Need recomendation on Children's Enrichment centre

[Mrs A Tham]

Depends on how you do it - if you make it a car-pooling suggestion and not a money-making interest, then it can be accepted as a community service. I thought you were doing that ... weren't you?

Well, I did that ......initially was trying to find out the average pricing for for private transport service to fetch kids to kindies, due to getting many feedbacks and got to know most of the transporters doesn't really put safety at 1st priority as they send as many kids they can cramp into the car and without proper seatbelts/childseat measures, I am quite disturb of putting my trust in them sending my own kid.! Then only I come to decide getting a 2nd car and fetching my son myself at the same time could do it at a cost for others but as I am not really doing it as a main business, I do not intend to fetch that many kids at one go......Anyway Chang, thks for advice. Do remind me if you may find some of my threads to sway

[SunwayK]

Shichida actually emphasies on whole brain development...

A picture tells a different story.
If that is your belief, then, either, your investment was a waste or their advertisement is rather misleading.

[Mrs A Tham]

A picture tells a different story.
If that is your belief, then, either, your investment was a waste or their advertisement is rather misleading.

Well dunno about the T-shirts as I know shichida has many types of T-shirts and its the parents that chooses which to buy. As for my kid, FYI its not a belief I adopted, we had personal experience and I have no regrets paying for the 7 months of his activities there as well as mine (to learn some of their technics and to teach him myself at home thereafter). There are many centres around that offers good whole brain or right brain or heavy academic developments and its up to individual's preference to choose which they like. Unless we had a bad or a good personal experience to share, it is rather unethical to downgrade certain centres. My son doesn't attend Tumbeltots but a friend's does and through what I found out from her, its rather interesting too...and so is MusikHaus. Well we can't measure by the fees involved, some good centres are very reasonable and some are very $$!! But it all depends on the approach and how an individual child takes it.
To me my child of 3 1/2 and had not attended any nursery/kindy experience yet can sing, dance, tells and recreate stories, watercolors, loves swimming and sports activites, can hold the pen and draw shapes, join dotted pictures, good at jigsaw puzzles, recognised simple words, excellent speech and reasonings, counts from 1 - 20's, uses the stensils, operates a laptop accordingly searching for his own programmes, considerate towards others, loving towards parents, caring towards animals, fully toilet trained by 2 yrs, loves assembling robot toys, helps around in the house and with a wonderful memory. Well I shall say he had been developing well his IQs and EQs and if that's not whole brain development, do correct me.

[SunwayK]

...... Well I shall say he had been developing well his IQs and EQs and if that's not whole brain development, do correct me.

Excuse me...I am talking about the Shichida Method. Your kid's development and what other centres does is irrelevant to my point. I am clearing the misconception that you made in this thread on what it does. The Shichida's method, like the message it promotes in the T-shirt is right brain development, period.

[kwchang]

OK la SunwayK, we see your point. I guess it is for the child centre to answer yr question as they should be the best one to defend themselves, not a customer like MrsTham.

By the way, MrsTham, I wouldn't give too much credit to the enrichment centre - I do not think creativity or brain development can be enhanced by any teaching methodology. It could accelerate your child a bit into the right direction but the main effort comes from the God-given ability your child is so lucky to have. Perhaps it is inherited or due to expression of certain genes that enabled him to be so developed. The bottom line is you have a smart kid, I don't think the centre made him smarter.

There is always the debate about nature vs nurture. Both are probably important but we cannot deny that Nature is the base from which nurture would assist. This is a sensitive arguement because if taken negatively, it would mean saying that some kids are born challenged (politically correct way to say "stupid").

My point is simply that unless there are sound statistical and scientific studies, we are unable to attribute mental development entirely to all these techniques. We cannot deny that such enrichment centres would showcase the best kids to advertise the fact that their methods are effective ... have you checked how many kids that were enrolled in the same programme but failed to develop?

[annice]

I'll be sending my 2 y.o. son to younme next Jan. Just called the principal to book a place for me and I'll be go there next week to make the necessary payment.

Why don't you have a look at this place? They are in the same row with Starbucks Cafe in Taipan.

May i know what is the pricing scheme like? My son will only be 2 next year, can still regieter for Jan ?

[Mrs A Tham]

There is always the debate about nature vs nurture. Both are probably important but we cannot deny that Nature is the base from which nurture would assist. This is a sensitive arguement because if taken negatively, it would mean saying that some kids are born challenged (politically correct way to say "stupid")......

Hi Chang, agreed totally! Through what I had experienced, there are parents who enrol kids into many such centres, then without putting any effort themselves hoping that the kid can become a genius! I see maids going to classes with the kids! In the event many such cases does not turn out as expected. There are also those who can't afford such things but with lots of patience. love and good nurturing at home in which children turns out beyond expectation.
Well, to me Nature & Nurture are both equally important..

[LMei]

There are also those who can't afford such things but with lots of patience. love and good nurturing at home in which children turns out beyond expectation.
Well, to me Nature & Nurture are both equally important..

Hi Mrs Tham, totally agree. I also believe, every kid if you spend time to do that, they can develop pretty well without the help of expensive classes. Unfortunately many parents these days lack the time and sometimes the patience to do this.

In my case, my 2 1/2 year old son who also had not attended any nursery/kindy experience yet can sing, dance, tells stories (in his version), colors, loves swimming, sing the whole abc song (though pronunciation not so accurate), counts from 1 - 10, fully toilet trained by 1.5 yrs (including going to shopping center without diapers), and can tell his left hand/leg from right.

I believe all kids have fantastic memory.