Preschool Maths Coaching in Singapore

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Frequently Asked Questions
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1. What is unique about program?

• Spiral Curriculum Approach
• self taught ability, active independent
  learning habits.
• Structure workbooks
• mathematical processing skills, challenging
  problem solving.
• Activities using manipulatives tools
• provide concrete-pictorial-abstract development
  of concepts. Skills development thru hands-on
  activities.

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2. What is the difference between
and other Mathematics program?

• Curriculum includes a combination of both
  Creative Thinking and Problem Solving skills.
• Syllabus are aligned with topics require to be
  covered by MOE.
• Personalise learning materials to train
  independent thinking skills.

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3. What are the Mathematical skills covered in
the program?

• Numerical calculation
• Logic reasoning
• Life application
• Visualisation
• Observation
• Judgment
• Combination Thinking

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4. What are the Heuristics Problem Solving skills
covered in the program?

• Work backwards
• Restate the problem
• Before and After
• Repeated Identity
• Guess and Check
• List a table
• Pattern

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5. Why is there a need to perform a diagnostic
test upon enrollemt?

• The program has 40 books in a year. We need to
  assess the mathematical ability of the child
  before deciding on which level of entry is
  suitable.
• We focus on bridging an individual childs
  learning gap in Mathematics instead of a one size
  fits all approach.

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6. What is the purposes of the hands on
activities?

• Other than computation skills in the learning of
  Mathematics, there many other thinking skills, as
  stated earlier that are important.
• The activities are a series of structure games
  to motivate the students to play or work on
  such that the various thinking skills can be
  acquired.

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7. Are the number of pages in the books
sufficient?

• Over-emphasizing on procedural skills without
  understanding the underlying mathematics
  principles (rote learning) will kill interest in
  the learning of Mathematics.
• The number of pages in the books are sufficient
  to achieve optimum learning in the child.

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8. How can my child learn if there is no white
board teaching?

• Students do not learn to think better by simply
  hearing correct answers or passive teaching from
  the Instructor. They will only think when the
  Instructor ask them a question.
• Though our questions posing techniques, students
  discover and explore mathematics concepts,
  develop interest and confidence in solving
  Mathematics problems.