MPM Maths - Discussion
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what abt the branch in Toa Payoh? Is it good? My son is 4. Does Jellic or MPM suit him more?
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luvmum:
Hello luvmum, I am sure you will like it there. My boy loves Jelic alot. At a start, he keeps asking for more. But I only allows him to attend once per week. BTW, he attends at the Toa Payoh branch.Intend to sign both my children for the MPM program. Went there last weekend as i'm scouting for maths enrichment class for my elder girl who will be going to p1 next yr. Went to a few centres and pretty more or less the same, ie typical classroom based taught by MOE teachers.
However, when I went to MPM, initially to be frank I wasn't impressed with the teacher cum owner of the franchise who explained the program to me as she is not speaking that well though it's not that worst afterall too. It's only when she brought me inside the centre and showed me the materials, tool set and workbook that I find it impressive and convincing. Yes, I didn't see the typical whiteboard. I like it that children get to play with 'tools/model' while grasping the concepts. Workbook is a good mix of varying concepts which they will change each month...so instead of learning number bond this lesson and forget the next, theirs will be reviewed again in subsequent lessons.
As we talked abt it, she also introduced Jelic program meant for preschoolers which I certainly felt veri suited for my small boy who liked to play and stack...instead of paper and pencil kind of writing.
So I'm gonna signed both up. Really hope that it is a good investment as school fee is steep thought, plus mine is x2... :?:
BTW any mummies here have any review on Bangkit branch?? :love: -
blueblue:
what abt the branch in Toa Payoh? Is it good? My son is 4. Does Jellic or MPM suit him more?
Hello blueblue, my boy is at Toa Payoh branch. I must say Toa Payoh branch is good. When I say good, it means the teachers and person-in-charge are good. You must go there and see for yourself. Like what luvmum mentioned, some of them do not speak fantastically. To me it is not about posh english, it is about the ability to get the child likes what they are doing on maths and hands-on manipulatives. Personally I feel that they are genuine.
My boy started Jelic very young. Now that he is 4 yrs old, I requested the teachers and person-in-charge to speed up his Jelic activities, so that he can complete the Jelic programme (not a must but I want that lah) and then moves on to MPM (which is for age 5 yrs onwards). The teachers and person-in-charge were at first rather adamant about it. However after hearing my concerns, they came up with a plan capped for my boy only. Today I am very happy with this arrangement. I am very happy that they are open to my ideas and also my boy's capability to slowly edged him to pace faster.
As you can see......they are not out to eat parent's $. :lol:
Personally, since you are looking for enrichment on maths and since you started so early in your search, it is good that the child starts early and that means the Jelic programme as it is a precursor to MPM. From what I know, MPM only admits children at a min of 5 yrs old (calendar year). -
luvmum:
:hi5:Intend to sign both my children for the MPM program. Went there last weekend as i'm scouting for maths enrichment class for my elder girl who will be going to p1 next yr. Went to a few centres and pretty more or less the same, ie typical classroom based taught by MOE teachers.
However, when I went to MPM, initially to be frank I wasn't impressed with the teacher cum owner of the franchise who explained the program to me as she is not speaking that well though it's not that worst afterall too. It's only when she brought me inside the centre and showed me the materials, tool set and workbook that I find it impressive and convincing. Yes, I didn't see the typical whiteboard. I like it that children get to play with 'tools/model' while grasping the concepts. Workbook is a good mix of varying concepts which they will change each month...so instead of learning number bond this lesson and forget the next, theirs will be reviewed again in subsequent lessons.
As we talked abt it, she also introduced Jelic program meant for preschoolers which I certainly felt veri suited for my small boy who liked to play and stack...instead of paper and pencil kind of writing.
