Many Singaporeans struggle with language proficiency. Especially in Chinese. In our English-speaking country, if you don’t live in a predominantly mother-tongue speaking household or have a mother tongue-speaking relative at home, the children would most certainly face huge challenges in mastering their mother tongue. Even Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, had to overcome...
Chinese was not the first language for Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, but he overcame the difficulties to master it. In the book, Keeping My Mandarin Alive, Lee recalled his experience and gave a first-hand account of how he learnt Mandarin over 50 years and kept it alive. Here are 5 ways to...
“I’ve tried speaking to my child in Chinese, but he always replies me in English.” Sounds familiar? You are not alone. Children who grow up in an English-speaking environment are often reluctant to speak in Chinese even after they enter kindergarten or nursery school in Singapore. It is unsurprising then for children to display resistance...
Did you know that more than 1 million new neural connections are formed every second during the first few years of a child’s life? That’s right. All around the world, at this very moment, every infant is forming millions of neural connections in their brain, according to research from Harvard University’s Center on the Developing...
If you are a parent, choosing the right preschool for your child will likely be one of the most important decisions you will be making in his/her early years. After all, this is a precious window of time that is most critical for your child’s learning and development. Beyond considerations such as the preschool’s location and facilities, you may be asking, “Should I choose a preschool that focuses on developing...
Choosing a childcare centre in Singapore can be pretty stressful if it is your first time looking. It can be difficult to figure out what you want when you are not even sure what questions to ask. Here, we simplify the process for you by breaking down some of the more important factors to look...
At the 2019 National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong commented on Singaporean parents’ growing understanding of the importance of early childhood education: We want to start earlier in a child’s life because these years make a big difference to his development… a good pre-school education can make a crucial difference. As such, 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 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...
Teachers’ Day is celebrated on the first Friday in September for children attending preschool in Singapore. It is a designated school holiday for MOE schools as well. To bring more attention to the tasks that early childhood educators have, we reached out to MindChamps Chinese PreSchool @ Thomson and got them to share with us...
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