Do infant care centres in Singapore have curricula that benefit a baby’s development? Consider those that incorporate sensory play. Remember that when a child is born, everything is new to him or her. Infants are experiential learners. Each of the senses plays a role in young children’s exploration and interpretation of the world around them. The...
Homework is an essential part of a student’s learning journey – it makes them revise and review the lessons that were learnt that day. In recent years, numerous parents have taken to forums to complain about their nursery children in Singapore having homework to complete. Parent blogger mommychuck mentioned that her two-year-old son had some...
Creative writing programmes are a good way to expose your child to different ways of writing and to build their interest. Writing is a valuable skill that requires practice, so children can definitely benefit from such workshops. But other than an improvement in their writing, here are some more essential skills they will pick up...
Ah, the “PSLE year.” It looms over the heads of almost every parent with a kid in primary school. Well-meaning parents often enrol their children for primary school tuition and PSLE “bootcamps” in preparation for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), sometimes long before their children’s PSLE year. But just how effective are primary school...
If you are residing in the Queenstown area in Singapore or if your office is located there, here is a list of childcare centres within the vicinity. These Queenstown childcare centres are either easily accessible by bus or MRT, or is just a short drive away. Thus, their convenient location would make it easier for...
Communication is one of the first lessons parents teach their kids. When parents converse with their kids, they tend to user simpler English or any other language they are comfortable speaking with. This is so that their kid would be able to recognise, remember and understand the meaning of the words. Literacy has always been...
Reading comprehension can be a difficult examination component as it requires children to not only make connections to what they have just read, but also apply what they already know to answer the questions. Ms Diana Thomas who manages the curriculum and training aspects of our reading and writing programme across all centres, including MindChamps...
Students in Singapore have been repeatedly encouraged to be creative. Being creative means to invent your own ideas, perhaps from scratch or perhaps to build on and improve someone else’s ideas. Whichever way it is, schools have started offering creative writing lessons for children as young as kindergarten age. We seek expertise from Ms Gloria...
You have probably heard that reading is a great way to gain more knowledge. But did you know that widening one’s knowledge helps improve reading comprehension too? It is a fascinating two-way relationship. First of all, be selective about what your child is reading. Is the reading material stimulating your child’s imagination and helping him...
Reading is a foundational skill that provides the avenue to learning in school. In the article ’Learning to Read: A Call from Research to Action”, Dr G. Reid Lyon explains the importance of reading and how it affects other areas of learning. Students who attend the reading programme for kids in MindChamps @ West Coast Plaza...
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