Enrichment Classes - A Roundup

Another roundup of the classes that the 2 little ones are currently attending, or will be attending in the coming year.

For Ian:

1. Piano - His last group class has ended mid of this month, and he will be moving on to a 1-to-1 lesson from February next year.  He has attended a trial class with the new teacher, and it seems that his foundation is on the weaker side, considering that he has attended the group class for almost 2 years.
2. Creative Writing - He has completed the pre-creative writing class that lasted from June to November, and has attained the teacher's recommendation to progress to the creative writing class in January.  As the course is meant for primary 1 students, the teacher warned that he may have difficulty in writing as compared to the other students in the class who are true P1 kids.  Nevertheless, it is still a good exposure for him.
3. Abacus - This is the beginning of the last term for him.  I think I can hear his relief that his most torturous class is going to end soon.  Ironically, we are starting to see an improvement in his abacus after we made up our mind to end the agony.
4. Junior Math @ TLL - Since we were not seeing any result in his mathematical concepts after putting him through more than 1 year in the abacus class, we have scouted around for another alternative to help to build up his foundation.  At long last, we found him a place in the super popular/expensive enrichment school.  After just 4 lessons, it does appear to us that his concepts have improved a little.  And we are pleasantly surprised that the school teaches them (K2 kids) symmetry and measurements in the first 2 or 3 classes.

For Isabelle, she is currently still in the HGR program.  Ian has to give up his HGR class in exchange for the new class at TLL, but he is enjoying the new class just as much.  And he volunteers to do the homework everyday, which is such a total opposite reaction to his abacus homework.

Here was his welcome gift from the first lesson - ingenious!  The balloon dog appeared to be walking as you dragged it across the floor.  Isabelle loved this balloon so much that she snatched it from him the moment he walked out the class with it.  Unfortunately for Ian, he only got to play with it when she was in bed.

A hard-earned gift after sitting in the class for close to 2 hours.