JL new kindy

A lot people who read this post would be wondering why this Mummy keep changing JL’s kindy. This would be his 3rd kindy.

• JL in his new Kindy
• JL (almost) back to school (Part 2)
• JL (almost) back to school
• JL refused to go to kindergarten

Besides having some problem with the 1st kindy, at the same time also KongKong and PohPoh decided to take care of him so it would be quite a distance to travel because that kindy was nearer to nanny’s house.

Now what happen with 2nd kindy?

First was the distance because staying in Malaysia, it would be so unpredictable when there would be traffic jam even within the same region/postcode. In a few instances, both JL and Mummy were late for kindy and work. Everyone in the home had to wake up earlier and earlier just to beat the unpredictable jam. When AL arrived, making Mummy’s morning routine even hectic that Mummy didn’t have chance to follow JL to kindy like it used to be. Usually, Mummy would follow JL to kindy then KongKong would send Mummy to work because KongKong needed Mummy’s car in order to fetch JL from kindy later. Then, when we had AL, KongKong would fetch and send Mummy to work after sending JL to kindy.

So? We decided to move JL to a nearby kindy which would be much smaller than his previous kindy.

How was it so far?
One the first day, JL came back and told PohPoh that he couldn’t adjust himself but then no turning back. Then after that he was ok because he met new friends but he forgotten the name.

Every morning, JL would sit on the dining table and drink him milk with PaPa who at the same time drink his coffee. Last time, every morning it was like crazy rushing out from the apartment.

The kindy time was also 20 minutes later than the previous kindy. With less jam and later time, morning was not so hectic like last time.

Parents were also given ½ year kindy plan like what is the month theme, when the kindy is having activities like factory visit etc. This was something new to Mummy because for the last kindy, Mummy would only be informed on the activities between 1-2 weeks (or sometimes a few days) before the actual event date.

After joining the kindy, we found that the kindy offered enrich classes which was not available in the previous kindy. This caught Mummy a surprise because being a small kindy and Mummy didn’t expect such classes were being offered. Mummy was aware that there were many kindies which offered a lot of enrich classes. Some even offer music, drama etc. The extra enrich classes which were available for us to enroll would be

• Art & Craft
• English Grammar & Reading
• Mandarin (Odonata)
• Malay Reading

Each type of enrich class would be 2x a week with 1 hour for each session. Lunch would be provided and students would only need to stay back after kindy for the classes. We decided to enroll JL for the Mandarin class. We needed to pay RM65 per month which included lunch for 2x a week class. The classes would start in Feb09 and we would see how it goes. If everything is ok (Mummy is keeping Mummy’s fingers cross), then Mummy would not have to enroll JL to BxxBxx classes which Mummy had been postponing due to besides the fees which was about RM3xx per month but we had to send JL for classes 5x a week where each session would be 2 hours. We didn’t want to burden JL at the young age. Mummy tried to ask if we could cut the lessons to less than 5x a week but according to the centre, it would be impossible. So, it was just a coincidence that this kindy offered this program.

Mummy didn’t expect much from this new kindy because it is a small kindy unlike JL’s previous 2 kindies which were big and famous. JL first 2 kindies were using Fungates system but this new kindy would be total different system.

Everything is still too early to comment on the new kindy but so far now JL is still ok with the kindy.

However the best thing which Mummy noticed was seeing JL and PaPa sitting together on the dining table and having drink together in the morning. Since PaPa had been home late most of the night due to work and study, the morning time spent was indeed very precious for JL especially who was very close to PaPa since baby. Since PaPa was busy with work and study, JL missed his PaPa a lot and demanded a lot of attention from his PaPa.