If your child is a Singapore citizen, she has to study in a local primary school unless you can prove to MOE that she will not be able to cope in a local school. I have a sis-in-law who got approval from MOE using a psychological report two years back (her son is mildly autistic) but in the end she changed her mind and enrolled her son in a local primary school instead.

You can try clementi primary. I heard the teachers are very nice and caring and i was very impressed with the principal’s attitude too. Too bad she retired this year. Nan Hua so far has 60% to 70% chance of getting in if you stay within 1km of the school.

Check this out. My dear son who loathes art and craft actually enjoyed their sessions and wanted to go back again :lol: http://www.artbootcamp.com.sg/home.html

tamarind:

wwcookie,

Thanks for your information

It is sad that Singapore does not have any schools that cater to gifted children below the age of 8 or 9. I mean nursery/kindergarten that the child attends daily, not those once a week shichida class. Actually I heard of other gifted children in the internet, like a boy who can read at 3 years old, and a 3 year old child who can do fractions. I know some of these kids are being home schooled, while others are sent to schools like Kumon which I strongly believe is not suitable for highly intelligent kids.

Even those very expensive schools like Chiltern House only teach the alphabet at 4 years old. Hopefully in futre there will be pre-schools here that cater to very young children who are gifted.

Its not so bad in preschool cos there's still play in the curriculum to keep them interested, but when they reach primary school where they are expected to sit still and listen to the teacher drone on for hours on end about stuff that they already know - then it gets really scary! Yup agreed - cram schools (like Kumon) are not for these kids cos they definitely don't learn by drilling.

ChiefKiasu:

wwcookie:

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tamarind:

wwcookie,

You have him assessed by the psychologist in Singapore ? So far I have not heard of any kind of assessment for gifted children in Singapore. I know about the Mensa IQ test but I heard that it is not accurate for children under 10.

Thanks for sharing

Does his primary school cater to children like him ?

I had him assessed by Querubin Psychological Services. You can call Polene at 62724292. The assessment is NOT for gifted kids - they also assess kids with learning difficulties. It just happens that my son's results put him in the 'gifted' range. The assessment instrument they use is suitable for preschool kids unlike the Mensa one which is only suitable for kids above 10.

His primary school has the GEP program but its only for P4 and above. Sadly, the school has no special programs/arrangements to cater to kids like him in the lower primary levels

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applepie:

But sometimes, we wonder if our children are deprived in some ways as we do not expose them to those card games that most kids play, like those transformer cards ? (if i am not wrong ). In fact, due to peer influence, my son recently asked for PSP, but we were not agreeable to that as we do not want him to get addicted to computer games.

(iv) We make it a point to read bed-time stories to them before sleep. Now, we only read to my girl now since my son is already an independent reader. But, at times, we will read to both of them together for bonding sake.

It's Duel Master cards! My son loves to play those too and tried to force me or his daddy to play with him at home but we just can't understand (or won't understand :twisted: ) the game! He found a couple of boys who brought the cards to the holiday class at science buddies recently and was so excited - he even asked me to sign him up for their regular classes (the boys told him they attended regular classes there) so he can continue to play with them :lol:
As for PSP, erm... my son has one too and he used to be SO ADDICTED to it until my mom confiscated it from him two months ago

As for reading, even though he can read independently, he still wants me to read to him when im at home