TELC's History

Our school and curriculum was founded upon the principles and experience of a well-respected figure in the field of early childhood education in 1993. Many well known approaches that advocate the best practices in the field have been adapted to give our children enriching preschool years that also address parents' concerns about readiness for the local primary school system.

Formerly catering mostly to children whose parents were lecturers in Singapore Polytechnic and Singapore Institute of Management (SIM at Clementi Road), our childcare centre has since started operation in our current premise in a prime district near Henry Park Primary School.

TELC's Conviction

We encourage habits and behaviours that require a discipline of the mind that is practiced so it becomes a habitual way of working towards a more thoughtful, intelligent action. This includes persistence, managing impulsivity, thinking flexibly, metacognition, applying past knowledge to new situations, thinking & communicating with clarity & precision and remaining open to continuous learning.

Our philosophy is based on a set of strongly held beliefs, where our children are taught critical thinking skills, problem solving, decision making and abilities that make a child become a more confident learner in today's world.

The skills and knowledge children learn today play a major role in determining who they'll be tomorrow.

We provide a total curriculum which allows for the optimal growth of children in all areas, with a balance of child-selected, child-directed activities, whereby the value of play is the most significant mode of learning. We work towards independence, where children are challenged and every individual is valued. The child is treated and respected as an individual, who also functions as a member of a group.

TELC's Philosophy

TELC's philosophy is based on a developmental approach which emphasizes learning through the Experiential Learning approach.

Experiential Learning is a procedure based on the systematic development and modification of one's action theory (taking actions and simultaneously reflecting on one's actions to learn from it).

Experiential Learning is concerned with how prior knowledge influences performance on certain cognitive tasks. It examines the children's ability to deal with novelty and the degree to which thought processing is atomized.

Effective experiential learning will affect children's thinking, attitudes, values and behaviour patterns. An accepting and caring social environment together with the support from informed teachers encourage children to experiment with learning.

TELC's Beliefs

Children learn best if they are immersed in complex experiences and are given the opportunity to actively process what they have learned. The best learning happens when necessary facts and skills are embedded in experiences that relate to real life.

We believe that children function best when they are given freedom, encouragement and guidance to use their initiative, exercise their thinking and decision-making powers, and to demonstrate that they can be effective, responsible and responsive individuals.

At TELC, we design and carry out child-appropriate activities for the multiple goals for promoting the intellectual, socio-emotional, aesthetic and physical development of young children.