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any update from parents who sent their kids to these enrichment classes? those review i read are quite backdated. any new updates?

also, are there any referral discounts?

any comment on Toa Payoh LNT? i'm very interested to send my 13months there.

pls advise.

thanks thanks!
 


hi Adeline,
I jus send my 5mths plus daughter to LNT at bugis(HQ)

As my daughter jus started her first lesson with them last week,so cant give much of advise.
Would say the teacher over there are not bad.

There's a 10% discount if u are a safra member.
Hope this help..
 
Hi Adeline,

my 14 mths old girl has been attending LNT at toa payoh every Sunday since she was 8 mths old. I find the teachers not bad and the 1 hr lesson is quite okie. You hv to try out for yourself to see if your daughter likes.

It's $50 for 1 year membership. Weekend lesson is $50 per lesson, weekday is $45. Have to enrol for a term of 3 mths, ie 12 weeks. I think ocbc/DBS has credit card discount for new member. Generally no make-up lesson, cos the classes may be full. Each class is a maximum of 6 children. If child is sick, produce MC and they will refund 50% ($25) from the next term fee (assuming u continue).

LNT is a franchise, so different branches different management.
 
Hi VAl,
OCBC have 10% discount. If u are missing any lesson, do inform them prior to payment. they will deduct it before u pay. If half way thru, u tell them then $$ forfeit.

Adeline,
The LNT have trial lesson. You can go ask n try.
 
Hi, I have a LNT 25% discount voucher off April to Sept Term Fees for sale.

Per term is $550 (weekdays) or $600 (weekends). Gotta pay 2 terms in order to enjoy the discount of 25%. Will include another voucher of $50 Little Neuro Tree Annual membership waiver.

Must be redeemed on or before 8 April 2010.

Total savings: (25% of $1200) + $50 = $350.

Pls PM me for fast deal!
 
Just some feedback regarding Little neuro tree....personal experience that i had with them.

My son was with them the Bugis centre (HQ) since nine months old. almost 2 years now with them..

But recently due to some incidence, i have since withdrawn my son from attending...

Few of their main teachers and course designer have left the company. And their boss (David Ng) who is also the master franchisor for this
program seems to have big cash flow problem. At his Bugis centre, almost everyday there are debtors coming to look for him for payment.
As far as i know, he owe people lots of money including the parents too...Even the admin told me the same thing. Teachers salary have not
been paid for 2 months. And he was involved in some police investigation and court case due to fraud (of investors' money).

Hearing that make me worry...i also saw "loan shark" pasting notice all over his Bugis centre. Thus, i decided to withdraw my son
out from the program recently. Think many parents did that too.

Theya are good initially. Teachers are good. Son enjoys it. But because of all this issues, their
teachers seems to lose heart and demotivated. Their program amterials also didn't renew as frequent as previous. So....no choice....

Heard that they have closed down their Jurong West centre as well as Dauby Gaut centre..Not doing very well seems..
 
I have a new born recently...Will be going for shichida..since already experience LNT. We still make use of their principles for home practise...So..
 
Sky Mum, LNT not doing well, that is very sad. My son is attending @ PW branch for almost 2 terms
Care to let me know is it the same teaching approach at Shichida?
Thanks
 
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Self-collect at :

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Bras Basah Complex, Central National Library - 8.30am to 9am or

Cityhall and Bugis MRT stations - 12.30pm to 1.30pm and 5.30pm to 6pm or

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I have tried both Shichida and LNT for my daughter. Personally I prefer Shichida as it is the genuine method whereas I feel LNT is more of a copycat. David Ng is actually the brother of the Shichida franchisor in Spore. When I first attended the Shichida talk in 2006, David Ng was the one giving the parent's talk on it. Later he decided to start LNT on his own and hence the court case agst him.

Anyway, the point is that the activities in LNT are the same type every week, so you know exactly what to expect whereas for Shichida there is some variety. Also the infrastructure in Shichida is better - music from laptop with better speakers and LCD screen whereas in LNT the teachers had to manually change the CD and the sound quality and songs not as good or catchy.

LNT rotates amongst 3 languages Eng, Jap &amp; Mandarin but i dun think it's a big deal as unless ur kid goes for actual lessons, i dun think they will pick up much. My daughter was in LNT in early/mid 2009 - at that time the Japanese teacher originally from Shichida was quite good.

Shichida is a little more expensive but i think better overall.
 
Sky Mum, can i check if it will affect centre at tampines branch or they are all inter-related? i wana enrol my boy to LNT at tampines. Pls share your view. thanks
 
hi all, got to know that the founder aka David Ng is no more with LNT. He had cheated some investors of money and now on the run. He is the brain behind LNT and hence with his absence, there is no new programs, better to go Shichida
 
i sent my girl to LNT &amp; Shichida.
my own opinion, i think Scichida is still better overall. and i find that such right brain enrichment class for children will ONLY BE EFFECTITVE if parents do home practice at home with their children. If not, going for a weekly lesson is not enough. At LNT, my gir's classmate stroll into class 15mins late, I find that such a waste of $$ and also a distraction for other children. At shichida, teachers start classes on the dot. At LNT, teachers do give 5-10 mins grace period.
 
Hi,

Did anyone read of the new paper regardind the closure of Shichida Kindergarten at Tanjong Pagar? Any mummies or daddies are being affected by this closure? Kindly comment on what is actually going on as my girl was in their SM class. Having attended for only few lessons and reading about such news really gave me a doubt over their management. Anyone can comment?
 
