Maha Bodhi

[MMM]

Haha it might be genetic

[csb]

MMM, thanks for all the sharing. I'm thinking of volunteering for recess, more for the selfish reason of keeping an eye on my son

You asked why I'm waiting till P1 for Molin. My main reason for wanting to send him to Molin is to get him to learn to write. He's quite good in terms of work recognition and HYPY. But his writing is terrible--don't know how to write + ugly writing. And he's been doing badly in his ting xie.
By the way, did anyone try Kumon's Chinese program?

[MMM]

Could it be due to readiness???


Even up till term 2, my boy's teacher commented about his handwriting. He can't write his sirname because there are too many strokes. But with beginning term 3, his strokes improved significantly. I gather that he is probably more ready now.

No offence but personally, I always find kumon maths ok but language is \"wierd\" as I always have this perception that kumon's core competence is just not in language and there are other experts out there for languages. But kumon maths, it inculcates discipline but I switch my boy after 1 yr as I am concern if it does not have a good coverage on creative thinking/ analysis skills since under kumon, kids perfect through practising the same stuff over and over again. Sorry I am just sceptical :roll:

Actually my kids are in enopi maths now (also repetition worksheet though not as much but they also cover problem sums and other critical thinking exercises). Enopi also has english and the teacher asked me to consider changing them from british council..... I was like???? Enopi English???? no matter what the teacher say, I am still sceptical. Maybe I just have a perception problem. :lol:

[ChiefKiasu]

MMM:

... I always find kumon maths ok but language is \"wierd\" as I always have this perception that kumon's core competence is just not in language and there are other experts out there for languages...

MMM, it seems like you and I have the same perceptions about the various enrichment services Maybe because we drink the same Geylang water?

[paulineteo]

My gal will be going to MBS next year too… Any idea when can we start to enrol for the PSG?

[paulineteo]

Just wanna check which chinese enrichment is better and follow closely to MOE syllabus? Any one can share your experiences? How about Maths enrichment? Still undecisive which one to send my gal to? Contemplating between MPM or Enopi? Any other Maths enrichment which is good? Pls share… Thank u many many…

[MMM]

paulineteo:

My gal will be going to MBS next year too... Any idea when can we start to enrol for the PSG?

If you are keen, you can sign up during orientation so that you can start from 1st days of school. Alternatively try to explore under MBS website, there is a section on PSG and you can contact them.

[paulineteo]

Hi MMM, thks for the info… By the way, any ideas which Chinese and Maths enrichment programs are good?

[paulineteo]

MMM, how do you join the Parent Volunteer in MBS?

[MMM]

paulineteo:

Just wanna check which chinese enrichment is better and follow closely to MOE syllabus? Any one can share your experiences? How about Maths enrichment? Still undecisive which one to send my gal to? Contemplating between MPM or Enopi? Any other Maths enrichment which is good? Pls share... Thank u many many.....

Hi Pauline, You can also refer to other discussion in this website under \"chinese enrichment\" if you want to find out more about other chinese classes.

For Maths, so far I only try Kumon and Enopi. Started my son on Kumon at beginning K2. Was good in creating speed in doing addition. By end K2, he was at P1 std but still doing addition.... seems to take a long time to learn other stuff. Also the same worksheet over and over as its focus is \"perfect through repetition\" My impression...

I decided to move to Enopi at beginning of the year. Well... still has x number of worksheets to do. They split into \"Basic thinking maths\" arithmetic focus and \"critical thinking maths\" which focus more on analysis. Personally I think this is more important to be in line with the syllabus as it's no longer arithmetic focus only maths. So what if the child can add very fast, if cannot analyse also gone case. In addition, they also have problem sums included in each basic thinking maths workbook which is what kumon don't have. For instance, my P1 is now adding up to thousands + thousands and multiplication. Ahead of school syllabus. Frankly if he is still on kumon.... maybe he is just adding more numbers only at this point....? Also the homework is usually 2-3 wkbooks over the 1 week. It helps otherwise we will be overwhelm with enrichment classes homewk.

Meanwhile on results.... my P2 girl's maths used to be her \"worst\" subject in P1. Surprisingly, maths is the only subject where she maintain her score in P2 SA1. My P1 son had the bd 1 range. But to me, it's still too early to determine the result.

Suggest you visit the maths enrichment class or MPM forum discussion in Kiasuparents to understand better.