“Singaporean children must remain bi-lingual and bi-cultural in Chinese …. Ministry of Education will launch a program in order to achieve this goal. The students from this program .... should be familiar with Chinese classical literature, their history including modern history, as well as the social trend there. We cannot ask everyone to be proficient in both languages, but those who do will certainly be very popular, with better employment prospects.”
(PM Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day Rally speech in 2004)
Chinese Singaporeans already have a strong bilingual foundation but need to motivate themselves to take their mother tongue to a higher level It's not just the language we speak but we should also understand the culture and mindset behind it.'
In view of the importance on Chinese culture learning, we introduce the Chinese Classics & Appreciation program, to help local children to learn and understand the Chinese language and its culture in their early
Age Group
4-6 years
Programme Benefits
- Better appreciation, understanding and knowledge of Chinese culture
- Inspires a child's interest in studying Chinese
- Good way to reinforce Chinese
- Improving communication skills
- Building better emotional skills
Program outline
The main characteristic of our program is our fun and dramatic way of teaching.
Students will learn and understand the Chinese classics through pictures, stories, songs, role plays and discussion. Besides recitation of the classics, chinese characters recognition, phrases, grammar, Hanyu Pinyin and oral expression will also be highlighted in accordance with the content.
Parent-child bonding activities are also included to encourage a Chinese -speaking environment at home. Our integrated curriculum with carefully-designed communication will help parents track and understands the progress of the child.
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“Di Zi Gui” The Standards for Being a Good Student and Child
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Di Zi Gui has been the standard teaching for the young for thousands of years. It is an ancient book based on the teaching of the great Confucius that emphasizes on the basic requisites of being a good person and guidelines for living in harmony with others. The source for the main outline of it is from Analects of Confucius 2, Book 1, Chapter 6, where Confucius said:
“A good student and child must first learn to be dutiful to his parents, and be respectful and loving to his siblings. Next he must be cautious with all people, matters and things in his daily life, and be a trustworthy person. He must believe in the teachings of the ancient saints and sages and put their teachings into practice. Then he must learn to love all equally and be close to and learn from people of virtue and compassion. Only after all the above duties have been accomplished, if he has the time and energy, he should then further study and learn literature and art to improve the quality of his cultural and spiritual life.”
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Trainer
All classes will be held by qualified instructors.
Programme Schedule
Classes are conducted once a week and each session lasting for an hour.
Class size
Min: 06, Max: 12