The Ultimate Crash Course on getting into Oxbridge, Ivy Leagues and other Top UK and US Universities is here! PrepWorks will be hosting a Top Universities Admissions Preparation Course for participants who want to be fully prepared in all the various aspects of their top university admissions. You can boost your chances of getting into the university of your choice by up to 4 or 5 times!

Parents face challenges when children don’t want to learn; distractions, lack of attention from teachers and unrelatable lessons can cause them to feel tired and frustrated. We at PrepWorks believe that by making learning enjoyable and interactive, students will pick up lessons faster and discover the fun in participating in class-related activities and discussions.

“Homework should be banned!” Why kids share this sentiment and how we can overcome it. One of the biggest complaints kids will have about their life is the homework they get. Granted, some students actually love doing homework, but recent studies have shown that students are feeling stressed out from the amount of work they [...]

Why do kids not read much these days? Despite being surrounded by words, some of them are more content to immerse themselves in games or watching videos. Cultivating a good reading habit can be challenging, but the effort you put into getting your child to read will be well worth it! Read on to find out why a reading habit is good for your child, and a few tips on how to encourage them.

Sign up for our Online Primary School this summer! Worried that your children might be falling behind in their academics? Let them make new friends during the summer and meet highly qualified and interactive teachers from universities like Cambridge, Nottingham and Birmingham University through our online primary school. Our engaging classes provide a global education [...]

Learning Mandarin made easy For parents, pushing kids to learn a new language they don’t speak at home can be a real challenge. Mandarin is no exception, especially with a completely different writing system. Students may end up feeling left out compared to more fluent classmates, as they lack the opportunity to practice it with [...]

Are you the ideal candidate for US institutions? Students taking the next step in their education sometimes find the application process confusing. While sending in transcripts of your good grades are a given, universities and colleges look beyond just that. No matter which institution you intend to apply for, your application will be given careful, [...]

Are you suited for the US or UK’s higher education systems? If you’ve decided to study abroad, there’s always the conundrum of which country to study in. The United States and United Kingdom are both popular destinations for international students, offering a wealth of opportunities, courses and institutions to pick from. The facilities available and [...]

Empower Your Child With Intrinsic Motivation - Part 2 In our previous article, we looked into why intrinsic motivation is necessary for a healthy, happier mindset and provided a few steps you can take to introduce it to your child. To recap, intrinsic motivation is when someone is able to motivate themselves without the need [...]

Empower Your Child With Intrinsic Motivation - Part 1 It’s a common tactic to use extrinsic motivation as a means to encourage children to do something. These include a promised trip if they get good grades, or dessert if they finish their vegetables. Although offering rewards makes them repeat good behaviour or actions, children may [...]

How to Beat Procrastination We all get that feeling once in a while, when we think of the tasks we need to complete today and all the hassle it will bring - sometimes it’s so easy to just sigh and say ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’.  Procrastination. Although it’s defined in a rather blasé term by [...]

The negative impacts of a sedentary lifestyle were being talked about 80 years ago. In the 1940s, a Scottish epidemiologist named Morris investigated the risks of what was then called ‘sitting disease’. He discovered conductors were at lower risk for coronary heart disease than their bus-driving colleagues. When he expanded the study and compared postal delivery workers to sedentary postal clerks, similar results were found.

Prepworks is happy to announce that we can now bring classes to you from the 4th of May onwards! In light of the loosening MCO measures, we can arrange to have a tutor who lives within a 10km radius from your home to travel to you for lessons.

How students handle and respond to online learning will definitely vary due to their personality and preference. A good online learning environment and engaging class are crucial to boost your child’s learning. Joining StarWorks can be a way to help your child accustom themselves to online learning. As the lesson goal is less rigid and not tied to a school syllabus, your child can learn crucial skills at their own pace in a fun and encouraging environment.

Help your child speak clearly and confidently. Some kids are too shy to talk no matter how much you encourage them. Some kids talk too much and end up with a whirlwind of words you just can’t catch up to. Speaking clearly and confidently is a valuable skill that often gets neglected by most, until [...]

Is your child a critical thinker? There comes a time when as a child is growing up, they will reach a phase some may call the ‘why phase’. It’s incessant and sometimes really annoying, especially when they sound like they’re trying to avoid following instructions, or won’t give you a break. We know however, that [...]

Research from home and gain experience you won’t get from school. Our program costs RM17,500 to have a US professor as a mentor, and RM20,000 for a UK professor.

We’ve already talked about how to design the perfect morning routine, so why stop there? Unsurprisingly, our night-time routine can be just as important in helping us to navigate through our lives as the best version of ourselves. Unlike morning routines, which are designed to solely prepare you for an awesome day, evening routines have [...]

