Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[MdmKS]

Mummyprincess:

I remember last yr, I went for a talk conducted by Chang Mei Hsiang of Eduplus. From there, we were told to be prepared as our child's marks for P3 will drop at least 10 marks. That time, I was like, isit, sure or not? This year, I was shocked to find my P3 girl CA marks dropped drastically. :shock: Previously, her CL marks used to be Band 1 for P1 and P2, are there any parents of P3 experience the same?

Most schools nowadays dont have CA1 for P1-3, hard to track by now. Usually, P3 mark get dragged down by compo when comes to SA.

[RRMummy]

Hi all, just wanted to share my experience… I just sent my N1 and K1 for trial class last nite (Thu 730pm class) @ Berries Woodlands.


I agree with Tamarind, the K1 teacher looks fierce le… actually wondering if I should switch my kid to another day class to try… her first comment when she came out… "Mommy, I didn’t play any games, u know" …partly my fault after the enquiry before the trial, I told my kid she will be learning new Chinese games (that was what I was told ma…) But overall, she was ok.

For N1 actually just thought of letting her play2 for one time since bringing che2 there, but it seems that she enjoyed heer class much more than che2 with all the singing and movements. We had to wait for 15min for che2 to finish, and she kept on moving into the class to look for her teacher. So Teacher Ling must be doing something really good!

BTW, they allow us to peep throughout class. On the way home, both were jabbering away in their extremely limited Chinese. I’m definitely signing them up next week. But if anyone has experience with Tuesday 730pm class (different teacher) for Berries Woodlands please share.

TIA

[2bbtang]

Hi! Not sure if this is relevant for me to post this here.


Does anyone know of any school or private teacher that can teach Han Yu Pin Yin for P1?

My boy is quite confused with Phonic and Han Yu Pin Yin. Sigh.. Beginning Term 1 he is still can managed but as the class progress along..he seems lost and confused.

I'm not so good at teaching HYPY. Anyone can advised?

THanks in advance!

[Emelyn]

mckenzy:

we're pulling our p5 boy out of Berries... reached a point when the material and training not enough to cope with his school standards...

Hi Mckenzy,

Where will you be putting ur P5 boy then ?
I was just thinking about switching my P2 boy from Jiang to Berries, and enrol my P4 boy in Berries too.

But, luckily I stumble into your post first.

Berries really not \"there\" for upper primary ?

[Diveera]

Hi


Any comments on Berries Mountbatten CC and Orchard outlet? Appreciate your valuable comments. Thanks!

Cheers

[luvmum]

Hi jedamum,


I oso brought my boy for his trial at Berries (BB) last week as his jiejie is oredy there...so tot that instead of wasting time going gai gai with me each week at west mall, why not enrol him in and let him 'learn' and 'play', not expecting much actually. Also, since we speak English most of the time and seeing the good progress of jiejie after joining berries, we intend to start early for our boy. But I think he's by far the youngest bah, he's 28 mths and smallest in build. First thing the teacher asks if he's oredy 2. :faint:

Jiejie was so proud to bring his little bro to class as she expects didi to cry like her. When my girl enrolled during last term of N2 last yr, I sat with her for a mth until she stopped crying completely but each time I will stay at most half an hr. Didi was too engrossed with the toys that he din even know I left. So happily I went to register and do up the rest, when I return to peep him, he was in the asst teacher lap as he was crying. I did ask the teacher if he's ok, they say he has mellow down so shld be fine. Ok, I went to west mall then...scarly Berries called me back, saying my boy has been crying for long. Wow, hurriedly pay for my things and ran back to the school. Guess wat, he was oredy sleeping in the teacher's lap. Haha...it's my fault also, tat's her naptime and I assume once he is 'entertained' he will not be sleepy...but I was wrong. :stupid:

But teacher did not stop me from continuing, in fact she encourages us to enrol him, just tat we need to adjust on his naptime. Prob becos my boy is currently on daily 3hrs PreN, so he knows what to expect and behave. We will continued on and see how the next few lessons go. My boy took 2 weeks to settle down on his PreN w/o crying though. :udawoman: He is picking things fast at this stage so I wish to expose him more. Boys tend to be a slower learner than girls, I feel....so good to give him a good headstart. :celebrate:

Pray hard....

[jedamum]

luvmum:

Prob becos my boy is currently on daily 3hrs PreN, so he knows what to expect and behave. We will continued on and see how the next few lessons go. .

ya...i think that is the main difference...they said i should start my boy on daily lessons first before the once a week enrichment.
my boy only older than yours by 1mth.

[mac_t13.02738hotmail.02738com]

Just came to know that Yuquan there is a programme "Yi Tong" for age 0-4. Interested to enrol my girl age 2. Will it be too early to expose her at this age? I found that most of the centre start enrichment for N1 and above.

[corneyAmber]

mac_t13@hotmail.com:

Just came to know that Yuquan there is a programme \"Yi Tong\" for age 0-4. Interested to enrol my girl age 2. Will it be too early to expose her at this age? I found that most of the centre start enrichment for N1 and above.

If you don't have the environment at home...for language, my take is it is ok to start early. I had to relocate to a complete Chinese speaking environment when my child was 20 months. Prior to that I gave her exposure to constant Mandarin speaking environment(by Chinese nationals) by putting her in a Chinese enrichment so she had no sudden culture shock when she arrived in the other country. All works out well.

Program at such an age should typically be singing, talking, crafting, story-telling. If it is worksheet-based....then it will be a wrong programme.

[mac_t13.02738hotmail.02738com]

The Yuquan "Yi Tong" programme come with worksheet at the end of the class, as I understand from Ms Song (teacher). BTW, where r the centre that have chinese programmes for age 2. My girl still do not really talk. I hope to expose her to language and c any improvment on her?