Hi parents! I was doing a search on Google and stumbled onto this thread… New member here…


I can’t seem to find the original post by Insider but that was many years back. The subject of this thread is exactly what I was searching for for my son who is in N2 now. However, the info on MOE website is very general and bare. The school director has also not provided parents with a set syllabus or curriculum even though i asked for this when enrolling my child. Understand it is not common for childcares to provide this to parents?

My son is in a private childcare in the East side and due to Covid-19, the school emailed the parents some worksheets for us to do with our children at home during the CB period. I noticed that my son is still learning to draw straight lines in N2. Of course the worksheets contain other activities too like counting, matching and reading an online story book and getting the child to express his feelings.

Was chatting with my colleague whose son is in a PCF childcare (also N2) and she is given letter C worksheet to practice writing. Apparently the children are learning to write the alphabets so I was concerned why my son is still not taught to write even letter A?? That’s what prompted my search on Google about the curriculum.

Based on my knowledge, my son is or has learned rote counting from 1-30, body parts, all shapes (like diamond oval etc) and can recognise A-Z and 1-30. They also learn all the days of the week in a song. This current term they are learning about occupations and transportations (eg. Nurse and doctor, fireman and fire engine etc)…

I understand that compared to western style teaching, many preschoolers are just only learning their ABCs and they emphasise alot on free play and learning through play (i guess we Singaporeans are just more kiasu). But without any clear guidelines from MOE, it is very difficult for us parents to gauge our child’s progress and how to support them.

So should i start teaching my son how to write letter A when his school has not reached that stage yet? I’m confused…

Any parents with N2 kids can share what your child is learning at the moment and at what progress? I am just thinking it is strange if PCF curriculum is faster or more advanced than private childcares because if that’s the case, i might as well enrol him in PCF and pay less school fees every month lol…

Sorry for the long post!