Kinderland

[vfong1]

phantom:

My boy is 4 1/2 years old. He is currently in the nursery enrichment program. Yes, he started phonics already.

I am particularly impressed with the way Chinese is taught, after just two month, my son can recite Tang poem, write his Chinese name. These which I have tried but failed previously to teach him.

The thing about this Tulip Montessori is that the class consist of kid from 3 to 6 years old having lesson together, that do teaches him some amount of social skills and taking care of each other and been independent.

The more important thing is he enjoys going to school now :lol:

hi Phantom,

Great to hear that your boy enjoys his classes. My boy enjoys too.

[cckmummy]

Hi phantom,


Can u share with me, which kinderland did u put your boy in previously. sunshine place or the one bside lot 1?

You mean he was not happy there as compared to at tulip montessori?

I am now considering signing up my 3 yrs old girl for the tulip montessori phonics weekend classes next year.

[phantom]

cckmummy:

Hi phantom,


Can u share with me, which kinderland did u put your boy in previously. sunshine place or the one bside lot 1?

You mean he was not happy there as compared to at tulip montessori?

I am now considering signing up my 3 yrs old girl for the tulip montessori phonics weekend classes next year.

I send my kid to the one in Sun Shine Place. There was a change in one of the teacher and after that, my kid started to have resistance going to school. There could be a couple of reasons, one possible reason is maybe he came back from school break and some long weekend and still think of playing.

But one of the main reason for changing is that my wife think Kinderland does not teach enough compared to Montessori, that's why we changed. So far so good at tulip montessori.

[cckmummy]

Thanks for your reply!

[JGMum]

Hi, I am a new mum at this forum. I sent my elder boy to Tulip Montessori for about 1.5 years (started when he was ~20 mths). He really enjoyed himself there, and became a lot more independent. We liked it because of the clean and new classroom, the variety of Montessori tools and toys, the high teacher-to-student ratio (when my son was there, it was 3 teachers to a class of 10-15 students), and the fee is not that ex compared to other Montessori programs. The only drawback is that we could not use CDA funds as it was an enrichment centre. We had to pull him out because we moved to a new location that is too far from Yew Tee/CCK. I would have put my younger one in there if we have not moved.

[cckmummy]

Welcome JG mum,

Thanks for the useful feedback, now then i know can’t use CDA account. i’ve yet to visit the centre although i live very near there, a pity i can’t sign my girl up for the daily classes, I’m a FTWM and the principal told me there’s no school bus service.

[swpf]

i am also considering placing my 3YO girl to one of the schools below

1) mmi katong
2) kinderland marine parade
3) school house by the bay
4) seeds ‘d’ learning katong
5) learning vision tampines

any feedbacks on the above?

[ChiefKiasu]

swpf:

i am also considering placing my 3YO girl to one of the schools below

1) mmi katong
2) kinderland marine parade
3) school house by the bay
4) seeds 'd' learning katong
5) learning vision tampines

any feedbacks on the above?

I looked at most of them other than Seeds and Learning Vision. My daughter's having fun in Schoolhouse BTB right now. Lots of interaction, handicraft, drawings and gym. But need to supplement with the more academic oriented enrichment classes outside. Kinderland Marine Parade is a good option if you are looking for a greater balance between play and serious stuff like languages and music.

[siewyee_lee.02161yahoo.02161com.02161sg]

Hi swpf.

I have a bad experience with MMI at katong shopping centre.Enrolled my gal in July 08 and stop putting her mid Sep 08. For July to Aug,she is on half day prog,only stay few hrs and did not noticed anything. But when put full days in Sep,she start to be moody and sad.
I withdraw her is bcos when I fetch her fr work, I pushed open glass door and saw my gal crying all alone at the sofa. Not a single soul was there,imagine she was sitting near entrance,anyone can just grab her and go.Even no one to grab her she can push glass door and run out. For ur info,carpark is just located outside, and downstairs is places people play pools. Confronted Teacher and she said my gal keep crying whole day and to not want to go indoor playground. And she is standing in btw door,which is crap,cos when i open door and went in to comfort my gal,not a single soul. Supervisor still tell me my gal improving not much crying.
Such a childcare giving such care and concern is really very untolerable.How to entrust kids with them when their replies or updates on ur child is so different. Never put my gal bk after that day.
Heard fr my ex-collegue their teacher is not montessori certify,only certified teacher on long sick leave.All this certification I can still bear with it but not the deadly incident.
Sorry to complaint so much as I am really very angry and disappointed.Now I got to look for childcare again but MMI no longer a criteria for me cos their teacher might not be certify at all. Most impt is that teacher is caring and good. A very simple requirement but so hard to meet as depend on luck.

[ChiefKiasu]

sy:

...I withdraw her is bcos when I fetch her fr work, I pushed open glass door and saw my gal crying all alone at the sofa. Not a single soul was there,imagine she was sitting near entrance,anyone can just grab her and go...

Hi sy, I'm surprised that your child was left alone in the waiting area as it is indeed just 1 door away from the carpark which would be very dangerous. I was told during my visit earlier this year that no child is allowed to be outside alone when I voiced my concern about security.

But I did think that they have a good curriculum, and the place is large and clean.