by on 02/01/2018 5342
Tadika Genius Riang, also known as Super Genius Kids, was established in 2016 by Ms. Hong and Ms. Chew. Although it hasn’t been long since Tadika Genius Riang was founded, Ms. Hong and Ms. Chew are by no means ordinary kindergarten operators. Both of them have more than 10 years working experience with Ministry Of Education (MOE).
Tadika Genius Riang did not materialize by chance. Having been involved in early childhood education for over 10 years, a day came when Ms. Hong realized that there was a void in her chosen career path. She felt that there was so much more that she could give and so much more that she had to contribute to the future generations of young learners. Ms. Hong wanted to bring her very own vision of early childhood education, nurturing and guidance to the children of today.
Realising that the best way to do this is through a private kindergarten, she then teamed up with Ms.Chew and Tadika Genius Riang was born.
The curriculum and teaching methods at Tadika Genius Riang is an integrated teaching and learning approach that has been designed by Ms. Hong together with a consultant friend who is an experienced lecturer and writer. They even went the extra mile of writing and publishing their very own workbooks. With a stated focus of preparing the child for entry into local primary schools, especially Chinese schools, the children are taught subjects such as Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, Science Moral and Mathematics, with a slightly greater emphasis on Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese. Jolly Phonics is used to teach English and great care and dedication is taken in the preparation of the relevant teaching materials.
Class sizes are kept as small as possible so that teachers will be able to spend more time on each student and provide personalized guidance based on each student’s learning ability. As some students may be weaker in a certain language, extra classes may be provided after school as well. With additional enrichment classes such as arts and crafts, music plus dance and movement, the curriculum and syllabus at Tadika Genius Riang has been specially developed to provide a holistic preschool education to the child and to inculcate in him responsibility and a love for lifelong learning.
Tadika Genius Riang believes patience is required for one to touch a child’s heart. Ms. Hong and Ms. Chew always try their best to communicate with the children in their mother tongue to enable the children to understand them more readily. Once a child is willing to accept the teacher, teaching them becomes easy. Another factor that makes for a happy student is a conducive and engaging environment for learning. Classes at Tadika Genius Riang are spacious, brightly lit and well ventilated with a very noticeable “still new” feel about the environment.
To their credit, Tadika Genius Riang has created a special playroom filled with a variety of educational toys and resources such as building blocks, materials for role-playing and storytelling. There is even an entire length of a wall solely dedicated to books and storybooks arranged on open shelves.
Other than academic development, Tadika Genius Riang also places great emphasis on character building. Ms. Hong believes that attitude and values shape a person. With a positive attitude towards life, one will be happy and successful, just like the motto of Tadika Genius Riang: Heartfelt Desire To Learn and To Succeed. To make learning even more fun and enjoyable, Ms. Chew rearranges/rewrites the lyrics of nursery rhymes or popular songs to teach moral values, at the same time students are able to learn the language through the lyrics.
Learning need not be confined to the classrooms – Tadika Genius Riang have organized field trips and excursions to places such as Zoo Negara, KidZania, Farm in the City, Beryl’s chocolate factory and the KL Tower. On such trips students are exposed to a world and environment outside of their textbooks and homework. Thus empowering the students with different experiences and helping them ignite their curiosity.
In reaching out to the children and their parents, Tadika Genius Riang has adopted as their motto,
Heartfelt Desire To Learn and To Succeed
This comes from their sincere belief that no child cannot be taught. If there is a strong enough desire and will to learn, it will be accompanied by a positive attitude towards learning. With their determination, passion and dedication, I have no doubt that they will be able to turn their very own vision of early childhood education into a reality at Tadika Genius Riang.
