Visiting International Nursery

Most International Nursery & Kindergarten provides "Activity Group" or "Play Group" for 1.5 year old or above. However the expensive Nursery schools do provide programs for 1 year old toddlers, even 6 month old babies. Nathan is 12.5 month today.

Daddy is against sending Nathan to playgroup, saying he is too young. Apparently he didn't realize the competition among kids in Hong Kong or the importance of "Learning in Play" at early age. Anyway, as long as I suggest buying anything, his first reaction is NO. I don't want to spend too much money either, but I think 1 or 2 times playgroup a week will help Nathan's development in all aspects. So I'm looking for something of good quality yet not too expensive. I plan to visit a few schools this week because Daddy is out of town for a conference.

Monday: I started with the most expensive one in Kowloon Toon -Suffolk. 90 minutes per session, half instructions are in Mandarin and the other half in English. The facilities/curriculums are nice, very professional. Parents may view all classrooms online. However the classrooms are not spacious, also Mandarin classes are not necessary for Nathan. Daddy and Mommy can teach at home. It's good for HK locals who speak Cantonese at home. In any case, it's a NO due to the unaffordable price.

Tuesday: Mommy found that she made a huge mistake regarding US tax. So in the following days, Mommy is very busy on that and abandoned visiting plans.

However, since there are very few choices for playgroups for 1.0~1.5 yr toddlers, Mommy decide to use Box Hill, which is located at Vista Paradiso, where we live. HK$200 per session, totally 9 sessions starting from Mid April. One hour on each Saturday morning, so Mommy can bring Nathan herself. Mommy is so looking forward to it.