Math Monkey - Discussion

[knuckles]

Anyone enrolled in the novena centre? My 4.5 year old went for the open house trial cum assessment on 12 Nov and enjoyed it very much. Til today still keep asking me why I did not sign her up. I only sat in for around 15mins of the lesson b4 parents are invited to another room to view a presentation of their programme. Throughout this 15mins, there is alot of interaction btw the teacher and kids and they are very eagar to participate in the activities and answer the questions teacher asked. No hard-selling at the end of the trial, they just ask you which timeslot you prefer and will notify you if there is any available class.

[Miss_Goldilocks]

any parent here has kid who is learning vedic math and at the same time abacus?



May I know will the child gets confused if learning vedic and abacus together?

any homework for vedic math?

how long is the course?

[smilingmummy]

Miss_Goldilocks:

any parent here has kid who is learning vedic math and at the same time abacus?



May I know will the child gets confused if learning vedic and abacus together?

any homework for vedic math?

how long is the course?

Hi Ms Goldilocks

My 5yo girl has been attending both maths monkey and cma abacus and so far so good-no confusion at all n she loves both. Both have homework and the course is a on going thingy.

Hope this helps

[Cheyenne]

Any parents can advise any difference between MPM Math and Math Monkey ???

I am confused as both teaches Math and both program has their merits …

Anyone can advise ???

[sushigal]

My girl is with Math Monkey in Goldhill Centre. So far so good. Girl is enjoying. Class size is always small like can be 2 - 6 students.


Teachers there are helpful especially my girl is poor in her Math and I showed them the mid-year paper. They were more than willing to help her up after her class with Math Monkey. eg: another 20-30 mins.

Moreover, the price is not expensive considering their one term is 12 lessons not 10.

[smilingmummy]

Hi sushigal


To compare MM to CMA i find it relatively expensive. CMA for 10lessons (1.5hrs/lesson) about $280 whereas MM charge 12lessons (1hr/lesson) $405. My gal has no prob going for CMA makeup lesson as they have many time slots to choose from while MM only allow 30mins for the makeup lesson and no other time slots to choose except to go 30mins earlier. If u work out the sums, MM is consider very EXPENSIVE le. Just my own opinion.

sushigal:

My girl is with Math Monkey in Goldhill Centre. So far so good. Girl is enjoying. Class size is always small like can be 2 - 6 students.

Teachers there are helpful especially my girl is poor in her Math and I showed them the mid-year paper. They were more than willing to help her up after her class with Math Monkey. eg: another 20-30 mins.

Moreover, the price is not expensive considering their one term is 12 lessons not 10.

[starystarynite]

keeping this thread alive…any other parents attending both MPM maths and mathmonkey?


can compare advantages and disadvantages of both?

how is the quality of tutor in math monkey? they are more dependent on tutor as compared with MPM maths.

[Rabbit02]

I put my boy in Math Monkey for about 3 months already, and he absolutely love it…So, I am continuing him for another term.


Like you, I asked about the teachers too and they said that they have a set of curriculum/teaching instructions that teachers must follow so I guess "no suka suka wishy washy teaching" allowed. In that sense, maybe not so "teacher dependent".

My boy can’t do worksheet style coz he is a pretty active boy and worksheets drilling is too boring for him. Kumon is completely out for him and MPM, even though they are have more pictures compared to the boring Kumon, they are still very much worksheet based. To me, MPM and Kumon are not that different. There is not much learning in these type of centres.

He likes Math Monkey because the lessons are very interactive and the games (which I understand is actually math practice sessions) can help generate his interest in math. I think an interest in Math is very important in order for a child to get good results in maths. Since enrolling him in math monkey, he is more willing to do his math homework. And I don’t have to nag at him so much too…makes me a happier mummy…

[Rabbit02]

smilingmummy:

Hi sushigal


To compare MM to CMA i find it relatively expensive. CMA for 10lessons (1.5hrs/lesson) about $280 whereas MM charge 12lessons (1hr/lesson) $405. My gal has no prob going for CMA makeup lesson as they have many time slots to choose from while MM only allow 30mins for the makeup lesson and no other time slots to choose except to go 30mins earlier. If u work out the sums, MM is consider very EXPENSIVE le. Just my own opinion.

I think it is not right to compare Math Monkey with CMA. CMA's (abacus) coverage is very narrow. It is only about arithmetic but Math is more than just arithmetic. CMA does not cover Time, Money, Graphs, Mass, Volume etc.... which are topics that primary school students need to learn in school too. I know Math Monkey does cover these topics besides arithmetic. Personally, I would rather my son get learn all the math topics than just arithmetic.....

[Dowell Mummy]

Hi


any reviews for Monkey maths?