Hi,

I came across workbooks by Kumon, few months back..easily available here in singapore. You can choose according to the level of child. We started with coloring and pasting for age 2+. They have loads of them and are colorful (atleast the 2 which i got). Not expensive. great buy.

http://www.kumonbooks.com/home/index.aspx

Hi Nikita,

Can u pls email a copy to me at [email protected]...thanx!!

Hi Wennie,

I had also mailed you today with the same question. Exciting to know that you are conducting training in KL. Can you please send the details and dates so we can plan.

thanx

Hi,

would also like to have a copy...pls let me know. thanx

Awesome Andrea!! Thanks for sharing the fantastic pics...everything looks so organised. How old was ur son when you started?? Did you buy the montessori materials?? If so would like to know from where?. Does ur son attend Suzuki classes or you teach him from the books n CD's? My daughter's 2yrs...any suggestions??

You are a supermom!! Thanks for inspiration & ideas to organise the learning space. Like the design of the activity table.

Hi,

Thanks for the link...will try it. Wow...so nice to hear u do full home practice session daily. Its really good and hats off to u for making so many cards each day. I will mail you soon....that would be great if you can translate japanese cards. I got geography one's with flags n maps....they give the title list in english but the info printed at the back is all in jap. It would be good if we can swap the material. I ordered some from http://kiddozflashcards.blogspot.com/ this site. Decent price but again pics clip art only.

Wink to learn is very nice...my daughter loves the songs one....flash cards haven't played much. Its really value for money. Before I came across this site, I bought some from popular n total waste of money...expensive and some i haven't even shown.

Please don't even think twice for buying LR n LM...its just superb. I don't use it everyday but i think, if i use...slowly i can do away with physical cards. If they have trial...pls do try...so many features are just superb, more than one could have asked for. The forum is so much full of info (i don't visit regularly)...came to know about so many things and also good products...with reviews. What's best, parents add and share their work online, which you can also download, some are really really superb ppt's / files...very very good. You can download video's. If you have LR, you can even print LR files. we're planning to invest in a good printer so that we can print directly from LR.

My daughter loves LR but not more than 5-10mins session,  I end up showing her the things she likes, animals, songs, etc...rest i think, i'll print as she doesn't look at it. With the new version (which seems to be expensive...as people say), they have set curriculum and you just play it like cd...very very easy...anyone can do it...+ no hassle of lesson planning and preparing material. I'll surely recommend it to you. From lesson 1..they have beginner's level, which my daughter knows (common animals etc so she doesn't sit through) i'm sure as it expands, it will be really worth the investment.

thanks for sharing the little pony site...karma to you..the second link...has some problem..

hi...thanks for the replies n really detailed ones.

Even i feel the same for shichida kindergarten..my daughter's born in 2007..so will be checking out this weekend for these schools. Yes, we also liked pat's but it has long waitlist..even Chiltern. So i'm ok even if she doesn't start jan 2010....i think jul will be good as she'll be 2.5yrs.My girl's in shichida for a yr. I've not been doing home practice daily and recently started the dots prog...that too not everyday. Very difficult to prepare 200 cards every week. I used Shichida one's then made some at home, bought some from popular but all finish so fast. ESP...i don't do much, once in a while(which hand has the ring..which she's bored off). You must be knowing abt winktolearn...chinese dvd's. My lil one loves the sing to learn.

Great!! You follow the full home practice session...thats superb. Do u do all this in a single day?? or spread over a week. My daughter wud just see the flash cards...lately she sometimes sits for linking memory...puzzles, matching..etc not interested. Very nice to know that your doing so much and following it fully.How do u manage 400 cards a week???? As your daughter's older some activities are different from what they do for my daughter.Where do u stay..pls PM me...would love to exchange the material. I have the basic flash cards...planning to make some for lil higher levels (types of cat's, apes etc) since she already knows cat, monkey etc....use LR also....but I think physical one's are better. She doesn't see PPT's at all. I bought most of them from Shichida except word cards, time, abacus, sentence cards. Some are in japanese so no use. Please let me know what source u use....

thanks again!!

Hi miyaavi4eva,

thanks for your reply. Do you have any feedback from friends / family whose kids attending Shichida kindergarten. I had visited the school but didn't find too impressive....however the curriculum seems very interesting...not sure how its being carried out (the school just started this year). Nanyang seems to have long waiting list...how early do u think we should register and any specific criteria for admission. oh..good...my daughter also goes to shichida..at SP. How's neuro tree???Are they not the same??? (NT..started by ex-Shichida teachers???)

We've really not finalised the school...i would prefer montessori but not sure if there's a good one near by...other's like Pat's, Chiltern also have long waitlist (i don't think will get there). Would have loved to send my kid to Shichida.

Will check out Maris Stella and Nanyang and see if we can waitlist n what no.???

thanks for your help.

I was also wondering....if we can share the source of material...flash cards etc??? from where do you buy or make??? Any other suggestions on home practice since we are new here.

Thanks KL, I've downloaded n imported again.

Hi KL,

I'm also facing the same problem as Tanikit. I re-downloaded the content (All 4 parts) but still unable to play beyond Day 9.

Thanx

thanks for sharing a wonderful site!!

good one!! thanks

Hi KL,

Yes, they just started Kindergarten this Jan (prior to this they had day care centers). The 1hr class is at Shichida center (Shichida Method) where they conduct classes for all age groups.

Kindergarten, they call mini university and have very different teaching style..i mean right brain based along with normal curriculum. Also they conduct Shichida training by the trained instructors there. The booklet and website are quite impressive, along with the fee ofcourse. So would like to know if any child attending the same. Parent's who attended open house were not quite impressed. Would love my child to attend it but still debating.

http://www.shichidakindergarten.com/

Hi,

If anyone's child's attending Shichida kindergarten...pls share the feedback.

Thanks!