A study by the Straits Times and Nexus Link revealed that four in 10 Singaporean families sent their preschoolers for private tuition. These enrichment classes taught the basics of primary school subjects like English, Chinese and Mathematics. According to the poll of 500 families with children under seven, at least two hours is spent on extra...
Most parents think that tuition is essential to help their kids do well in school, especially for subjects such as primary school math. With Singapore’s rigorous curriculum, some students may find it hard to keep up. Most parents are strapped for time and are not able to sit down with their children to go through...
Primary school tuition for parents? Yes, Singapore is seeing this burgeoning trend where parents themselves are attending tuition to help their kids with their studies. From “boot camps” and crash courses on primary school maths and science, to intensive composition writing workshops, there is a growth of primary school tuition centres providing parents with exam...
If you are worried that your child is “missing out” by not taking primary school tuition, have you ever considered that by not enrolling your child in a tuition centre, you are actually giving him/her an advantage? Take a look at the five essential skills that primary school students without tuition possess, and how you...
With strong and creative writing skills, your child will have an edge in every academic topic and beyond, starting with primary school. To bolster your child’s enjoyment in writing and to give him/her the ability to write captivating compositions, here are some creative writing topics for your primary 3 child to try at home. Creative...
As mentioned in our article on 5 Secrets to Scoring in Primary School Without Tuition, Singapore’s tuition fixation stems largely from parents’ fear of their children falling behind and losing out to others. But primary school tuition may lead to an over-scheduled childhood, where free play is replaced with surmounting stress, pressure, and hours toiling...
For most children, creative thinking comes naturally. After all, they went through the phase of having imaginary friends or had imagined themselves to be princes or princesses while growing up. Creative writing for primary 3 students involves putting these thoughts to paper. Parents can help their kids further develop this skill not through more primary...
Creative writing is an essential life skill that should be cultivated since young. Essay writing may be an essential component of the Singaporean education system, but storytelling is a vital skill that determines success in the working world. Education experts highly recommend that we start building children’s communication skills from infancy, and these new techniques...
Reading and writing are among the most important skills your child needs. Why? Because a strong literacy rate and reading comprehension skills can determine his or her overall academic success. Even for other academic subjects such as Mathematics and Science, your child needs to have strong reading comprehension to score well in exams. What is...
Creative writing for kids is more than just a subject taught in school. This is because language shapes the way we perceive the world around us and widens our understanding of different people and possibilities. Whether we come across writing in stories, news articles and fairytales, or in research, signs and coursework instructions, language allows us...
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