I guess a good and effective time table is best planned together with your child. I have copied my article to tackle exam stress here for your leisure reading


Design a time-table together with your child, yes together!
Coming out with a time-table together will allow your child to experience and take responsibility of his/her own learning. Your child will also be more willing to accept and follow the schedules and activities planned as he/she was part of the decision making.

Sit on a couch and talk daily before sleep!
You may not sit on a couch but I meant somewhere both of you feel comfortable enough. When I say talk, it is not just hearing one another’s voice. It is a ‘debrief’ session of the day with your child for them to feel good for the things they had done well and reflect on things they can do even better. Parents have to take note of their tone of voice especially as a negative tone will simply put your child off and this session can backfire!

Work together with your child!
Your child’s best teacher is not the school teachers, me but you! Since birth, your child looks upon you and models after your actions whether you know it or not. Hard to believe, but parents, you are your child’s best teacher! Of course in reality, parents spent most of their time working to earn money for the benefits of your family. Hence, parents usually do not have much time left for learning and working together to take place. Cliche as it may sound, ‘if there’s a will, there’s a way’, I am not asking you to take a whole day’s leave to work together with your child but 15 to 30 minutes on one concept a day, is all it takes for the best quality of learning! Try it out to believe it! By doing so, your child will be able to experience the best learning process.

Work together with your child’s teachers and tutors!
Do not think of spending tons of money and throwing all responsibilities of your child’s learning to the outsiders! Yes, a trained personnel can teach better but as mentioned in the previous point, your child looks up to you! They learn fast and better with you than with an outsider since there’s already great bond and rapport built up since birth. Teachers, tutors and all other enrichment stakeholders are important for your child to unleash their potentials but if parents do not come in as the last piece of puzzle, face the fact that you are just throwing your hard-earned money to the sea because you are not there to recap and reflect with your child what was taught.

Play!
Tough as it may sound, ‘play? the author is crazy!’ – the first thought that probably come through your mind. Time is so tight and precious, how can I still allow my child to play? Yes you can, I am not saying computer games but outdoor! This is best done on a weekend and all it takes is 30 minutes to an hour. By moving about, your child’s information-heavily-loaded-mind can take a short break and during this period, your child’s mind is able to collate and organize the information and it will be a bonus when a teachable moment occur!

Open your mind and try these 5 simple tips. If you have other tips that you would like to share, do leave a comment below. I am a full-time tutor (trained in MOE) with more than 7 years experiences working in private and public education sector. Can check out my portfolio by clicking on my profile to see my wordpress link

I guess a good and effective time table is best planned together with your child. I have copied my article to tackle exam stress here for your leisure reading


Design a time-table together with your child, yes together!
Coming out with a time-table together will allow your child to experience and take responsibility of his/her own learning. Your child will also be more willing to accept and follow the schedules and activities planned as he/she was part of the decision making.

Sit on a couch and talk daily before sleep!
You may not sit on a couch but I meant somewhere both of you feel comfortable enough. When I say talk, it is not just hearing one another’s voice. It is a ‘debrief’ session of the day with your child for them to feel good for the things they had done well and reflect on things they can do even better. Parents have to take note of their tone of voice especially as a negative tone will simply put your child off and this session can backfire!

Work together with your child!
Your child’s best teacher is not the school teachers, me but you! Since birth, your child looks upon you and models after your actions whether you know it or not. Hard to believe, but parents, you are your child’s best teacher! Of course in reality, parents spent most of their time working to earn money for the benefits of your family. Hence, parents usually do not have much time left for learning and working together to take place. Cliche as it may sound, ‘if there’s a will, there’s a way’, I am not asking you to take a whole day’s leave to work together with your child but 15 to 30 minutes on one concept a day, is all it takes for the best quality of learning! Try it out to believe it! By doing so, your child will be able to experience the best learning process.

