Our preschoolers couldn’t believe their luck when an Olympian paid a visit to our centre at Raffles Town Club recently. Meet Carli Renzi, the only Australian female athlete to qualify for the Judo Women’s Event at the Olympics in 2012. Carli Renzi’s Olympic Journey She was seven years old when she first started her Judo class. Her...
The late 26th President of the United States of America, Theodore Roosevelt once said, “To educate a person in mind and not morals is to educate a menace to society”. Education is more than the acquisition of academic knowledge – it includes skills, habits, beliefs and life values. Life values are characteristics and behaviours that...
During the Early Childhood Conference 2019, Minister Desmond Lee spoke on the benefits of outdoor learning and how this affects the development of children. Mr Lee also outlined certain changes some preschools would be implementing in the 2020 curriculum to factor in the time preschoolers spend on playing and learning outdoors. While some childcare centres...
As our preschoolers learn about the world around them and how things work, we do our best to impart important lessons that they can take with them throughout their growing up years. But what can we do to prepare them for emergency situations that requires them to think on their feet? A lesson on first...
We often hear about what parents want to know about childcare centres, but have you ever wondered what preschool teachers in Singapore want parents to know? We spoke to the perfect people to answer this question. Jessie and Karine are teachers from MindChamps PreSchool @ Boon Keng, but that is not all – they are...
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted – and it’s never too early to start teaching children about the impact that this value has on the lives of those around them. At MindChamps Preschool @ Nordcom II (Sembawang), our children are nurtured to be confident as we work together to bring...
Who doesn’t love water play? With the sunny weather in Singapore that we get all year round, it is no wonder that rooftop water playgrounds are hot favourites among children. But what benefits can children reap from water play, and how can kindergartens in Singapore include this in their learning experiences? Read on to find...
Most of us have gone for a day trip to the zoo – but have you ever wondered what it’d be like to spend the night there amongst the wild animals? That’s exactly what our K1 and K2 preschoolers from MindChamps Chinese PreSchool @ Cecil Street got to experience as they embarked on an exciting...
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of your favourite TV show – or what it takes for a radio deejay to put on a great show on the airwaves? As for the news that you watch on TV, is it really just about the newscaster reading text off the screen? These were some...
Our preschoolers from MindChamps Chinese PreSchool @ Tampines Central picked up some important life lessons recently when they celebrated Parents’ Day at the BreadTalk HQ. Jointly organised by BreadTalk, North East Community Development Council (NECDC) and MindChamps Chinese PreSchool @ Tampines Central, the celebration which focused on one of MindChamps’ 10 values, ‘I am Grateful’,...
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