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Hi. It is unfortunate that most Singapore parents are such. I was once told that when you ask our young children where does a chicken comes from, the answer is the supermarket or wet market! Let children have fun and let them learn in the fun way. Don't make them learn what "you" want them to learn. Alternatively, you can attend the child care centre yourself. But do not forget that children should be introduced the appropriate development activity at the appropriate stage, for example language.
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I am thinking of sending my son who just turn 2 to a nursery. The main objective is for him to learn to socialise with other kids as he is real shy. Is there any good ones to recommend near Ang Mo Kio, Bishan area? Anyone can help?
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my girl started with their nursery class in 2008. this year will be the second year she is with josiah.
i have visited the school on numerous occasions. and i have also seen the craft work that my girl does in sch. she brings her craft work as well as the worksheets that have been completed back and i do look through the worksheets.
they are simple concepts likes comparison (big/ small, tall/short, etc) simple counting math worksheets, drawing of straight lines, and circles or other shapes. there are also some work done for colour differentiation..
besides this, there are also "shelf work" where kids do individually. like my girl will go to these shelf work to work on how to use the chopsticks to pick up items in the tray..
i think these activities for the nursery kiddos are fair. not too complex that they cant manage and will fear school, and yet not too simple that they get bored.
My child attended Josiah Montessouri this yr and i am still doubtful if i have made the right decision. The thing most parents dont like abt the school is that we do not know what is happening inside the school. The teachers and administrators there try to keep parents as far away from the classrooms. Even when your kid is celebrating his/her birthday in school, parent could not go in to help out, or to take pictures. You are suppose to just hand over the cake to the school. There is no parent involvement. Sometimes, i wonder what are they hiding from the parents.
Hi, mummylove,
I'm new to singapore and looking for a pre-school kind of thing for my 19months old son. I visited Josiah at Simei but it was closed then. Just need to know if you recommend me some good pre-school nearby. by the way, we live besides Payalebar MRT.
Also how much they charge for a month?
I'll be grateful for your help
Regards
hi all...i've just started sending my gal in josiah this year and i am amazed at the progress she's made. i'm really happy that her teacher gives individual reports on her progress on a twice-a-week basis and even though parents are not allowed in ( i think it is because they do not want to disrupt the children working and also for safety and hygiene reasons), the teachers would try their very best in answering your concerns and questions either after school hours or through the phone. the teachers and staff are also very friendly and professional. What i love best is that they really cater to your child's individual level instead of 'mass-teaching' like what most pre-schools do. And yet they also have group-time such as music n movement, gross-motor time, learning corners and cultural. So, it's really quite balanced.
I enrolled my child in JM and initially was pleased at his progress in reading. However, once he started K2, I observed that the curriculum is too heavy, compared to P1 curriculum, and the interest in learning would easily diminish as the focus is not so much in understanding and enjoying the learning process, but in drilling the kids. Having words such as democracy in the spelling list does not help and I question how the curriculum is planned - it's definitely not child-centered or for school-readiness as such terms are inappropriate and not at a K2 child's level. P1 has also eliminated the need for assessments and I was shocked that JM practises mid year and year end exams - I question the need to put young children through such stress.
I have no complaints that the standards are high, but what horrifies me is despite the small teacher-pupil ratio (which is why I enrolled my child in the first place), there appears to be no scaffolding at all (scaffolding means planning the lessons/activities such that the child goes through small steps to successfully meet the final challenge) and the teacher would always either cross out everything the child answers (which, by the way, is very negative for the child's self-esteem and confidence) or send the child's workbooks home for parents to teach the child ourselves. Then my question is, what has been done in school? Why the high standards if the kids are not following in school, and parents have to teach them at home? What is the benefits of having a small teacher-pupil ratio? If the Montessori Method is applied, there would be concrete experiences through Montessori materials (which are sequential and self-coreecting) until children master the concepts, and a solid foundation would be built, where children could then progress to the abstract. If the foundation is not stable and children are unable to demonstrate their understanding in the abstract (i.e. worksheets), shouldn't teachers better support the children's learning in class?
I learn that the cost of kindergarten fees does not necessarily equate the quality of the programme, etc. Some of the prints in the worksheets are so unclear that educated adults have to attempt to guess the words being printed, and yet, the same worksheets are given out to students to complete. How do they answer the question when they cannot even decipher the print?
I have a younger child and no way am I repeating my mistake in selection of kindergarten this time round!