Regardless of their own income and educational levels, parents providing learning activities at home can have a major influence on developing their young children’s maths and language skills.

This was borne out by Singapore’s first kindergarten study which followed 1,537 children from 80 pre-schools from Kindergarten 1 to Primary 1. The study underscored the importance of pre-school education – as well as the role that parents can play.

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