Work together with your child’s teachers and tutors!
Do not think of spending tons of money and throwing all responsibilities of your child’s learning to the outsiders! Yes, a trained personnel can teach better but as mentioned in the previous point, your child looks up to you! They learn fast and better with you than with an outsider since there’s already great bond and rapport built up since birth. Teachers, tutors and all other enrichment stakeholders are important for your child to unleash their potentials but if parents do not come in as the last piece of puzzle, face the fact that you are just throwing your hard-earned money to the sea because you are not there to recap and reflect with your child what was taught.

Play!
Tough as it may sound, ‘play? the author is crazy!’ – the first thought that probably come through your mind. Time is so tight and precious, how can I still allow my child to play? Yes you can, I am not saying computer games but outdoor! This is best done on a weekend and all it takes is 30 minutes to an hour. By moving about, your child’s information-heavily-loaded-mind can take a short break and during this period, your child’s mind is able to collate and organize the information and it will be a bonus when a teachable moment occur!

Open your mind and try these 5 simple tips. If you have other tips that you would like to share, do leave a comment below. I am a full-time tutor (trained in MOE) with more than 7 years experiences working in private and public education sector. Can check out my portfolio by clicking on my profile to see my wordpress link

y not! with the internet and many groups such as the FB group on Math model method Singapore. We are all here to help

Thought of sharing my 2cents as a full-time tutor (trained in MOE) whom has been in the education line for more than 7 years about the pros and cons of group based and 1-1 tuition format so as to make your $$ well spent and child’s grades improve For other articles or resources, can check out my wordpress site (click my profile to see the link)


There are basically 2 types of tuition services, group based and 1-to-1 based. Both have their pros and cons as such:

Group based tuition Advantages

Your child gets to make new friends apart from the friends in school. This is especially helpful for children who are shy or do not have many friends in school. Having an additional platform for your child to interact will help him/her brush up their social skills. It is definitely not a waste of money as good social skills will allow one to combat stress better.

Your child feels more comfortable having same level students around than being alone with a teacher. Some children may be really timid and afraid of teachers (after past experience in school). Hence they may fear being alone with the tutor. If one is afraid during lesson time, he/she may undergo fight/flight experience leading to poor learning as he/she may either react negatively towards the tutor or find ways to avoid the tutor.

It is a cheaper option. Definitely true if you are looking for tuition in 1 or 2 subjects since group tuition is usually by per subject based. Nonetheless, if you are looking at more than 2 subjects, this may not be the cheaper option. For instance, per subject is charged at $100 per 4 lessons, 3 subjects will be $300. As compared to 1 to 1 tuition of rate $20/hr, 3 subjects for 8 times will cost $240.

It is a better in subject focus. Yes it is since each lesson will only focus on 1 subject. With 1.5 hours concentrating on that particular subject, the tutor can actually be more focus and hence teach better without missing out any information. Students do not need to switch from English to Math to Science etc within the short 1.5 hours which can lead to unnecessary confusion and accurate retaining of information.

Group based tuition Disadvantages

Your child do not get the full attention from the tutor. Since tuition is to help your child to learn better, having more attention from the tutor is what parents desire. Nonetheless, do observe how your child is behaving and adapting towards his/her tutor as his mood and attitude can affect his learning. In addition, the tutor may not be able to observe your child needs and work according to his/her needs to better improve since group tuition is usually generalized and not individualized.

More travelling down with more subjects. Since group tuition is per subject based, if you are looking for 3 subjects, your child will have to travel 12 times a month! Since travelling seem to be an issue constantly, do consider carefully knowing that missing out lessons without valid reasons will result in a full charge for the lesson.

1-to-1 tuition Advantages

Full attention and focus on your child! This is also what most parents look for when engaging a home tutor and what many parents perceive as more value for money. True definitely that the tutor has full attention and focus on your child. However, having full attention and focus on your child does not determine how well your child tends to learn.

