<![CDATA[Creative O]]>Title: kids who prev. studied at Creative O/ Caterpillar cove


hi, would really appreciate if any mums/ dads who have previously sent their kids to Creative O/ Caterpillar Cove for K1/K2. How are they adapting to P1? Am thnking of sending kid to either of these two places, provided there are positive feedbacks. Thanks millions! need :idea:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/949/creative-oRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 20:42:22 GMTFri, 05 Sep 2008 15:47:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:33:14 GMT]]>Hi everyone, it's nice to see everyone's post about my favourite school in Singapore! I attended Creative O from 1998 to 2003 and my brother attended from 2004 to 2008. Currently, I am working as an Account Director at a Tech firm while my bro is studying comp sci at SUTD.


Here are some of my thoughts about the school after graduating for so long and now entered the workforce for 3+ years. Hopefully it serves as a useful review to some parents who are considering Creative O :rahrah:

1. The hands-on project & exploration approach:
- I believe that it has laid a strong in my ability to execute in projects in jc and uni (I studied biz in SMU) and curiosity. I have been a strong contributor in all my projects. At my workplace now, I manage the company on behalf of my boss because I have the soft skills needed to execute what needs to be done such as managing clients, projects, invoicing, contract negotiations etc. And if I am not familiar with something such as project management, I will pick up the relevant knowledge and apply it quickly to my work.

2. Emphasis on Chinese
- Although I came from a Chinese background, Creative O has a strong emphasis on Chinese because Chinese language is actually much harder to master than English. The reason why I wrote this is because I realised the importance of effective bilingualism when I started working. The first job I had deals with a lot of chinese companies and they told me it's quite difficult to find Singaporeans with good chinese. Even my own company struggled a lot hiring the people with the right skillsets. I am grateful that I landed that job because of my chinese skills and it also paved the way for my future jobs where I was headhunted by Huawei and so on.

3. Concept of helping people and contributing to society
- My memory from Creative O was that we always had projects that involves helping people. This include doing fundraising for African kids from scratch, going to elderly homes, projects around animals and how to help them etc. This has planted a seed in me and my brother. I have done a lot of volunteering during my secondary school days, joined a volunteering club in JC, co-founded overseas learning project in SMU and even volunteering part-time while working. Meanwhile, my brother's goal is to make money to help more people so he started learning investing since he was 17 and he's doing pretty well portfolio wise this year (up +40%+ YTD).

4. Lots of adventure, outdoor activities and camping!!
- The countless of outdoor activities, outings, and the 3D2N has forged me, my brother and younger cousins (who also attended Creative O) to be athletic, and courageous. I think of all us are involved in some form of sport or sports throughout our growing years. I did Wushu in primary school, and my brother was in badminton school team throughout pri sch to jc. One of my cousins is now in Hwa Chong basketball team. Sports has helped me to be more conscious of my health as I get older and I believe health is the #1 (at least to me).

- The camping was the highlight of my Creative O days. I still remember clearly that I turned down my parents' offer to go to Sweden (for the first time in my life) just to go for my camping trip. All the children in Creative O have been looking forward since we join because we will stand and welcome our \"seniors\" back when we were younger. Here is a recent news article to describe it in detail:
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2023/10/pre-school-camp-singapore/index.html?shell
-These experiences has shaped me to be independent, confident and courageous which I greatly value now that I'm older and face a lot of adversities in the VUCA world.

Although my mom played a huge role, she was a workaholic (people who know Li Laoshi knows that she loves Creative O) so Creative O days was important to me when I was younger and I still have many happy memories from then. I still kept in contact with some of my Creative O friends and people around me thought it's a bit weird but that's the magic of Creative O. My family often go back for Creative O anniversaries and we are happy to see that the alumni network is quite strong. Super thankful to Ms Tan for all her hardwork and dedication!

Li Laoshi (as mentioned by previous parents) and I are back to help out Creative O and we are working with Ms Tan and the directors to bring Creative O to greater heights. At the same time, I am also taking a part-time masters at SUTD to study technology in early childhood education and to bring the knowledge back to Creative O.

If anyone has any question or feedback, please feel free to share here! I will do my best to answer šŸ˜„

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2124996https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2124996Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:33:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:53:21 GMT]]>Hi parents, any recent reviews on Creative O preschool?


