Hi heyhoe,

Agreed with you. Just hope that it will not form as a trend in all childcare.

Just to share,
Checked with MSF, operator offering optional prog have a guideline to follow. Optional prog are only during 4-6pm. And for children who are not attending the prog, there should be teacher carrying out classes (as class schedule) as usual.
And the staffs from MSF mentioned, the daily prog offered by operator are comprehensive and thus optional prog are not necessary, but only an option for parents. Providing alternative, so parent can send children to one place and have all activities/courses under one roof.

That’s quite a lot of external prog offered. DS childcare offered external prog which are chargeable during childcare hours.

I was wondering, shouldn’t the school fixed their school fees, and not offer chargeable external prog? If there is a need for the school to offer chargeable external prog, personally feel it should not be during childcare hours.
Having the feel of, the childcare are indirectly increasing the school fees. As mostly, most of the children will enroll into the external prog and those who did not enroll will do nothing or wonder why they are not with their friends in the classes.

Another alternative to consider, http://www.goldsilvercentral.com.sg/

Brought my 2 and 5 years old to the whale watching tour, didnt manage to catch a view of any whale but we should have watch more than a hundred of dolphin swimming, jumping and playing around. But before we enjoy the dolphin watching, the children suffer abit of sea-sick. I suspect all children hit by the sea-sick, as all children (only 4) on board sleep before we meet the dolphin. It should be dolphin watching instead of whale watching.


Went Taipei Zoo too. Enjoyable and worth the trip. Be prepared with mosquito patch and repellent. The place is quite huge, do not think of completing it by walking, unless you have a whole day there. Their tram is TWD5, so just catch their tram when tired.

Seem like chargeable program is a trend by child care operator. I asked around, most of the child care offered chargeable program during class hours.

5-8mins by car

The child care used to be walking distance, but it shifted. Personally prefer to be walking distance from home.

Hi All Daddies & Mummies,

Do you agree for childcare operator to offer additional chargable program on top of the existing curriculum? Should or should not the school fees be fixed?
Does your DD/DS child care center offer additional chargeable program?
Will you enroll for the chargeable program by the child care operator?