by edanson » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:27 pm
HI Joy,
The earlier you prepare a child, the better he or she will be. So if you can start a child from K1, that will be best.
As for my boy, I think he needs a little more practices on writing and some reminder on things that he should not do in his PSLE exam and so I invest in it only now. His school trained him to write reports, presentation, bibiography, etc and they had very little composition writing opportunity. I spoke to the teacher and she said that they will only train them after mid year. I am worried that it may be too late to learn the skill of writing good composition by then so I kiasu and start now - hopefully not too late.
As for your friend, I think starting now is better then not starting at all. If one can afford then why not. Anyway some children request for tuition jsust to boost their confidence. Their friends had tuition, so they feel more confident when they have them too. So it depend on your child's request too.