My child is also 1 1/2 yrs. I'm eager for her to learn as well, but I'm not confident of sending a child who hardly know how to speak to a school 5 days a week. She still had a lot to learn at home with her grandparents. I also believe that adult is a much more dependable role model than a bunch of kids her same age.

There are a lot of preschool taking much younger kids because some parents are working and they rather send them to school than to nanny's house.

Since I have the help from my parents, I decided to hold off her preschool until 3 or 4 years old. Currently I'm sending her to weekend parent-child class for socializing.

This post has been edited by Amanda85: Feb 22 2016, 02:20 PM

Yeah. Either one of the parent have to accompany the child, usually for kids below 3 years.
What is your budget and your location? I only know those which are nearly my area in PJ.

Fyi, I tried many free trial class from Julia Gabriel, Gymboree to Trinity Kid Clubs. These are the more expensive ones.

The cheaper one is Babytots@play that have a branch in Kepong, Flykidz & Kindermusik.

I signed my daughter for The Little Gym at Hartamas Shopping Centre. I plan to stop once she reach 3 years as she will be eligible for other cheaper programs.

How old is your child? Currently The Little Gym have free classes for 4 to 8 months babies. I'm not sure of the T&C though.
Tel: 03-62111193

This post has been edited by Amanda85: Feb 25 2016, 01:50 PM

back in the days, I went to kindy when I was 5 too. being the eldest, my mum spend more time reading and teaching me as oppose to my younger brother and sister. When I reached primary, I aced everything and it continues to secondary. Luck have it that I manage to get in good classes every year. Compare to my younger siblings who are always playing catch up in school, they never did manage to excel towards the end of their schooling years. However, I'm not saying is the same for every family.

I think nurturing early is important, no matter you are sending them to kindy early or teaching them at home. As for feeling bored in primary, we can always challenge them with something else after schooling hours. Just because our national school level is easy, doesn't mean we have to hold back our child and comply to the system.