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Singapore's first longitudinal study on kindergarten children shows home activities boost maths, language skills
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The study found that parents that gave opportunities for children to learn, helped build their child's literacy and numeracy skills.
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SINGAPORE - 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 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.
