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TSCalvin Seak
post May 10 2025, 06:28 AM

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Hi all! Wow after reading through everyone's thoughts and opinion didn't expect to have so much exchange of ideas and experiences..

The reason why I started this thread is because most of my peers do sent their kids to these brain development centres and just spark some curiosity from my end that when I was young, these centres were not around and how me and my friends have all turned out well..

The end goal is to ensure that daughter is not left out when it comes to primary school because when I was in primary school, the teachers will pair a stronger student with a weaker one to encourage each other to be better..

Btw I was from montessori, The Children House and went to SJK © Yuk Chai..

I remember speaking my mind and got punished for it lol..

For example teacher would say VEGE - TABLE.. I told her the pronounciation is veg-tuh-bul..

Another example was the letter Z, in children house I was taught that it was pronounce as Zee and when I went to Yuk Chai it was called Zed.. One American way and the other british? Many more examples haha but those were the days.. Of Course no right and wrong, so now i understand these are the things that I need to teach my daughter

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post May 10 2025, 06:30 AM

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QUOTE(cuddlybubblyteddy @ May 9 2025, 12:53 PM)
My Daugther now keep asking why on thing, example I told her cannot so this , do that. She will ask why?

Have to explain slowly , like you do this, you will fall, when you fall, what happen? You will boo boo pain, do you want boo boo pain?

If it’s my parent generation , first thing will kena is rotan
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NGiaww so cute! Haha I can't wait for this period to come
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post May 10 2025, 06:32 AM

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QUOTE(hoonanoo @ May 9 2025, 03:10 PM)
montesorri very hard to teach kids to write chinese strokes and radicals.

kids who love montessori and freedom to learn (based on liking), usually dislike learning chinese because have to memorize many strokes.

correct if I am wrong, but my perception is that mandarin usually involve a lot of repeated practice. Kids usually don't like to do this unless they are forced to keep repeating. This is not what Montesorri teaches.
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Actually Montessori thought me about independence, how to eat on my own, using the toilet on my own.. Every day I every children had a task to do something in the classroom, for example tidy up the chairs and table, write the day on the blackboard such as Monday, Tuesday etc..

It was really fun, but when it comes to Chinese school, it was more on discipline.. I remember that at Montessori I have already learned division and multiplication, so it was really easy to adapt when it comes to maths
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post May 10 2025, 06:36 AM

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QUOTE(skyblack4492 @ May 8 2025, 05:12 PM)
Dont so kiasu like singapore. People do u also want follow
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No la not kiasu, just that I believe in learning from other people's experience and thoughts first before making any decision..


"It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes." ~ Warren Buffett

Ofcourse in this context it is experience and thoughts , because I am still a new parent

Thank you all notworthy.gif notworthy.gif
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post May 10 2025, 07:05 AM

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QUOTE(hoonanoo @ May 9 2025, 04:10 PM)
montesorri very hard to teach kids to write chinese strokes and radicals.

kids who love montessori and freedom to learn (based on liking), usually dislike learning chinese because have to memorize many strokes.

correct if I am wrong, but my perception is that mandarin usually involve a lot of repeated practice. Kids usually don't like to do this unless they are forced to keep repeating. This is not what Montesorri teaches.
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I was sent to English medium kindergarten at 5, then SK .. speak Chinese at home, speak Malay and English at school.
Did learn basic Chinese at primary -> han yu pin yin , and only into adulthood now really learn to read Chinese (because of working environment) but still mostly use google translate lol

I did heard Chinese medium school will be tough, my Daugther personality now is outspoken, independent, more mature than kid around her age, playful, still listen to us and respect (mostly my wife the enforcer)

QUOTE(Calvin Seak @ May 10 2025, 07:30 AM)
NGiaww so cute! Haha I can't wait for this period to come
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Why wife already got annoyed sometimes. So many questions why. Why why why lol

If you don’t have patience , you gonna feel annoying too


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post May 11 2025, 07:02 AM

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QUOTE(cuddlybubblyteddy @ May 10 2025, 07:05 AM)
I was sent to English medium kindergarten at 5, then SK .. speak Chinese at home, speak Malay and English at school.
Did learn basic Chinese at primary -> han yu pin yin , and only into adulthood now really learn to read Chinese (because of working environment) but still mostly use google translate lol

I did heard Chinese medium school will be tough, my Daugther personality now is outspoken, independent, more mature than kid around her age, playful, still listen to us and respect (mostly my wife the enforcer)
Why wife already got annoyed sometimes. So many questions why. Why why why lol

If you don’t have patience , you gonna feel annoying too
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Hahaha i think the toughest period was the colic period for us.. Can't wait for more milestones..

Just yesterday we brought her and a friend to The Curve Mutiara
https://www.instagram.com/p/DI_G7vPpa4V/?ig...WZtaWlicHp3d3Z3

They had the inflated bouncy slide and play area..

