Thinking Loft
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Mathematics School Readiness Program
Why do many children in Primary Schools struggle with Maths?
A child's performance in Mathematics during Primary School depends very much on the type of foundation he/she was given in preschools. Without a strong foundation, children struggle to understand key concepts taught at primary school level.
It is not sufficient is able to rote count to a 100 or be able to execute arithmetic questions. Numbers are mere symbols. What’s more important is for children to understand the relationships between numerical figures and be able to visualize such mathematical relationships.
What's special about Thinking Loft Mathematics School Readiness Program is the focus on using visual tools and models to help lay the foundation for children to understand complex mathematical relationships.
Thinking Loft Mathematics School Readiness Programme
Curriculum
Module 1
Understanding concepts behind "as many as, less than, more than"
Number bonds
Introduction to number line
Using number line as a tool for to visualize "greater than, smaller than" and for pattern recognition
Introducing concepts of parts & whole
Using parts & whole to model addition and subtraction story
Ordinal number
Module 2
Tens & Ones
Using number bonds to aid in addition & subtraction
Solving word problems using parts & whole model
Solving word problems using comparison model
Module 3
Addition & Subtraction using place value charts
Solving word problems using before & after model
Concept of Graph
Concept of Length
Concept of Mass
Module 4
Concept of Multiplication & Division
Numbers upto 100
Concept of Time
Concept of Money
Program Fees/Schedule
Age Group - K1/K2 student in 2012
Duration : 1.5 hr per session, once a week
Course Fee : $400 per term (10 weeks per term)
Class Size : 6 (max)
Time :9am - 10:30am (Every Saturday)
10:45am - 12:15pm (NEW! Course starting 7-Jul-12)
Venue : 190 Middle Road, Fortune Centre, #02-30, S(188979)
All classes will be taught by the founder of Thinking Loft who has a Master in Education (specialising in Early Childhood Education).
Please click here to sign up for Thinking Loft Mathematics School Readiness Programme.
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