Went for a visit recently, we do liked that
1. kids are learning on a play/project based environment and there are various activities / outings,
2. There is a routine auntie for every class so that teachers could focus on teaching
3. Good teacher student ratio
4. parents could send and pick kids from the classroom directly,

but we also had the following concern/observations:
1. Noticed that most kids are converted citizens and chinese speaking
2. Classroom and materials seems quite aged and messy

If you have any kids enrolled here or recently graducated please kindly share your review. TIA.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2124147https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2124147Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:53:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:46:41 GMT]]>Just to share my review about this school.

What I feel to be one of the best preschool in the West of Singapore.

I enrolled my kids into this hidden gem (yes, hidden gem.. it came highly recommended only by word of mouth by a relative who worked in the early childhood industry) when I had to go back to work and was looking for a full-time childcare. They take in students from 3year onwards (year of birth). Loved the school so much with my first born that I ensured my second born is transferred to this school once he is eligible to enrol.
Seriously, who has heard of this school? Tucked in the IBP. It's been around for 20years and nary anybody has talked about it online except this thread, only recently then they exposed themselves on social media. Or maybe all the parents are just happy to keep it \"hidden\" so that it doesn't have an explosive waitlist for all their friends' and neighbours' children...

Most parents would send their children to the brand name \"franchises\" childcare..

Like many \"kiasu parents\", I have done a lot of research, and also visited many preschools ranging from PCF to top end international ones. I like some top end privately run preschools (large, outdoorsy etc) but cost is a problem. Then I found Creative O that practically marked all the ticks on my checklist.

Initial impression or first visit - may sound \"noisy\" depending on what time of the day you are visiting, look \"cluttered\" and \"old\" to some...
BUT, the \"noise\" in the morning before main activity starts or end of the day comes from very happy children talking or sharing to each other about their day etc. Things are well sorted in the classrooms and shelved, with plenty of arts and recycled materials available for students to use for their school work. The school is clean, and occasional outbreaks such as HFMD if any, are very well controlled, and has minimal impact, due to teachers and aunties' dedication to cleanliness.

The school has dedicated experienced administrative personnel, and is helmed by a very dedicated principal Ms Tan (also ECDA fellow) who has operated the school for 20yrs.

One important thing to note is the school is operated non profit. Wherein other schools charge extra for \"enrichment\" etc, there is absolutely no extra charges for the creative movement, visual arts class, speech and drama, floor exercise, K2 drama camp and workshop incorporated into curriculum; and they are all taught by professional Arts practicioners who have taught year after year in this same school. There is the optional CCA (wushu and Chinese dance) for K1 and up, and is also, run at affordable rates.

Staff - you can't get better value than this here for the school fees one pay. Where some schools sell their outlook or fancy program, they have very junior teachers and low staff retention rate.
The credentials of the teachers here are impressive (ok la.. to me. Some have masters degree hor, don't play play). Many teachers have taught here for over 5yrs and some as long as 15yrs. They are highly experienced and this is so very important in early childhood... Why ah? You may ask..
I have seen first hand how inclusive this school is. The teachers are able to handle difficult students (at this stage of life, some kids may present symptoms of ADHD, autism but yet may not actually have the condition, while some may have been diagnosed and is able to integrate well) and students with physical disabilities, with love and care. They don't simply go up to the parent and just coldly ask the parents to change school, get kids assessed or say the kid has a problem and shrug off.
Because of the very strong parent- teacher collaboration in this school, the teachers will feedback to parents on behavior, that they are working on it, and how parents can work with teachers to reinforce positive behaviors at home etc. I get near daily verbal updates on my children even without asking. Some schools are just fetch and go.

Curriculum - emergent, play based (coz children learn better from play), very developmentally appropriate and focused, researched and developed with collaboration with a Taiwanese professor (detail from website).. it doesn't overly focus on academic (coz I don't want smart brats or self centered, low EQ intellects) but offers a very well rounded education, from character building, to social, environmental awareness (beach cleaning, recycling, monthly visits to elder Care etc), whilst building up confidence and readiness for primary school's academic rigours. It's effectively bilingual.
Somehow.. the word of mouth for this school is very strong among the Chinese community (PRC and Taiwanese..) and we know how KS they are due to their strong competition at home.. but happy to have my children learn native Chinese from their children here.

