Expat Living (Singapore)

Stamford American

Internatio­nal School

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Andi is currently in Pre-K at Stamford’s Early Learning Village (ELV). This is her first year. Our oldest Holland was there last year in KG1 (preschool age in the US) and is now in KG2. We toured the SAIS campus and were so blown away that we didn’t even bother looking anywhere else. Aside from all that Stamford has to offer, we love how much time is spent learning about other countries and cultures and how it is incorporat­ed into the curriculum. Cultural difference­s are definitely celebrated in a very positive light at SAIS.

We’re in the middle of our second year at the ELV and couldn’t be happier. The campus and amenities are top tier. We love the layout of the classrooms and how they’re designed to integrate playing with learning. Each class has an indoor and outdoor space, which allows for lots of different sensory learning opportunit­ies. There are also several outstandin­g playground­s that have water play, musical activities, imaginativ­e skills and old-fashioned play with bikes, sand and slides. Our girls are learning Mandarin and we’ve been so impressed with how much they’ve learnt in such a short amount of time. We are also grateful for how they’re able to work with so many dedicated and specialise­d educators, including Suzuki violin, art and music CCAs (our oldest is learning piano once a week).

The teachers go above and beyond to communicat­e with parents. We also appreciate how we can work with them when our children have challenges as well as how they cheer our children on when they succeed. We’re impressed with the quality of teachers and what our children are learning at such a young age.

3 Chuan Lane, Gate 4 (Early Learning Village) 6602 7247 | sais.edu.sg

Cultural difference­s are celebrated in a very positive light

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Parents: Jeanette and Todd Andersen, American Children: Holland (6), Andi (4), Jackson (2) and Beckham (3 months)

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