Need recomendation on Children's Enrichment centre

[prometheus85]

Thanks for all the helpful information.
I've visited the center and i'm very happy with it. The principal and the teachers there are very nice.

My children like the place very much too. I'm sending my children to join next year. They can't hardly wait to start schooling there already.

In anyway, before that happen. I'll be also sending them for the holiday program that younme is having for this coming december.

Did any of you sign up your children for any holiday program yet? well, if not, why not check out from this center?

[maze79]

Hi there prometheus85.

Yes, regarding the Holiday program, It seems that the holiday program that younme education center offering had limited places.

That day i did called up to ask to enquire for the holiday program, the lady there told me, the places are limited, so my advise is - if you want to enroll your children into that holiday program you have to make booking.

Well if any of you are interested you can go through their website. They even include a one day outing for the children too. It looks quite promising.

[kwchang]

Please beware of the comments posted here - you have read from different nicks (all are now banned) but they were all posted by the same person. This is explained in detail in my post (#13) in the thread 2008 Holiday Camp for Children

[Mrs A Tham]

Hi Maze79


Okay. Well I've also done some of my research based on this center.
It seems like they are using The Bridge method though.
Is something like Shichida method from Japan. But i heard this Shichida method is very expensive.

By the way did you send your children over to this learning center?
Want to know the result......

Yup, I sent my son to Shichida Methods when he was 1 1/2...Well their method is really fun and works. It develops the whole brain. It teaches children the learn by play method. Not a bit stressful. Infact I think if any parent can afford it, they should at least send their kid to Shichida for 2 semesters or so for the child to get use to this kind of fun teachings as well as the parents can at the same time learn the methods. Later on can try doing it at home. My child actually joined for about 7 months until he is 2 then I caught up with the ways they conduct and did it myself at home.
Well really no regret at all regarding $$ fees as it really works and its truely simple. BTW the fees are RM400 - 500 monthly (depending on which days) and the session is 1 hour one week. For the parents, we take it as also paying to learn lah!!

Children at Shichida mostly have very good memory as well as artistic. Their brain can be develop in such a way they will turn out to be quite fast learners. Well, dunno about others, but it surely is great on my son.
He is 3 + now, he's good at the lap top as I did subscribe in some kinda flash card learning system (similar to fliptec) and he really enjoys it. Learned faster than conventional kindys. His English is good and his understanding when watching an adult drama is tremendous. He ons and off the pc accordingly and can find his own programme to study. He recognises the icons and basic funstional keys. Other than that he can recognise a place after about 2 - 3 visits. He is very systematic with his toys and such and character is good when visit friends house in which he respect the place and do not jump and run and shout around. Shichida teaches by encouraging and children likes that. They use very optimistic approach. Well can't tell you everything here or I think I can go on and on till tomorrow....

The main thing is not to preassure the kid as many parents do. I see my sis-in-laws kids age 8, 9 and 11...Prepares for school real early in the mornings. Then after school, its tuition mostly 3 - 4 days a week. After tuition when reaches home, its homework time till diner time. Sometimes drags until after dinner. by the time they finishes homework, it's time to prepare for bed.
Wow!! Almost no fun activities...they based mostly on academic...to me its kinda lobsided. The kids are getting real fed-up with their school studies.
Nowadays parents develop some kinda "if you don't understand, go tuition" kinda attitude! I felt the effort in nurturing and tutoring a kid starts from as young as a few months old, not when they start school. SOme parents don't even feel its important looking for the right kindy/nursery...so long they are taught to read and write OK! They younger they can read or write, the better! It's like competing amongst friends.

[kwchang]

...BTW the fees are RM400 - 500 monthly (depending on which days) and the session is 1 hour one week....

That is extremely expensive ... I hope this isn't another push for the system

...Prepares for school real early in the mornings. Then after school, its tuition mostly 3 - 4 days a week. After tuition when reaches home, its homework time till diner time. Sometimes drags until after dinner. by the time they finishes homework, it's time to prepare for bed..

This is a lot of 3rd-party story. Not true. In general, this is a myth.

Why? Because I sent my kids to the then famous cram school Lick Hung. My daughter was in Std6 last year. As far as I can see, she had a very easy time - she had all the time to sleep, less homework than 3 years ago (the school must have changed their tough system). We do send her to tuition classes mainly because we do not use Mandarin at home but it wasn't stressing them out.

[Mrs A Tham]

That is extremely expensive ... I hope this isn't another push for the system

This is a lot of 3rd-party story. Not true. In general, this is a myth.

Why? Because I sent my kids to the then famous cram school Lick Hung. My daughter was in Std6 last year. As far as I can see, she had a very easy time - she had all the time to sleep, less homework than 3 years ago (the school must have changed their tough system). We do send her to tuition classes mainly because we do not use Mandarin at home but it wasn't stressing them out.

