Going back to the kindy..

This week is UPSR week, so little girl has been off from school since Monday. Guess what she asked for! .... She wanted to go back to her nursery! So we asked Ah Ho whether it would be okay. Said yup and so for 4 days in a row, my lil girl relived her preschool years! Everyday she'd be looking forward to go again the next day. And on Wednesday, she said she would like to go again next year.

Here's a kid who can't wait to go back to her 'nursery' or school as she calls it. Surely there must be some pull factors. For a kid, I guess it's easy to identify them...it's a place of fun and probably to another extent, a place where they are loved. That's what the nursery has been. Learning was fun... the teachers were strict but I think they had lots of fun learning. Most of the kids could read very well by the time they left nursery... the 'head honcho' of the nursery is very committed to her cause and she leaves no stone unturned here. As a result, I'd say my girl reads better in English than even my secondary students.

Learning is interesting too.. it's Lantern Festival season now. Sometimes they would make moon cakes. The kids would proudly bring back the moon cakes they make. And they make lanterns. Every now and then, they'd come back with some interesting crafts that they'd make at school. As a result, my little one likes to do stuff with her hands.

Compare that to our regular schools. I think there is very little joy in learning. The fun has been taken out of the learning because of the overemphasis on one aspect of education. And parents, in the race to make sure their children are not left out of the rat race put their kids in tuition for cramming sessions. Anyway, It's nice to see her so excited and happy going to 'school' and be the 'tai-kar-cheh'. Makes her feel important that she is of help to the teachers.