The school has visiting children from other schools, e.g. malay students during Hari Raya celebration for example. Yearly, it also play host to many teachers-in-training (attachment stints), some from as far as Taiwan or locally from SUSS..

Food wise - the children loves the food the aunties cook here inhouse. For birthday celebrations, they advocate meaningful celebrations. They respectfully request no cream cakes (healthier), preferably no goodie bags (not to attach materialistic values or expectations). Healthy eating habits (and that means little to no sweets, yay!!) Is promoted in this school.

The school sometimes has free parenting talks (some are external invited speakers), collaborative events, and a private library of parenting books that parents have access to.

Not forgetting.. the highlighted 3D2N camp to an external island. The children will be well prepared for life, learning first aid, climbing trees, cooking over campfire...etc

Hope the school can continue its mission, and continue to push early childhood education to Pinnacle of excellence... :imcool:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1950150https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1950150Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:46:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Tue, 20 Nov 2018 05:53:26 GMT]]>Hi all, just to share that my child is also studying in Creative O and I have nothing but praises for the school, principal and teachers!


My child was from one of the top preschools. However, she is a slightly slow learner and in that previous school, she was not able to keep up with her peers.
Even her teacher at that time was not very encouraging and only kept stressing us on what she could not do compared with the rest of her classmates.
After a series of unhappy incidents, we decided to switch to Creative O.

Prior to enrolling her, we visited the school and I must admit that my first impression of the school was that it is a bit old and messy. However, now as I think about it, it really isnā€™t that bad.
At least the school is kept clean, kids also have ample space to move around and display their art work.

Changes that I saw in my child in previous school vs. Creative O:
My child was never able to write independently -> Able to write her name, copy simple words.
Unable to speak Mother Tongue -> Able to converse with us (not fluent, but still can be understood)
Refused to eat school food (she could go without food the whole day) -> Eats everything during lunch
Never spoke in class -> Can play happily with teachers and classmates

Although there is no spelling, difficult homework, but I do not find it a problem.
For parents who want their child to be very advanced in academic, I think is either you send them to a academic based preschool or bring them for enrichment lessons.

To me, what matters most is she is enjoying her childhood while receiving education. They have so many years of stressful education after preschool. I know my childā€™s potential, so I will only guide her as she grows, rather than to shape her into my expectations.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1884427https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1884427Tue, 20 Nov 2018 05:53:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Mon, 09 Jul 2018 02:33:57 GMT]]>

alwaysbuzymum:
My eldest son graduated from CreativeO and my 2nd son currently in CreativeO. Just to share with you a bit of my experience with CreativeO.


First of all, I would like to say thanks to Li LaoShi who taught my eldest son. She is a super dedicated teacher and well respected by parents. CreativeO has many dedicated and experienced teachers. Sadly say, a few good one incl Li LaoShi have left the school.

CreativeO does not emphasise on academic. It focuses a lot on project learning and character building. No homework, no hypy was taught and not much spelling.

My eldest son is attending one of the top primary schools. The transition to primary school was a painful one for my eldest son, from an unconventional to classroom environment. He was struggling at first (in P1) to catch up school syllabus. His peers were far advanced than him in terms of Chinese writing, hypy, times table etc. He always place at \"hot seat\" in front of teacher because of fidgeting. To survive in highly pressurised primary schools, we have to ā€œstressā€ him a bit to make sure he is not too far behind. He does not have the ā€œcompetitiveā€ mindset. But sadly say we live in Singapore.

Having said that, my son is doing fine at school (can be better in the eye of KS parent). He is a fast learner especially enjoys studying Math and Science but not language subjects. He is curious, good in problem solving and strong in logic thinking. Attending CreativeO does help him in terms of character building, boost his curiosity and observation.

For my 2nd son, I am struggling whether should I transfer him to a more academic focused preschool to give him a good headstart. I have not done so because I am in the paradox of good result versus happy childhood, psle versus long term.

