有冇BB join 過東山語言中心可分享一吓

3pigmama

My baby started there since last May. She is learning French, Spanish, English, Japanese.

momo627

Anyone interested in 東山語言中心, I got $300 coupon for new member and you can enjoy 1 trial class.

My baby is having spanish and english classes and will do Japanese and Mandarin in Feb, to make it 3 lesson per week (cheaper for each class than having 2 lessons a week). My baby seldom speaks and love moving around, but he improves recently and do try to speak more, willing to stay and sit for longer term (of course he still move around sometimes in the class), and it is rare that we find him enjoy the class and always feel happy and don't want to leave when it is finished. I like the Spanish teacher esp. (CWB), she is good and does a lot of big motions to draw kids' attention and bring some props that kids will feel more interested in it.

If you are interested, please pm me and I can post you the coupon.

Actually I will get cash reward for my next semister for referral, so if you are interested and enroll the class, please let me know so that I can check with the staff.

Thanks.

Leading

搞九百幾樣野, 簡直在虐兒

有怪獸父母才有港童

cycream

算吧啦! bk 成日都有d人係咁架啦! 讀東山playgroup同讀其他playgroup都唔係好大分別,如果讀東山就係怪獸父母,虐兒既話, 咁我就覺得所有俾小朋友讀playgroup,都係怪獸父母同虐兒!!!

momo627

Spending time everyday playing toys at home, or learn English or Mandarin the way the maid speak, I prefer letting my baby to have something to do and have fun.

We have gym class since he was 6 mths old, he loves it so much and runs around the play area and have fun, smiles happily everytime we got there.

Then we try music, he was so small and didn't like sitting down, so we didn't join. I just let him to try and if he likes it, do it and listening to music is good to building their persaonality. But as he didn't like it, I won't force him.

We have playgroup at Victoria also, of course 1 reason is to get bigger chance to get a place in their PN, but the main purpose is to let him have some training on how to do things like packing up toys after playing, painting, sit still and listen to what teachers say, dancing with music, pull chair and put the snack on the plate and eat it by himself and throw away rubbish, clean his hands.....it is useful to babies....my maid may not be able to do as well as the teachers. Also, he learns to greet with other babies and teachers, starts his "social life".

For language, as my baby can only speak very few words, I am quite nervious so I listen to my freinds' recommendations to try the language classes. The teacher (Spanish) is so good that my baby loves the class so much that he can now sit still and look at her lips and start pronouce a word by hearing her voice and seeing his lips (that we tried many times before but never succeed).....he enjoys the class as it is fun and don't want to leave after class. My hb and I had joined the class with him twice and we both get impressed and we want to learn Spanish after attending the class.

So we try other language now, like English and Mandarin, actually he will learn it in the coming Aug when he gets into PN, it is just 6 mths earlier. And my maid speaks in Mandarin but not good prononication, so I want him to learn the correct one. If he doesn't like it, we will drop the class.

Maybe you see we join so many playgroups, actually it is one or two lessons, 45 min @ a day on weekdays (so even 2 lessons, it takes 1.5 hrs a day), so he goes and learn after he wakes up and have milk in the morning and it is his most active time. We are not asking him to have half day or full day lessons.....and yes, the major point is, he enjoys and loves the classes, or else we won't do it.

momo627

原帖由 howardmama09 於 11-1-24 12:56 發表
每個人也有不同想法,而每個父母也有不同ge教育方法,而目的只有一個,就是想"子女得到最好的"
或者你唔認同某些或其他人的想法,雖然bk係大家暢所欲言的平台,但也不用徧激地作出批評. ...

totally agree with you.
why people love critize on others in this way? People have different views and no one is absolutely correct.

momo627

原帖由 howardmama09 於 11-1-24 12:47 發表
點解你認為搞到仔女周身刀，冇張利呢???點解唔可以周身刀，張張利!!!
可能你無去硏究過,閱讀過早教ge好處,世界知名兒童學家杜曼,七田真均有指出並得到確認,在3歲前接受語言學習是最有用,因為3歲前小朋友的右腦最發達,而 ...

Totally agree with you and I do have the same thoughts.

momo627

原帖由 babyqueendom 於 11-1-23 22:06 發表


I agree that it is good to learn as many languages as possible, but have you considered whether the kid will have the time to keep learning the language as he/she grows up? A language can be lost if ...

Agree with you, it needs continued studies for language. As they will learn English and Mandarn in PN (some PN schools), and from K1 to K3 and primary schools and so on, we won't worry about practicing and learning.

