Good evening Formosa. I remember often hearing people say teaching students younger than 6 is “illegal.” However, the cram school I’ve been working at for the past 5 years has a lot of 4-6 year olds in that early afternoon slot. A lot. Never had any issues. I’m now in the process of opening my ow…

No matter what Taiwanese people try to tell you about loopholes and how their school is legal, don’t believe them, there is no such thing. Kindergartens continue to teach English to children under 6 because the government doesn’t care much, when they do care they are easily paid off, and even if you…

Kindy doesn’t equal cram school. As long as they aren’t eating or sleeping there it’s fine.

[image] Ron: I’m now in the process of opening my own cram school. If you plan on poaching students from your previous school, I wouldn’t go after the clearly illegal ones. The first person to report you will be your former boss or a parent who is friends with said boss and can’t switch out t…

[image] DonR: Kindy doesn’t equal cram school. As long as they aren’t eating or sleeping there it’s fine. Nope. You can’t teach kindy age kids at a cram school regardless of whether or not they sleep there. Completely illegal. Whether the government cares is a whole other issue.

[image] DonR: Kindy doesn’t equal cram school. As long as they aren’t eating or sleeping there it’s fine. I also seem to recall no textbooks or other types of formal academic teaching materials. Otherwise, cram schools are fine to teach very young learners.

This is not true. To teach kindy age kids you need a kindergarten license, and if I recall correctly a cram school cannot also get a kindergarten license on the side, at least not on the same floor and registered to the same business officially.

[image] meishijia: This is not true. To teach kindy age kids you need a kindergarten license, and if I recall correctly a cram school cannot also get a kindergarten license on the side, at least not on the same floor and registered to the same business officially. [image] Lis…

I was pretty sure the conclusion last time was “no explicit English instruction”, which means song, dance, and art are actually ok. They don’t want handwriting and textbooks. Imagine that!? You shouldn’t force a child under the age of 6 to write things on paper when their hand isn’t physically prepa…

Kids are all different. I have a 4-year-old that prints more beautifully than I can.

Well there’s always the exception. As Maria Montessori said, “Follow the child”. I’d say most child psychologists have made it quite clear that while some littles can read and write and that’s fine and it should certainly not be stopped if it happens organically/pencils and papers should be made ava…

Cram School Teaching Under 6 yo Loophole?

Work Teaching English in Taiwan

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