Parent and Toddler Group
Rain Trees offers an informal parent and toddler group on Wednesday and Friday mornings 9.15-11.15am. Our parent and toddler group is where parents and toddlers meet to socialise and play in a relaxed, friendly environment.
Each session, which is run by our parent and toddler facilitator, lasts approximately 2 hours and includes a programme of activities such as music, art and play and also includes a small session of singing in Mandarin.
Children are provided with a snack and refreshments are available for parents.
Helper and Toddler Group
From August 2016, we will be running a Helper & Toddler group on Thursday mornings from 9.15-11.15am. This session will follow the same format as the existing Parent & Toddler sessions but will be an opportunity for children to come with their helpers where parents are working or unable to come.
An Example of a session at our Parent/Helper and Toddler group would be:
- 9.45 – 10.00am Art and Craft Activity
- 10.00 – 10.30am Tidy Up Time and Snack
- 10.30 – 10.50am Play in the Garden
- 10.50 – 11.15am Story, Singing and Music
For parents it provides an opportunity to:
- Play with children and nurture a love of learning in a group
- Share experiences and ideas
- Relax and talk in a friendly environment
- Prepare your toddler for pre-school
- Meet other families living in Singapore and develop new friendships
For children, it provides a chance for them to:
- Develop social skills including sharing and cooperation
- Participate in new experiences
- Learn more about the world
Most importantly it allows children to get used to our pre-school so when they start school they already know the environment, people and have made friends – we have found that this makes for a much easier transition not only for the child but for Mum too!!!
Testimonials
“ Our son started at Rain Trees at the beginning of the year and was moving from another school, where he did not have a good experience. We were all a bit anxious to move him into a new environment, ...”
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“ Rain Trees is a delightful children orientated nursery with a caring ‘village feel’ to it. All the teaching staff are so welcoming, enthusiastic and happy and go out of their way to help in any ...”
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“ Our son loves going to the Rain Trees Kindergarden every morning. The staff and the activities are fantastic, and I particularly enjoyed receiving daily programmes of the class....”
“ My twins have been attending Rain Trees since they were 18 months, initially in the parent accompanied group and now they rush in happily everyday with scarcely time for 'goodbye mummy' as they go off...”
“ We have really loved our experience at Rain Trees. Our daughter Aina has flourished in the school. The exploratory play based learning suited her well. She has benefited from the international and ...”
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“ We couldn't have been luckier in choosing this school for our twin boys. They settled in from the moment they walked into the classroom!...”
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“ My daughter joined Rain Trees in January and shows tremendous enthusiasm when telling me about her day at school. More importantly, my daughter feels happy going to school and she feels comfortable ...”
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“ Rain Trees is a wonderful kindergarten where children are cared for in a very nurturing learning environment and I have seen my son flourish as a result....”
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“ Rain Trees is a very small, friendly, caring, local kindergarten. The children are engaged and stimulated and produce a lot of very creative things as our walls and shelves can attest to. I couldn’t...”
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“ Zara has had a fantastic first week. She is so happy to be going to Rain Trees and tells me that she has made some new friends already. I can’t tell you what a relief it is that she has settled in...”
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- The cost of our parent/helper and toddler group is $30 per session
- Sessions are charged on the day or payment can be made via bank transfer
- Our parent and toddler group (Wednesday & Friday) is not for helpers to accompany either the child or the parent! We are happy for Mum, Dad or Grandparents to accompany your child
- Our helper and toddler group is solely for helpers and the children
- We give priority to children who have registered with Rain Trees to join our pre-school