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樓主: crystalpui	go KCIS同SWCK大家會簡邊間呀? [複製鏈接]

elmostoney

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發表於 11-10-14 22:22 |只看該作者

As I mentioned before, I use the program 基礎漢字五百. It works for my kids. I read once daily with them. As my daughter is 5+already, I started her on writing. We are opting for one character/day for 10 to 12 times. I also have a private Mandarin tutor who comes in and teaches her Chinese twice a week. My daughter can understand most Mandarin and can converse to a reasonable degree. She learns all her reading in Mandarin as well. She has read 350 characters, but has probably forgotten about 15 to 20%. She can write about 30 characters now. She can read simple "I can read" beginning Chinese story books by herself. Her Chinese level cannot be compared to some very tough local kindy (like 根德園), but is probably on par with some easier local kindy. No bad, imho. The most important thing is dedication by the parent, unless you hire a tutor who comes in 4 to 5 times a week to do the job.

As with most IS, SWCK does encourage reading very much. I think you don't have to worry about that. We also encourage our kids to read at home. My kids can easily read on their own (mostly pictures only) for 1/2 hr to 1 hr at a time. If somebody reads to them, they can easily sit and listen for 1+ hour.

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eneresnat

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發表於 11-10-17 09:45 |只看該作者

Thanks, elmostoney. I also bought 基礎漢字五百 and I like the way it teaches Chinese characters. Hope it works for my boy also (he's still very small now).

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elmostoney

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發表於 11-11-3 19:57 |只看該作者

now that 2 months have passed since school started, I have more info to share.

1.  Chinese - 1/2 hr a day, mostly in Chinese.  They started doing strokes in Sept and are now writing characters.  They also teach putonghua pinyin (phonics) and daughter comes home singing phonics song.  Compared to some IS, I agree that their Chinese program is more intensive.  In fact, I am quite surprised that they learn so much.  However, as a Chinese parent, you may still want to supplement at home.

2.  English - wow! I am getting little books to review phonics with daughter at home!  Teacher already teaches the basics, but books are sent home regularly and parents are asked to review with their kids.

3.  Math - we just started on Mathaletics.  I haven't had time to look into it yet.

4.  Daughter said that they started a garden planting grapes(?), tomatoes and corn.  Kids are asked to take care of the plants. Quite wonderful in a concrete filled HK.

5. They have music class every Thursday and get to play some instruments (triangles, bells,some type of woodwind/flute, xylophone, drums, etc.).  Daughter enjoys it very much.

6.  Seems not to have any fixed art class.  I do see some simple crafts coming back sometimes, but not on a regular basis.

7.  hv outdoor playground time everyday.

an update on our school search progress.  At this point, we have decided to forget about LS completely.  We didn't even go to the interview.  It's really not our cup of tea.  I also dropped her Enopi class.  I think she needs more time to play instead of sitting down to do pages and pages of math homework.  Since most kids seem to require some tutorial after school no matter where they go, I have decided to do it for Chinese and stick to IS.

At this point, SWCK seems to fit her quite well.  The teacher is very caring.  She noticed a certain problem of my daughter's and brought it up, urging us to do a follow up.

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eneresnat

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發表於 11-11-4 11:45 |只看該作者

Thanks elmostoney for your sharing. The program sounds quite good, especially the gardening part.

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發表於 11-11-7 10:54 |只看該作者

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elmostoney

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發表於 11-11-7 12:37 |只看該作者

Ms Gail is sitting in as NIS primary's principal. As I recall, she said her background before joining SWCK is actually with primary school - not kindergarten. Any new schools would probably be chaotic at the start, but hopefully, by starting small (with 5 classes) and Ms. Gail's experience, ICA will manage better than most upstart.

As for CYMCA's involvement, from what I understand, they only provide the site and won't be involved in managing the school. Again, I will have to clarify this point.

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WingBB-222

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發表於 11-11-12 04:15 |只看該作者

As per SWCK, CYMCA will not interfere in the curriculum of ICA. They are just partnership, but GCE(SWCK) will hold 100% autonomy of running the school.

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Nath

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發表於 11-11-17 18:26 |只看該作者

原帖由 elmostoney 於 11-10-13 11:31 發表
ha, my son is in ICMS now because he didn't get into IMS. Same case - last year when I took my daughter to IMS for an interview, I brought my son along. He was just an onlooker. However, when the p ...

剛剛見到妳地呢個topic, 先至知道原來大家既小朋友都係返緊ICMS.....我個仔之前返佢地既Toddler Playgroup, 啱啱就開始返Pre-casa.....仔仔返左一個星期多已經適應左....我地都好鍾意Montessori既理念, 亦見到佢返左6個月playgroup 既成果, 依家佢講d英文生字既發音準確, 記得好多字既phonics 發音, 專注力都好左, 不過佢本身係一個坐唔定既人, 我有d擔心佢依家返Pre Casa 時太自由, 樣樣野玩一陣就唔玩.......

雖然我都有考慮過比佢讀IMS既小學, 但都擔心中文程度差, 同埋又擔心太自由會令我地好難管敎佢讀書

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