If you are KS parent yet like CreativeO learning style, be prepare to help your child during transition or sent them for extra enrichments.
My 2nd son finally graduated in 2017. Although his brother had painful P1 transition, I am glad that I still put didi in CreativeO. My 2nd son has built up very strong characters - very confident, curious, never give up and view learning as self challenge/ fulfillment. He is doing well in P1 and I never regret to put both boys in Creative O.

I see and feel the quality, characters and values built in CreativeO. My boys will volunteer doing house chores, tell me to save environment, they hand make their own toys, do various experiments themselves. ā€œThe mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates, the great teacher inspiresā€ . I think CreativeO teachers somehow have instilled something and made them so adorable.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1856202https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1856202Mon, 09 Jul 2018 02:33:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:27:02 GMT]]>This is an article about the school, I guess. The only pre school bring kids to St. John's island..... So, believe it is Creative O although no school name is mentioned.


http://www.zaobao.com.sg/zlifestyle/columns/story20171017-803361

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1809407https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1809407Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:27:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:34:35 GMT]]>Hi Han Seo,

Thank you for the sharing. I can hear that you are truly impressed with Miss Tanā€™s leadership. Iā€™m very interested to meet her and learn more about the school from her. Fingers crossed that this is the school for my Son. We have some bad experiences in the other school so having good, kind , loving and fun Teachers is truly important to us. He is so against the idea of going to school now. haizā€¦ thus, Iā€™m concerned about our next step.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1798853https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1798853Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:34:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:44:31 GMT]]>Hi CL13,

I am sorry I canā€™t share much about her nursery classes and the teachers as I do not have any direct contact with them, if this is what you mean. However, I am sure under Miss Tanā€™s leadership, the welfare of the children and staff are at the top of her list. In terms of pedagogical approach, she knows what she is doing. There are many centres that will use fanciful educational terms to sell their centres (e.g. STEM Approach, MI, Reggio-inspired etcā€¦) but you can never be sure if they really practise what they proclaim because teacherā€™s classroom practices are highly complex with many factors at play.

If you are looking for a quality centre with reasonable fees, you canā€™t go wrong with Creative O. Having said that, Miss Tan is also getting on in years, I do hope she has a succession plan. It will be a pity if she were to give up her centre in the near future due to the inability to find like-minded staff and leader to take over the centre that she has painstakingly built up over the last 20 years.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1798350https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1798350Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:44:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Mon, 28 Aug 2017 22:31:35 GMT]]>Hi utamao3 and Han Seo,

Iā€™m Glad to read your posts as Iā€™m considering whether to send my son who is turning 3 years old soon to Creative O. Withdrawn him recently from another pre-school. I am impressed by the unconventional style of teaching for their K1 and K2 kids and it really sounds more interesting to be studying here. Can any one of you share more about their nursery classes and how are the Teachers? My son didnā€™t like the other school and had issues settling in so Iā€™m really hope to find another school that will be suitable for him and not have too many changes for him.
Thank you

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1797789https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1797789Mon, 28 Aug 2017 22:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:22:13 GMT]]>I know Miss Tan, the operator, personally. I have asked her about opening other branches a few years ago but she has adamantly refused to do so, citing the difficulty of maintaining quality as the reason. As someone in the preschool industry myself (teacher trainer), I whole-heartedly support her. You can have the best programme written on paper but ultimately, whether your teacher can carry out the programme for you is another story. To support and retain your best teachers, management has to put in a lot of effort to support and retain them, including fair remuneration, mentoring, professionl growth and development. All these take up a lot of time. To open branches will mean her energy will be stretched. She could easily franchised her centre now for millions, due to the reputation that was built up over the years. The fact that she refused to do so speaks volumes about her dedication to this field.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1783154https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1783154Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Thu, 12 Jan 2017 04:54:27 GMT]]>I am the mother of two kdis of Creative O, one graduated and one still in Creative O.


The teachers are really caring, devoted and willing to spend extra time to work with the kids.

Although itā€™s private-owned but they never run it like for-profit organisation. although the school fees was raised due to rental fee, the school is very reasonable in the fees and all the related fees (field trips) are charged at minimal.

In addition, the school never advertise or share much on social media as they put the privacy of the kids at priority.

Itā€™s a pre-school well known among the early childhood institutions, they receive few batches of trainees from Singapore and Taiwan each year, as well as visits from MOE.

