Hi, can anyone share your experience on Lcentral for primary level? My boy is in P1. I am thinking of enrolling him into Lcentral. any review on bedok branch?

Thank you

Mag80:

Mag80:

Hi anybody's child in P1I?

Oh gosh, am i the only whose child is in Class 1I?

My boy is in 1I too!

amooks:

fishyhallo:

[quote=\"amooks\"]Hi Fishyhallo,


thanks! Im also aiming for MBS. but Im in 2C! now panicky!

U staying within 1km? Ive seen the balloting history for phase 2C and it seems to be quite scary.

I actually hesitated to register my son at mbs because of religion. But checked with my old primary school classmates and realize there are some other believers as well.

Some teachers are still teaching in that school from my era. I hope i made a good choice!!

Anyone have the latest number of applicants for mbs 2a2? Appreciate it

Fishyhallo, should b ok la, i heard alot of non buddhist children in the school.

i think 2C is going to be challenging for me![/quote]I just called mbs. 64 registered for 2a2!phew! finally, can sleep in peace
ya, there are lot of non- Buddhist in the school.

Dear all,


I have a 1/8 beginner synwin violin to sell.
lightly used.
please pm me if interested.

Thank you

Regards,
Dorothy

Any recommendations of violin teacher in the east?Need to change mine urgently

mummies that have started your kids on Eng tuition, care to share whether you go for private or centre? if centre, where?

TIA

has anyone started looking for tuition/enrichment for sec 1 yet?

any to recommend for eng/math? i am looking for 1. just want to start early. TIA

Dreamaurora:

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Dreamaurora:

[quote=\"germum\"]Hi,


i am thinking of letting my 4 yr old boy learn piano.

i have a few questions and hope someone can help to answer.


-should i send to a school or to have a teacher coming or going to her place to learn
-can we get a keyboard first and test water the child interest? cos i dont want to have a white elephant in the house.
-anyone has contact of teacher to recommend?i staying in the east. can email me at [email protected]
-do we go teacher's place or teacher come our place?
- what is the current rate?

Thank you

If you wish to start individual lesson, I generally recommend getting a full time home-based piano teacher if you want a stable teacher. It is more expensive and troublesome, but definitely worth the trouble if you want the quality and stability. Most music school and travelling teachers often suffer from poor attrition rate. Music schools' teachers often change (unless study direct with owner) and travelling teachers may drop your son out anytime (yes, it happened to one of my current student because the teacher wanted to focus on her full time career).

As a starter instrument, I recommend a minimum of properly weighted digital piano, which nowadays you can get from $800-2000. Best if you can invest in a better instrument from the start to show to your son that you are serious about piano. If you just want to test the water first, you can send your son for appreciation courses such as JMC. For this purpose, a keyboard will be sufficient.

Hope that helps, PMed you a contact for a teacher in the East.

Hi Dreamaurora, thank you for your pm.

I have another question. My friends were advising me to go to musch school for lesson.. group classes.. as they felt that my boy is too young. but i see from this forum, a lot of kids started around his age.. some even young.
How do i determine whether to go for class or individual class? to go school or home-based teacher?

what other things to consider?

Sorry for many questions as i am new to all these[/quote]Do you play piano or other instrument yourself? 4 years old children are not independent learners and you will need to assist your son in practice, which means sitting down with him during practice. There is no need for a rush to start lessons early, unless you plan to prepare your son for professional music career or accelerated courses such as NAFA Young Talents. I myself started at 17 years old and still managed to get my Hons in piano. This is Kiasuparents and of course there will be parents who start their kids very early, but the only way I can see this working is if at least one parent has music knowledge and able to assist. Yes, all my young students below 7 have parents who sit in and assist in practice.