Was good fun
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post May 14 2025, 12:21 PM

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QUOTE(Calvin Seak @ May 8 2025, 11:20 AM)
Hi all! Thank you so much for the wonderful response..

I also honestly do not want to overdo with learning like what sakuraboo mentioned.. Just want her to enjoy her childhood and the ultimate goal is actually to ensure she is capable enough when it comes to standard 1(planning to send to chinese school) and do not feel left out

she's currently 22 months old
Her development is ok, can express feelings now and sentences.. Our daughter have anxiety with strangers then she would either tell us daddy, abang papa(scared) or mommy, abang(papa).. Haha the abang are the cleaners at our condo or the security guard.. She knows how to express feelings as well for example when she's angry she would do her angry face and cross her arms when my mother annoys her and every night before i go to bed I will always ask her how was her day and she told me about the experience that she was angry with my mom and showed the action of crossing her arms and showed the angry face..

I was shocked when she did that lol.. Because when it happened, she was with my wife and my mother..

She can also sit down on her own at the table and enjoy her food which makes it a lot easier for us to take her out for dining.. She wouldn't allow us to feed her and  luckily she's still not an ipad baby although been exposed to some of the toddlers who join us for meals who sees ipad

Btw speaking about preschools, i was from Montessori myself at The Children House in Bangsar.. I truly enjoyed my childhood there..
So I went to enquire the 1 near lucky garden bangsar, but i felt the quality of teachers fell so much and didn't feel comfortable leaving her there..

Which Montessori did you send your daughter cuddlybubblyteddy?

My friend highly recommended Finnish early education for my daughter who is a teacher herself but the distance not too favourable..
https://www.instagram.com/funhome__/

So I did some searching and found out TTDI, KL has one as well so most likely will check it out
https://www.instagram.com/miracletotselc/
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bro....22 months
Stay at home play magic sands and drawing walls have more brain development at centres

my 2cents

Kids are like sponge, they will become whatever you feed them.
You behave like explorer, she will become one.
You appreciated family members doing at home, she will caring as well.

She wont suddenly become academic excellent when the parents keep on scrolling phone after work.
Parents shape them well.

Forget all about the tuition, centres, extra classes.
You are the development.




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post Jun 3 2025, 06:04 PM

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QUOTE(submergedx @ May 14 2025, 12:21 PM)
bro....22 months
Stay at home play magic sands and drawing walls have more brain development at centres

my 2cents

Kids are like sponge, they will become whatever you feed them.
You behave like explorer, she will become one.
You appreciated family members doing at home, she will caring as well.

She wont suddenly become academic excellent when the parents keep on scrolling phone after work.
Parents shape them well.

Forget all about the tuition, centres, extra classes.
You are the development.
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"She wont suddenly become academic excellent when the parents keep on scrolling phone after work.
Parents shape them well."

Thanks! Will definitely keep this in mind.. As of now we are not pursuing the brain development programs yet.. Will continue to explore to see what fits her..


We just got back from our trip to Tokyo and it was really fun without work on our minds, took her to a child departmental toy store and she align the rabbits while talking to them like she's their leader..

Thank you all for the input and have a lovely week everyone!
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post Jun 20 2025, 11:10 AM

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QUOTE(cuddlybubblyteddy @ May 9 2025, 12:53 PM)
My Daugther now keep asking why on thing, example I told her cannot so this , do that. She will ask why?

Have to explain slowly , like you do this, you will fall, when you fall, what happen? You will boo boo pain, do you want boo boo pain?

If it’s my parent generation , first thing will kena is rotan
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please do not stop answering her even though its annoying. pray for me to do the same too.

the last thing you want is for her not to talk to you about anything ever again because you ignored her.
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post Jun 20 2025, 11:44 AM

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QUOTE(max_cavalera @ May 8 2025, 09:24 AM)
How old? 1-3 years old is too small. Reccommend start sending to playschool/preschool starting 4 years old.

I send my daughter at 4 years old to a playschool.

Develop their fine motor skills. Starting 5-6 years old only sent to really learning preschool.

I noticed she picked up reading, writing and simple math fairly quickly at 5th years old.

She Turn out just fine.
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you would had missed 80% of the brain developement time

stimulation is very important, you can either do that at home or go attend such centers.

Shichida Method starts from 6 months. if you got time you can do it yourself, but most parents let the kids play with ipad or tv switched on.


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post Jun 20 2025, 05:30 PM

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QUOTE(Virlution @ Jun 20 2025, 11:44 AM)
you would had missed 80% of the brain developement time

stimulation is very important, you can either do that at home or go attend such centers.

Shichida Method starts from 6 months. if you got time you can do it yourself, but most parents let the kids play with ipad or tv switched on.
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Thanks so much! As of now we'll just keep the stimulation at our home, so far so good with everything.. We even just got back from Japan, been travelling twice this year just to keep her stimulated lol.. Also been taking her to activities outdoor and last week she went to Little Kickers, a bunch of toddlers kicking footballs indoor

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