Genius Learning Hub - Singapore Centre for FasTracKids and Little Neuro Tree Program

Genius Learning Hub in Singapore Toa Payoh Centre is a hub for learning and loving for children. The centre features FasTracKids program and Little Neuro Tree program. Both programs come with different approaches both as a whole but also via different activities within each program. They also encourage the children to participate in their own learning in many different ways while guiding them through a proven scientific basis - the best of both worlds.

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Four Reasons for Childhood Education Success and Failure

1. Children's needs are varied. While one child needs to sit quietly to absorb a lesson, another needs to play. It is important that you preview your child through the different childhood development programs to find out what suits him or her, rather than what other parents say.

2. There is only so much information a young child can absorb if the course is too academic or rigid, or if he or she is confronted by too much stressful demand on his or her attention.Young children are not prepared to cope with that and are more likely to turn off or develop a negative experience of learning.

3. Many programs lead with marginalization of parents. There is no substitute for parents in the lives of our children, and the early years are no exception.

4. Preschool education programs that are too limited in course length or too specific cause important neural patterns and connections to be washed out too quickly. While providing an initial boost, many programs if joined just sporadically or once or twice do not lead to long term improvement unless parents sustain and build on these gains.

Reference: When preschools and early childhood education fail your children

Neuro Linguistics and Educational zig-zagging for child learning comes to Singapore

Child learning in Singapore has two new options.

Little Neuro Tree in Singapore has a unique preschool approach to learning through play that uses neuro-linguistics. Both sides of the brains of the children are simulated by engaging the children in three different languages - English, Chinese and Japanese/Malay. According to the program designers, children stimulated neuro-linguistically with multiple languages become little masters of attention,o gain the ability to learn another tongue and becoming more adept at recognizing a wider range of sounds.

FasTracKids in Singapore let every child unleash his or her full potential through play using another unique method called Educational Zig-zagging, which involves complex activities to exercise and form brain connections. Activities are presented in a fun, challenging way to insure that the children are engaged, yet must be repetitive to reinforce the newly installed brain connections for long term benefit. In short, different modalities of the same content are used throughout the lesson to strengthen the children's neural connections, without the child losing interest.

Reference: Child learning and child development with a difference - FasTracKids and Little Neuro Tree

Early childhood education and child development in Singapore preschools

There are several preshools in Singapore such as Montessori, Shichida method, FasTracKids and Little Neuro Tree. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Whichever is your choice of preschool education, below are 4 important points to note in early childhood education and child development in Singapore preschools:

1. Your child might love the programme or she or he might not. It is best to attend preview classes and see the response and talk to the teachers.

2. Ensure adequate resources and teacher guidance. Children should not wander or sit aimlessly because of lack of teaching materials or enough teaching time.

3. Curriculum is king. The material should be unique and be based on scientific methods. It would not be fully effective but at least the teachers should be well trained and stick to the plan written by experts.

4. Read. Your child should have teachers who read to them and encourage them to self learn on their own. Through your attendance in the classes, you should also be inspired to read more about childhood development and early childhood education.

Reference: Early childhood education, child development and Singapore preschools