Childcare or no Childcare?

[foreverj]

btw for his age group, currently in jan, a lot of the cc wil have very few children. hence a good time to try out cos the teacher-child ratio would be much better. and hopefully, the teachers wil b more patient with him, if he really behaves the way you fear. just to share, its stil very much dependent on whether u can find a good school at a convenient location.

[smurf]

hmm, i thought someone mentioned that jan is bad for new intakes cos many will be crying leh? :?

hopefully can find a cc that wouldn't reject him.

[foreverj]

true also. but not really for your ds age group. if he is 21 mths, means he is turning 2 this year. my fren whose dd is 20mths started this mth and her batch ,born in year 2008, only 4 kids. for my dd, the year she turned 2, her batch only had 3 kids in jan. so they really enjoyed a lot of attention from the 2 teachers


most of the crying kids wil be for the batch that turn 3 that year. makes sense since for a lot of the kids born in 08, stil not qualified to enter cc becos not yet turned 18 mths yet. plus many parents dun have the heart to send to cc until the kid is at least 2 or 2.5 yrs old. so very much up to u lor, whether u think yr ds is ready.

[smurf]

haha, I'm confused. but defintely will ask what is the size of the class.

[foreverj]

:oops: sorry did i confuse u? good idea to check out the cc during lesson time. likely got crying for those who just joined...

[Charmaine_chong]

Can anyone share how is the life for putting children in childcare?


Do you guys still send them for enrichment courses? Would the children benefit from childcare?

Would they be more independent? So that you can do housework without them disturbing you.

I am considering the possibilities to put my son 4yo and girl 2yo to childcare next year. They are currently look after by maid & my dad.

Just wonder how things would change.

[fristrom]

Charmaine_chong:

Can anyone share how is the life for putting children in childcare?


Do you guys still send them for enrichment courses? Would the children benefit from childcare?

Would they be more independent? So that you can do housework without them disturbing you.

I am considering the possibilities to put my son 4yo and girl 2yo to childcare next year. They are currently look after by maid & my dad.

Just wonder how things would change.

I am not sure how things would change as mine has been going to childcare since 18 months. For the first 1.5 yrs half day. For the last 1.5 yrs full day.

As both of us work, without grandparents around, the choice between maid and childcare is obvious.

It depends on how you define enrichment. If you define it as giving your kid a more rounded education/experience, my answer is yes: mine has violin and swimming. If you define it as reinforcing what they learnt in school or given them an \"edge\" in primary school, personally, I don't think it is necessary.

Independence: at 4.5, I found mine very independent. Not sure how much school plays a role though as I found that the classmates behavior is different.

Good luck!

[Charmaine_chong]

Thanks fristrom.


My current maid has been a great help in education part when i am at work. She teacg my son to do craft, writing, right brain stuff, phonics,reading… Whereas for my 20mth old, she has started to teach her all the basic concepts through arts and crafts. She reads loads of books to my children.

I am starting to search for child care as she will be leaving end of the year. She wants 2 months breaks if wanna to continue.

I am trying to find out whether it is worthwhile to put children in childcare without attending anymore enrichment.

[foreverj]

Charmaine_chong:

Thanks fristrom.


My current maid has been a great help in education part when i am at work. She teacg my son to do craft, writing, right brain stuff, phonics,reading..... Whereas for my 20mth old, she has started to teach her all the basic concepts through arts and crafts. She reads loads of books to my children.

I am starting to search for child care as she will be leaving end of the year. She wants 2 months breaks if wanna to continue.

I am trying to find out whether it is worthwhile to put children in childcare without attending anymore enrichment.

hi charmaine

childcare at the end of the day, is stil childcare. it provides basic learning (can be good enough for pri 1) but wil not be able to achieve what enrichment can do - deeper, and more advanced learning and understanding. eg. if yr kids attend math enrichment, they wil likely be able to do more advanced math than what the cc can ever teach.

so it depends on what you want for the kids (a) deeper learning for academic subjects (such as english, chinese, math etc) and/or (b) depending on the interest, u may wish to sign up for art, music, dance etc which wil cc wil not be able to cover becos the teachers do not have the expertise/qualification/experience. do note that some cc can provide additional enrichment classes at a cost.

[zechraffie]

Hi Newbie here so pardon me please


If you have a choice, i'm inclined to suggest that you find your child a good child care and stay away from enrichment for a while.

My reasons are as follow:
- he needs a childhood
- a good child care will prepare him sufficiently for P1
- over-preparing your kid is detrimental. He will appear to do well for P1 and P2 for obvious reasons. But his interest in learning may have been reduced by then as his first year in primary school bores him. the outcome is that from P3 on, he will begin to show signs of strain in his learning process.

HTH.