Just Dramatique (Chinese speech & drama class)

 Our Just Dramatique, is a lively and animated programme that focuses on fostering self-confidence and clarity of speech in children, while promoting free expressions of their imagination and creativity. The children will learn a variety of speech and drama skills through fun, creative and engaging activities. These skills will enable them to express themselves articulately and confidently.

The children will get an opportunity to mime different movements, role-play and dramatise well-loved fairytales to act out short skits. They will be taught proper public speaking skills, recite poetry, and perform choral recitation with the rest of their class. These activities will allow the children to build up their confidence to effectively express themselves in public. The safe and encouraging atmosphere that the classroom provides will give the added boost of confidence to the children.

Programme Activites

Dramatisation - Children perform a play or story which includes dialogue, role-play and characteristion Mime & Movement - Children act using only gesture and bodily movement, they have to express themselves solely by using their body Role-play - Children assume a person or character's role and mannerisms Public Speaking - Children stand in front of an audience to speak on any topic formally or informally, this includes expressing personal opinions individually, regardless of whether the child stands in front of the class or not. Rhyme/Poetry Recitation - Children speak or chant a verse individually or in groups. Reading Aloud - Children present a poem or narrative piece in front of an audience. This performance teaches children to read a text and incorporate vocal and facial expressions Story-Telling - Puppetry, Story Sequencing & Creative Thinking.

Programme Benefits

v  The children will be articulate and fluent in their spoken Mandarin and carry themselves confidently in public.

v  Opportunities to develop: Linguistic / Verbal Intelligence, Ryhthmic Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Spatial / Visual Intelligence, Kinesthetic Intelligence.

Instructors

All classes will be conducted by qualified  China / Local instructors with qualification and background in the field of speech & drama.

9B Abacus

The Mental Abacus course is specially designed for the young ones to calculate quickly and accurately in a fun- filled way. It aims at cultivating mathematical interests and interaction through fun and lively activities.

Children are highly encouraged to learn Mental Abacus EARLY in life. With a foundation of essential mental abacus skills, it will help them to concentrate and strengthen their memory ability to excel.

Besides learning to do speed calculations, 9B abacus also incorporates fun learning, multi-intelligence training and thinking skills in its program.

9B abacus is a fast, efficient and simple method of doing calculation just by using our memory and both sides of our brain. Using this method, a child will learn to do any types of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in seconds. Besides speed calculation, it helps to develop a child left and right brain at the same time.

It engages the child’s interest in learning through fun math, multi-intelligence training which in turn stimulates a child’s natural instinct of activeness and curiosity.

Objectives of our:  9B abacus

·        No drilling method is introduced in all the lessons

·        Less formulas as compared with the old conventional abacus program

·        Less memorizing of  formulas

·        Improves concentration & thinking skills

·        Improve mathematical skill & mental calculation

·        Develop independence and self-confidence

·        Easy number-bonding formulas

·        Logical thinking & Multi-intelligence training

·        Train the left and right brain thereby building a strong brain development for learning