My curious 1-year-old taking her toy to explore our home.
Lately, I noticed that my 1-year-old is extremely curious about her surroundings and is starting to pick up the things that we teach her really quickly. While hubby and I are really pleased with her development thus far, we are also toying with the idea of enrolling her in a Playgroup programme, where she’d join in a play-learn session for 3 hours every morning at a preschool near our home.
I’m hoping that this will help stimulate her mind and allow her to interact with other toddlers her age, instead of being around only adults when she’s at home.
So when we were invited by Mrs Rachel Ding, the founder of Red SchoolHouse, to head down to all 3 branches of their preschool to do a review, the timing couldn’t have been any better.
The Red SchoolHouse Story
The entrance of Red SchoolHouse Katong at Margate Road.
Rachel left her stable job as a banker in 2004 to pursue one of her greatest passions: to start up the preschool of her dreams. This courageous move led to the beginnings of Red SchoolHouse, at a corner terrace in Pemimpin.
When I asked Rachel why she chose the name Red SchoolHouse, she told me this: “Because red is the colour of love, and this school should feel like home for both the kids and teachers where there is joy and laughter all around.”
A cosy learning corner at Red SchoolHouse Katong.
Red SchoolHouse gradually grew over the next few years, as more parents chose to enrol their kids at the school. By early 2007, the school was operating at full capacity and additional centres were opened at various locations in Singapore.
In 2011, Rachel made the move to consolidate all existing Red SchoolHouse centres in Singapore by setting up a ‘model’ preschool centre at Midview City on Sin Ming Lane. This was followed by 2 new centres in 2014 at Woodlands and Katong.
With Red SchoolHouse Katong being the newest addition to the family, we decided to kickstart the series of reviews by heading down to the bungalow on Margate Road.
Find out more about the SPICE curriculum offered at Red SchoolHouse on the next page.
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