I am just a parent and not attach to any centres. Well, I am not saying that all kids suffers from too stressful timetable set by parents/tuition centres. But indeed a majority does. You are lucky your girl takes it so well. Not all kids are like her. As to my reply about these children being so stressed out, well they are not myth. It happened to some of my personal friends as well as my own sis-in-laws whom children I see growing up.
Besides sending kids to good schools, parents involvement in their daily undertakings are extremely important too. Perhaps she just leaves everything to a grandmother and a maid. Bringing ups like character building plays a big part whether your kids will turn out more systematic in their approach to studies.

FYI my nephews and nieces goes to LHung ss19 too now.
When they were preschooler, they were sent to very academic nurseries. They excel and was top 5's in the classrooms but when reaches the age of 9 / 10 their results dropped drastically. Their parents then took measures in sending them to very good tuition centres paying a hefty lot. Yes their results did improve but the lifestyle is cramp like I had mentioned before.

Every child is a special individual with different learning pace that's why it is our duty to tap on their ability and interest and proceed from there instead of pushing them to be what we want them to be. I always feel that a person who takes up their hobby/wishes as a career is a happier individual who can excel more..

[Mrs A Tham]

Anyone send their kids to Kumon?
What's the development results?
How old can a kid starts Kumon?
Will is be too preassure for young kids to attend Kumon?
What's the fees like and what's the session duration?
I heard kids are attending Kumon from as young as 4yrs ++......

[SunwayK]

Anyone send their kids to Kumon?...........

Sichide emphasis on right brain training whereas Kumon is leaning towards left. The folks in Sichida should be able to tell you that. Messing with both the right brain and the left brain concurrently would usually result in a TKO for the right.

[Mrs A Tham]

Sichide emphasis on right brain training whereas Kumon is leaning towards left. The folks in Sichida should be able to tell you that. Messing with both the right brain and the left brain concurrently would usually result in a TKO for the right.

Shichida actually emphasies on whole brain development...
TKO for the right meaning???

[rachel sj]

Please beware of the comments posted here - you have read from different nicks (all are now banned) but they were all posted by the same person. This is explained in detail in my post (#13) in the thread 2008 Holiday Camp for Children

Yes Chang, any person of right mind reading all the repeated posts praising that particular center will immediately feel that they are advertising that place...

[Mrs A Tham]

I found Qdees in USJ18 is a place worth looking into.. their syllabus is good and offers not only fun learning but also extra curriculum activities like gym, swimming...within the school as tey have a swimming pool there. Multimedia teaching methods are use and no preassure learning as they develop on individual pace... were there last Saturday for the opening for intake.

[Mrs A Tham]

Yes Chang, any person of right mind reading all the repeated posts praising that particular center will immediately feel that they are advertising that place...

Wouldn't you want to know?
I checked the profiles of new members who asked about and recommended children camps in this thread. Guess what I found?...

Checked out the issue on scams advertising and see why you are so sensitive on one of my posting as I did mentioned about a centre Shi....
Well, as mentioned b4, I am truely a homemaker looking for a preschool enrichment centre for my 3 1/2 y.o. and came across one question asked about this place. I replied the thread and did mentioned alot about the centre but I had no idea that by mentioning things like this gets me into being a suspect..or being told that my opinions and experiences are myths.

And thanks to those who really did this on purpose, I don't even know now that I am communicating with a real parent in need of recommendation/opinion.

Anyway Chang, you are doing your job here...huh? Last but not least, I am really a homemaker and has benefitted and enjoyed as a member of the forum. Please do not put me in the same plantation with these culprits!!

[kwchang]

...came across one question asked about this place. I replied the thread and did mentioned alot about the centre but I had no idea that by mentioning things like this gets me into being a suspect..

Not to worry, as you see, you were not included in the ban list. I do check out the details before I send people off to the plantation and I try my best not to implicate the innocent participants who get sucked into the conspiracy at that time.

To be fair, the specific child enrichment centre is probably OK. please do not get me wrong, I am not discrediting that establishment. It is unfortunate the operator of that place tried to do some creative advertising and shot himself in the foot. It just shows that the person who did that is naive and thought he could hide his multiple identities. It should not mean that you, the residents, cannot consider that centre as one of the places to enrol your kids. Things must be put into perspective

[Mrs A Tham]

I try my best not to implicate the innocent participants who get sucked into the conspiracy at that time. ........Things must be put into perspective

At least they could have done like Ms Loh of Kinderland....huh? She did it straight to the point telling all she's from the centre and put in no(s) for us to call.. I did check out the place after seeing the post!.

And like myself, I do not really know whether I can let people know I am offering kindy transport service using this site in which i did. Pls advice...

[kwchang]

...I do not really know whether I can let people know I am offering kindy transport service using this site in which i did. Pls advice...

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?