Kayla, Thanks for the recommendation. The location not so convenient for me as I live in Bukit Panjang and my PIL live in west coast area. there are quite a number of popular 2 hr PG classes available around their area and i also prefer my girl to go thru this short hrs class first before she goes to childcare when she turn 3YO. For me I want my children to go through childcare to learn to be independent. but now my PIL's hse is crowded with little grand children and i am afraid that they may not be able to cope so looking out for good childcare first just in case.
Keann, I visited
CH@Chevron before. i get to talk to their principal. She doesn't sound passionate in this field lei. curriculum wise quite average. not many teachers around so not sure if they can deliver as advertised. beside having their center residing at a private environment and the brand name, there is really no other thing that impress me. $300 i also find is expensive. In addition, i think CH fees is exclusive of enrichment classes right? i think
Mulburry@JE fees inclusive of swimming class and the special multimedia program.
But I don't mean that expensive mean good.
Base on my information gathered few yrs ago, MOST reasonably good childcare fees are within $500 to $700 range after subsidy. considering mcys rule of 1 teacher to 8 children, how much the childcare need to charge on the fees in order to covers their overhead? generally i feel if they promised low teacher to children ratio, the fees will goes up. if fees is cheaper then you should expect the place to be crowded with children and the teacher will have less attention on individual child lor.if the childcare is not expensive and there is not many children in their centre, suggest you gather more information on the childcare before you put your child there. that is personal view lor.
If you are working mama, you may want to try looking for good childcare near your work area which offer special rate for staffs. for creative, i think their staffs is paying about $200 lesser if i remember correctly.