Sorry I forgot to intro myself =P
My gal is 14 mths old and I'm starting to scout around the West Coast/Clementi/Jurong East area for a kindy or childcare for her. I'm a FTWM and my MIL takes care of my gal in the day.
1) I haven't decided whether to go to childcare or 3hr sch kindy. If it's childcare, I will start her probably end of next year.
2) For childcare, I have a few in mind:
- Pat's @ Jubilee (cost is my concern)
- Learning Vision @ IBP (I just missed their open house last w/e cos I was sick)
- Little Skoolhouse @ Ayer rajah CC (anyone has any feedback on this?)
- Agape little uni @ Clementi mall (not too keen on this as I feel that it lacks space for kids to run around)
3) For kindy, i think CWK is the only one around the area. I know in Pandan there are Galilee and Pandan Calvary but I'm not too keen on those. In my earlier question, I was asking whether CWK has any after-school hours enrichment for the students.
One plus point of childcare vs sch kindy is that it's like a one-stop shop - u have the enrichment classes to keep them occupied. But if the kindy doesn't have, then u have to sign up with schools yourself and ferry them to & fro.
the biggest concern I have with childcare of course, is that they will inevitably fall sick more often. And then it'll be hell for parents.
Decisions, decisions.. why is it so hard?
kidzskidz - it's quite hard for me cos I need to depend on my MIL to bring her to those external schools and my MIL still needs to cook for us, etc.