Childhood in Singapore is abstract. The children nowadays count enrichment centres as part of their growing up years, which I think is sad. Having said that, the 2 boys are still put through Chinese enrichment classes with Berries and no plan to terminate their classes in near future. The children are put through accelerated learning in my opinion. They have to know their alphabets, their numbers 1-20 by K1 and this is very basic for a Kindergartener. As much as I try to balance learning, studying and playing, we still ended up buying new assessment books for the boys. The hubby felt that it is more structured this way for their "studying" hour. new books for Jonathan Not forgetting Matthew So now, our lesson time will consist of revision of Berries lesson, phonics (reading, writing) and Maths for the elder boy. example #1 of lesson for Jonathan writing & constructing sentences We usually need about 45minutes to complete one full study c