Educating kindergarten kids about Chinese works best when there is the desire to learn. But how do you ensure that your child actually enjoys learning Chinese? The Chinese language is largely infiltrating large segments of society today. Unfortunately for many young children, Mandarin may be a tough language to grasp — but it doesn’t have...
As all parents can vouch for, the arrival of a child changes a couple’s lives completely. Apart from a shift in the daily routine, one key area to consider is the childcare arrangements of the little one while mum and dad are at work. Thankfully, Singapore’s central business district (CBD), like Raffles Place, where many...
Learning the Chinese language from young will open up more opportunities for your child in the future. Not only is it increasingly used as a language for business expansion, trade, travel and cultural understanding, it is also one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. With such enormous and far-reaching benefits to learning...
Find Out How to Nurture a MindChampion! The only preschool to nurture children with the Champion Mindset, MindChamps PreSchool Singapore aims to nurture all aspects of preschoolers (from 18 months to six years old) in a stimulating, nurturing and age-appropriate environment. Our unique S.M.I.L.E.S.™ curriculum brings together research and development from the 3 domains of Psychology, Neuroscience...
If your 5 year old cannot read, there is a myriad of factors to consider before enrolling him into a reading programme. Preschoolers usually start reading on their own around the ages of three and four. If your child exhibits some difficulty around this time, academic solutions are aplenty. However, the multitude of choices might...
In Singapore, pure phonics enrichment classes used to be the go-to solution of most parents for their preschoolers’ language-learning needs. However, students of these curricula eventually ran into unforeseen difficulties, which necessitated the development of more holistic reading programmes. Although Singapore still teeming with phonics classes, modern modes of teaching how to read make a...
Parents often send their toddlers who are as young as 4 years old for enrichment classes due to various reasons. However, have you ever considered the impact of such classes on their long-term development? The answer is in ‘magic trees’. According to scientific research at the University of California (UC) Berkeley, ‘magic trees’ are the...
Curious about how a Chinese playgroup in Singapore differs from a regular one? Have you ever considered warming your toddler up to your mother tongue via an informal setting? Whether you have or haven’t considered this popular approach, here are several benefits of introducing your child to a Chinese playgroup that will win you over....
What is the difference between preschools, kindergartens and child care centres in Singapore? Many first-time Singaporean parents scratch their heads over this when they look for early child care care. Although the terms “preschool,” “kindergarten” and “child care centre” in Singapore are sometimes used interchangeably, there are key differences between them. Be sure to know...
Your preschooler might be young, but his or her time is already precious. At this juncture, your child is gradually trading in his or her play time for classroom lessons, which means that he or she is challenged with adapting to both an education system as well as to new foreign environments. However, enrichment classes...
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