So I'm gonna signed both up. Really hope that it is a good investment as school fee is steep thought, plus mine is x2... :?:
BTW any mummies here have any review on Bangkit branch?? :love:
For me, I was initially looking at the Jelic program for DS at Toa Payoh branch, when they were still at HDB Hub. In the end, didn't follow up as the branch was due to move. Still, I was pretty interested in the program and eventually went to another branch to try it out. Ended up signing DD for the MPM program too. Was initially planning to do it for just one term to try out the last part of K2 syllabus, but have since decided to let DD continue this term with the P1 syllabus. By the way, is anyone here doing both MPM and The Learning Lab? -
Hi kiasume, like to check with you since your son has been on Jelic for quite a while. We have been on the program for a term now. So far, based on the evaluation sheets that my son brought back, I could roughly tell what were the activities that he did during the lesson. However, are we expected to do find similar activities at home to reinforce what was done in the class? So far, I didn’t do anything…
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Hello luvmum, I am sure you will like it there. My boy loves Jelic alot. At a start, he keeps asking for more. But I only allows him to attend once per week. BTW, he attends at the Toa Payoh branch.[/quote]
Thank U kiasume for the reassuring words. :hugs: I was pretty impressed with the way maths is introduced to the children w/o the typical board and chalk kind of method which I myself find it dry and that is what we teach the kids at home too. I've paid the deposit and reg fee and my children will start in Nov as my elder girl is giving 1 mth notice to her current enrichment centre. By then my younger boy will be close to 4 yrs old. Hope he enjoys really cos I find it interesting too.
Hi Singapore45, there are a number of models that the child needs to build and it goes by level, from simplest to toughest. There are a lot of manipulative tools that are displayed in the centre so each week they get to build different stuff. Would suggest you pay a visit to the centre and get them to show you the product. Term fee 10 lessons is $380...should be right la. Good thing is you can makeup for the lesson in event if the child is unable to make it.
They are pretty flexible as I told the teacher cum owner that we won't be coming whole of dec since we are away for holidays and centre closed for last 2 weeks. They make special arrangement for us.
I do realise that they will dispose the workbooks once completed so parents dun get to keep it and circulate ard. Right now the only con is that the teacher English not so fantastic but since they are not language English, it's still acceptable to me.
See how it goes, I'm just excited to get my kids learning from them, :celebrate: -
Busymom:
Hi kiasume, like to check with you since your son has been on Jelic for quite a while. We have been on the program for a term now. So far, based on the evaluation sheets that my son brought back, I could roughly tell what were the activities that he did during the lesson. However, are we expected to do find similar activities at home to reinforce what was done in the class? So far, I didn't do anything...
It is really up to you. Some similar activities off the shelf can be found at Growing Fun. Logico set is very good and I feel it is very value for $. And others such as the right brain critical sets from Taiwan. If you are visiting Taiwan, you will see that they have loads and very cheap as well. Not too sure whether you know.....MPM concept originates from Taiwan. The rights and controls were bought from US. -
Yes, luvmum is correct. If you missed a lesson at MPM, it can be replaced anytime. There is no restriction as in when you must complete the replacement. This is a very plus point for me.
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kiasume:
Thanks, kiasume. Where is Growing Fun? Logico set is something that is sold at Growing Fun?
It is really up to you. Some similar activities off the shelf can be found at Growing Fun. Logico set is very good and I feel it is very value for $. And others such as the right brain critical sets from Taiwan. If you are visiting Taiwan, you will see that they have loads and very cheap as well. Not too sure whether you know.....MPM concept originates from Taiwan. The rights and controls were bought from US.
I went to Taiwan a couple of years ago, was in one of their department stores and you are right, I saw a lot of right brain stuff being sold... but didn't buy any as they were priced quite quite steeply.
Yes, heard about MPM originating from a Taiwanese living in the US whereas Enopi is from Korea... -
Hi Busymom,
I came across your above post.
To my knowledge, Growing Fun is at Paragon, Parkway Parade and United Square, Suntec and Vivo.
Take a look at their website:
http://www.growingfun.com/
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