Parents often arrange various cram classes and interest courses for their children, hoping that their children can win at the starting line. However, with the continuous changes in China's education policies such as "double reduction" and "education reform", the pressure on students is even greater!
In this context, many parents have begun to consider letting their children study in Singapore at a young age, so that they can grow up in a more relaxed environment from an early age.
1. The choice of kindergarten in Singapore
1. The importance of early childhood education
In recent years, the craze for studying abroad at a young age has been heating up, and more and more Chinese parents choose to send their children to kindergarten in Singapore. Many parents believe that allowing their children to adapt and integrate into Singapore's teaching system and learning environment as early as possible can not only cultivate an international mindset, but also help their children successfully enter local universities or prestigious European and American universities in the future
2. Advantages of preschool education in Singapore!
Bilingual education
With 70% of Singapore's population being Chinese, children can grow up in a bilingual environment. Each class has a dedicated Chinese and English teacher to ensure that children can learn both languages naturally.
Zero-conditional admission
Unlike primary and secondary schools, which require entrance exams, kindergartens in Singapore have almost no entry threshold, and children aged 3 to 5 can apply for admission without any tests, even if parents do not have Singapore status.
Edutainment
Kindergartens in Singapore focus on "edutainment", allowing children to learn through play through games and activities. The government also stipulates that kindergartens must have a certain amount of outdoor activities each semester to promote the all-round development of children.
Direct admission to local primary schools in Singapore
After international students finish kindergarten in Singapore, if there is a place in the government school, they can directly enter Primary One without taking exams, which is undoubtedly a huge advantage for parents and children.
Relaxed escort policy
Singapore allows accompanying mothers to work, reducing the cost burden of studying abroad. Mothers, grandmothers, and grandmothers can not only accompany them to school, but also work legally, take care of their children, and increase their family income.
Kindergarten Curriculum Framework
The curriculum design of kindergartens in Singapore focuses on the holistic development of children's personalities and skills, including correct moral values, positive self-awareness, environmental awareness, language and literacy, motor skills and health, numeracy skills, and self-awareness and social awareness.
2. Advantages of Singapore kindergarten curriculum
1. Aesthetics and innovation
Teachers and parents should provide opportunities for children to express themselves freely, such as through dance, music, and other art forms to discover and explore children's thoughts and emotions
2. Environmental awareness
Early childhood activities should focus on the acquisition of environmental knowledge and understanding of the environment, including the natural world and the human world. To raise children's environmental awareness, further allow children to observe and understand their surroundings, express their own opinions, and ultimately understand the whole Singapore and the whole world.
3. Language and literacy
Language plays a key role in children's learning and thinking, so teachers and parents should create a good language environment for children, and can also carry out some meaningful language arts activities, such as role-playing, singing, reading aloud, etc., to promote the development of children's listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
4. Motor skills and health
Pre-school education should not neglect the development of young children's motor skills. Teachers and parents should understand children's physiological needs and provide sufficient time and space for their free movement, so that children's physical coordination, balance, and awareness of space and direction can be naturally developed
5. Arithmetic skills
Arithmetic is an essential skill for people in their daily lives. Through the use of shapes and symbols, children can notice the relationship between sets and groups, so that they can further learn to classify, calculate and represent things. Therefore, children's activities should focus on everyday experiences so that they can acquire appropriate language (e.g., positional language, number language, shape language, etc.).
6. Self-awareness and social awareness
Early childhood is a critical time for young children to learn about themselves and the world around them. In order to cultivate children's self-awareness and social awareness, teachers and parents should help children understand the values and rules of society, and at the same time develop their social and ethical behaviors. Young children also learn how to deal with success and failure, and how to overcome fear and anxiety. Kindergartens should not only nurture young children to be caring, polite, compassionate and graceful individuals, but more importantly, allow them to pursue their own ideals while also cooperating effectively with others
3. There are three main types of kindergartens in Singapore
Government Kindergarten
These include PCF Sparkletots and My First Skool, two government kindergartens with more than 500 branches across the island, making it easy for residents to pick up and drop off their children. Government kindergartens have lower tuition fees and provide quality and affordable childcare.
Private kindergartens
It is run by a community, grassroots organization or commercial organization, with excellent hardware facilities and a more liberal degree, but the tuition fee is relatively high.
International Kindergarten
The Kindergarten branch of an international school adopts the IB curriculum, A-level/IGCSE or AP system, with the highest tuition fees, but the teaching quality and facilities are excellent, and provide a wealth of extracurricular activities to promote children's multicultural understanding and international perspective.
4. Singapore kindergarten application instructions
- Children aged 3 to 5 years old do not need to take exams for kindergarten admission in Singapore
- Foreigners can apply directly for children who do not have Singapore status even if the parents are not working in Singapore
- It is more likely that the application for the Government Kindergarten Student's Pass will be approved after the age of 3
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