First Starts
(Specialized Pre-school Programme for Children with Learning Needs)

First Starts is a specialized pre-school programme for children with learning needs.

Mapped onto Wee Care’s highly successful Bright Starts and Head Starts programmes for regular children, First Starts aims to be a primer programme; a first start, so to speak, of little steps before the child’s eventual and hoped-for “big step” into a mainstream setting.

Like all of Wee Care’s other learning programmes, First Starts will be characterized by:

1. a low teacher-student ratio; in this case, of 1 teacher to 3 children
2. playful and experiential Open Learning activities that will allow for the child’s holistic development, with a special emphasis on the development of Social Language, Social and Creative Play as well as Social Interaction skills
3. Life Skills activities that will encourage Independence and Social Awareness, Self-Help abilities, Fine-Motor Dexterity, and the development of Emotional Intelligence (a Theory of Mind)
4. a modified academic curriculum to accommodate learning differences, in the subject-components
   1. Numbers and Mathematics
   2. Folens Science
   3. Language Concepts
   4. Letters and Phonics

Importantly, as First Starts will be based at Wee Care’s new Early Intervention centre at Everton Park (within walking distance from Outram MRT Station and the NE Line), teacher-therapists will be able to incorporate important behavioural approaches in the remediation of learning difficulties whilst encouraging the development of prerequisites such as joint attention, imitation, the motivation to learn, the acquisition of a broader repertoire of play-skills, the capacity to wait and take turns, and so on.

Further information about the programme may be obtained from
Mrs Denise Lai (Director) at weecare@singnet.com.sg
or Ms Natalia Yuliastini (Centre Head) at natalia@weecare.com.sg

Please call soon for a “get-to-know-you” session! We can only enroll 9 children per morning session.

Wee Care @ Everton Park is at 2 Everton Park, #01-59, Singapore 081002
Tel: 622-77-162 E-mail: everton@weecare.com.sg

FIRST STARTS PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMME @ EVERTON PARK

Day/Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9.00am-9.20am	Hello Routine; Music & Movement	Hello Routine; Music & Movement	Hello Routine; Music & Movement	Hello Routine; Music & Movement	Hello Routine; Music & Movement
9.20am-10.10am	Language Concepts	Open Learning (Learning through Play & Experience)	Life Skills & Fine-Motor Activities	Open Learning (Learning through Play & Experience)	Language Concepts
10.10am–10.30am	Wash Hands, Snack & Clean Up Routine	Wash Hands, Snack & Clean Up Routine	Wash Hands, Snack & Clean Up Routine	Wash Hands, Snack & Clean Up Routine	Wash Hands, Snack & Clean Up Routine
10.30am–11.00am	Playground & Gross-Motor Activities	Playground & Gross-Motor Activities	Playground & Gross-Motor Activities	Playground & Gross-Motor Activities	Playground & Gross-Motor Activities
11.00am-11.50am	Numbers & Math	Letters & Phonics	Language & Communication	Language & Communication	Science
11.50am-12.00noon	Good-Bye Routine	Good-Bye Routine	Good-Bye Routine	Good-Bye Routine	Good-Bye Routine

First Starts Pre-School Programme

Frequency	Fee per 10-week term (Jan-Mar, Jul-Aug)	Fee per 12-week term (Apr-Jun, Sep-Nov)	Deposit
Twice a week	S$2,400.00	S$2,880.00	S$500.00
Thrice a week	S$3,510.00	S$4,212.00	S$500.00
Four times a week	S$4,560.00	S$5,472.00	S$800.00
Five times a week (daily)	S$5,400.00	S$6,480.00	S$1000.00

INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY and SOCIAL SKILLS CLASSES

Head Therapist (Clinical Supervisor) Initial Consultations $40/half hour $80/hour On-Going Training, Supervision & Curriculum Development $120/hour (Centre-based) $150/hour (Home-based) Developmental Assessment (includes a written report) $650-$800 Social Skills PlayGroup $480 per 10-week term $576 per 12-week term Senior Therapist / Case Manager Programme Centre-based Home-based Individual Therapy & Supervision $78/hour (weekdays) $85/hour (weekends) $95/hour Social Skills PlayGroup $480 per 10-week term $576 per 12-week term   Therapist (Grades I to IV) Programme Centre-based Home-based Individual Therapy $65/hour (weekdays) $70/hour (weekends) $80/hour Junior Therapist Programme Centre-based Home-based Individual Therapy $50/hour $50/hour (minimum 2 hours)

Deposits are refunded according to the terms and conditions of registration.

FIND OUT MORE:

• Check out Parent / Student Services
• Contact our School Administrator
• Make an Online Enquiry