 20 mths old… do i send him to my time?? or some other programme… anyone been to the family time programme?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587863https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587863Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:33:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:48:02 GMT]]>Hi foreverj, smum, bowie and all,


Just wondering which centre do you send your kids to for Kindermusik ? I went to the website and was quite confused of it ?

My boy is 30mths old. Which programmes he is he suitable ? On the website, it said home materials are required/included ? Does that mean that we need to do some followed-up after attending the lesson each week ? My main aim is just to send him to some music class for enjoyment and exposure purpose. Also, how much is the fees ?

Appreciate all you comments.

Thanks,
Didi

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/73461https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/73461Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:48:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:35:43 GMT]]>Hello Mummy2008. We are starting a course, Sunnytimes at Thistlesound. It is specially designed for children of 18months to 3 years old. It will be on every Saturday. Children will enjoy our music and movement classes and the best part, we also incorporate positive character development into our Sunnytimes to build positivity and good character in a child.


You may pm me for further enquiries. πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/53031https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/53031Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:35:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:21:22 GMT]]>There is a violin teacher Ms Yah, (the 1st violin teacher of Gabriel Ng, he is now in Menuhin, UK) my son is with her too. He finish his grade 8 when he was P5. I hope you all can find a good teacher like her. πŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/51502https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/51502Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:21:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:53:40 GMT]]>Hi dzyines,


I also asked for feedback on MYC. See
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4748

Which branch are you looking at? I'm waiting for a new class to form at the JE branch.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/49314https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/49314Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:53:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:08:25 GMT]]>

jedamum:
Have you done a search using our search function?


πŸ˜‰
For Mandaville, read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2650&highlight=mandeville.
For MYC, read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4748&highlight=myc.

thanks Jedamum πŸ™‚

yeah i have read those posts but was just wondering if any other mummies have anything else to share. cos i am still thinking which sch shld i enroll my daughter in :?:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48737https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48737Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:55:40 GMT]]>Have you done a search using our search function?


πŸ˜‰
For Mandaville, read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2650&highlight=mandeville.
For MYC, read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4748&highlight=myc.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48736https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48736Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:48:11 GMT]]>[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


Hello Mummies πŸ˜„

this is my 1st post πŸ˜‰ . . . any feedback on these 2 music schools

Mandeville - http://www.mandevillemusic.com/Course-babyMusic.htm
MYC - http://www.mycsingapore.com.sg/index.htm

saw the curriculum and found MYC sunshine (for 2yrs old) to be quite impressive... but would like to know if anyone has any experience putting their little ones in any of these schools and how are the teachers. Yr feedback would be v much appreciated.

thanks πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48729https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48729Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:48:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:19:36 GMT]]>

jedamum:
have you done a search?

read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2650&highlight=kindermusik. πŸ˜‰
hahaha...ya, i hv read that thread
need more opinions...especially for kids below 2yrs πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48272https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48272Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:19:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:44:40 GMT]]>have you done a search?

read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2650&highlight=kindermusik. πŸ˜‰

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48260https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48260Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:44:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:42:11 GMT]]>[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


Hi all...

What do you think of kindermusik?

My girl is 18mths +. Never attend any childcares, so that we'd like to send her in the enrichment class instead.
Unless i find good n not too expensive halfday childcare near jurong east :). Currently my mil is looking after my girl

anyone help??

thanks

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48256https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/48256Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:42:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:37:07 GMT]]>Am glad to know so, πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/47536https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/47536Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:37:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:19:49 GMT]]>

mum05:
... I hope my sharing of what I've experienced is useful to someone, :).

Definitely useful! Thanks mum05!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/46472https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/46472Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:19:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:11:17 GMT]]>We've been to both Seimpi and Mandeville. We've even gone for a trial with the latter. Not really impressed. They were unable to take in my child then, reason being that she's too young for a one-to-one violin session and even the group class(insisting on a min age of 4-5years and my girl was only about a month away from turning 4yrs old at that time).


We paid S$50+ for a 45min trial lesson - group preschooler music appreciation course since according to them, this is the only suitable one and we found it a total waste of time. I've gathered info that this course is for children btwn the age from 3 to 4.5 yrs(think they've changed the info on their web now) but we were shocked to see even younger children in the class and most of them didn't pay much attention and the teacher has to keep 'calling them back'. As such, out of the 45mins, I would the 'actual lesson' we've got from it was only abt 15mins or less(including the teacher marking their homework in the class!). Even my girl turned to us during the lesson and said \"I think too many friends already\"... Needless to say, we didn't sign up any course with them...