More subjects focus, more value for money. Well, definitely more subjects focus but is it really more value of money, that will depends on the tutor’s expertise and your child’s ability to shift fast from subject to subject so as to absorb what was taught. Many a times, parents seek tutors who are able to do many subjects but how many tutors are there who are truly capable to teach expertly in all the subjects parents requested? Well, not many but for the sake of money, many tutors still take up the assignment and advertise their services with a huge range of subjects included.

Minimal or no travel time required. Since most 1-to-1 tuition is held at the comfort of your house, you and your child do not need to travel down anymore which of course saves you time and energy. However, do take into consideration if your home environment is suitable for tuition. Many a times, tutors are unable to teach well due to the environment. In addition, your child may be too comfortable at home, hence is unable to switch his mind to the learning mode. In more challenging cases, children may run about or lock themselves up in the room for avoidance of tasks etc. Bear in mind that not all tutors are trained in managing challenging students. In such cases, tuition is ineffective and hence money is flushed down the drain unknowingly.
Your child learning needs are taken care of. This is really the best advantage to have 1-to-1 tuition setting. As the tutor is able to observe carefully how your child learns, the tutor is able to identify the gaps in your child’s learning which they can work on bridging these gaps. In addition, tutor can modify their teaching style to suit your child’s learning patterns and abilities.

1-to-1 tuition Disadvantages

Minimal interaction. As it is a 1 tutor to 1 student setting, many a times, your child do not get the chance for social interaction especially if he/she is the only child. In addition, if your child is shy and timid, he/she may not be able to communicate effectively with the tutor which can led to misunderstandings. Tutor is unable to understand or know your child’s issue, on the other hand, child is unable to voice out his/her confusion. This may lead to yellings as tutor may see it as daydreaming.

Quantity over quality. Since 1-to-1 allows more subjects to be included, the quality of each subject may be compromised. As mentioned above, apart from tutor’s expertise, it is also necessary for your child to have the ability to shift from subjects to subjects fast for effective learning.

With the advantages and disadvantages spelled out above, I hope it can better assist parents who are looking for tuition services for their children next year. In short, take into considerations these 4 factors – the environment, child’s learning ability, travel time and cost.

I would like to emphasize that tuition is not the most important or the only solution to improve your child’s grades. Many a times, by working on your child’s interest, attitude and behaviour can also greatly increase their learning behaviour and grades. What’s more, they don’t cost you any money.

Try not to pack your children with one tuition or enrichment after another as overloading their mind can backfire resulting to zero retention and learning. Note that as adults, we do not work more than the usual 8 hours daily, so why must our children work for more than 10 hours daily?

Thought of sharing my article in wordpress on the tips to tackle exam stress


1. Design a time-table together with your child, yes together!
Coming out with a time-table together will allow your child to experience and take responsibility of his/her own learning. Your child will also be more willing to accept and follow the schedules and activities planned as he/she was part of the decision making.

2. Sit on a couch and talk daily before sleep!
You may not sit on a couch but I meant somewhere both of you feel comfortable enough. When I say talk, it is not just hearing one another’s voice. It is a ‘debrief’ session of the day with your child for them to feel good for the things they had done well and reflect on things they can do even better. Parents have to take note of their tone of voice especially as a negative tone will simply put your child off and this session can backfire!

3. Work together with your child!
Your child’s best teacher is not the school teachers, me but you! Since birth, your child looks upon you and models after your actions whether you know it or not. Hard to believe, but parents, you are your child’s best teacher! Of course in reality, parents spent most of their time working to earn money for the benefits of your family. Hence, parents usually do not have much time left for learning and working together to take place. Cliche as it may sound, ‘if there’s a will, there’s a way’, I am not asking you to take a whole day’s leave to work together with your child but 15 to 30 minutes on one concept a day, is all it takes for the best quality of learning! Try it out to believe it! By doing so, your child will be able to experience the best learning process.

