Most preschools in Singapore hold Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTC) up to two times a year. This kind of meeting provides opportunities for parents to connect with their child’s teachers and find out more, first-hand, about how they can work together for the better of the kids. However, many parents get stuck at this point and are...
Children are natural learners – from the moment that they are born, they absorb information and pick up patterns, ideas and concepts to figure out their environments and how they relate to others. Even as infants, they go through growth spurts that lead to mental leaps as they learn new things. As they grow older,...
Every child has a right to feel safe and secure in preschool. It is therefore distressing for both children and parents when bullying happens. A study in 2015 listed Singapore as having the third-highest rate of bullying in the world. Bullying behaviour can emerge from as early as three years old when children start to...
Play is defined as an enjoyable activity of choice and is an instinctive behaviour that children exhibit. All around the world, children love to play, be it indoors or outdoors, with or without toys. In childcare centres and nursery school in Singapore, lessons are moving away from rote learning to include more play-based learning, and...
A child’s transition from preschool to formal schooling is always an exciting time for parents. There is the slight reluctance to accept that your little ones have grown so quickly, but there is also that eagerness to see what other great things they can achieve as they become more independent in their own ways. The...
A supportive parent-teacher partnership is essential to bring out the best in your child. After all, parents and preschools have a shared goal – to build a positive and collaborative partnership to maximise your child’s potential. As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. In our modern Singapore context, the village...
As our preschoolers learn about the world around them and how things work, we do our best to impart important lessons that they can take with them throughout their growing up years. But what can we do to prepare them for emergency situations that requires them to think on their feet? A lesson on first...
As shared by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally 2019 and later announced by Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo, parents can look forward to greater subsidy amounts on their children’s preschool fees from January 2020 as this will be increased across all eligible income tiers. According to a recent Straits...
When we have taken pains to select the best possible preschool for our kids, it can sometimes come as a surprise to realise that despite the adults’ best efforts, our children are not quite getting along with one of their teachers. They may drag their feet when going to school or may refuse to even...
Toa Payoh is a matured estate in central Singapore that continues to be popular due to its proximity to town. There are plenty of markets, food centres, shophouses and a standalone community library with three floors. If your child is attending preschool in Toa Payoh, you can take your pick from our curated list of...
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