SQ, bbmouse,
Hmm, so is it a good difference or a bad difference? Haha. Maybe it is my hair? Grown longer? Spectacles/no spectacles? Tutu fringe now cuz I cut it myself. I also cut YT's fringe myself. Someone mentioned that she got unique hairstyle. LOL. Like coconut hor.
My review of JG in comparison to GUG.
Staff friendlier. They seem even more enthusiastic in children than the GUG teachers. Toys and play area definitely cleaner than GUG. Toys given out during initial playtime is better than GUG. More variety and more for training gross-motor skills. e.g. tower to roll balls down, ring stackers, toy animals etc. GUG gives balls, rubber duckies, some links. Teachers encourage parents to let babies to do their own exploration. They are less strict than the GUG teachers about exploring (wandering about) kids. I like the snack time cuz encourage kids to self feed but YT threw her half eaten biscuit onto the floor. I dun mind the time spent outside at the play ground cuz YT dun have these kind of big-sized toys at home. For those mummies who already have kitchen sets, coupe cars, slides etc. you probably won't be impressed. I think the babies enjoyed themselves alot. I can see that Tian is very very happy! She is also dancing when the singing begins. Today, YT a bit slow to warm up, maybe because I'm late and then she is also a bit sleepy as she din have a proper nap today.
However, in terms of actual teaching of phonics, I feel that GUG did a better job. There is related story telling. The trial we did was about the letter G, so there is Gondo the Gorrilla and then we peel a banana while saying gr, gr and the story is about Three billy Goat and the Troll so they emphasize again the pronunciation of g in goat. JG only introduced Casey the Cat. So mostly, I would say JG is more of a enjoying type. Like Kindermusik. Just slightly more educational than Kinder, that's all. So perhaps JG is something in between GUG and Kindermusik?
SQ, give comments? Cuz you have signed up both GUG and kinder.
Star,
yar, I realised about the artworks when I'm downstairs at macdonalds. I thought the staff may have thrown them already so I din bother to go back up.