More pre-schools here have been offering children an inclusive education in response to growing demand, since the first inclusive pre-school, Kindle Garden, was set up here in 2016. They are also stepping up teacher training and recruitment in a bid to meet demand...
Kindle Garden, started by social service agency Awwa, takes in about 70 children a year with a ratio of 70 typical to 30 children with special needs, said principal Sandy Koh. It usually has a wait list for children with special needs. She said: “We are...
Ms Peggy Zee, an education consultant with 40 years of experience and a specialisation in supporting children with learning challenges, noted that there has been more emphasis placed on a child’s pre-school years in the last decade. In tandem with this is the...
A boy in teacher Lee Wei Ling’s class uses a book with pictures to communicate as he is non-verbal. The children in his class are both typically developing children and children with special needs. His classmate told the teacher that he wanted to communicate...
A pre-school set up to promote inclusion, where children with special needs learn alongside other children, has become oversubscribed just three months after it opened in January. Likely the first full-fledged inclusive pre-school in Singapore, Kindle Garden offers 75...
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