Comparing Chinese Enrichment (Primary/Preschool)

[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?

[corneyAmber]

mac_t13@hotmail.com:

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?

I sent my kid to Julia Gabriel Mandarin class. It was good for her as they had very good teachers during her time. Now you should check out to see if any changes.

[magg]

my N2 boy started out enrichment classes at Hua in Parkway Parade. I’m all thumbs up for the teachers and for the curriculum there. As my boy is clingy, I have to sit in the lessons with him every Sat. The teacher has good control of the class of 6. The curriculum is adequate by learning the strokes and trying to get them to be familiar with simple words. My son loves the singing most and every week they learn a new song with actions. So I would recommend this centre to those around the Parkway area.

[hugeclaw]

Just wondering does your kid’s enrichment school conduct parent-teacher meeting?

[tamarind]

My son has his first Chinese test at Berries ! He is in the K1 class.


Checkout the test paper here.

http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/jeromes-chinese-test-at-berries.html

The standard is quite high for K1. My son is actually only 4 years 7 months old, so I am really happy with his results. When I was 5 years old, I only knew how to read very few chinese words. I think that Berries is certainly the best place to learn Chinese for pre-school children, it is certainly money well spent for me

I recently went to the Confucius Mandarin Institute at Jurong Point, and looked through their sample worksheets. Their standard is definitely lower than Berries. I have also checked out Tien Hsia before, their standard is also not as high as Berries.

I guess it is not only about high standards, the method of teaching is more important. Berries emphasizes on chinese word recognition since N1. Hanyu Pinyin is only taught in K2. This is the correct way of learning Chinese, since Chinese word recognition is most important. The child should learn to read hundreds of Chinese words before he/she start to learn hanyu pinyin. Otherwise the child may become too dependent on hanyu pinyin and refuse to read any Chinese books without it !

I also have a web page about some of the teaching materials in Berries.
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2008/05/learning-chinese.html

[luvmum]

tamarind:

My son has his first Chinese test at Berries ! He is in the K1 class.


Checkout the test paper here.

http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/jeromes-chinese-test-at-berries.html

The standard is quite high for K1. My son is actually only 4 years 7 months old, so I am really happy with his results. When I was 5 years old, I only knew how to read very few chinese words. I think that Berries is certainly the best place to learn Chinese for pre-school children, it is certainly money well spent for me

I recently went to the Confucius Mandarin Institute at Jurong Point, and looked through their sample worksheets. Their standard is definitely lower than Berries. I have also checked out Tien Hsia before, their standard is also not as high as Berries.

I guess it is not only about high standards, the method of teaching is more important. Berries emphasizes on chinese word recognition since N1. Hanyu Pinyin is only taught in K2. This is the correct way of learning Chinese, since Chinese word recognition is most important. The child should learn to read hundreds of Chinese words before he/she start to learn hanyu pinyin. Otherwise the child may become too dependent on hanyu pinyin and refuse to read any Chinese books without it !

I also have a web page about some of the teaching materials in Berries.
http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2008/05/learning-chinese.html

My child who was in K1 Berries was also given the 'mock' test last week w/o informing parents. I can't see your attachment as we were denied access for my office PC but the test is inside her worksheet book. As I have the practice of looking thr the entire book to see what will be taught later part, I get to see this 'kou shi' + some other work. Not sure if you are talking the same test but I did test her before. I'm happy she comes back with full marks too. :celebrate:

I agree that Berries standard is higher and tat is why I've already sent my boy there at N1. Their lessons are really fun and not bored at all as I'm still sititng in with my boy though it's oredy his 4th lesson. He is still crying badly w/o me ard. So I tell my girl mummy attending 'le le ban' also.

But I really like it there and I'm glad I find it in time. Last week they started on temp taking, even myself need to be taken.

[magg]

Do Berries allow the parents to sit in class?