Hypothesis: to boy, MRT is a big fancy maze, maps are toys, ikea is a big toy,,,

Therefore, some math problems might be better delivered via online play-learn, but I would need to find those websites. ROTI? May not be effective. Need to avoid zsms

Khan academy?

I guess these websites presumably focus on interests and curiosity (intrinsic motivations), not exams (an extrinsic motivation). I think even Grade 5 exams in SG require much heavier tedious practice.

Even with the most entertaining teacher, many kids at my son’s age would want to play electronic games after 15 minutes. Here i’m talking about exam-lite classes. With exam-prep classes, the pace is much faster. Kids soon lose absorbency.

“Learning is fun” — yes if all the stars are aligned. highly questionable marketing soundbyte. In most cases esp. for 11-year olds, learning requires EFFORT like the flight-controller in a missile.

— look at the bookstores in Singapore like Popular.

On math or any other topic including math, there are fun learning books vs exam prep books. The authors try to make the exam prep less boring, but still very boring and tedious.

— My quant learning experience:

I studied many quant topics on my own, at my own pace, driven by (intrinsic/extrinsic) motives, but that pace is too slow to pass any exam. Exams preparation require a lot of /effort/, practice and faster pace. Not fun at all