Greatly appreciated the effort of the teachers/ aunties/ admin staff in Creative O.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1746679https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1746679Thu, 12 Jan 2017 04:54:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Wed, 06 May 2015 06:09:25 GMT]]>

JY2011:
alwaysbuzymum:

My eldest son graduated from CreativeO and my 2nd son currently in CreativeO. Just to share with you a bit of my experience with CreativeO.


First of all, I would like to say thanks to Li LaoShi who taught my eldest son. She is a super dedicated teacher and well respected by parents. CreativeO has many dedicated and experienced teachers. Sadly say, a few good one incl Li LaoShi have left the school.

CreativeO does not emphasise on academic. It focuses a lot on project learning and character building. No homework, no hypy was taught and not much spelling.

My eldest son is attending one of the top primary schools. The transition to primary school was a painful one for my eldest son, from an unconventional to classroom environment. He was struggling at first (in P1) to catch up school syllabus. His peers were far advanced than him in terms of Chinese writing, hypy, times table etc. He always place at \"hot seat\" in front of teacher because of fidgeting. To survive in highly pressurised primary schools, we have to ā€œstressā€ him a bit to make sure he is not too far behind. He does not have the ā€œcompetitiveā€ mindset. But sadly say we live in Singapore.

Having said that, my son is doing fine at school (can be better in the eye of KS parent). He is a fast learner especially enjoys studying Math and Science but not language subjects. He is curious, good in problem solving and strong in logic thinking. Attending CreativeO does help him in terms of character building, boost his curiosity and observation.

For my 2nd son, I am struggling whether should I transfer him to a more academic focused preschool to give him a good headstart. I have not done so because I am in the paradox of good result versus happy childhood, psle versus long term.

If you are KS parent yet like CreativeO learning style, be prepare to help your child during transition or sent them for extra enrichments.

Hi, alwaysbuzymum.

I am sorry to hear that your eldest son has problem to cope with the P1 life. So you mentioned that his classmates are far more advanced than him. Is it because the parents of his classmates send their kids to tuition classes before starting P1? I chatted with an aunty during my way sending my DD to the school. The aunty told me that her daughter started the English tuition lesson of their 3 grandchilren at age 4. I was ike :scared: as I have not thought of this and hoping that our DD can do well with preschool teachers' guidances. We send her to a good preschool so we thought it will be sufficient oledi. CreativeO should be a good school too but now you are saying your eldest is also struggling in P1..... Your son seems really good to me as he likes maths and science, problem solving.... So it makes no difference where we send them to but need to send them tuitions still before P1...

The aunty told me that kids are required to wrong short comprehension but not only spelling now in P1. Is it true? Definitely, her grandchildren, all are quite smarts one, are also quite stressed up and the 2 elder grandchildren are attending one of the elite primary schools. I am also a bit worry on DD's progress now...

Sorry can't give much suggestion but just wanna share my thought...

Hi jy2011
U r right, other parents send their kids to tuitions at very young age. Some of his classmates even started doing P1 assessment book at K1 :yikes: . After 2 stressful years and a lot pushing, I am satisfied with his progress....I think his results is above average (school doesn't share ranking).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1501068https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1501068Wed, 06 May 2015 06:09:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:48:09 GMT]]>

alwaysbuzymum:
My eldest son graduated from CreativeO and my 2nd son currently in CreativeO. Just to share with you a bit of my experience with CreativeO.


First of all, I would like to say thanks to Li LaoShi who taught my eldest son. She is a super dedicated teacher and well respected by parents. CreativeO has many dedicated and experienced teachers. Sadly say, a few good one incl Li LaoShi have left the school.

CreativeO does not emphasise on academic. It focuses a lot on project learning and character building. No homework, no hypy was taught and not much spelling.

My eldest son is attending one of the top primary schools. The transition to primary school was a painful one for my eldest son, from an unconventional to classroom environment. He was struggling at first (in P1) to catch up school syllabus. His peers were far advanced than him in terms of Chinese writing, hypy, times table etc. He always place at \"hot seat\" in front of teacher because of fidgeting. To survive in highly pressurised primary schools, we have to ā€œstressā€ him a bit to make sure he is not too far behind. He does not have the ā€œcompetitiveā€ mindset. But sadly say we live in Singapore.

