Today, not many schools include music as part of the core curriculum. Science and Math are given prominence, and the arts are considered secondary. Some schools have extra-curricular classes, while others do away with it altogether. Yet, music is so essential to the holistic development of young children. Here’s a post that discuss the benefits of […]
Child development, music education, Teaching approach
Long School Holidays and Children’s Use Of Time During the long 2-month school holidays, children generally engage in unproductive activities that didn’t require much movement, like playing video games, iPad games, or watching TV programmes. Most parents would prefer their children to pick up a book during the holidays. But they have given this up […]
Holiday Programme, Learn English, year-end programme
In the previous post, we saw that singing and poems recitations are unfortunately not included in the curriculum of most schools in Malaysia. Yet research suggests that music has direct impact in helping young children develop literacy skills. What about poetry and recitations then? Do these also have significant impact in helping our young learners […]
Poetry Recitation
Here are some moments at the recent Scholar Base Open Day 2014. Ms Tan Poh Lee, the Director shared her vision and mission for a scholastic approach to learning. Ms Poh Lee and her team of mentors seek to help children improve the level of English using a fun and holistic approach to learning. We […]
In the month of June, Scholar Base teaching team organized a field trip to Discoveria, a land of the Dinosaurs at Avenue K, Ampang. The children had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Scholar Base is organising trips to PETROSAINS and DISCOVERIA Discoveria (for 4-7 years old) and Petrosains (for 7-15 year old). 2014 EXCURSION TO DISCOVERIA – DINOSCOVERY TOUR, AVENUE K Scholar Base is organising an excursion to Discoveria – Dinoscovery Tour, Avenue K in Ampang. Children will get to explore how dinosaurs lived, fought and defended […]
Announcing June Holiday Programme! It’s school break and children get extra time to explore, learn and develop reading and writing skills. Scholar Base will be organizing short reading and writing programme at all 3 chapters that includes excursions for the different age groups. More details can be found here. Places are filling fast, call to […]
A Creative Approach To Teaching English To Today’s Learners – II In the last post, we saw how important English and how eager parents are for their children to learn the language. We saw that some educators use grammar to teach English and how learners respond to that. We also saw the young children are […]
English is a universal language that is used across the globe and parents are eager that their children learn English at an early age. Educators across the globe have used different approaches to teaching English ranging from using conversational communication to using grammar, themes and stories. Let’s take a closer look at each of these […]
Scholar Base launches a new set of curriculum with a unique approach to teaching children that is fun and enjoyable. The new curriculum, which launches this month, emphasises using literature to develop imagination, creative thinking, vocabulary, creative writing and cognitive ability. The faculties involved in Scholar Base’s curriculum include the following areas: EYES: Teachers use a variety of […]