Then, it was Seimpi. Again, they're unable to take in any child below the age of 4. As her mother, I know she's able to but apparently, even the teachers whom have spoken to and seen her in person(we arranged and waited for the teacher to interview her in person) were not confident enough to take her in. They again, suggested for us to let her participate in the group music appreciation course, which I think will only lessen their 'job' cos the basics would have been taken care of by the time they proceeded to the individual selected instrument course. Besides, such appreciation class uses/teaches on keyboard/piano and in a way, it would normally help 'future' piano/keyboard students better and even her preschool would have keyboard lessons at K1, so we're not entirely keen. However, the staff at the branch I've been to was rather polite and informative as compared to Mandeville's.

Luckily for me, I spotted the violinlesson.com online and they gave me the contacts of 2 private violin teachers. They both have years of teaching children and 1 of them even has student as young as 2.5 yrs old. Eventually, we took up lessons with the other one whom we've met up with 'cos she's near where we are residing. My child is now the 2nd youngest student she's taken in. She also teaches violin at a renowned primary school and probably because of her commitment with the school, there tend to be some hiccups on the lessons' arrangement as the school will call her back from time to time. But despite of the skipped/missed weeks' of lessons, my girl is progressing on time. From the time she's started her lesson Dec last yr, she's now playing the Allegretto piece.

I hope my sharing of what I've experienced is useful to someone, :).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/46469https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/46469Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:11:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:49:11 GMT]]>Hi!


I had bad experiance with Seimpi. My child completing her 2 year group class with them but told me they are unable to arrange the normal 45 min session for her at $170 for 4 session. So asked us to either sign up for 30 min session at $160 only $10 cheaper which work out to be $80 per hr or can give us 45 min under a newly join teacher wo much teaching experiance.

The worse thing is the school told us her existing teacher no time slot but yet open a new group class for her!!!

Feel a bit cheated. We find the school is out to make profit and only interested to conduct group or their SMART program course.

FYI, my child also qualify for their SMART prgm course but we find 2 times per week is stressful for a child and the fee of $340 per mth is exp so we opt out.

Just like to share out my story so think twice before enrole with them.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/40332https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/40332Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:18:18 GMT]]>I am not sure is there any changes to Kindermusik 5 yrs ago. My boys enjoy every bit of it. I stop once they are old enough to go for Yamaha lessons.


My ger 3 yrs old is currently taking Semipi. To me the lesson there dont seems to be focus on music appreciation. It seems to be more accelerated learning of reading music notes, tapping and playing piano. She is slow learning so she did not play as well as the other kids. Most of the kids there are able to play some short simple pcs. May be the younger age children prg will be different. You may try the trial classes.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/25200https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/25200Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:18:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:08:35 GMT]]>hi bowie


glad u r signing up. even for the kindermusik class in school, my daughter enjoys it very much. every month she wil bring back a CD. last week, when i switched on for her, she actually did a \"performance\" by following a song on the CD n it was quite \"professionally\" done too. tot it kind of covered the \"speech and drama\" kind of training too. so overall i think kindermusik is a great investment for us πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/24840https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/24840Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:08:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:15:23 GMT]]>Dear ALL,


Thanx for sharing. We have went for Sunday class and my gal like it very much!!

My gal like to perform and sing songs so decide to sign up to let her enjoy music and improve her tempo and fine motor skill first.

Will probably consider more formal music training when she older. Want to cultivate her interest first. That's the basis that will develop to long term growth in any area.

:lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/23833https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/23833Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:15:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:30:15 GMT]]>My elder son attend Kindermusik for one term when he was young. We quite like it as there are a lot of singing/dancing and it covers a lot of different instruments. It give good exposure to the children. But we did not continue for long as we thought it is also possible to create these type of environment at home. You can go for the one lesson trial in Kindermusik and see if your child like it. That is most important.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/23627https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/23627Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:30:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:01:06 GMT]]>hi my daughter has gone thru kindermusik when she was one year old. we continued for 6 months and i feel it really helped her to articulate and vocalise words due to all the nursery rhymes etc. she is currently on seimpi playtime (for 2yr old). its good if u want to let your kid be exposed to the keyboard and have some foundations in music theory. but i m stopping soon as she does not seem to have interest to play the piano. :roll: maybe she's too young. so i m changing back to kindermusik classes held at her childcare cos my daughter enjoys kindermusik more. 😎


at age of 28mths, most of the music classes wil stil focus on music appreciation ie. singing, moving to the music etc. seimpi introduces notes like C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C and treble clef, bass clef etc. so it really depends on wat u want for your kid. can't give advice on mandeville as we have not tried it yet. feel the best is for u to go for the trials and ask your kid which he/she prefers.

hope this helps! πŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/23398https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/23398Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:01:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Request for feedback Kindermusik, Semipi, Mandeville etc??? on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:42:40 GMT]]>I can’t really compare as I think all programs at this age will be focusing on rhythm, story telling etc. Rather than the program itself, being able to capture the kids attention is more important.

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