Nursery or not?

[Little Monster]

Nic,

it is a local school. Facility wise and language wise, I am fine for Pre-nursery ONLY. My son will go to another school for kindergarten.

What I expected when I first enrolled my son in pre-nursery are as below:
- to develop his social skills
- to have a sense of discipline
- to take care of himself (now he goes wash his hands by himself, goes to weewee himself (no more diaper even during nap time), and he asks me not to help and stay outside, he eats on his own too, no more feeding)
- to be able to communicate verbally. Now he talks all the way to and from school with meaning words, not baby language.
- to start to enjoy reading (I didnt expect this, but school will lend a book for a week to each student, and they are expected to read it every day, and at the end of the week, there is a simple report they hv to work on, and my son enjoys putting stickers on the report)
- to love school life.


anyway, for your info, below is the school site.

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[carang]

i think it also depends on your child's personality and your living situation.

my son did not go to "school" until he was 3yr 7m. and only then because we live so far out that there were not many kids around to play with. it is possible for children to get all the social interaction they need from the playground, at playgroups and at home. i really didn't want him to go to school until he was about 4-5 years old, however, i sucked it up and sent him earlier. all of the kids in our village go to school and i thought he really needed more stimulation than just playing with his baby sister all day.

my daughter, i may send earlier, simply because she is a very sociable girl and LOVES going to classes. i'm going to check it out and maybe she'll start in September.

 

[Little Monster]

today my 2.5-yr-old came back from school, and he told me, "there is swine flu, remember to wash hands, mommy". hahaha.....I guess this is the merit of going to school early. much much much better than staying home with the maid.

again, my son really enjoys his school life.

 

[Gabriel ma]

My son starts going to Pre-nursery school at 2 years old. During the past few months, he has learnt a lot in the school. 1) he make some friends, 2) improved a lot of his social skills, 3) he can communicate in full sentence, 4) he can fully understand the class (in Cantonese, English and a little bit of Mardarin). In August, he will continue K1 at the same kindergarten but the class is in Mandarin + English.

 

[FutureHKmom]

Gabriel Ma - what pre-nursery/K1 is your little one attending? I would like to find one that is Mandarin & English also for my little one. Thanks!

 

[Gabriel ma]

Learning Habitat Kindergarten

 

[reei]

hi gabriel,

how is the quantity of homework? is there any homework for k1?

 

[Konradsmom]

Like Little ONster I am a pro -preschool mom, although part of the reason is that I work full time and I believe my son's time at school would be of better quality than if he was so stay at home. I think the socialising he gets with other kids is great, and his lanaguage skills has certainly developed quite a bit. Kids also come out more independant,and this is important for me as a working parent, because I know at home with the helper he gets things done for him.

He gets bored at home if there is no school, and he looks forward to going out of the house each day. he's not fully conversant yet so I can't really ask him how he feels about school but I truly think he is happy there. His school did a great job with separatio, and whilst there were a few days of crying , they do get used to it quite soon. he's just 26 months and now does 3 hours each morning by himself 5 days a week. For some kids who take the schoo bus, they do it alone without helper/mommy on the bus too - its pretty amazing how adaptive kids can be.

 

[Gabriel ma]

hi gabriel,

how is the quantity of homework? is there any homework for k1?

My child has 2 homeworks and 2 readings per week. One reading is selected by teacher and then we have to complete the worksheet. One week is English book and another week is Chinese book. Also, my child will select his favorite book. The reading scheme is very well planned. :swoman

 

[carang]

my son gets a little bit of writing homework every day. usually only one of the bracketed list he must write (numbers, letters, chinese characters).

he occasionally gets a simple worksheet. matching, colouring, circling etc.

they have a parent & child read together programme, but don't expect the kids to be reading independently yet. (my son is K2)