Mummy's Voice: Nuturing the kids...

Full Day Childcare or 3 Hours Kindergarten?
Mummy has been asking myself this question for a long time, over and over again...

Full Day Childcare seemed like a long day out there without family for you..when you are still so young, even when I will only be dropping you there at 9 and most likely fetching you back at 5.
It becomes just like a job for you...5 day Monday to Friday work week and 9am to 5pm.

Would you be happy?

Besides, it will be more taxing for you if I like to send you for music, gym, swimming or other classes... HOW?

Yet, 3 hours kindergarten is too short a period of time for you to be away from home ... as 3 hours is not enough for me to do my work... ideally I think 5 hours will be good..
like 8am to 1pm kind of...so you can still take your lunch and nap at home...then still have time to play and go for some interesting activities or classes in the late afternoon...then you can have weekends FREE!

So?

I prefer to register you for 3 hours Kindergarten program at Kinderland YCK where you will be attending childcare next year...and do a 2 hours Chinese Kindergarten program extension...so you will attend preschool from 8AM to 1PM...which is ideal....however, no chinese kindy at Pre-Nursery when you are 3 years old...

Therefore...

the immediate solution is to let you attend full day childcare and transfer you over to 3hours kindergarten (8am - 1100am)+Chinese Kindy (1115am - 115pm) when you turn 4 next year...
Hopefully this will be a good arrangement.

At least I can fetch you back during lunch time and you can take your lunch at home, shower and perhaps 3 to 5 can be your nap time. This way, I do not have to worry about having to schedule my work appointments around the timing near 5pm...or have to run up and down from town to school to fetch you home and then back to town again...

Ideally when Ayden goes to Kinderland next year, he should go for half day childcare...so I can fetch both of you back at 115pm. But if you have a little sibling to come along next year...then Ayden may have to attend full day childcare... ...which is fine too...else it will be too much for Auntie Beth to handle at home...

We shall see how things go and if you enjoy your new school next year...