Thks Engtutor

I’ll be calling ICR and L Central to find out more. Do you know which of the L Central branch is good? Since they are all far for me, I don’t mind traveling a bit.

I am also keen to find out if the programme is overly exam focused and thus not suitable for K1 child? My boy is the active type.

Hi Tamarind
Thks for your recommendation. Will check it out. Besides, I have been following your blog. Thks for sharing all the wonderful ideas on learning phonics and Chinese.

I am also considering Kumon English since they allow the child to progress based on his own ability. However, Kumon English does not follow MOE syllabus. I wonder if it would be useful/practical from P1 point of view. How about Morris Allen? Do you know whether they follows the P1 syllabus?

Happy Avon
Do share with us more on the Lcentral PFS program should you decide to sign your K1 kid for it.

Dear Mummies and Daddies


I have been searching for a suitable English enrichment class for my 5 year old.

We have gone for an assessment with I CAN READ and were given a choice to join their 1year structured ICR Program. We were told that the first half of the program will cover reading and the second half will cover writing. As our boy can already read, we feel that there is no point spending 6months learning to read again. The school also does not allow a child to join the second half wriitng program without completing the first half.

Any recommendation for programs that will be suitable for preschoolers to learn more about writing skills and grammar?

Pls do share your thoughts. Many thks!

Hi JennyP


Your son is amazing. His results are fantastic. Could you share more on his learning journey; any difficulties or bottle neck along the way?

I enrolled my boy for Kumon Maths in Jul09 when he was coming to 4yrs. He started with level 7A. Currently, he is at the last stage of level 2A, meaning he is doing the addition up to 10. This is one of the topic that he needs alot of time to get started and when he does, he loses the momentum frequently (playing with eraser, pencil etc). We need to check on him on and off to ensure that he continues the worksheet. The same happened when he was doing addition up to 7. Compared to doing the same number in a set, he seems to resist doing a combination of numbers in one set. :?

I checked with the instructor if the worksheets could be reduced. She said to continue, else the same issue will surface when he starts level A.

Any idea I can help my boy on it?