• Food
  • Family
  • Beauty & Health
  • Style
  • Great Women
  • Events/Win
  • Food
    • Eating Out
    • Cooking Tips
    • Festive Food
    • Asian Recipes
    • Food
    • Celebrity Recipes
    • Dessert Recipes
    • Healthy Recipes
    • Quick & Easy Recipes
    • Western Recipes
  • Family
    • Family
    • Save Money
    • Parenting
    • Sex & Marriage
    • Travel
  • Beauty & Health
    • Beauty & Health
    • Skincare
    • Makeup
    • Hair
    • Awards
    • Diet & Nutrition
    • Fitness
    • Wellness
  • Spa Awards 2022
  • Style
  • Great Women
    • Career
    • Great Women of Our Time
    • Real Life
  • Entertainment
  • EVENTS/WIN
  • #SchoolForLife
  • Hair Awards
  • Great Escape
  • Explore Singapore
  • Also available at:
Privacy Menu
SPH Media

Copyright © 2022 SPH Media Limited. Co. Regn. No. 202120748H. All rights reserved.

  • Food
  • Family
  • Beauty & Health
  • Style
  • Great Women
  • Events/Win

Family

4 Bilingual Preschools In Singapore To Strengthen Your Child’s Mandarin Proficiency

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Family

4 Bilingual Preschools In Singapore To Strengthen Your Child’s Mandarin Proficiency

They help to create a nurturing environment to help junior brush up their language capabilities

December 24, 2020

Credit: Mindchamps Chinese Preschool

Whether you are an adult or a child, the best ways to learn a language is to have constant exposure and the opportunities to communicate with it. With many parents busy with work, it can be difficult to create such an environment to help our kids further their language skills. As such, we have rounded up four bilingual preschools in Singapore to help parents strengthen their child’s Mandarin proficiency.

READ NEXT

6 Cool Smart Watches & Wearable Tech Both You And The Kids Will Love

8 Ways You Can Set Healthy Social Media Boundaries For Your Kids

4 Expert Tips for Raising An Emotionally Healthy Child

https://www.womensweekly.com.sg/gallery/family/top-bilingual-preschools-singapore-mandarin/
4 Bilingual Preschools In Singapore To Strengthen Your Child's Mandarin Proficiency
Chengzhu Mandarin Kindergarten
image

Launched in January 2016, Chengzhu Mandarin Kindergarten runs a four-hour programme in a Mandarin-rich environment.

Nursery classes are conducted in Mandarin, providing full immersion in the language, while kindergarten kids have an hour of English exposure per day in preparation for Primary 1.

It offers a theme-based curriculum designed by early childhood and Mandarin language specialists from Singapore and China.

Kids are exposed to speech and drama, music and movement, storytelling, role-play, art and craft, as well as Chinese cultural arts activities such as calligraphy and brush painting, folk dance and folktales and poetry.

The school features a children’s library with a collection of 2,000 books relating to Chinese culture which kids can enjoy at the reading loft or borrow to read at home.

Chengzhu Mandarin Kindergarten
Elfa Preschool
image

Launched in 2000, Elfa Preschool offers a Chinese-focused bilingual learning programme designed to nurture children’s love of the language.

As part of its Chinese curriculum, children participate in a wide range of activities such as story-telling, theme-based dramatic play, music and hands-on activities, which develop their creativity, social skills, as well as logical and problem-solving skills.

Its programme also places emphasis on moral values, festivals and cultures relevant to Singapore’s context.

At Elfa, 70 per cent of the pre-nursery and nursery classes are conducted in Mandarin to help build a strong foundation. For Kindergarten 1 and 2 classes, 60 and 50 per cent of the classes are conducted in Mandarin respectively.

Elfa Preschool
Maple Bear Singapore
image

Headquartered in Canada, Maple Bear’s curriculum emphasises on nurturing bilingual language and literacy.

Kids in its bilingual immersion preschool programme are exposed to both English and Chinese.

Each class is assigned two teachers who speak each language and are present throughout the children’s time in school.

Maple Bear believes that “learning is fun” and children learn best through sensory experiences and their innate curiosity.

Its centres boast indoor and outdoor play areas, and kids can expect plenty of fun, exciting hands-on activities that encourage them to create, explore and discover the world around them.

Afternoon enrichment activities such as sports, speech and drama, and music, are available for children attending its full-day programme.

Maple Bear Singapore
Mindchamps Chinese Preschool
image

All Mindchamps’ preschools run on an exclusive award-winning academic curriculum, which is based on almost two decades of solid research and development designed to enhance child development in the areas of sensory, motor, intellectual, linguistic, emotional and social development.

Its Chinese preschool follows the same programme, with playgroups, nursery and kindergarten classes carried out mainly in Mandarin.

Students in its Chinese preschool programme will also experience arts and cultural appreciation activities, such as clay modelling, painting and calligraphy.

In addition, children get exposure to Chinese-focused values, which are incorporated into the preschool’s activities. For instance, qualities such as gratitude are highlighted through Chinese tea appreciation.

This article was first published in Young Parents.

Read Next

How To Help Your Kids Cope With Change

8 Warning Signs That Your Child Or Teen Might Be Depressed

12 Family Staycations In Singapore You And Your Kids Will Love

Mindchamps Chinese Preschool
  • TAGS:
  • Acedemic Excellence Listings
  • BackToSchool
  • bilingual
  • bilingual preschools
  • mandarin
  • Mandarin Classes Listings
SHARE THIS ON

What’s Hot

Family

Darren Lim And His Worries About His Hom...

Family

Why Fann Wong & Christopher Lee Had To C...

Family

12 Family Staycations In Singapore You A...

Family

7 Water Parks And Playgrounds In Singapo...

Family

14 Father's Day Gift Ideas For Every Typ...

Family

Sicilian to Botanical: 7 Themed Afternoo...

Family

Hungry Ghost Festival: Things You Should...

Family

Mother's Day Gift Guide: 16 Fab Ideas Fo...

Family

Best Money Changers In Singapore And Tip...

Family

Denise Keller Has Welcomed A Baby Girl

Family

14 Best Indoor Playgrounds In Singapore ...

Family

Great Last Minute Mother's Day Gifts Tha...

Don’t Miss These
  • Family Planning A Stay-Home Party This NDP? Score Up To 50 Per C...
  • Awards Feeling Stressed And Bloated? This Lymphatic Drainage Tre...
  • Eating Out How This Self-Made Food Entrepreneur Is Encouraging Singa...
Editor’s Picks
  • Family Darren Lim And His Worries About His Homebody Son
  • EVENTS/WIN Vote For Your Fave Household Brands & Win $200 Takashimaya Vouchers [CLOSED]
  • Family Why Fann Wong & Christopher Lee Had To Cut Short Their Maldives Holiday
  • Parenting Local Singers Tay Kewei And Alfred Sim Welcome Their Third Child
  • Entertainment Xiang Yun Shares Parenting Woes About Son Chen Xi When He Was Younger
  • Family 12 Family Staycations In Singapore You And Your Kids Will Love
Don't Miss Out Ever Again!
Tips & tricks to stay sane + win invites to our events!

By signing up, you indicate that you have read and agreed with our Privacy Statement
Footer Menu
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Conditions of Access
  • PDPA
  • Privacy Policy
?>">
SPH Magazine

Copyright © 2022 SPH Media Limited. Co. Regn. No. 202120748H. All rights reserved.