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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 24 Mar 2009 1:51 pm
Well, I can't speak for today's hothousing methods as when my children were small Montessori hadn't even arrived on these shores. However, I started using a Shanghai tutor here when my daughter started kindergarten I didn't use a preschool as I figured play was more important at that point.
My daughter had the tutor for 3 years and when she hit primary one she was way ahead of all of her peers. This was a bit funny as she was the only non-Chinese in her class at CHIJ-Toa Payoh. There were not any Mandarin or Dialect speakers in our family at all so her only exposure those years were in Kindergarten and the tutor. I don't suppose it hurt her too much but today? I don't know, but I do feel structured lessons at that age might be a bit much.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers