i agree with you that the teacher plays a big part in a child’s education. but its so hard to get a teacher that is good and can motivate kids and make the lesson more fun at the same time too! i’m really interested to let my girl learn abacus but my hubby is nt too keen. guess i gotta discuss with him again and see how it goes. thank u for your advice!

mrswongtuition:

proudmummy:

hi mrs wong, i have been reading through the threads trying to find a suitable course for my girl. heard alot about abacus. u teach 3G abacus? can i check with you is it v different from their pri syllabus math in schools?

Hi,

Yes, I took up 3G abacus to teach my own son but now I'm the trainer for 3G abacus at Nan Chiau Primary School. Will be opening my own classes at my home in Dec 2010.

Abacus focuses on teaching them how to calculate - FAST & ACCURATE.
They way they add up is different from Primary school syllabus so some of the kids do get confused. That's why I've decided to teach both 3G abacus together with problem solving and school concepts to help minimise the confusion.

If abacus is learnt since young and the kids still continue with formal lessons into upper primary, it becomes an extremely useful and advantagous tool instead of confusing them.

Also, the methods need to be presented in a very clear cut way.
Abacus adds from left to right, Pri school maths adds from right to left. Once they know the difference, they won't be confused.

There are a few very useful things which are similar to our Pri sch maths syllabus.
1. Number bonds
2. Number places (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands)

It becomes extremely advantageous at upper primary now that the numbers in the maths problems are getting larger and larger. Students can use their mental calculation learnt from abacus to double check answers. And with familiarity with numbers, sometimes they know they've made a mistake just by looking at the final answer.

thanks for your explanation! my girl is v easily distracted and cant sit still for long. that is why it is very hard to catch her attention. is 3G abacus different from the CMA one? saw quite alot of comments on it and it sounds v scary for a 4 year old to join!btw is it too young to let my girl join these kind of enrichment classes?will it like backfire and make her dislike the subject?

mrswongtuition:

autumnbronze:

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Once the child \"knows\" 1-10, she is ready for addition /sub as applied to real life - one candy, and one more make 2 candy. plenty of Kids show emphasising this are available.

Thanks for this tip, Sun_2010 :celebrate:

I was just wondering whether I should start DS on addition/subtraction since he already \"knows\" 1 to 20.

Now I know

Once you start on addition, you can try using eggs in it's tray (tray of 10) to do subtraction. My boy learnt how to subtract using that.

Now I'm teaching him using 3G abacus. :)[/quote]hi mrs wong, i have been reading through the threads trying to find a suitable course for my girl. heard alot about abacus. u teach 3G abacus? can i check with you is it v different from their pri syllabus math in schools?

hi everyone,


my daughter is 4 this year and i really want her to get started on her math. but she is very easily distracted and cant seem to sit still to learn properly. i’m wondering is it coz the subject itself is v boring and dull? looking around for courses which teaches math but is interesting at the same time. any suggestions would be much appreciated. thanks!

hi all,


can i check if there are any interesting math enrichment program for kids? my daughter is 4 this year and i wld like her to build up her foundation in math. but am afraid if its just math alone then it’ll be too dull for her and she may not sit still in class. any suggestions for programs that can make math more interesting for young kids? thanks!