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Highlights
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- Right brain-first preschool for children aged two to six
- Holistic growth
- STEAM learning
- 21st century skills
- Unique co-cocurricular activities like golf, Zumba, swimming, and more
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You&Me Preschool is a well known preschool in Putra Heights that caters to children aged two to six, offering convenience for parents who are looking for a wholesome, well-rounded educational experience for their children. Its programme is unique in that it emphasises right brain learning, tapping into the imaginative and visual power of the oft-neglected right brain, and enabling the full, balanced functioning of both sides of the brain.
A safe and happy preschool environment
At You&Me Preschool, Putra Heights, fun and learning take centre stage, and children are provided with lots of opportunities to grow, explore their environment, and discover their interests and talents.
“Our goal is to help children 'Grow, Explore and Discover'. This means helping them grow in all aspects of development during their years at You&Me, provide a nurturing environment where they can explore and learn in an age-appropriate way, and discover new knowledge and skills, as well as where their interests lie and what their talents are.” – Ms. Virna Loo, Founder and Principal of You&Me Preschool, Putra Heights.
The preschool features colourful interiors and is equipped with facilities such as a mini climbing wall, reading corner, and themed classrooms (such as an Astronauts and Scientists). The walls in the classrooms are padded for extra safety, and there is plenty of room for children to do structured academic learning as well as physical group activities. The entire space is carefully thought out to ensure children are happy to learn.
“It is important for us that children leave our kindergarten with a great experience and that they go to primary school full of eagerness and confidence,” adds Ms. Virna.
KSPK with STEAM Learning
The You&Me Preschool model revolves around principles laid down by the National Standard Preschool Curriculum (KSPK), integrated with STEAM teaching (STEAM refers to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). Besides STEAM, the curriculum also focuses on literacy, language, music, physical movement, as well as skills development. This approach balances children’s responsibility to learn while giving them the freedom to explore.
Many of the lessons take place in the form of hands-on activities, as this is the way children learn best. Every day, they dive into fun role plays, storytelling, singing, reading, simple experiments and much more. Children have many opportunities to try things out, problem-solve, work with materials, think critically about designs and ways to improve them. There are daily group sharing sessions for them to practice their social and communication skills in English, Chinese and Malay.
True to its right brain-first approach, the preschool's well-structured lessons emphasise aspects such as cognitive, linguistic, social-emotional, creative, as well as physical development to activate multiple parts of the brain. An individualised approach is adopted to fit the child’s needs and levels, so that they are well equipped with the necessary skills to meet the challenges of everyday life.
There are also outings to related places of interests like engraving workshops where children can be introduced to engineering, technology and art all at once. Additionally, children can participate in a variety of unique co-curricular activities including swimming, Latin dance, bouldering, golf, yoga and Zumba to enhance their learning.
21st Century Skills
These exciting learning experiences easily turn play into learning. They help instil a natural motivation into children to love learning for the rest of their lives. Early exposure to STEAM learning also prepares children for the future with 21st Century skills (Creativity, Communication, Critical Thinking and Collaboration). When they are equipped with these abilities, they will thrive no matter where they choose to go.
Monitoring Ongoing Progress
You&Me Preschool does not believe in gauging children’s achievement through exams, but instead monitors their progress daily. Their development is documented meticulously and are readily available for teachers to reflect on, making it easy to convey the child’s individual progress to parents. All these factors - a happy and conducive environment, a stellar curriculum, dedicated teachers, and open communication between parents and teachers - make You&Me Preschool, Putra Heights a place where children are not only happy to go to school, but instills in them a lifelong love for learning.