Having said that, my son is doing fine at school (can be better in the eye of KS parent). He is a fast learner especially enjoys studying Math and Science but not language subjects. He is curious, good in problem solving and strong in logic thinking. Attending CreativeO does help him in terms of character building, boost his curiosity and observation.

For my 2nd son, I am struggling whether should I transfer him to a more academic focused preschool to give him a good headstart. I have not done so because I am in the paradox of good result versus happy childhood, psle versus long term.

If you are KS parent yet like CreativeO learning style, be prepare to help your child during transition or sent them for extra enrichments.
Hi, alwaysbuzymum.

I am sorry to hear that your eldest son has problem to cope with the P1 life. So you mentioned that his classmates are far more advanced than him. Is it because the parents of his classmates send their kids to tuition classes before starting P1? I chatted with an aunty during my way sending my DD to the school. The aunty told me that her daughter started the English tuition lesson of their 3 grandchilren at age 4. I was ike :scared: as I have not thought of this and hoping that our DD can do well with preschool teachers' guidances. We send her to a good preschool so we thought it will be sufficient oledi. CreativeO should be a good school too but now you are saying your eldest is also struggling in P1..... Your son seems really good to me as he likes maths and science, problem solving.... So it makes no difference where we send them to but need to send them tuitions still before P1...

The aunty told me that kids are required to wrong short comprehension but not only spelling now in P1. Is it true? Definitely, her grandchildren, all are quite smarts one, are also quite stressed up and the 2 elder grandchildren are attending one of the elite primary schools. I am also a bit worry on DD's progress now...

Sorry can't give much suggestion but just wanna share my thought...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478517https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478517Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:48:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Tue, 17 Mar 2015 05:45:35 GMT]]>hi everyone, sorry to\"sidetrack\"a little. I noticed weilingohwl and Sky_Blue were discussing about Creative O having any branches - which is no. We have a new Childcare called Jolly Owl School House (https://www.facebook.com/JollyOwlSH) at Primz Bizhub, Woodlands Close (beside Woodlands Ave 12), as a parent I liked the way Creative O builds confidence and character of our children via the project approach. Not something that my daughter can learn from books in her previous Kindergarten. Finding a good school for my N2 daugther was very challenging. Our principal here was the former principal of Creative O too (Mdm VP) and we are also adopting the same project approach. Please feel free to drop by for a visit. Moderator - sorry if this violates any policies. Just wanted to share.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478151https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1478151Tue, 17 Mar 2015 05:45:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:57:36 GMT]]>My eldest son graduated from CreativeO and my 2nd son currently in CreativeO. Just to share with you a bit of my experience with CreativeO.


First of all, I would like to say thanks to Li LaoShi who taught my eldest son. She is a super dedicated teacher and well respected by parents. CreativeO has many dedicated and experienced teachers. Sadly say, a few good one incl Li LaoShi have left the school.

CreativeO does not emphasise on academic. It focuses a lot on project learning and character building. No homework, no hypy was taught and not much spelling.

My eldest son is attending one of the top primary schools. The transition to primary school was a painful one for my eldest son, from an unconventional to classroom environment. He was struggling at first (in P1) to catch up school syllabus. His peers were far advanced than him in terms of Chinese writing, hypy, times table etc. He always place at "hot seat" in front of teacher because of fidgeting. To survive in highly pressurised primary schools, we have to ā€œstressā€ him a bit to make sure he is not too far behind. He does not have the ā€œcompetitiveā€ mindset. But sadly say we live in Singapore.

Having said that, my son is doing fine at school (can be better in the eye of KS parent). He is a fast learner especially enjoys studying Math and Science but not language subjects. He is curious, good in problem solving and strong in logic thinking. Attending CreativeO does help him in terms of character building, boost his curiosity and observation.

For my 2nd son, I am struggling whether should I transfer him to a more academic focused preschool to give him a good headstart. I have not done so because I am in the paradox of good result versus happy childhood, psle versus long term.

