How many minutes lesson is covered in each DVD?

Well done!!  Thank you so much for your summary!  I wish I could attend the talk, but now I feel like I didn't missed much. 

Thanks MIP1999 for your comments.  So, I believe traditional is more suitable for my son as he starts to read now.  And I think a good teacher is really the key.

For mmetlich, I believe experience, patience, able to draw the kids' attention, able to bring up their interest and understand their ability are the key factors for a good teacher.  You will know once you observe some classes.

My son (now 4.5) started his suzuki piano lesson couple months ago.  He was very interested at the beginning.  However, he lost all the interest when he was only taught three songs for couple months and he was required to listen to the same suzuki CD for so many times.  It also may be because the teacher is inexperienced with young kids at this age or suzuki method is not quite suitable for him.  Then I find him a new piano teacher using traditional method and having rich experience with young kids.  After the first lesson, he gains back all the interest on piano.  He even likes to practice on his own because he was taught to read notes.   The new teacher is so against suzuki method because she has students who came from suzuki method having hard time to learn notes.  I don't know music myself, so I am not sure my son's change just because of different teachers or different methods.  I would love to hear any comments on both methods, any pros and cons  Thanks!

Great websites!  Karma to you!  THANK YOU!

God bless you, Aneta!  Being full time missionaries, homeschooling may be the only and best choice for your kids!  I can see how well you can balance out on their academic, social and spiritual developments.  Great sharing...karma to you!

I just placed my order for the whole set (Chinese version) using my points (10% coupon).    Can't wait to receive them!  Will share more later!

Hi Aneta, thanks for your sharing!

Your extensive experience is very encouraging.  May I ask if you are homeschooling your kids or send them to public school now?  If they are in public school, how your older ones do in the class?  I just wonder how the regular school can handle the kids they started reading at 2 years old.  Can the school provide enough challenge for them to keep them interested in all subjects?  Thanks again for your sharing!

If you order directly from their website http://www.gentlerevolution.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=G&Category_Code=CDR
it costs $29.95 each CD-Rom plus S&H. I know S&H within US is about $10 for ordering the whole set, but not sure how much to ship to Singapore.

I am thinking to order the CD-Roms too.  I may try one first to see how good it is.

Thank you very much for posting RIF's link.  I had that link before, but for some reasons I couldn't find it under My Favorite anymore.  So glad to have it back!!

Here is a site for story time.  I like the way they read.

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Thanks for posting!  I am always looking for good sites to teach my kids Chinese.

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My son (4.5 years old) and daughter (3 years old) just started their skating lesson.  My daughter is a bit afraid, but my son is doing great.  The class is for 2.5 - 5 years old.  So, I guess it should be okay for that age group.

Hi Carine,

Welcome to this forum!  My son and daughter is in Montessori school.  My son is 4.5 years old and has been in Montessori school over a year.  My daughter is 3 years old and she just started.  Both of them enjoy school very much.  One of the good things about Montessori is students working on their own projects.  They can follow their own interest and their own pace to learn.  If you have a great success after the Doman programs, you don't need to worry about that your son's progress will be held back like in other traditional schools.

Good luck!