There's pros & cons. You should get your hb to go check out the recommended CCs in your area (check out KSP forum for more info before you bring him).
I'm giving tuition now and I see alot of kids who were taken care of by their grandparents and only went to nursery/kindergarten for a few hours a day at 4/5 yo.
You can see their social interaction skills and oral communication skills are very different. Some of their grandparents do not speak English at all and the kids also cannot speak English properly due to lack of practice/exposure.
I send my boy to CCC at 18mths although I have a maid.
At 18mths - 4yo, it's more play and interaction (story telling, art & craft, music/dance) than academic. But they learn through play.
Depending on the CCC, some may be quite academic focused with extra fun enrichments so it saves you alot of time shuttling your kid here & there for different classes.
Later on when your child is older, you can decide to switch to a more academic kindy if that is what you want. Or can just stay at the CCC for half day instead of full day.
My boy is now attending a very academic kindy. He loves going to school & he learnt ALOT there. What he is reading now in both English & Chinese is beyond what I'd expect him to know at 3yo. He was so upset when there was 1 day after CNY that the school was closed but we forget and my maid got him ready for school. Brought him down to wait for the school bus, which did not appear. Drove him to school. Saw the school closed and he was so sad!
Alot of parents (esp in this forum) criticise me for stressing my boy but I know he enjoys school. He gets to play in the morning before school and after school, he still plays. If you want to calculate, 70% of his waking hours are spent playing/watching TV.
You have to know what you want for YOUR CHILD and work towards getting your hb to share the same views as you. My hb shares the same views as me and is very ready to support me in my decisions to send my boy to school. He even participated in checking out the schools, going down to register and making arrangements to follow my boy on school excursions.
I'm giving tuition now and I see alot of kids who were taken care of by their grandparents and only went to nursery/kindergarten for a few hours a day at 4/5 yo.
You can see their social interaction skills and oral communication skills are very different. Some of their grandparents do not speak English at all and the kids also cannot speak English properly due to lack of practice/exposure.
I send my boy to CCC at 18mths although I have a maid.
At 18mths - 4yo, it's more play and interaction (story telling, art & craft, music/dance) than academic. But they learn through play.
Depending on the CCC, some may be quite academic focused with extra fun enrichments so it saves you alot of time shuttling your kid here & there for different classes.
Later on when your child is older, you can decide to switch to a more academic kindy if that is what you want. Or can just stay at the CCC for half day instead of full day.
My boy is now attending a very academic kindy. He loves going to school & he learnt ALOT there. What he is reading now in both English & Chinese is beyond what I'd expect him to know at 3yo. He was so upset when there was 1 day after CNY that the school was closed but we forget and my maid got him ready for school. Brought him down to wait for the school bus, which did not appear. Drove him to school. Saw the school closed and he was so sad!
Alot of parents (esp in this forum) criticise me for stressing my boy but I know he enjoys school. He gets to play in the morning before school and after school, he still plays. If you want to calculate, 70% of his waking hours are spent playing/watching TV.
You have to know what you want for YOUR CHILD and work towards getting your hb to share the same views as you. My hb shares the same views as me and is very ready to support me in my decisions to send my boy to school. He even participated in checking out the schools, going down to register and making arrangements to follow my boy on school excursions.