Hi Metis,


Which branch is your kid in?

I’m also curious.

I asked them but they say they don’t keep track of the numbers.
Just asked me to check moe website at the end of the day.

Hi bellgal,


Yes, I am definitely older than you! I was at the Cantonment premises from p1-p3 so you can guess my age! Still remember my first funfair at Cantonment!

I read older posts in 2012 that kids in p1 can join certain ccas such as Chinese dance or band. Do you know if it’s still the same now? Dd has been bugging me about joining Chinese dance in Fairfield after she saw that they had a gold award last year!

Hi bellgal,

Thanks! Thank God my PSLE cert has always been around with me!

Seems like just yesterday when I first stepped into P1 and was intrigued by talks of the \"ghost toilet\" in the Cantonment premises. Now it's my dd's turn!

Hi bellgal,


Thanks for info!
I’m quite excited abt seeing dd going to my old school. That day was trying to find my old report book. Didn’t find it but found old autograph books with ex teachers’ pictures in them. So nostalgic!

Hi,

I will registering dd in FMPS next year. I heard that some schools have enrichment classes at reasonably cheap rates. Can I know if FMPS has enrichment classes in the following areas?
- wushu
- piano/violin
- gymnastics

Hi,

Does anyone have experience/feedback with the teachers at Holland and West Coast branch?

Hi,

Does anyone have any reviews on Buttercups Montessori?
http://www.buttercupsmontessori.com/main.htm

Hey buds,


I'm also looking foward to the new Montessori phonics thread

By Montessori's \"multi-sensory\" approach, do you mean tracing sandpaper letters with the fingers?
I tried doing that with dd recently, together with a Phonics song CD... she now sees \"B\" and calls it \"Berh\"

hey buds,

HELP!!!!
Recently teacher in dd's 1.5h daily \"thematic Montessori\" playgroup has been telling me that dd is not very focused, and has very short attention span. She says that when other kids are playing with their stuff, dd will play with something, but then will start wandering around.

Today I peeped into the class after their lesson time, and yes, I see dd wandering around looking aimless and bored. The teacher was \"assisting\" some other tods (about 20mths old only) in some play atuff at the desk, but my dd just wandered around the room looking at the shelves, not wanting to pick up anything to play. And then she finally picked up a microphone, started singing Bah Bah Black Sheep and then retreated into a corner next to the photostating machine

Some facts/info for you:
- dd is currently 27mths old, and she is the oldest in the class; most of her classmates are ard 18-24mths old
- this class is actually meant for \"Babes\" starting from 18mths old
- older kids normally graduate to the older \"Tods\" class, but teacher says that there is no more vacancy in the Tods class right now and anyway, the \"curriculum\" is the same.... my question is, would activities/environment be different even if curriculum is the same?
- some of her classmates (during previous term) has gone to the tods class because of the \"loyalty system\" that the school practises i.e. kids who have been with them longer will get prriority to move to Tods class even if they are younger than dd
- at the beginning of this new term, dd somehow knows this and tells me \"K or so-and-so takes schoolbus to school now\".... I think she meant that they go to a \"big girl school\", cos she's always asking me to let her take schoolbus to big girl school... of course she doesn't know her friends do not take the schoolbus, but just goes to the tods class at another timing

Today, we had an informal playsession at a neighbour's place, and all the kids are around the same age or just slightly older. She was playing the playdough alongside these tods for a good 20-30mins by herself, without coming to disturb me or ask me to do this and that for her.

From what I described above, do you think dd really has an attention span/focus problem?
Or could it be that she is not adjusting well to the younger babes who joined her class and missing her older friends?

I am already researching for other Montessori schools around, but am not sure if I should switch her or just let her stay in this Babes class till she gets a transfer to Tods class. As far as teacher knows, there will not be any vacancies in Tods class for the next 2 mths.... as for after that, we'll have to see if any parents pull out of the Tods class.

This kiasu mommy is also feeding her fish oil in a desperate attempt to improve her concentration skills!