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many first time parents, Ashween Kaur never dreamt of sending her child to a
day care cum child enrichment centre as early as 15 months. Even her friends
were shocked when they heard the news. The most common question of all was, “What
does a 15-month old toddler know about schooling?” Several months after
registering her daughter with the Smart Reader Kids Junior® programme, Ashween
now can answer to her friends’ queries.
Smart Reader Kids Junior® is a place where kids get their first taste
of nursery learning. Research has proven that formal early childhood education
can help a child be independent, smart and creative from an early age. It also
helps to lay the foundation for future learning styles. Compared to home education,
Smart Reader Kids Junior® learners are exposed to a fun and interactive
learning environment where they mingle with other kids and learn at the same
time. Through this creative environment, toddlers have so much fun that the learning
process becomes enjoyable.
“After hearing so much about the programme, all I wanted to do for my
child was to provide her the opportunity to interact with other children and
get her familiarised with the learning process. I want her to learn to be independent
and absorb the necessary values at this early stage. I believe that when children
start learning early, they will progress smoothly without having the need to
prompt them at a later stage,” said Ashween, who finds it an uphill task
to train her 20-month old daughter, Jezleendish, without spoiling her.
She explained that parenting is a completely different story. Learning the
professional and appropriate ways to bring up a child can mean a whole lot of
patience, tolerance and responsibilities. Seeing Jezleendish’s progress
each day, Ashween has no regrets working together with the professional child
educators at Smart Reader Kids Junior® Damansara Heights in monitoring
the development of her daughter in many areas.
Jezleendish was quite timid when she first joined.
It took us some time to gain her trust and confidence. We are happy that she
is comfortable with the learning environment and is showing progressAt 20-month old Jezleendish may not know what education is all about or how
important it is. All she knows is that she has many friends, and she enjoys all
the educational activities and fun-play at the Centre. Unlike many toddlers her
age, Jezleendish can pronounce words accurately as she speaks in English. She
can tell simple story lines, sing, dance and identify pictures very well. She
can also recognise letters of the alphabet and count numbers, as well as forming
simple sentences on her own. She loves books and always picks one up for her
mum to read to her.
According to her mother, Jezleendish is very observant and curious about her
surroundings. She is always asking questions. During this interview session,
she couldn’t sit still at one place. She was walking around the room, looking
at things, picking them up and asking questions. At one point, she just took
out a book from the shelf, opened it and put it on the principal’s lap.
As Mrs Singh, principal of Smart Reader Kids Junior® Damansara Heights,
pointed to the pictures in the book, Jezleendish could impressively name the
pictures.
“Jezleendish was quite timid when she first joined. It took us some
time to gain her trust and confidence. We are happy that she is comfortable with
the learning environment and is showing progress. She can now sing nursery rhymes
and perform simple dance movements. Children learn faster through sounds and
movements. Once they are interested, they pick things up very fast,” relates
Ms Rupalatha, a teacher at Smart Reader Kids Junior® Damansara Heights,
who has more than 10 years experience in childcare and early childhood education.
Smart Reader Kids Junior® incorporates the Smart Reader® Creative
Teaching Methodology in the fun and play sessions at the Centre.
Parents and their children are happy sharing their experiences and growing up
together with the Smart Reader Kids Junior® Centre at Damansara Heights.
For more stories about the fun-filled learning experiences from our Smart Reader
Kids Junior® and Smart Reader Kids® students and their parents, kindly
visit our ‘Happy Family, Happy Children’ web page at www.smartreader.com.my/happy.
Corporate staff who would like to send their children to Smart Reader Kids
Junior® can now do so with a special corporate package offered by Smart Reader
Kids Junior®. For this package, please contact Mr Justin Xavier at 016- 338
1161. For more information on the programme, kindly call Smart Reader Kids Junior® Damansara
Heights at 03- 2093 3757 or visit our website at www.smartreader.com.my.
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