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by pltk » Wed, 26 Jul 2006 9:12 am
My daughter already has a "tutor" (better read babysitter) from Mainland China who plays with her several times a week for a few hours at a time. Since she is starting pre-school, I would like to find a program that is primarily in Chinese (most I have checked out are primarily English with some Chinese added). At the moment, my daughter's Chinese listening is not bad (for a 3 year old) but she refuses to use Mandarin much, so I would like to get her in a situation where she has to use it more and has fun using it with other kids and teachers (I speak Chinese, but not fluently--our home language is English. Most of the kids in our area have excellent English, hence they default to English when playing with my daughter.)
Therefore, I would like to find a preschool program that is Chinese focused. The only ones I have found so far are toward the city center and we live out west in the Jurong area. I am as interested in local school programs as "expat" programs. Many of the local schools are quite good, particularly at the lower levels before the exam competition starts to influence the kids' lives and we tentatively plan to stay with the local school system when she starts primary. I assume there are such schools, just having a hard time tracking them down.