Hi,


I did try their holiday programs before. Its quite interesting concept as they use Literature to teach the children think and analyse. My son did a Fairy Tales course for P1 where they had to read and discuss about different fairy tales. And at the end, he had to write his own fairy tale. Class size also very small. I think max around 6-7. They cover different books for different levels. I think they even do Shakespeare for P3 or something.

Was thinking of joining the regular program but could not find a suitable time slot.

They also have Math classes under the Soma brand name. Also quite interesting. Its manipulative and games based. Thinking of trying this holidays. Anybody got feedback on their Math program??

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Yes, I think for all SAP Pri sch, they never had to go outside to do HCL.


Doing HCL from Pri and getting the higher standard training builds a strong foundation for the future. Even if they switch to standard CL at p5/p6, it's not much of a problem to meet the demands at all since it's less demanding as compared to HCL. Right?

Oh, many centers having 1.5 to 2 hr huh? I newbie to enrichment center coz ds only 7 years old, P1 now (exams start tomorrow!), and only attended a year of Kumon for Maths, so can't comment very much on other brand names too.


Kumon was only 45min x 2 session per week for $120, resonable price for a K2 kid, but it's practice after practice, not so \"enjoyable\" for him. Since he started P1 and was getting homework from teachers, he would frown when asked to do the drills from Kumon. So I stopped it 2 months ago.

I brought ds to City Square Mall during Children's Day weekend and happened to see Soma school's booth there. So ds played with their math toys and he enjoyed trying to figure out the solution -- he likes anything that is related to play! That's when I took a peek at their center. :lol:

I found a thread by Soma in Kiasu parents and went to their blog. They are actually \"imported\" brand name from Korea, just like Kumon was imported from Japan. So probably got some \"background\" la!

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14719

For the camps, I'm still digging into my shallow pockets, trying to decide which camp to join coz due to time constraint, can only fit in a 1 week camp in Dec. Will share if he goes for their holiday camp.

sleepy:

onlyykk:

Not sure whether you received an email about the free math evaluation from soma math, the one at City Square Mall? The eval is quite sophisticated, and gives a good sense of the areas your child needs to work on. Their programme sounds really fun and interesting, but only for 6 - 10 years old, an unusual age range, I thought.

Hubby's colleague visited that center before. Center looked nice and new. She's quite keen until she heard the fees at $350 per month, more expensive than learning lab :!:

I've visited the center before too and quite like the environment and teaching approach. If I remember correctly, they offer classes for 1.5hr or 2hr sessions per week, longer than most centers. Maybe that's why they charge a bit more.

I was keen to enroll ds but a bit too far from my house for weekly travel. Too bad. But might consider doing holiday camps. :lol: