CMA Math - Discussion

[Ca3kids]

ksmummy:

No Prob, JSC.


My son is currently attending art lesson at NAFA as well. He has a very keen interest in art and craft. I am thinking of signing him up at Tony Buzan Learning Centre at Hougang Mall next year. Am more interested for him to learn 'how to learn', rather than focusing too much academically.

Appreciate any review on Tony Buzan Learning Centre.

TIA!

Hi KSmummy

May I know have you send yr kid to Tony Buzan Learning Centre? Can feedback your view and experience there? :lol:

[foreverj]

hi, may i check with the parents whose kids are with CMA, when did your kid start? is three plus too early? understand there are some pre requisites like the child needs to know how to write the numbers well. is that true? thanks

[JHJC]

foreverj,

my girl starts at 3 plus. So long the child can write 1-10, motor skills is ready- to clear the abacus. Can understand instructions should be ok.
I believe the centre manager will access the capabilities before they decide where to start the child.
My girl went for her first ever certification recently few weeks ago…thts how young they hv exams! hahahaha

[foreverj]

hi JHJC


thanks. wow, how old is your daughter now to go for certification? hmmm, my daughter has not yet mastered all her numbers, esp 8. the rest roughly can make it la. so do i call up the centre to see if they can do assessment for my daughter first? and are there any trials available or i have to sign up for one whole term right from the start?

worried i may turn my daughter off with so much worksheets :!:

how did your daughter respond to the regular worksheets? daily right? did u have to force, threaten, strangle her to make her finish them?

my concern is how to motivate such a young child to excel in something so academic and would be grateful if experienced parents can share

[JHJC]

foreverj

she is just slightly over 4 now. The certification is basically for speed and accuracy. For exposure.
As for the assessment, I think if you want, you can go for it, no harm. No there is no trial class.
There are 3 books, everynight she will do like a page each. Somedays she do it fast, some days she takes her time. The daddy is the one that will sit down with her while i put the brothers to sleep.

My only concern is, when she goes P1, she might not produce workings for her Maths questions… wonder how the parents here manage this?

[jaseric]

Hi JHJC,


No worry about that, just make sure she follow the way teacher teaches in the school and use CMA skill to counter check the answer instead. Their math ability will definitely be better than their peers who didn’t learn CMA .

[Miracle Child]

Hi, I do not know much about CMA Math until I read this thread. My son is 6 years old. Is it too late to start? He is quite good at Maths, as in he is able to add pretty fast (e.g. he writes down on paper eg. 56,847 + 36,782, and solves the summation by adding the nos. mentally). Thanks in advance.

[rcxmum]

Hi! i m new here n interested in registering my son in CMA! Anybody knows abt CMA@Ten Miles Junction? Went 4 an assessment tis am! saw a boy being asked to sit @ the receptionist desk to do his works, the receptionist was attending to a customer and she kept threathening tis boy to do his work or else his parents will be inform but to no avail! is this how a student should be treated? also heard some teachers shouting behind closed door!

Thanks 4 your 2 comments! :?

[kiasiparent]

rcxmum:

Hi! i m new here n interested in registering my son in CMA! Anybody knows abt CMA@Ten Miles Junction? Went 4 an assessment tis am! saw a boy being asked to sit @ the receptionist desk to do his works, the receptionist was attending to a customer and she kept threathening tis boy to do his work or else his parents will be inform but to no avail! is this how a student should be treated? also heard some teachers shouting behind closed door!

Thanks 4 your 2 comments! :?

I dont see what is wrong with shouting at students even at a tuition centre. A tuition teacher who dare to scold his/her students is better than one who doesnt dare as his class will tend to be more disciplined, more quiet and lessons can be more easily absorbed.

However, i agree with you that teacher should not threaten students to do their work. A teacher should motivate students and make them interested. If a student is uninterested, a teacher should find out the reasons why and change the attitude.

[jaseric]

The teacher cum receptionist behaved so because she is multi-tasking to guide the child (likely to make the kid to finish his undone work after the class) and attending to walk in customers’ enquiry/phone calls. Maybe we should not make our judgement that the teacher is threathening the kid, because I believe in this case, the kids had failed to complete his homework( and maynot be the first time). Of course, I agreed that the teacher should attempt to check the reason why the kid was disinterested and help to change the attitude, but they are not god, ultimately, it is the also the kid and his parents’ duty to check with the teacher if anything uncleared and have a positive attitude in learning.