As a parent, I was always inclined towards the Montessori method of learning for both my kids, Aayan and Kaira, when they started kindergarten. The emphasis on hands-on learning, age-appropriate activities, and creative expansion that happens during the learning process, I feel, is a great starting point for our young ones.
Like so many parents exploring schooling options for their children, I got to know about the preschool programme at Global Indian International School (GIIS), Singapore as an advanced curriculum that helps kids master critical skills required for their social and academic development.
Global Montessori Plus (GMP)
The Global Montessori Plus (GMP) programme at GIIS is an award-winning preschool curriculum that combines the Montessori method with new-age curricula, focussing on Multiple Intelligences and futuristic pedagogy.
We know, especially as mothers, just how much development happens between the ages 2 and 5 years! 
Finding the right preschool also means finding the one that feels ‘right for your little one’. Apart from considerations about location, timings, facilities, etc one must look at the learning environment that can easily become the differentiating factor.
A strong preschool curriculum combined with fun and interesting enrichment activities, imparted by experienced early years teachers, gives your child a perfect platform to blossom.
The preschool at GIIS keeps this promise!
They focus on developing your child’s language and communication skills, numeracy and cognitive skills, motor skills, physical development, and their overall development, including their personal and social growth.
As working parents, I guess we all tend to look for options where our children can make the most out of their time spent during the preschool hours, which may be long hours. 
Guess what, starting from October 2021, the preschool programme at GIIS, will be available for extended hours (9am – 3.30 pm). This means your child gets to learn, play, interact with peers, get involved in meaningful and fun enrichment activities for longer hours.
In addition to the activities that happen during the regular programme in the morning hours (9am – 12.30pm), their extended programme promises an interesting schedule for the kids.
It includes a daily Story-telling / Manipulatives time, plus sessions on Speech, Dance and Drama, Free play/Physical Education, Art, Creative fun/Design thinking/ Maker space activities on a rotational basis, across the week. There will be sufficient breaks during the afternoon session, don’t fret! 
A time well spent with max benefits for your child, I would say. Moreover, all this comes at a price that won’t pinch your pockets!
If you want to find out more on the day-long preschool programme at GIIS, I would recommend signing up for their free webinar on September 24, 2021. Keep any queries you may have ready for Q&A during the session!
Also, it’s open to both nursery kids from 2.5 years of age and kindergarten kids, upto the age of 5.
The well-researched early childhood education programme at GIIS is said to focus on five pillars which aim to help kids not just achieve the traditional milestones but prepares them for a seamless transition to primary school. Primary school years — such a significant phase!
As a leading international school in Singapore entering into its 20th year of existence, GIIS has a global presence with 23 campuses across eight countries – Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam, South Korea, and India, under the aegis of Global Schools Foundation (GSF). They offer multiple international, and Indian curricula to students from Grade 1 – 12.
GIIS also offers scholarship benefits, based on financial needs and merit, starting as early as Grade 1, and available through Grade 12. Such a fantastic opportunity!
To know more about the preschool programme at GIIS, you can get in touch with their friendly admissions counsellors.
Pooja Kawatra