[Hougang/Punggol/Sengkang] Preschools
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In a way, most parents will be quite fearful to start the kid struggling in p1. my ex-boss used to send his kids to MFC. got chance wil try and find out how it turned out for them. but then hard to conclude if its effort of the parents. my ex-boss’s wife is a SAHM who is a PhD holderif i m not wrong???
agree on the part that parents have to teach, regardless of which pre-school the kid goes to. but becos the kid spends so much time in school nowadays eg. fullday cc, quite impt that the school should be good to minimise the effort required from the parent… -
foreverj:
I personlly think that parents do play an important role. But as you said, most of us are working & do not have the luxury to spend the whole afternoon with our kids teaching them. Enrolling them in a school that ensures the kids are able to cope with the regime in Pri School will be of high priority.In a way, most parents will be quite fearful to start the kid struggling in p1. my ex-boss used to send his kids to MFC. got chance wil try and find out how it turned out for them. but then hard to conclude if its effort of the parents. my ex-boss's wife is a SAHM who is a PhD holderif i m not wrong???
agree on the part that parents have to teach, regardless of which pre-school the kid goes to. but becos the kid spends so much time in school nowadays eg. fullday cc, quite impt that the school should be good to minimise the effort required from the parent...
Even for me now, I set aside 1 Saturday afternoon & 3 weekday afternoons for my son. But this is because I am teaching part time in school & I given tuition in the evenings when my boy is tired & having fun with his daddy who just came back from work. Imagine parents who work the whole day and by the time they reach home & settle down, it's the kids' bedtimes! -
A technique or a method is but only the theory part of introducing
lessons. It is still subject to the delivery of the teaching person…
the educator, to make any method work. Regardless of whether
a technique was used in a branded school or otherwise. It is not
the method entirely to be judged, cause it’s always never a case
of one method suits all. If we did have only one method, it wud
be easier to put all our children in one place, one school of
thought. What works for one may not work for another all becos
everyone of us is born different and unique to one’s own potential.
For example, Zoophonics may not work for some children or
parents but there are kiddies i know who write flawlessly by
K2 cause their teacher exposes them to grammar and early
composition writing. They can write compositions in K2 with
minimum of 50 words and with paragraphs akin to the P2
standard in schools.
Even for PCFs, there’s been known to have diverse quality of
teaching styles and there are good ones around. tamarind has
put her daughter into a PCF and has a fantastic teacher to guide
her daughter through her kindy years that should be sufficient in
preparing her daughter for primary school with confidence.
A good teacher will at any point help to inspire the learning process
of whatever technique that works best for their children/students &
regardless in which centre they attend. These also include parents
who prefer to homeschool their children.
A child can be in the most expensive learning institution but if the
teacher is not good the method used in the sch will not be
effectively executed, hence having children who are not gaining the
advantage of the said method.
Wherever it is our children are placed, a good and inspiring teacher
is what it takes to motivate their learning journey with whatever
method is in place.
Just my humble opinion. JMHO. -
Hi trisha/huihui,
both my 2 elder kids are now in Cambridge@AMK(Mei hwan). Personally, I like the school very much as I feel that the teachers are very patient with the kids and parents-teacher communication is very effective. I feel that it is very impt for the school to have constant communication with the parents so that you are aware of what your children's strength and weaknesses are.
On top of that, they have gym for N1/N2 kids and swimming for K1/K2 kids. The swimming pool is within their compound so there is no additional travelling involved. My daughter loves the weekly swimming classes that they have.
Other than building the children up academically i.e reading/writing, alot of confidence and character building is inbuilt into their programs. The whole school is involved in the graduation concert that is done yearly and even the toddlers(18 mths) go on stage to perform! They also offer additional programs like phonics, S&D, Chinese S&D. But of course, all these additional programs come at additional cost as well.
Every morning, they have different play programs,i.e. water play, sand play, cycling, playground and indoor gym. However, during periods like H1N1, HFMD or chicken pox, they would suspend such plays and every child would play in their own classroom to prevent contact with too many children. That is also one of my top rave about the school as they are very very conscious about hygiene and so far, I have not experienced any major outbreak in the schools. The school will also constantly update us whenever a case of contagious disease occur.
When I enrolled my first child 3yrs ago, I went and \"reckie\" the whole AMK CC and went down to all the CC to take a look at their facilities and programs. I have never regretted my choice so it's really 2 thumbs up for this CC
Hope the above information helps you. However, it is also quite individual so I would recommend that you shortlist a few of the CC and go down and have a look and talk to the teachers so that you can get a feel of the place. After all, one man's meat may be another's poison
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Fantastic review, 3greatkids!
This seems like an extremely
positive environment!
Suppose you're shortlisting to
see this one soon tricia &
huihui?
Parents must always go down
personally to feel the place and
not take comments on face value...
Now... 3greatkids, time for us
to see a great introduction from
you at the Newbies, okie! -
Hi,
I am thinking to send my girl to playgroup when she reaches 2 years old. Does anyone knows any good playgroup at Sengkang/Hougang/Punggol?
PLease advise.
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I thought of sending my tot to http://preschool.sg/?p=986 when he turns 3 years. Very popular.
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lifestylelink:
I thought of sending my tot to http://preschool.sg/?p=986 when he turns 3 years. Very popular.
Do you know why this preschool is so popular? -
Hi,
Thank you 3greatkids for your reply.
Will check out that CC… -
Hi, I’m new to this forum.
I attracted to the topic on childcare in Shengkang, punggol…
I have a 3 yrs old son.
He is studying in MRC in Downtown East, half day school.
He is doing well in the school. He is able to do counting from 1 to 20, sing Sunday to Saturday, spell out one to ten and learning eleven to twenty. He even knows January to December.
But very sad to say, i need full day childcare. Does anyone have any good recommendations?
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