For Japanese, I know Japanese (a bit) so it is ok for me to teach him myself. Actually I aim at giving him a chance to try and see if he likes it (cos I love going to Japan, haha); if he doesn't, just forget it and drop the class.

For Spanish, as it heard to be useful for future prospect, I will let him have classes on weekends.

And of course, if he doesn't enjoy having Spanish class, we won't force him. Luckily, he loves the teacher and he has fun there so he enjoys going there and doesn't want to leave when it is finished.

Angine

Your comments below got no ground and not constructive at all, and the wordings are irritating. And you are not responding to the theme of this thread.

If you have relevant experience to share I guess parents here would like to read about.

Respect others, and be respectful please.

原帖由 Leading 於 11-1-23 22:51 發表
搞九百幾樣野, 簡直在虐兒

有怪獸父母才有港童

Angine

My boy started joining 東山 when he was 14/15 months. He started with Spanish and PTH. He enjoyed a lot. Then he attend French as well. He is 2 now.

He keeps learning Spanish, PTH and French till now. And he has English playgroup in another place which is closer to my home.

I talk to my son in both English and Cantonese. I also let my maid teaching him Indonesian too!!

To give a child multi-lingual environment is proven effective for a child to learn languages and to develop right brain. And if the language ability is good needless to mention how that helps a child in academic or long term personal development.

Don't just take one sided opinion. If a parent is interested to let a kid learning foreign languages, research more and read more UP-TO-DATE articles about early education and brain development of infants/children.

As a new parent, I believe we need an open-mind to grow and learn with our children. We never can imagine how smart and how talented our kids can be if we just stay with old theories and use old ways to raise them.

winifred102

Hi Howardmama and Angelina,


I support what you both said.  I think you both did a really good job and don't be discouraged by others who do not believe in you.  

From some recent research, children have the ability to identify different languages as young as 3 to 6 month old.

When my boy was a new-born, I kept talking and talking to him even though he might not be able to understand what I said.  According to some literature, talking to a new-born baby can stimulate his/her right brain which helps him/her to learn languages in later days.  Owen can speak when he was 1.5 yrs old in english, cantonese and some simple PTH (although not as great as Howard who can speak several languages and can spell so many english words now!!!).  

Owen is now two and is attending English and PTH playgroup everyday.  So, I'd like to let him learn French and Japanese. I hope it's not too late.  The major problem with Owen is that he has no patience to stay at his seat.  Maybe, it's time for him learn this.

I would rather let him do something meaningful at those playgroup lessons, than watching TV at home or playing by himself only!!!  

The only thing that I cannot afford is my time.  I'm a working mom and what I can give him is only my night-time after work and the weekend.  Feel sorry to Owen...  
Luckily, my helper is very helpful and she can teach him english words and give him guidance while watching those Disney DVD with him.

momo627

totally agree with Howardmama09, Angine and winifield 102.

momo627

原帖由 howardmama09 於 11-1-25 00:42 發表
睇返之前d post原來你的小朋友依家都係東山返緊英文同普通話,仲話介紹其他人去試堂,我覺得真係奇怪,真係想問一下閣下又為何比自己小朋友學英文同普通話呢??難道你覺得自己學ge就係正宗,而其他語言就係外族?而你小朋 ...

wow, you are so smart that you can find her earlier post that her kids 都係東山返緊英文同普通話,仲話介紹其他人去試堂??? I can't believe it. Is she joking to us?

難道你認為要大家跟隨你的想法才不可笑???<--totally agree, and actually she does the same as we do....really strange.

我亦很相信天下父母都會以自己"子女為榮"無論子女是否聰明,美麗,是否學3種,5種語言,相信你也是吧.<--yes, actually we just try to give them chance to learn, if they can do it, good. If they don't like it, just drop the course.....this is nothing about "pround of the kids knowing many languages", I love my baby even he can only speak Cantonese and English.

而你所提及"教育局不認同學童同時讀兩間幼稚園"實在與這標題無關<----right. This is totally diferent thing.
Come on, it is not recommended to have both am and pm class a day as babies in this age need more rest, having 2 half day class everyday, they won't have a break, rush to have lunch and no rest, it is not good.

Like my case, even we have joined many playgrounds, he needs to attend 1 or 2 class (45 min each, as I mentioned above) a day, so it will only take 1.5 hr at most a day, my baby will go home after class, have lunch and sleep 2 hrs as ususal and play in the afternoon.

Entirely diferent things she are talking about, actually I think she mix up everything and thinks they are the same thing.