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BENEFITS
The Parent-Toddler PlayGroup programme continues to build on the child’s ability to relate socially with others. Toddlers are encouraged to interact with their peers and by 2 years old, many of them appear to be more self-confident and articulate. They also seem to be able to focus on learning tasks better, and to process the physical and social environments in a more organised fashion. All these will prepare and enable them to take the big step forward to the next level of learning in the Bright Starts programme. This is a preschool programme that helps young children to develop pre-academic abilities, social skills, emotional intelligence and independence.
ACTIVITIES and FORMAT
The Parent-Toddler PlayGroup programme encourages toddlers to learn through structured play activities via exploration, manipulation and discovery. A weekly theme provides the backdrop for learning goals and activities that vary from week to week. Typically, a Parent-Toddler PlayGroup session involves the following:
- Welcome and Music Time
- Stations for Structured Learning, including imaginative play and thinking skills to provide the child with individual attention in a group setting
- Soft-Play and Multi-Sensory Learning for sensorimotor development
- Snack and Circle Time for acquiring social scripts and interaction skills
- Closing and Goodbye
Outdoor Play and Nature Time are available according to the theme for the week and when the weather permits.
The length of each Parent-Toddler PlayGroup session is one-and-a-half (1½) hours.Outline
- Welcome and Music Time
- Stations for Structured Learning, including imaginative play and thinking skills to provide the child with individual attention in a group setting
- Soft-Play and Multi-Sensory Learning for sensorimotor development
- Snack and Circle Time for acquiring social scripts and interaction skills
- Closing and Goodbye
Outdoor Play and Nature Time are available according to the theme for the week and when the weather permits.
Wee Care was birthed from a heart that wants the best for infants, toddlers, children with special needs and their parents. Founded in 1996 by teacher and mother of three, Mrs Denise Lai, Wee Care began as a provider of home-based midwifery services to babies and new mothers. Eventually, the services took on an educational nature to ensure that infants and toddlers developed well whilst their parents were at work.
Three years later, Parent-Child PlayGroups were introduced to give working parents the opportunity to develop deeper bonds with their babies and toddlers through motivated, directed and purposeful play. At the same time, Behavioural Management Programmes were added to the fold to provide early assistance to children with special learning needs.
Today, Wee Care stands out among the crowd of educational centres as the home-grown pioneer in research-based Infant Development, Early Childhood Education and Early Intervention Programmes.
It is one of the top centres in Singapore for the rehabilitation of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and other developmental problems. Child psychologists at the KK Women and Children’s Hospital (KKH) and the National University Hospital (NUH) of Singapore, as well as those at private hospitals and clinics, make regular recommendations to their clients to seek therapy services here. ...
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