Mother's day 2015

Colin 'made' this for mummy! :)

Naughty Chair

One very fine day.. Colin told us about his day.

Colin: Teacher Margaret made me sit on the naughty chair today.
Me: Were you a naughty boy?
Colin: Yes.
Me: What did you do?
Colin: *silence*

After another school day..

Me: Did Teacher Margaret make you sit on the naughty chair today?
Colin: Yes.
Me: Do you sit on the naughty chair everyday?
Colin: Yes.
Us: *laughs*

This kid. Seriously funny! :D

Brainy Juniors Kindergarten (2015 Term 2)

We are so glad that Colin enjoys his school. The school fees may not be the cheapest but definitely worth our money! I chose this school mainly cause it was closest to my parents' place (which also meant savings on school bus/ transport!).

I like the curriculum cause there's GymKidz programme for the active little one, music lessons and lots of crafting time apart from the normal language and literacy (Engilsh: Victoria Carlton Literacy Programme - Jolly Phonics/Grammar, Chinese:乐中学) classes. Colin comes home singing new songs, dancing happily and bugging me to do painting/anything hands on with him. That's a good sign right? :D

Curriculum aside, the teachers are very dedicated and caring (probably a result of the low student:teacher ratio). They will email me to ask if Colin was okay when he was absent from class for long period. The teachers were the first one to inform us when Colin is 'heaty' or had ulcers in his mouth. I remember I didn't plan to accompany Colin for his first lesson since he will stick to me like forever.. but the principal advised me to stay on so he would be able to settle down emotionally. Glad I did cause it took him only slightly more than a week to settle down in school; no fussing at the entrance when we drop him off for class. :) I liked how his teachers were able to handle him peacefully instead of raising their voices.

The thing I love most is seeing pictures of what's happening in class! :D So this is him doing his stuff in school!

Colin was able to tell me that he played xylophone! I was trying to figure out what this was?! hah

His class has 11-12 students. :)

Matching letters to pictures.

Tracing!

Brainy Juniors Kindergarten (2014 Term 3)

Colin started school again after a few months break from childcare. He's attending 2.5hr playgroup @ Brainy Junior's Kindergarten. I picked this school because it's close to my parent's place. :D It is so difficult to find a preschool in Singapore. I had to place Colin on the waiting list for a few months to get in.

I wasn't planning to accompany him for class on the first day but he kept crying for me so the teacher advised me to accompany him to prevent emotional stress in a new environment.

A typical day in school goes like this:
Play time while waiting for class to start
Assembly
English Lesson
Morning snack
Art & craft
Chinese lesson
Story time
Go home

Here are some of the pictures of him in school. :D

First week in school

National Day celebration

What I really liked about the school was the low teacher-student ratio of 1:7. When I was there, there were 2 teachers to a class of 7. The maximum class size is 10 from nursery to kindergarten 2. Apart from that, there will be music classes from nursery 1 onwards. I heard they received an award from Parents' World Magazine's “Best of the Best Preschools Award 2014” for best in Integrated Learning.

Colin was able settle down pretty fast and is coping well health wise. He has been singing songs he learnt from school! Hope he likes school. :D