Comparing Pre-school English Reading and Phonics Enrichment

[seletar]

I have been sending my girl to Lorna Whiston for the past 2 years (from N2 to K2)…I could see good improvement in her language!


Every week, she will bring back 2 books from the class and there is how she has built up her reading skill. On top of it, I could see her coping well with grammer. Frankly, I didn’t spend enough time to coach her English (coz I was Chinese educated) and I would say she learnt it mostly from the Kindergarten and Lorna Whiston.

Hence, I will recommend Lorna Whiston. In fact, my neighbour’s kid has attended Lorna Whiston since K1 until today (her kid now is in Sec 2 studying in Nanyang girls)…

[debbiehsl]

Just called to enquiry for K2 kids. No more vacancy left now and they dont hve a branch in the west. Since no vacancy, they didnt mentioned abt the charges.

As for I CAN READ, I finds it too expensive. Cannot really afford.

[kaitlynangelica]

debbiehsl:

Just called to enquiry for K2 kids. No more vacancy left now and they dont hve a branch in the west. Since no vacancy, they didnt mentioned abt the charges.

As for I CAN READ, I finds it too expensive. Cannot really afford.

Deb,

Tried the community centres. It's about $75 a term.

[koala_pig]

kaitlynangelica:

ecbaby_1074:

Try Icreativelearners


http://www.icreativelearner.com/index.php

They hv crash course for K1/K2

Any idea of the price?

Anyone knows how much?

[ecbaby_1074]

For nursery is $170 for 8 lessons. 1.5hr/wk

Think will be slightly higher for K1/K2 but still much cheaper than I CAN READ or Lorna Whiston.

[debbiehsl]

But they dont have any branch in the west area.

[rockmoo]

price seems reasonable… any idea what is the class size?

[ecbaby_1074]

The class size is 6 kids. I think they only have 2 intake per year for nursery level. Lesson is held at teacher’s home. My gal was in the waiting list for half a year before getting a place this year. She’s in the foundation course for nursery level. For crash course K1/K2, i think the teacher will open a class once there’s enough student.

[tamarind]

Hi,

I would like to share my experience teaching my kids phonics and reading. I have tried both MMI phonics and Zoophonics, see my comments here.

http://tamarindvillage.blogspot.com/2008/02/reading.html

Note that English is not totally phonetic. Many words like \"one\", \"two\", \"laugh\" etc do not follow phonics rules. After your child completes the phonics course, it does not mean that he/she will be able to read fluently. You need to use graded readers to let him practice.

[angeline123]

Its not bad. My children goes to the one at Katong Mall.


Mine children’s teachers are not too bad. and yes all caucasians.
But I have also heard some negative feedback from some friends.

Most important, my children haev improved since joining a year ago.