I am the mother queen of indecision. I have been going back and forth about enrolling EJ in a toddler class. One minute I am excited to see him off to school but the next minute I retract.
As much as I want EJ to socialize, mingle, play, interact with other kids his age, there are other things we have to consider as well. There's the price, location, school, facilities, teachers, etc. So far most of the schools I've seen are in Ampang and that's a little far from where we live. I've actually liked one school but it is not accesible by train or bus. That's one problem for us who doesn't have a car. So we've decided to postpone sending EJ to a toddler school for now.
Yesterday however, we went to Bangsar Village to try out Gymboree for EJ upon a friend's invitation. Our friend's daughter has been going to Gymboree for the past month and she has seen an improvement from her daughter. She's more interactive now.
The class starts at 9:30AM so we had to leave the apartment at 9AM. I had to wake EJ up at past 8AM. He didn't make a fuss because I told him we were going to school. He even said yehey!
When we arrived at Gymboree, I asked for a trial class. I expected EJ not to participate in the "class" as it was his first time. The first couple of minutes he just stood there motionless. But after that, he warmed up and joined the class. The "teacher" asked them to climb and to slide afterwards. When the teacher asked them "guys, are you ready?" EJ shouted "ready!" I had to laugh (the other moms did too) because he was the only one who answered and he was shouting with glee. The rest of the session went very fast. EJ was enjoying himself. Although at the end, he didn't want to get a stamp on his hands. LOL.
We're definitely going back next Wednesday. EJ didn't even want to leave after his class.
Bangsar is not by any means near our place but I am thankful that we can hitch a ride from our friend. And it so happens we both live on the same building.
I guess once a week social interaction is enough for EJ. We'll add more as he grows a bit older.
6 comments:
Glad EJ had fun during the trial class at Gymboree.
I enrolled Yohan at Little Gym (counterpart of Gymboree) when he was a year old. The gym classes really helped improve Yohan's motor and social skills. He attended Little Gym classes for two years.
Rachel - yeah he really did love it! If only there's a Gymboree or equivalent near our place, I would have enrolled him long time ago :)
we sent schenker at gymboree too and i saw a leap of development after that. i loved gymboree. it's just so far from where we live. we actually didn't mind going there once a week... until we discovered there's tumble tots nearby.
ginger benefitted from gym class in singapore. i'm still looking for a school for her here. =) glad ej found one na.
Janet - I'm liking gymboree too. And EJ feels at home there! Hehehe
Steph - There are nice schools in Ampang. I think it's near your place.
Gymboree is a nice place for socialization for the kiddos, unfortunately, Sean wasn't into it. Sayang talaga.
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