MOVEMENT IS YOUR CHILD’S FIRST LANGUAGE
At Raintree we place great emphasis on ensuring our children are supported to develop the physical skills needed to reduce mechanical barriers to future academic learning. As adults we often forget that we learn everything through the body. What we ...
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LITTLE RAINTREE CHEFS
Food is a common interest across all year groups at Raintree International School. The children enjoy role-playing different scenarios with food, such as hosting tea parties and operating pizza and ice cream stands. They ...
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Why Raintree is Considered the Best Kindergarten School in Bangkok
While some children are eager to explore the world around them, children are ready at their own pace. Some children can feel too timid or shy to take the next step and make the transition into the world of 'big school'. The best kindergarten ...
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A Typical Day of Learning in a Bangkok Kindergarten
If you live in Bangkok then it can be tempting to want to accompany your little one to their nursery or kindergarten class and watch them explore the world around them. However, for various reasons, that’s often not practical. So, we thought we’d invite you to learn what their day is like from beginning to ...
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Learn About Executive Function in Children
A child needs to possess certain skills to contribute to their development and interact with their kindergarten teachers and classmates. These skills are generally picked up during what is referred to as the executive function level of development. ...
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Preparing Your Child For Their First Day At School
The first day of school is very exciting, but it can also be scary for young students. As a parent, you want to help your child feel confident and ready for their first day of preschool or kindergarten. The good news is that you can take steps to help them prepare and ensure that starting or returning to school ...
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How to Find the Best Preschool in Bangkok
There are many factors a parent uses to judge the best preschool in Bangkok for their child. Some of them come from the parent's experiences with their own education. But increasingly, parents are starting to do their research. They’re ...
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How to Choose the Best Preschool or Kindergarten
Choosing a preschool or kindergarten for your child can be a very exciting time, but it’s also quite daunting. Your child is about to embark on a new chapter in their lives full of new experiences that will build upon their knowledge of the world around them. Because of this, it’s natural for this transition ...
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The Value of Sensory Play in a Bangkok British Preschool
There are some adults, even some parents, that don’t understand the correlation between play in a preschool and future performance in the schoolroom for young children. These people still believe that preschools and kindergartens exist to give students a head start in their education.
With getting good grades and test scores ...
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How To Encourage the Development of Independence in Your Child
Early years children are innately curious and constantly taking in new information like a sponge. They are in the process of developing their sense of self, their preferences, and their relationships with others, in addition to building up basic motor and mental skills. The world is full of exciting, new ...
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