Alycia’s pre-school is using the abacus method to teach the preschoolers Maths. Her pre-school is gravitated towards Mandarin and most of the preschoolers there eventually go to a Chinese school. Last week, Alycia brought home an abacus to be used for her Maths homework. When I taught her to use the abacus, she appeared lost. I had a tough time trying to teach her the concept of the abacus and calculations. This week, she missed the entire week of school again due to her sickness. If she continues to fall sick regularly, I am really worried she will have a tough time catching up. As it is now, she is already very far lagging behind her peers as she had missed more than half a year of school last year.
Hubby is really adamant that Alycia has to go to a Chinese primary school in future. He plans to register Alycia at Kuen Cheng 2 Primary school, despite the horrendous one-way traffic jam leading to the school. I am really worried that Alycia would not be able to catch up with her studies and homework as Chinese schools are well-known for heavy load of homework.
For those of you who send your kids to a Chinese school, how is the workload like? Is it true that kids who go to a Chinese school have very little time for play as they spend most of their time trying to finish off homework and attend tuitions? If it is, that is really unhealthy for a kid. All work and no play can really bore a child to the core and create a feeling of hatred going to school in the child. I really need some enlightment in this Chinese school thing.
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