Is it good or bad to send bb to playgroup @ 18 months?
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hmm.. im sending my girl to the infant care in sept, by then, she will be ard 8mths old.
i sent her to infant care not becoz nobody look after her, but becoz i want my girl to learn things faster.
i used to work as a teacher in a child care centre. i see the kids that grew up in infant care picks up things faster than those who joined only at 18mths.
its really up to individual needs and wants. kids definitely learn more and develope faster in school.
1 good eg. is my niece. she goes to sch at 18mths. she dont want to walk at 18mths, at home. after going to sch for 1 week, she started walking. -_-" peer pressure. ha. her friends will tell her, cannot crawl in sch, den she started walking.. ha. we were amazed. within 1 week is a short period.
now, she's 3years old, she talks like an adult at times. she can communicate to us in sentences as early as 21months old. *some kids cant speak in sentence even when they reached 3-4 years old*
she always amazed us with her actions and words. =)
i sent her to infant care not becoz nobody look after her, but becoz i want my girl to learn things faster.
i used to work as a teacher in a child care centre. i see the kids that grew up in infant care picks up things faster than those who joined only at 18mths.
its really up to individual needs and wants. kids definitely learn more and develope faster in school.
1 good eg. is my niece. she goes to sch at 18mths. she dont want to walk at 18mths, at home. after going to sch for 1 week, she started walking. -_-" peer pressure. ha. her friends will tell her, cannot crawl in sch, den she started walking.. ha. we were amazed. within 1 week is a short period.
now, she's 3years old, she talks like an adult at times. she can communicate to us in sentences as early as 21months old. *some kids cant speak in sentence even when they reached 3-4 years old*
she always amazed us with her actions and words. =)
hmm.. the first few days of sch, kids surely cry. thats why the sch allow mum to stay with them for the first few days to settle them down. slowly, they will love sch coz there's alot of friends to play tgt..
my niece loves going to sch now. when my cousin tell her tml dont need to go sch, she cry. haha. she loves her friends n teachers. she will come home, tell us her friends this n that.. complain.. ha..
what u mean not cover up?
my niece loves going to sch now. when my cousin tell her tml dont need to go sch, she cry. haha. she loves her friends n teachers. she will come home, tell us her friends this n that.. complain.. ha..
what u mean not cover up?
ling.er
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Cover up which i mean those window n door shut wan.. Which dun allow ppl to see from outside..
Cos my collegues kid when to Playgroup which is Glass, Can see from outside so parent wun be worry their kid gt bully in the playgroup or wat.. Is around tradehub there & i nt sure wat name was it.. So wana check is there another playgroup similar ...
* Sometime those infant care or playgroup will tell u tat shut window n door is to let kid consentrad on wat teacher saying or teacher this n tat.. Somehw i stil feel tat clear view wan is much more better... As u duno wat they are really doin if it shut .. **
icic.. there's alot of school that's with glass or covered up. i think its best u go n visit a few schools and see which one u most comfortable with and has most trust with. 1 bad thing about those fully glass schools are, kids get distracted easily. whoever walk passed, they will kaypo n see. then people from outside start waving all that. -_-" i dont quite like actually. nowadays, seldom hear abuse cases in school. choose a sch u like the most, then try out lor. go n see the environment, teachers, kids in the sch.
like my cousin n i, we prefer fully air-condition school coz we afraid of mosquito/insect bites all that. but some will dislike air-con coz scared baby will get cold all that. so quite difficult to judge. weigh your priority, then choose from there. u will definitely find a sch ur kid n u likes. =)
apollo
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I feel that kids shd know how to handle 'bullying case' themselves. As in, how to walk away from those naughty kids, how to complain to teachers when they got bullied. So what if you can view from outside and know if he gets bully? you cant be standing outside for that 2-3 hrs. The purpose of sending kids to sch earlier is to let them socialise with other kids, let them learn how to be independant. If he sees you outside, he will think that mummy is ALWAYS outside there and how is he going to learn with the kids?
Every parents wil wry their kids get bullied in sch but sometimes they are not being bullied by the other kids. Kids are always kids, they dont know what is the difference btwn bullying and playing. Most impt is to visit the sch, chat with the principal/teachers there and see how experience they are. Experience teachers know how to handle kids very well.
I'm just oppo from gem2505, i personally prefer non-aircon environment cos i'm afriad he wil get used to aircon and next time when he goes to primary sch, will have pro adapting and also in an airconditioned environment, if 1 kid is sick, i think it wil spread faster. Unfortunately, the sch which we like aot, is Airconditioned =.= So, most imptly, you and your son must like the sch, the teachers there, environment and curriculum.
my 2 cents worth =)
Every parents wil wry their kids get bullied in sch but sometimes they are not being bullied by the other kids. Kids are always kids, they dont know what is the difference btwn bullying and playing. Most impt is to visit the sch, chat with the principal/teachers there and see how experience they are. Experience teachers know how to handle kids very well.
I'm just oppo from gem2505, i personally prefer non-aircon environment cos i'm afriad he wil get used to aircon and next time when he goes to primary sch, will have pro adapting and also in an airconditioned environment, if 1 kid is sick, i think it wil spread faster. Unfortunately, the sch which we like aot, is Airconditioned =.= So, most imptly, you and your son must like the sch, the teachers there, environment and curriculum.
my 2 cents worth =)
hehe! totally agree with Apollo. =)
most of the child care centres are on fully air-con environment. i think only those below HDB ones or those bungalow schs are the ones without the air-con most of the time.
maybe our kids are the big bullies. haha! we wont know. LOL~ my niece will start coming home to complain that her friend naughty all that. kids v clever one. they know how to complain to teachers when they kenna bully or unhappy. well, the nx moment, cry lor. then teacher will settle liao. its their growing up process. nv fight then got problem. ha!
most of the child care centres are on fully air-con environment. i think only those below HDB ones or those bungalow schs are the ones without the air-con most of the time.
maybe our kids are the big bullies. haha! we wont know. LOL~ my niece will start coming home to complain that her friend naughty all that. kids v clever one. they know how to complain to teachers when they kenna bully or unhappy. well, the nx moment, cry lor. then teacher will settle liao. its their growing up process. nv fight then got problem. ha!
apollo
Well-Known Member
that's what my hub told me when i randomly asked "what if our son get bullied in sch?" hahahaha!!!
hahahaha! my niece, can bully her class BOYS! -_-" so nowadays, not the guys are the bullies. GIRLS can be v naughty too. hahahaha!
hmm.. think 12m, is infant care still. either u enroll in infant care or wait till 18m go playgroup lor.
start choosing now and go n register. there's alot of school full house and need to be put in the waiting list.
i waited more than 1 year to get a vacancy for my girl... damn kiasu.
Carlisle
Member
It's never too early for your baby to join a playgroup but as long as you are here for them and help them...Hi,
can share your experience.
Thanks!ancing_tongue:
wow... which enrichment school did you sent her to?
Growing up gifted @ UE sq... U go for trial class be sign up the term class...
growing up gifted at united sq timing all weird leh. i wanna send there too. how much they charging? able to share what they does there?