4. Work together with your child’s teachers and tutors!
Do not think of spending tons of money and throwing all responsibilities of your child’s learning to the outsiders! Yes, a trained personnel can teach better but as mentioned in the previous point, your child looks up to you! They learn fast and better with you than with an outsider since there’s already great bond and rapport built up since birth. Teachers, tutors and all other enrichment stakeholders are important for your child to unleash their potentials but if parents do not come in as the last piece of puzzle, face the fact that you are just throwing your hard-earned money to the sea because you are not there to recap and reflect with your child what was taught.

5. Play!
Tough as it may sound, ‘play? the author is crazy!’ – the first thought that probably come through your mind. Time is so tight and precious, how can I still allow my child to play? Yes you can, I am not saying computer games but outdoor! This is best done on a weekend and all it takes is 30 minutes to an hour. By moving about, your child’s information-heavily-loaded-mind can take a short break and during this period, your child’s mind is able to collate and organize the information and it will be a bonus when a teachable moment occur!

Open your mind and try these 5 simple tips. If you have other tips that you would like to share, do share with me. Btw, I am a full-time tutor (trained in MOE) and have been in the education line (private and public) for more than 7 years.

Hi, thought of sharing this article that I wrote on my wordpress today on ‘How to select a tuition format for your child?’


With the PSLE results released last week, many parents and children have heaved a sigh of relief that all have finally passed and turned out pretty well. Now, the next challenge comes to selecting a secondary school for your children. A note to parents is that your child is going to a new stage to becoming an adolescent, he/she should be given a chance to choose a secondary school too since he/she is at least 12 years old now and decision making skills should be practiced to be perfected as time pass. It is a difficult stage definitely for many parents to release their grasp on their children especially at this stage where many may turn rebellious and stubborn in a few years time. Nonetheless, the tighter you hold on, the easier it may snap. Hence, try to treat them as a young adult (of course they have to earn it too).

Apart from the stress of selecting a secondary school, parents also get stressed up in selecting the best and most suitable tuition service for their children since some tuition centres or teachers may not offer secondary tuition services. So, how are you going to choose the tuition service for your child?

There are basically 2 types of tuition services, group based and 1-to-1 based. Both have their pros and cons as such:

Group based tuition Advantages

Your child gets to make new friends apart from the friends in school. This is especially helpful for children who are shy or do not have many friends in school. Having an additional platform for your child to interact will help him/her brush up their social skills. It is definitely not a waste of money as good social skills will allow one to combat stress better.

Your child feels more comfortable having same level students around than being alone with a teacher. Some children may be really timid and afraid of teachers (after past experience in school). Hence they may fear being alone with the tutor. If one is afraid during lesson time, he/she may undergo fight/flight experience leading to poor learning as he/she may either react negatively towards the tutor or find ways to avoid the tutor.

It is a cheaper option. Definitely true if you are looking for tuition in 1 or 2 subjects since group tuition is usually by per subject based. Nonetheless, if you are looking at more than 2 subjects, this may not be the cheaper option. For instance, per subject is charged at $100 per 4 lessons, 3 subjects will be $300. As compared to 1 to 1 tuition of rate $20/hr, 3 subjects for 8 times will cost $240.

It is a better in subject focus. Yes it is since each lesson will only focus on 1 subject. With 1.5 hours concentrating on that particular subject, the tutor can actually be more focus and hence teach better without missing out any information. Students do not need to switch from English to Math to Science etc within the short 1.5 hours which can lead to unnecessary confusion and accurate retaining of information.

Group based tuition Disadvantages

Your child do not get the full attention from the tutor. Since tuition is to help your child to learn better, having more attention from the tutor is what parents desire. Nonetheless, do observe how your child is behaving and adapting towards his/her tutor as his mood and attitude can affect his learning. In addition, the tutor may not be able to observe your child needs and work according to his/her needs to better improve since group tuition is usually generalized and not individualized.

More travelling down with more subjects. Since group tuition is per subject based, if you are looking for 3 subjects, your child will have to travel 12 times a month! Since travelling seem to be an issue constantly, do consider carefully knowing that missing out lessons without valid reasons will result in a full charge for the lesson.

