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Old 31-07-2007, 07:45 AM   #1
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When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

Many parents do it very early in our living place
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Re: When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

i tot standard age for kindergarden is 4yo?

18mth onwards can go to playgrp...

i'm intending to send my boi to playgrp @ 18mths cos i am FTWM, i dun have e luxury of teaching him....so have to pay $$ let other pple teach him lo....n let him get to noe more frens n social skills also....dun want him to bcome those 'loner' tt dunno how to communicate with pple....
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Re: When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

I sent my kids to playgroup when they're 2. Then followed by nursery 1 and nursery 2.

I think Kindergarten is at the age of 5.
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Re: When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

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nursery is diff frm kindergarten rite? Is it the same?
nursery is when 4 yo. following by k1 - 5 yo & k2 - 6 yo. cheers~
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Re: When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

For me.. Skye attended nursery class at the year of 4. And he's @ K1 now this year.
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nursery is when 4 yo. following by k1 - 5 yo & k2 - 6 yo. cheers~

Juz curious is it a must to send child to nursery? DO they go there juz to play n been take care or they get to learn thing juz like kindergarten?
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Juz curious is it a must to send child to nursery? DO they go there juz to play n been take care or they get to learn thing juz like kindergarten?
i think from k1 on is a must.. nursery is still a optional.. but nowaday parents usually send kid to the nursery 1st so they able to get use to sch life.. nursery is more on learning thru playing but they do learn on some ABC too.. While K1.. Learn on words & writing.. K2 more to writing & preparation to P1.

Think it depend where u send yr kid to Childcare or Kindergarten.. It actually quite diff I think..
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i tot standard age for kindergarden is 4yo?

18mth onwards can go to playgrp...

i'm intending to send my boi to playgrp @ 18mths cos i am FTWM, i dun have e luxury of teaching him....so have to pay $$ let other pple teach him lo....n let him get to noe more frens n social skills also....dun want him to bcome those 'loner' tt dunno how to communicate with pple....
stonston..... me oso be sending my boi to cc when he 18mth next 2wks...13aug....I scared lor...
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Re: When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

mamasweety, y scared? ur boi got all his immunisation already?

i now researching playgrps ard my parent's area....still got 1yr to go b4 my boi can enrol in playgrp but we must noe wot to expect lo....
have actualli shortlisted 2 liaoz....

they recommend start with twice a week class, each time 1.5hrs first...then slowly increase over e mths lor....
they do learn alot of things if u go to a good centre....e one i'm eyeing has music program (something like kindermusik) integrated into their program....

then have alot of other activities tt my maid cant do with my boi lor....n they will learn psycho-motor skills....no choice i not home to teach, so let him go to school to learn lor....
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Old 31-07-2007, 11:34 AM   #11
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i think from k1 on is a must.. nursery is still a optional.. but nowaday parents usually send kid to the nursery 1st so they able to get use to sch life.. nursery is more on learning thru playing but they do learn on some ABC too.. While K1.. Learn on words & writing.. K2 more to writing & preparation to P1.

Think it depend where u send yr kid to Childcare or Kindergarten.. It actually quite diff I think..
Icic tks for info~
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Re: When do your little child go to the kindergarten?

Kai started with playgroup from about 6months onwards with a couple of our friend's children about the same age. Each week, the mums take turn to host the group. When they are young, we do some card flashing, songs, and sign language.

By the time, they hit about one, we started with art & craft, children's yoga and we did some mini gymnastics exercise and also simple baking with mummies' help. We also do field trip during the Saturdays with families to farms.

We should on learning about different types of instruments, animals and stuff till we left for Canada. And over here, I also form some playgroup with some friends we made here and we do craft, writing and learning with the children together with games and cooking session once per week. And Kai also started to go to preschool.

So I think in Singapore,

About 6months to 1 year, there are some structured program for the toddler, like Tot Gym, Shicida Method, etc. Even Montessori can be used for Tot.

Then then proceed to all the way till 4, where they go for Nursery. There are also music program for 3 onward. Which we could not get it here.

And then 5 to 6, in either K1 or K2.
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i think from k1 on is a must.. nursery is still a optional.. but nowaday parents usual