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karfinn (karfinn)
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Username: karfinn
Post Number: 659
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2008 - 11:34 pm: | 
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Hi
Would appreciate any advice as I am considering sending my son to Edward De Bono's Thinking course..
TIA! |
karfinn (karfinn)
Member
Username: karfinn
Post Number: 660
Registered: 6-2006
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 9:52 am: |
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Anyone? |
reader (reader)
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Username: reader
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 12:10 pm: |
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talking about thinking class, i know there is one that quite good. it is a homebased, but is a quality thinking and brain stimulation class for pre schoolers. she takes in students before 7 yeas old. good teacher, good material. in the west. |
cheerfulones (cheerfulones)
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Username: cheerfulones
Post Number: 17
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 5:29 pm: |
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Hi reader,
Can Pm me more details on the homebase brain stimulation class for kids? Thanks. |
happysupermum (happysupermum)
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Username: happysupermum
Post Number: 25
Registered: 12-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 12:14 pm: |
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Hi reader
Can PM me the details as well? Thanks!! |
mummy_tang (mummy_tang)
Member
Username: mummy_tang
Post Number: 602
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Friday, January 02, 2009 - 4:15 pm: |
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Hi reader
Can PM me the details as well? Thanks!! |
sansan (diego0406)
New member
Username: diego0406
Post Number: 5
Registered: 5-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 11:42 pm: |
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can email me too at nitra@live.com.sg thks |
KC (kckc)
Member
Username: kckc
Post Number: 635
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - 9:41 am: |
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Hi reader,
care to share the details me? email me at kchua05@yahoo.com.sg. Thanks! |
joyjuice (joyjuice)
New member
Username: joyjuice
Post Number: 95
Registered: 8-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - 11:12 am: |
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hi karfin,
am also thinking about sending sonny to the de bono thinking course but wondering if it's worth the $ since he's only 6. how old is your lil one? also are you comtemplating their regular classes or the holiday prog?
since i've only just stumbled upon it, i've not found out details yet. care to share any info (cost, feedback from other parents, etc) you may have? tia! |
EASY (easy)
New member
Username: easy
Post Number: 65
Registered: 6-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 1:38 am: |
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I heard about logicmills. Has anyone tried this? any comments? |
jinlin (jinlin)
New member
Username: jinlin
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 10:37 am: |
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5-8 years old critical thinking skill and IQ Math program, call 91002307, homebased in Jurong west. |
Pam (mothers_dream)
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Username: mothers_dream
Post Number: 36
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, October 23, 2010 - 4:58 am: |
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My friend sent her kid to the de bono thinking course before but she said it is not really what she expected. content looks good on paper but the teachers are not good with preschoolers. My own kid is now in one enrichment that is BIG on training thinking skills and inquisitiveness. Have you heard of the From Tiny Acorns lapbooking class? www.from-tiny-acorns.com. A few mums have raved about it so far in this forum too. According to my friend whose gal is now attending with mine, this one is so much more effective and holistic. |
Babyboy (babyboy)
Junior Member
Username: babyboy
Post Number: 226
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 5:11 pm: |
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I'm interested in feedback on logicmills too.
On a sidenote, I sent my child to the Tiny Acorns lapbooking sessions after reading the glowing recommendations but unfortunately didn't find it that valuable. I'm sure it's great for some parents but imho, if you are the slightly more involved sort of parent who already reads to your child, does art/craft with him/her etc.., you are unlikely to be impressed. It's basically a bit of writing, a bit of craft, a bit of reading etc.. around the chosen theme (and all organised into a scrapbook/lapbook). |
Pam (mothers_dream)
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Username: mothers_dream
Post Number: 39
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7:48 am: |
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Babyboy, I wonder how long has your child been at the class? My own girl has been there for over a year and I must disagree with your opinion because the programme is so much more than what you wrote. Is yours an unaccompanied or accompanied class? In my humble opinion too, what you mentioned about a bit of writing, a bit of craft and reading etc... either means you have missed out on the other learning activities that took place in class which may not be translated into print materials, or your child was with the prog very briefly.
I am a fairly hands-on parent , especially after my girl started the class and I must say I am really impressed, along with her whole class of children who have continued the class, term after term. Some have been with the programme for over 6 terms. Can't compare the lapbooking activities of From Tiny Acorns with what you see from some of those personal parenting blogs, which are really like what you say a little this and that around a chosen theme. Not the ones that my kid has done. I bet many hands-on parents can't replicate them. And it is not about making fat lapbooks, but about the kind of activities and how to introduce them. That is the true cleverness of the programme, which helps my child and many of her friends to accelerate their learning in such short time.
Don't mean to offend anyone. But having benefitted much from the programme, I feel compelled to speak up on behalf and clarify what I feel is great. |
Babyboy (babyboy)
Junior Member
Username: babyboy
Post Number: 245
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 - 2:38 pm: |
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Given that your daughter's been with the program for over a year, I don't doubt that you find it valuable. Good for you - to each his/her own.
I simply offered my opinion as I found the feedback here to be so divergent from my own impression/experience. (And no, it's not because I "missed out on other learning activities that took place in class".)
I gave my full attention to the accompanied class but unfortunately neither the activities nor class format were really that engaging and eye-opening to me/my child. |
Pam (mothers_dream)
New member
Username: mothers_dream
Post Number: 44
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 - 10:05 pm: |
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So you/your child were in the accompanied class, which is for age 2 to 3. I am very surprised that your child actually did any writing activities??!! I am curious what were you expecting from the programme. Mind to share? |
Babyboy (babyboy)
Junior Member
Username: babyboy
Post Number: 246
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 3:31 pm: |
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I can't recall exactly but I think the group was comprised of 3-4 yr olds. To anticipate your questions.. yes, there were simple writing exercises (together with simple craft exercises e.g. gluing small pieces of coloured paper to a paper plate to make an animal, reading a story which formed the basis of the theme, answering questions related to the story, learning basic facts related to the theme etc..) and yes, it was accompanied. Since I don't run the class, no, I don't know why this age group was accompanied and why they had writing activities but the writing didn't seem to be a problem for the kids attending. It was pretty much parent-supervised so I think the kids did as much as their ability allowed.
What did I expect? I expected something that engaged my child's attention better (my child did not find it interesting) and ideally I would have loved something that got my child to stretch his thinking/think differently. Or at a minimum, just having either my child or I (preferably both!) learn something from the experience so either something that I can't easily do at home or something I hadn't thought of to do.
Actually, it doesn't feel like this is going to be a productive exchange so maybe it's best we end the comments on this topic here. Your tone suggests you are unwilling to accept any opinion that does not provide this particular course with a glowing review. I am not looking to convert your opinion, I am simply sharing mine so that others looking for information can hear an alternative viewpoint. I know I would certainly have appreciated it. |
cowscomehome (cowscomehome)
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Username: cowscomehome
Post Number: 989
Registered: 8-2010
| | Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 5:15 pm: |
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Hi Pam, can you share more about the activities done there & how they get kids to think critically? I visited the website & wish to know more. |
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