Shichida, Heguru or Tweedle Wink

I've put my son's name on the Heguru waiting list. Why not Shichida? It's because their materials are so old and their teachers keep changing. WHy not Tweedle Wink? It's because the lesson plan is so boring & too simple, not as compact as Shichida and Heguru.

Heguru

ZY has been attending Heguru since she's 3 years old and now she's in preschool class which doesn't require parents to join in their class.

Below is all that I can remember when I was allowed to join in last time.

Heguru lesson flow:

Sensei will read out loud and point at the date, day and weather
Sensei will show a clock and turn the long hands 1 round while saying the time from 12 to 12 within 1 minute

Sensei will paste few Road signs on the board and read aloud while pointing to each of them and children will repeat after her.

Seisei will play the elemets audio cd and point at the elements in the Periodic table 

Sensei will read out the chinese idiom which is at the side of the white board while playing the audio that says the word in Chinese and explains the idiom in English.

Self introduction infront of the class

Dots x dots = dots flash cards

Number  x number flash card 

Breathing exercise 

Close eyes and listen to story 

Image training by looking at the big cardboard for few seconds then close their eyes. 

Linking memory

Peg memory

Mandala/photographic memory

Tangram

Addition/substration with ping pong ball

Dot cards

Abacus

Flash cards

Science

Phonics

Reading

Guessing quantity

Story telling in different languages

Singing Hiragana song

4 ways to get toddler to do as you want

1) He will not get out of the bath

- pull the plug and say, Ooh, it is chilly, let Mummy warm you up' (holding out a cosy towel).

2) He will not tidy up.

- Turn it into a game by throwing soft toys into a nearby box.

3) He will not let you wash his hands. 

- Let him play with a basin of water ( while you watch). 

4) He will not hand a book or toy to his sibling.

- Heap praise on him, smile and tell him he is a good boy for giving the toy to his sibling.