Not kidding around: Our Methodist preschools are keeping step with the tech age
Mdm Goh Lay Kwan , mother of Emily
Mdm Goh Lay Kwan and Mr Tan Eng Keng, with their daughter, Emily
(K2, Bedok Methodist Preschool), likes the school's attention to emotional and character development. She appreciates how the teachers have invested in Emily's life, teaching her good values, wanting for her to have a godly character, and to remain responsible and God-loving through to adulthood. Emily had the opportunity to participate in a week-long Space Buds Programme at the preschool, where she learned about space and even interacted with a true-blue Asian, female astronaut. "To be able to hear stories from an astronaut's perspective was so valuable and so interesting for her."
Mrs Tulika Nayyar , mother of Aadya (K1,
Mrs Tulika Nayyar and Aadya
Foochow Methodist Preschool), praises its holistic programme which not just prepares the children to be ready for primary school but also to face bigger challenges. She has seen how the curriculum encourages creativity. With programmes like LEGO (Build the Change) Minecraft Education, Mrs Nayyar is also appreciative of the teachers and staff who, in her own words, "nurture the children, help them build confidence, and in general make them good citizens" having the right moral values.
Mr and Mrs Borhade Sumit, parents of Charvee (K1, Sengkang Methodist Preschool), endorse the preschool's all-round focus on a child's academic, spiritual as well as social development. "Every Friday, there's Chapel, I've myself learnt a few things from her! For instance, she once came home and told me we should be kind and thankful to people around us," says Mrs Sumit.
Mr and Mrs Borhade Sumit
6 Methodist Message February 2023
Mr Sumit is equally awed by Charvee's intellectual progress. He recounts their astonishment when Charvee was able to help her mother at the supermarket to open her phone camera, scan the barcode of an item and proceed with the checkout. Since then, his daughter has started taking great interest in his work as a software engineer, asking endless questions about the devices she sees on his desk, and how they operate.