How old? 1-3 years old is too small. Reccommend start sending to playschool/preschool starting 4 years old.

I send my daughter at 4 years old to a playschool.

Develop their fine motor skills. Starting 5-6 years old only sent to really learning preschool.

I noticed she picked up reading, writing and simple math fairly quickly at 5th years old.

She Turn out just fine.

Montessori is good

but if you are planning to send them to chinese school, montessori and learning chinese contradict.

80% of a child’s brain develops by age of three. It’s during these years that the child’s brain begins to develop memory, language, thinking and reasoning skills.

They learn by imitating the behavior of others, especially adults and older children. It can also be a trying time, as they begin to show defiant behaviour and set out to explore the world around them.

Children grow up very fast.

Parents should focus on them, during their first 3 years. Enjoy playing, singing, laughing or even crying with them. They learn very fast. But their attention span is short.

For me, parents are always the best teachers.

If want to try sending them to those special classes, no harm trying. There is always something new to learn.

Just don't be too kiasu, make your child to be better than others..... every child is different.  Some just want to learn slowly.... some are quick learners.

montesorri very hard to teach kids to write chinese strokes and radicals.

kids who love montessori and freedom to learn (based on liking), usually dislike learning chinese because have to memorize many strokes.

correct if I am wrong, but my perception is that mandarin usually involve a lot of repeated practice. Kids usually don't like to do this unless they are forced to keep repeating. This is not what Montesorri teaches.

NGiaww so cute! Haha I can't wait for this period to come