Since we’re all cooped up at home, your schedules might end up a bit more relaxed. You should be getting your well-deserved rest, and while getting ready in the morning is different from what you usually do, a morning routine can help kickstart your day. It’s not about waking up at 6 a.m. to run [...]

Why writing skills are vital even in our digital world. It’s often said that kids these days just don’t bother with reading or writing anymore. Gone are the days of writing letters or recording your day in a diary. Why write three paragraphs when you can take several pictures? The media we consume nowadays are [...]

Stuck at home? We have some cabin-fever hacks for you! 5 tips to prevent cabin fever As the world shudders into a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone is staying home to prevent the spread of the disease. Even though we know that it’s for the best, everyone, kids especially, can’t help but feel [...]

Major exams cancelled! What do I do? In lieu of the coronavirus outbreak, many major exams have been cancelled to protect the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved. It is definitely a sad, but necessary decision. Students and teachers have been toiling for months to prepare for the examination, spending long hours studying, discussing past [...]

PrepWorks is offering tutoring and academic coaching ONLINE! Need structure? Want to tweak your academic performance? Now is the time! You can do it all through livestream with our tutors and academic coaches. With Malaysia’s Movement Control Order being extended to 14th of April, it’s vital to set up an academic schedule for your kids. [...]

COVID-19: An Explanation for Kids. The coronavirus has affected more than 169 countries, and claimed many lives. It’s difficult not to worry about the illness, known as COVID-19, especially when everyone is talking about it. But what we need to do now is to stay calm and follow a few rules and instructions. Here is [...]

All Classes to be conducted online or postponed until further notice To all our parents & students,  In light of the lockdown and to prevent further spreading of the Covid-19 virus, PrepWorks is doing our part in taking all our 1-on-1 in-home tutoring, weekly classes, holiday workshops and events online!  So how would it work? [...]

How To Remedy A Damaged Attention Span The internet used to be a luxury tool which we only switched on when we wanted to do something specific. Now, it is incredibly sophisticated and what we can use it for is potentially limitless. You may have noticed that these days, most of us have checked our [...]

Explore our Writing Workshop for 11-13 year olds coming up this Easter if you would like to pull the handbrake on technology and allow your child to discover the wonder in this contagious art form that classrooms might be making too technical and sterile. As for reading, start with a Kindle. Quoting Margaret Atwood who wrote The Handmaid’s Tale : “In the end, we’ll all become stories” so learn to create and write yours the best you can.

People with low self-esteem tend to not be very kind to themselves, judge their own actions negatively, and take on less challenges in life due to a belief that they will inevitably not succeed. Building self-esteem is a process, and it can take time to shift beliefs. Find out how.

The Case For Studying Arts and Humanities In the words of Steve Jobs, "Technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with liberal arts, married with humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing." Here at Prepworks, we can’t help but agree. It has come into our awareness that the majority of [...]

Results are out! A Message from our Director I can imagine a day like 15th January would be filled with mixed feelings to the extremes - some elated and some huge disappointments. Getting into Oxford or Cambridge is no easy feat and a big achievement. However for some of us who hold ourselves to the [...]

Why is it that many children find it so challenging opening up to their parents and what can parents do to improve the quality of these dialogues? We hope that this article will provide you with some resources to further enrich your connection with your kids!

Our 2019 Year End Courses are here!   Need to be more mindful, self-aware and have improved focus in school? Or is 2020 a big year for you - full of important exams and you need to find that motivation, self-discipline and get your study habits on track? Spend the first part of your holidays [...]

Mindfulness, Meditation, And How To Practice Them: Part 2 In part one of this two-part article, I explained how hitting what could be described as a rock-bottom led me down the beautiful and challenging path of completely redesigning my habits, involving reconnecting with my deeper self and the present moment through practices of conscious awareness. [...]

Mindfulness, Meditation, And How To Practice Them: Part 1 In this two-part article, our Prepworks tutor bravely shares about her personal experience involving mental exhaustion and transformation through meditation, in the hopes that it will inspire other people to take better care of themselves so that they don’t end up in a similar situation. She [...]

Ever thought what books your child should have read by the time they were 18? Or just looking for the perfect reading list of educational, inspirational and thoughtful literature. If these questions have crossed your mind, especially for some of us a million times, you are reading the right blog! Below we have a collection of books and their summaries: a list to inspire, to educate and for fun!

Put together by one of our top English tutors, having just got accepted (on full scholarship) to do her PhD in English Literature at Stanford University, PrepWorks brings you their favourite under 18 book list. We recommend you to get these books today or borrow them from our updated PrepWorks library!

As a teacher for over a decade, my question has always been ‘What sets one student apart from another?’ Is it nature or nurture? Usually, by the end of the first class, I have a feeling who will do well and who would need extra help. What did the kids who I knew would do well have in them? What were the qualities I was unconsciously looking out for?