How is the lapbooking class different from other enrichment programmes, such as literacy or tuition class?
The Bright Minds Lapbookers employs a literature-based, trans-disciplinary thematic learning approach.
Each lapbooking lesson is focused on delivering inter-disciplinary concepts through a series of interactive activities, all related to themes drawn from a literature selected for the age group. Through active participation, our young minds are motivated to listen, explore, discover and think for themselves as they apply concepts to collaborative project work, as well as tasks they work on individually.
It is not a worksheet-intensive class as one would find in tuition centres. It is also not a literacy class, so students do not come to the lapbooking class to learn the alphabet or phonics which they can learn in nursery and kindergarten.
Between 5 and 7 kids
How many lessons do we have to pay for?
Ten lessons per term. Students of the Bright Minds Lapbookers will complete two lapbooks based on two literature per term.
Besides lesson fees, are there registration, membership or material fees?
Term fees include all materials used in class and those that are given to students after class. New students (who have not enrolled in a full 10-weeks term before) will be required to pay a one-time registration of $25 per child. This registration fee applies to regular classes only.
Can I pay deposit to reserve a place first, instead of making full fees payment?
Students with confirmed places in Term 1 or 2/2010 may reserve a place in Term 3 with $100 deposit, subject to availability and if registrations are received by 20th April 2010. Balance fees payment must be made before 20th May 2010.
The deposit paid is not transferrable to another child, or be used for a different timing. The reserved place will be released to the next child in wait list and deposit shall be forfeited if balance fees payment is not received in time.
Why are the lessons only 60 or 75 minutes for some classes?
As all lessons are intensive sessions packed with activities that require our young children's active participation and concentration, capping each session to such duration yields the best results from our young students. Unlike typical enrichment programmes, our lesson time excludes the usual free (unstructured) play and snack time, so parents do not have to pay for time spent on these activities.