1-to-1 tuition Advantages

Full attention and focus on your child! This is also what most parents look for when engaging a home tutor and what many parents perceive as more value for money. True definitely that the tutor has full attention and focus on your child. However, having full attention and focus on your child does not determine how well your child tends to learn.

More subjects focus, more value for money. Well, definitely more subjects focus but is it really more value of money, that will depends on the tutor’s expertise and your child’s ability to shift fast from subject to subject so as to absorb what was taught. Many a times, parents seek tutors who are able to do many subjects but how many tutors are there who are truly capable to teach expertly in all the subjects parents requested? Well, not many but for the sake of money, many tutors still take up the assignment and advertise their services with a huge range of subjects included.

Minimal or no travel time required. Since most 1-to-1 tuition is held at the comfort of your house, you and your child do not need to travel down anymore which of course saves you time and energy. However, do take into consideration if your home environment is suitable for tuition. Many a times, tutors are unable to teach well due to the environment. In addition, your child may be too comfortable at home, hence is unable to switch his mind to the learning mode. In more challenging cases, children may run about or lock themselves up in the room for avoidance of tasks etc. Bear in mind that not all tutors are trained in managing challenging students. In such cases, tuition is ineffective and hence money is flushed down the drain unknowingly.
Your child learning needs are taken care of. This is really the best advantage to have 1-to-1 tuition setting. As the tutor is able to observe carefully how your child learns, the tutor is able to identify the gaps in your child’s learning which they can work on bridging these gaps. In addition, tutor can modify their teaching style to suit your child’s learning patterns and abilities.

1-to-1 tuition Disadvantages

Minimal interaction. As it is a 1 tutor to 1 student setting, many a times, your child do not get the chance for social interaction especially if he/she is the only child. In addition, if your child is shy and timid, he/she may not be able to communicate effectively with the tutor which can led to misunderstandings. Tutor is unable to understand or know your child’s issue, on the other hand, child is unable to voice out his/her confusion. This may lead to yellings as tutor may see it as daydreaming.

Quantity over quality. Since 1-to-1 allows more subjects to be included, the quality of each subject may be compromised. As mentioned above, apart from tutor’s expertise, it is also necessary for your child to have the ability to shift from subjects to subjects fast for effective learning.

With the advantages and disadvantages spelled out above, I hope it can better assist parents who are looking for tuition services for their children next year. In short, take into considerations these 4 factors – the environment, child’s learning ability, travel time and cost.

I would like to emphasize that tuition is not the most important or the only solution to improve your child’s grades. Many a times, by working on your child’s interest, attitude and behaviour can also greatly increase their learning behaviour and grades. What’s more, they don’t cost you any money.

Try not to pack your children with one tuition or enrichment after another as overloading their mind can backfire resulting to zero retention and learning. Note that as adults, we do not work more than the usual 8 hours daily, so why must our children work for more than 10 hours daily?

It is definitely a headache to many having to deal with work stress and worrying about your children’s academic performance. Though tuition is not the only solution, thought of providing some insights to troubled parents through my various years of experience in the education line.

hello ppl! I am residing in Sengkang too, near the newly open Seletar Mall! A really nice mall currently tmr is the official opening day! Anw, I am a newly wed with no children, currently a full-time tutor (trained in MOE before). Joined KSP hoping to gain more insights and prep myself before having a baby

hello, I am in Sengkang. I’m a newly wed and full-time tutor… currently, still getting ready and gaining experiences through teaching before having a baby.

Hi, I am in Sengkang but frequent Punngol too since there is a bicycle track linking up. I am a newly wed and full time tutor who is hoping to help more students and at the same time prep myself before having a baby.

hello, newly joined into kiasuparents, a newly wed who is a full-time tutor as well, residing in sengkang now. hoping to help more students as well as prep myself before I have a baby next time