If you are KS parent yet like CreativeO learning style, be prepare to help your child during transition or sent them for extra enrichments.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1458943https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1458943Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:57:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Thu, 05 Jun 2014 06:25:05 GMT]]>No other branch. One and the only one at Jurong East. Creative O approach is very different from others, I have transferred my girl from normal childcare to Creative O. She has been there for one year plus, I could see the changes on her and the most important is the effort that her teachers have put on them. The effort that the teachers have spent is really far above from my galā€™s ex-teacher. I like the way how they coach kids learn through play, so creative! I registered again for my younger kid without 2nd thought.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1306480https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1306480Thu, 05 Jun 2014 06:25:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Thu, 29 May 2014 21:34:10 GMT]]>Hi, I stay in woodlands. I would like to know if creative o will open up more branches? Are there similar centre like creative o? Really like their centre philosophy

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1302650https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1302650Thu, 29 May 2014 21:34:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:16:24 GMT]]>Hi, I am considering enrolling my daughter in Creative O (playgroup) as Iā€™ve read about so many good things abt this school. I heard however, that a few good teachers left the school a while back and they recruited new teachers. Parents with kids still there - how are the teachers?


Another thing is also the feesā€¦ a bit steep.

Thanks for the advice!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214097https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1214097Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:16:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:35:35 GMT]]>My boy was in PG Creative O last year.

I had to withdraw him this year as we have to move to bedok.

I am glad that i put him in Creative O. In the 1 year that he was in Creative O,
he was really happy and learning a lot of things! He love all the outdoor activities
and outings. I felt that the outings helped him learn a lot of things from real life
experience and he would come back and tell me all about it. These outing left him
a deep impression and he actually remember and learn more things from these outings than the same things that I taught him from a book.

I can also see the change in him especially now that he is in a new Kindergarten.
Even as a new student in the school, he is more outspoken and independent than
the rest of the kids which went through N1 in the same school.

Even though its just 1 year in the school, i think that Creative O help him alot!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1187904https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1187904Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:35:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Sat, 14 Dec 2013 08:59:16 GMT]]>Both my boys have been with Creative O and its been 5 years since we first enrolled our elder son with them. Time flies, in 2 weeks time, my younger boy will be starting primary school.


Creative O has prepared them well and i would like to give thanks for the following;
1) The teachers. There are many teachers, ah-yi and staff in Creative O that i am grateful towards but their K1/ K2 teachers deserves special mention. Thanks to Teacher Linda, Teacher Wieling and Hong Laoshi for their dedication to their profession and love for the kids.

2) Thanks also for the spectrum of Creative O activities like camping on St Johnā€™s island, monthly visits to old folks home, many many outings, Wushu classes, arts classes, dance classes and a lot of outdoor exercises.

It is indeed bittersweet that my time with Creative O is coming to an end but my gratitude for its role in my sonsā€™ lives shall never end.

Thank You CREATIVE O

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166490https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1166490Sat, 14 Dec 2013 08:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:31:32 GMT]]>hi allā€¦Creative O has recently increased the feesā€¦this is due to increase in rental.

It is quite a fair bit of increase. Im wondering if itā€™s still worth it to send my child there?
Iā€™ve visited the place and like it very much. Also agree with their philosophy and the activities conducted. I have a friend whose 3 kids were/are there, so only heard good stuff, nothing negative.
The only concern now is the $$$

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1101263https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1101263Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:31:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:43:05 GMT]]>

snow:
There's a documentary on channel 8 that shows the K2 2010's Camping trip. It will be broadcasted on 10 April 2011 Sunday 12 to 1pm. šŸ˜‰


Anyone knows what is the title of this documentary?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/987987https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/987987Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:43:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:30:36 GMT]]>My son is also in P3 now. I think being in Creative O during his pre-school years really makes him a confident boy. Now it is time for my little 2 years old girl to attend pre-schoolā€¦ But grandmum opposes the idea of going Creative O againā€¦ sighā€¦ Reason being Creative O donā€™t focus on academicā€¦ Still trying to convince herā€¦

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/964866https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/964866Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:30:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Creative O on Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:45:16 GMT]]>Hi Bear Ho, sgwave and dp,


Heartfelt thanks for your replies. Dp, it is comforting to know that your older child grew to love his teachers at CreativeO and made good friends. Yes, I think weā€™ll continue to work on it for at least the next 6 months. Hope to log in then with news of a happy, well-adjusted child!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/943925https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/943925Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:45:16 GMT