Bridging Programme

(November – December 2006, 2007 and 2008)

• Since the compulsory education policy was passed in January 2003, new challenges have surfaced and the Association has responded to the needs of the children and their families in bridging children from home to school.
• The Bridging Programme is a collaborative project with four self-help groups, namely the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), Singapore Indian Association (SINDA), Yayasan Mendaki and The Eurasian Association.
• The programme, supported by MOE, is now in its third year. It supports children who have not attended preschool in making the transition from home to primary school.

Children as Readers and wRiters – Early Intervention, CaREI

(Since 2006)

• CaREI is an AECES programme that motivates children to be readers and writers and it is specially catered to meet the unique needs of beginning and struggling early readers.
• CaREI is implemented both on-site (at AECES Hougang premise) and off-site on a project basis. In 2006 and 2007, in collaboration with People's Action Party Community Foundation (PCF) and Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), CaREI was brought to children in 7 kindergartens and 2 primary schools.

Leisure Quest Early Childhood Workshop

(November 2006)

• Extending our belief that each member of the community plays a vital contribution towards meeting the educational and developmental needs of preschoolers, AECES conducted a three-day interactive early childhood workshop for 30 lifeguards, admission operators and safety officers for Leisure Quest Pte Ltd, or better known as Downtown East at Pasir Ris.

Playhouse Disney Seminar

(November 2006)

• This collaborative effort with Disney engaged teachers and families in enhancing preschool learning using multimedia.

Project FLAiR

(Since July 2006)

• Since 2006, AECES has worked closely with the Ministry of Education on a prototype project called Project FLAiR.
• In this project, para-professional teachers (ProFLAiRs) conduct language intervention programs to identified children from lower-income families in nine centres who are struggling with English at Kindergarten II level (five to six years old).
• The aim is to lay a strong oral-aural foundation in the English language for these children, so that they will be ready to develop early reading skills.
• In 2008, the AECES resource team developed the FLAiR resource kit which was utilised by the proFLAiRs at the 53 FLAiR centres.
• We also developed a take-home pack titled 'Share a Book: Ready to Read'. The package was launched in March 2009.

Child Care Assistant Traineeship Programme

(April 2006)

• AECES developed the Child Care Assistant Traineeship Programme, CCAT.
• The programme is supported by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency as a preparatory course that consists of knowledge and skills based workshops for youths to gain employment in the early childhood field.

KidsRead & Kids2Parents

(Since 2005)

Since 2005, AECES has been working closely with National Library Board(NLB) in the following areas:
KidsRead
• A total of 45 workshops have been conducted to date for about 960 volunteers to equip them with skills related to reading and telling stories to young children.
• The AECES resource team has also developed the Volunteer Training Resource Kit used by the volunteers in the reading sessions with young children.
  Kids2Parents
   
• This pilot project for 20 children ages six to eight, and their parents, is a programme designed for children to read with their parents.
• The objectives are, firstly, to develop children's love for listening and reading stories, and secondly, to encourage co-learning, communication and bonding between parent and child.
• It started in September 2006 and is still in operation at the Hong Kah Community Centre.
• This pilot programme, however, has now been renamed 'Share a Book: Ready to Read' when the Association facilitated the collaboration between the NLB Kids2Parents and the Ministry of Education (MOE) take- home learning pack.

Certificate in Supporting Children Upon Being Included (SCUBI)

(2005-2008)

• AECES offers the Certificate in SCUBI to promote inclusive practices in early childhood settings.
• It is a course endorsed by the National Council of Social Services (NCSS) for child care and kindergarten teachers to equip themselves with skills to work with children who have additional educational needs in mainstream preschool settings.
• There are currently about 120 graduates from the course.

Care and Learn – Partners in Learning (PaL) Workshops

(Since 2003)

• AECES worked with various community organisations to bring Care & Learn – PaL workshops to specific target groups, such as parents, foster parents, family service centres and child care centres.
• From year 2003 till 2006, 54 Care and Learn – PaL Workshops have been conducted for about 500 adults.

Student Community Service-Child Care

(Since March 2002)

• AECES collaborated with various Community Development Councils (CDC) to equip youths with basic knowledge and skills in working with young children.
• A total of about 500 secondary school students have gone through the programme.

Family Day Care Providers – Course and Coordination Services

• AECES was the first institution in the field to run the Course for Family Day Care Providers in 2002. From 2002 to 2005, a total of 280 family day care providers participated in the course.
• AECES was appointed by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports as the organisation to provide matching services between family day care providers and parents with infants and young children from November 2003 – March 2004.
• In 2009, AECES was appointed by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports as the organisation to provide Family Day Care courses.
• Please click here for more information or to register for the courses.

Child Care Seminars

(Since 1999)

• AECES has been working in collaboration with the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) in organising childcare seminars for the early childhood community in Singapore.
• A total of ten yearly seminars have been conducted for about 7,440 participants.