My daughter went to a different childcare centre for N2/K1. This one didn’t do much after their nap (which from what I have read so far, seems to be the norm). Currently, she is at another one for K2 and this one will continue to have lessons plus Montessori activities in the afternoon after nap and tea. So I guess it differs from centre to centre.


Add: Her current school has Chinese lessons only in the afternoon so for those children who go for AM only, they will miss the Chinese lessons and Montessori activities, and for those who go for PM only (I haven’t met any PM-only children so far), they will miss the English lessons.

But if your children are older (K1, K2), they are expected to shower and dry themselves, with teacher supervision, of course. Boys will shower with boys and girls, with girls. Same bathroom, just different order.


Soap and shampoo provided by centre but since some centres use a 2-in-1 formula (cheaper and more convenient), you may consider providing your children with their own soap and shampoo.
My daughter’s childcare provides these but we realised that their shampoo doesn’t work for her since she sweats so much. Her hair will stink easily so we leave a bottle for her (clearly labelled with her name, of course) at her school and she will inform us when it’s running low. The soap there is okay so she uses their soap.

By the way, some children with skin problems like ezcema will need their own set of toiletries. Schools understand and accept this.

My husband is the one who is in charge of food, especially the controlled feeding of the "unhealthy" kind. If she asks for sweets from me and she hasn’t had any in a while PLUS she is not sick/coughing, I’ll tell her to go look for her "collection" in the fridge. She has stopped asking me to buy them 'cause I’ll always remind her to finish what she has at home first. (It REALLY is piling up, and it’s not all from me too.)

lizawa:

Hi schellen,


this reminds of something that happened when my daughter was in P1. I cut her hair short after K2 graduation, thinking that she could have more sleep and we didn't have to worry about her long hair. Then, she chose chinese dance as her CCA in P1 and teacher insisted that the girls have to keep their hair long, so back to square 1 and even worse becos' that period of keeping the hair long enough to tie up as a pony tail was really unbearable. So don't make the same mistake as I did.

Don't worry, lizawa, I have no intention of cutting it. She has been taking ballet since she was 3 and she needs long hair so that she can bun it up properly during ballet. Moreover, when she had short hair (and a straight fringe), she looked as geeky as I did when I was her age. *shudder* Luckily for her, I have better taste than my parents.

sigh… I guess I need to factor in more time since dd needs to have her hair tied up and I’m not good at it. DH is worse so no chance of delegating task to him. (Hmmm…Maybe he can keep her upright while I tie her hair up and she snoozes at the same time.)

I also say \"NO\" to my daughter quite often, sometimes to the point of annoying my husband.


When I say \"NO\", I tend to give my daughter a \"tour\" of her \"museum of abandoned and/or wrecked within 24hrs of purchase\" stuff. This is especially when she tries to plead her case and shower me with promises that would sometimes make me wonder if she's destined to be in politics. :roll:

(By the way, in case you're wondering, she's 6. Soon to be 7.)

[quote]Yeah I agree on that, actually if not for my mil, I doubt I would have bought a Nitendo for her anyway.


One thing I have managed not to succumb to 'peer pressure' yet is those big-scale kids birthday parties. My daughter always wanted to have one becoz her cousins do. I would tell her no, it's very expensive, mummy does not have as much money as your cousin's mummy, so only small family parties for u. Hee... hope to remain that way...[/quote]Ahhhh, isn't it great that my daughter has no cousins to compare with, and thus feel the peer pressure? Well, even IF she has any, she knows that I won't get any PSP or Wii for her 'cause my answer will be: \" If I had the money, I would've gotten one for myself already.\" (In actual fact, I'm not interested in getting one 'cause the games I like to play require a proper desktop or laptop PC.) :mrgreen:

i like my daughter’s new uniform. she is going to lian hua next year and it’s a white top with blue inner collar and matching blue skort. good that the inner collar of the shirt is dark blue so as to hide the stains that will eventually come. (haha) the skort, although a very deep blue/aquamarine(?) colour, is surprisingly colourfast. good quality.


actually, i like it most since my daughter loves skorts. and i agree about the pinafores; so difficult to iron and so hot to wear, and this is from my own experience.

i hated my sec sch uniform too cos it was all white and fabric was rather thin too. for girls, to have a thin-fabric top plus a white bottom is really very troublesome.