Thanks sad_ending for the update on LNT. I was at Toa Payoh last week and keen to enrol their Fastrack program. I understand from the person in charge that they operate by franchise and they also hv LNT prog for the younger kids.

She told me that LNT is going to be changed to another name (cannot remember) and the content will be abit different (if i recall correctly, it is more music &amp; movement). The change of name for LNT could be due to the financial problem of its founder that sad_ending had mentioned. But she said different centres operate differently, so im not sure if other centres also will be changing the content for LNT.

Anyway, any comments on the FasTrack prog at Toa Payoh (Genius Learning Hub)? Near the ex-popular on 3rd floor, near KFC. Any comments appreciated or u can PM me. Thanks!
 
hihi...

I send my bb to My Little Genius. My Little Genius is a brain development school and they were previously called Little Neuro Tree. The new programme is much better than the old one as they incorporate more activities such as brain gym, flashing of words cards, storytelling and science which I think are important to my bb for exposure. Must develop my bb brain when she is young because she will be most receptive. So far I am happy with the results.
 
hi,

i have a $100 voucher for use at my little genius at jurong east or hougang,if interested,please pm me.
 
Hi,

I brought my kid to JE, but I believe the teachers over there are as good as JE.
The course fee is $620 for weekdays and $680 for weekends.

U can bring yr child down and look at the enviorment. Most impt is yr child likes it.

hope it helps.
 
Hi,

Thks for your prompt reply.

Just check do they have any trial lesson? Parent need to attend with kid?

How you feel abt the program? Any different from LNT and shichida?

Thks
 
Hi,

Sorry for the late reply.
Yes, they do have trial lesson.
Yes too, parent need to attend with kid, the reason is to guide the kid during class and bring bond wif yr kid too.
I feel is fun for kid and lesson r interesting.
I cannot commend on shichida as i did not bring my kid there as location too far for me.

Hope it helps.
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Me too.

When thinking of bringing her from hougang to toa payoh(shichida). I worried that half way I will give up n is a waste of time.

Now my gal is 3 years old and it is time for her to learn phonics n Chinese. Wonder is it the right time to send her there.
 
hi,
i like to bring my 1 year old boy to attend shichida class. Do anyone know more details for their class currently? Is it still operation in good condition? as sensai directly from Japan?
 
Hi all,

I am sending my 19 mths old boy to shichida (springleaf).
He started to attend since Apr this year.
So far my boy enjoys it.
Personally i think the operation is still good, so far no bad experience dealing with sensei or the ppl there.
the sensei are local..
 
Hi,

Sending yr kids to any courses, most impt kids must enjoy &amp; parents r comfortable wif e lessons.
If waste lot of time on traveling both ur kids &amp; yrself are tired, no pt.
 
Hi Mummies,
I have been attending Shichida at TPY with my girl since 2009 and we are withdrawing after being in the program for 2 years. I definitely would compliment the teaching BUT it all depends on which sensei you get. It's only 2 years and the current sensei is already our 4th sensei. They left after one another due to their unhappiness with the management. Even if the sensei quits, there is no 2nd words from the mgt to keep them. Reason- they can get cheaper sensei==> Filipina

My girl's previous sensei were all local Chinese but the current one is from the philippines. We was lucky that this instructor can pronounce pretty clear. Why did I say that? My younger son attended 1 term and he was not so lucky, the sensei is also a Filipina and I have problem understanding her words and the poor kids were laughing at her due to that her pronouncation was funny and they too couldn't figure out what she was talking about especially when all these teaching needed to be done at a fast speed??!! The other parents were naive enough to laugh with their kids without realising that they were not getting what they paid for! After 2 lessons, I requested for a change of sensei for my son but was rejected. However i insisted on my change and they finally agreed after hearing that I'm in the program for more than a year with my girl and i know what is an effective sensei. The new sensei for my son is again a Filipina but at least she can speak better. however, she couldn't control the class as she was allowing other kids to snack during class. these kids are all a bunch of 2yr old and when one starts to munch on some food, the others started looking. So end up only those who had food in their mouths would concentrate on the flash cards etc. The sensei just could not control these inconsierate parents. sigh...

what i wat to say here is Shichida may go downhill if they were to let this carry on. I'm not trying to say that all Filipina are bad but i don't think we want our kids who are at such young age to start listening and speaking in their accent? Also, they do not treasure their sensei as well as students. When i informed them on withdrawing my son and my girl, they happily gave me the form to fill in without asking why...

Why i'm withdrawing my girl is that she is losing her focus in class and it's a waste of my $$ to let her stay. i certainly believe in the success of Shichida Method provided the kids has good concentration and with good sensei.

For mummies who decide to enrol your kids, my advice is you got to be able to judge the sensei. Every lesson cost $60+ so make it a worth one. good luck!
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being to Shichida > LNT > Shichida. 1 year each.

1st time withdraw from Shichida is they change the sensei on the 3rd term from singaporean to indonesian chinese. pronunciation and grammer very bad.

LNT; too few flashcards (mostly food) and every time the same.

just withdrawn from shichida after my son attend for 3 term. same repretitive flashcards and teacher quality also drop. they have filipino for younger students. same as 2dogs2kids, they readily give up the withdrawal form.

my brother also withdrawn his kids due to teacher quality.
 
hi,

i have $250 off voucher for my little genius,expires on 13th may 2012,if interested,please pm me
 
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