Playgroup - 兒童無限vsBest Concept

apdjade

Hi, I have attended their playgroup in the Kowloon Tong campus today. There are a couple of facilities that have not been installed. Apart from the indoor classroom section, children can only play with water and sand.

The thing that worries me most is that the classroom is too noisy. The acoustic of the classroom is bad. When a few people are talking, the whole classroom sounds like a Chinese restaurant. I am worried that children cannot concentrate as well as in their old place.

I hope they will ask feedback from parents and improve the hardware accordingly.

In addition, their Eng instructor is rather passive. Four children were competing to clean up one piece of tool right in front of her and she just didn't do anything. I understand that she has got an international license and have lots of experience in teaching Montessori. I was surprised to see her act like a new assistant.

apdjade

Hi, I have not been to their toilet yet. Will try to have a more thorough tour around the campus tomorrow and give you more update.

As for the Eng instructor, I will observe her for a bit longer and give my comment again. Afterall, it is just a few days into the new operations. Let us be a bit more patient.

As for the quietness of the classroom, of course if most of the children are already "normalized" and become independent enough to do their little tasks without their parents staying beside them, the condition shall be better. But 12 children with their parents all congest in a classroom and some of them are not yet "normailzed", it is really hard to keep the voice level down. Ideally, I think the biggest class size should not be more than 8.

Having said that, I really hope that IC do it successfully, otherwise, I don't know where to put my sons!

原帖由 javierpoon 於 10-3-4 12:53 發表


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apdjade

Confirmed that they have children size toilet bowl and sink. The classroom on the 1st floor is much nicer as more natural light is used. The wall paint and wooden floor is of white to very light colour. So the environment is bright and fresh. The colour of the tools displayed come out very nicely and attractive. They have currently use this classroom for the 1 year old group. However the other classroom my son is going does not have much natural light. The wall paint seem to be yellowish orange and the wooden floor is dark brown, the glass in the window is also brown so they have to rely on lime light. If this other classroom can be as good as the one on the 1st floor, this will be perfect. I don't know why they didn't make the classrooms consistent for long term good.

原帖由 apdjade 於 10-3-4 14:47 發表
Hi, I have not been to their toilet yet. Will try to have a more thorough tour around the campus tomorrow and give you more update.

As for the Eng instructor, I will observe her for a bit longer and  ...

apdjade

My bb got good process when he was in their Prince Edward classroom. However, he doesn't like the new campus as much as the old one (I think mostly because of the teachers). He even refused to enter the classroom on the first few lessons. It seems that he has gone backward after he started the lessons in KLN Tong.

I've found that the Eng teacher has never taught children of 0-3, she only taught children of 3-6. Now I understand why she doesn't have enough patience and doesn't do much to engage those little children.

I think the suitability of teachers are very important. I miss those days when my little boy had so much fun with Ms Chan...

apdjade

My bb is now 26 months old. Their classes are mostly full with long waiting list now, so it is not easy to change to other class.

It is not easy to comment on their teachers to IC. IC expressed that it is very difficult to find teachers with certification and with good Eng standard and it seems that they are quite happy with what they've got. Besides, I believe that the teachers are knowledgeable just that the personality is not as patient and approachable. So it is a bit unfair to say that the teachers are no good. Just that the chemistry with my son is not there.