You need to ask yourself first what is the purpose of sending your son to learn piano. Piano learning is a long and expensive journey, not to mention a physically and mentally exhausting at higher level. And this means you will need to commit time and money for your son, which get exponentially more as time goes. There will be exams and concerts to prepare so you must be prepared for this also. There is this misconception that as long as your child is interested, he will practice. That is very misleading and both parents and the teachers share equal responsibility to assist and motivate the students.

As for interest, there is no way to find out until your son tries picking up the instrument. Just because I like to listen to music does not mean I will automatically like picking up an instrument to make music. My personal suggestion would be to go for a trial lesson for both the group lesson and the individual lesson. Then see which one your son prefers.[/quote]
Hi Dreamaurora, thank you for your pm.

I have another question. My friends were advising me to go to musch school for lesson.. group classes.. as they felt that my boy is too young. but I see from this forum, a lot of kids started around his age.. some even young.
How do I determine whether to go for class or individual class? to go school or home-based teacher?

what other things to consider?

Sorry for many questions as I am new to all these[/quote]

Do you play piano or other instrument yourself? 4 years old children are not independent learners and you will need to assist your son in practice, which means sitting down with him during practice. There is no need for a rush to start lessons early, unless you plan to prepare your son for professional music career or accelerated courses such as NAFA Young Talents. I myself started at 17 years old and still managed to get my Hons in piano. This is Kiasuparents and of course there will be parents who start their kids very early, but the only way I can see this working is if at least one parent has music knowledge and able to assist. Yes, all my young students below 7 have parents who sit in and assist in practice.

You need to ask yourself first what is the purpose of sending your son to learn piano. Piano learning is a long and expensive journey, not to mention a physically and mentally exhausting at higher level. And this means you will need to commit time and money for your son, which get exponentially more as time goes. There will be exams and concerts to prepare so you must be prepared for this also. There is this misconception that as long as your child is interested, he will practice. That is very misleading and both parents and the teachers share equal responsibility to assist and motivate the students.

As for interest, there is no way to find out until your son tries picking up the instrument. Just because I like to listen to music does not mean I will automatically like picking up an instrument to make music. My personal suggestion would be to go for a trial lesson for both the group lesson and the individual lesson. Then see which one your son prefers.[/quote]

Hi Dreamaurora, I don't play any instrument except during school days. as for the time commitment to practice, I should say should not be an issue.

Actually, I wanted him to pick up an instrument. in fact, violin...I brought him for an audition recently, and the teacher commented his fingers are more suitable for piano(i dun know why she said that and I din ask her too as this is supposed to be audition for violin) and I brought him to another violin assessment. the teacher again asked whether he had learnt piano as my boy is able to identify one of the piano key.

So my friends advised since the pro said he is better off in piano, why don't let him go for piano.

As for why to pick up instrument, just wanted him to be give an opportunity, if at the end of the day, he doesn't like it then no regrets loh.

His interest level, still early to tell cos when i asked him piano or voilin, he said both... think he still does not know that learning an instrument means hard work..

unlike my gal who is 12, have been asking for a voilin for 2 yrs. I will say her interest is really there, esp she is in school band for 4 yrs. so going to start her voilin in oct.. maybe i should pick up myself too.


guess i have to trial and error for my boy.

phankao:

germum:

what other things to consider?

Did your boy show interest ?

Hi Phankao, i dont know how to define that.. except he is very into piano touching... will use all opportunity to touch it.. during the recent voilin audition, he went straight to the piano instead of the teacher...

can this be considered as showed interest?LOL

phankao:

germum:

Hi,


I am looking for a female teacher to teach my 4 years old boy..
prefer to go teacher's plac/studio in the east as currently no piano at home.. planning to get a keyboard first.
Prefer a weekday night.
If anyone has any suitable teacher to recommend, please email me at [email protected]
Thanks in advance.

Your 4yo can concentrate on a lesson at night?

I know it can be tricky ... even in the late afternoon. Timing very important for lessons for preschoolers.

Hi Phankao,
i think so.. i referring more to 7pm?cos i usually will do activities with him in the evening.i think he ok with that timing.P