I did and we have, but if you read the passage you quote I said that the local school only offers 3 mornings a week, isn't that too little? hence the double registration thing
put my son into 2 kinderg... do you think it is a good idea?
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I did and we have, but if you read the passage you quote I said that the local school only offers 3 mornings a week, isn't that too little? hence the double registration thing
sure, there are plenty of local schools in our neighborhood as we live in Kowloon Tong, but we have our preferences, reputation, fee, etc. so that reduces the choice to a smaller number of schools.
Our son got an offer from Victoria (Ho Man Tin campus, which is not too far from Kowloon Tong), which is apparently quite popular (for some reason), but they offer only 2 or 3 days to the preschoolers (or whatever you call them, I mean the 2-3 years old age group), so to have been offered 3 mornings a week is supposed to be a privilege (only 2 kids out of 8 in his playschool group were offered 3 days, many of those who were offered only 2 days decided to go elsewhere instead). Victoria is quite affordable, so that's another positive.
well we are still undecided, so let's see if our son expresses his own preference, school starts on Wednesday for Victoria (the "local" school) and the week after for Kingston (the "international" school), 3 mornings for Victoria (3 hours per session), 5 afternoons for Kingston (also 3 hours per session), with only 1h30 minutes between the two sessions, very short, no time for a nap, will be tiring no doubt, we'll try it for a month and see if our son has a strong preference for one school over the other.
crazy stuff...
Our son got an offer from Victoria (Ho Man Tin campus, which is not too far from Kowloon Tong), which is apparently quite popular (for some reason), but they offer only 2 or 3 days to the preschoolers (or whatever you call them, I mean the 2-3 years old age group), so to have been offered 3 mornings a week is supposed to be a privilege (only 2 kids out of 8 in his playschool group were offered 3 days, many of those who were offered only 2 days decided to go elsewhere instead). Victoria is quite affordable, so that's another positive.
well we are still undecided, so let's see if our son expresses his own preference, school starts on Wednesday for Victoria (the "local" school) and the week after for Kingston (the "international" school), 3 mornings for Victoria (3 hours per session), 5 afternoons for Kingston (also 3 hours per session), with only 1h30 minutes between the two sessions, very short, no time for a nap, will be tiring no doubt, we'll try it for a month and see if our son has a strong preference for one school over the other.
crazy stuff...
solidstars
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victoria is known as a very good school, if it were me i would keep my son there since it's only nursery classes right? K1 has more classes in a week i think. by the time he/she should have gotten used to it already?
EarlyYears
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Children under the age of five should still get one nap in during the day and for atleast an hour per day. Nighttime sleep should be about ten hours. I have met many children who attended two kindergartens and they were exhausted. They would get easily irritated and lose their temper. Children need sleep in order to develop properly, physically and mentally.
Lack of sleep is such a huge problem in Hong Kong.
carang
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5 year old DOES NOT need a nap during the day....i do agree that they need proper sleep, but that does NOT mean a nap.
it is perfectly acceptable for a child to sleep from 7:30pm-6:30am and have enough sleep. most western kids (read north american) drop their naps by 3-3.5 years of age and just get all of their sleep at night. if my son had a nap, even 30 minutes during the day he would NOT be able to sleep at night and would be up until 10-11pm! uh huh, no way... not in my house.
it is perfectly acceptable for a child to sleep from 7:30pm-6:30am and have enough sleep. most western kids (read north american) drop their naps by 3-3.5 years of age and just get all of their sleep at night. if my son had a nap, even 30 minutes during the day he would NOT be able to sleep at night and would be up until 10-11pm! uh huh, no way... not in my house.
EarlyYears
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I am a specialist in Child Development and I am American, so a Westerner. My kids are over four years old and nap one hour a day and still sleep at 8pm. I guess it's because they were trained to and are used to it. Children need sleep during the day because their brains naturally get tired and need rest. A power nap is the best. Even for adults, if possible.
carang
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as per webmd.com
a 5 year old needs between 10-12 hours of sleep per day.... says most children by the age of 3 have dropped their naps.
a 5 year old does not NEED a nap, if he/she gets at least enough sleep at night.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/sleep-children
a 5 year old needs between 10-12 hours of sleep per day.... says most children by the age of 3 have dropped their naps.
a 5 year old does not NEED a nap, if he/she gets at least enough sleep at night.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/sleep-children