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pppwong 發表於 13-3-7 17:09 
No, my boy is just 4.5 months old, not 4.5 years! At this point, I hope you don't think I'm crazy, a ...
Hi pppwong! Was just reading the thread and thought I could share a bit of experience.
I have two boys, one's 4 and one's closing in on 1 (yes dragon baby like yours!). My inlaws looked after my older son full time between year 0-2, speaking in Cantonese mixed with Shanghainese dialect.
At age 2 I sent him to a full day bilingual pre-nursery class; prior to that I didn't take him to any playgroup because, well, I can't be bothered. (I didn't have to go to playgroups when I was young!) We are working parents and would much prefer to go to parks and fresh air with our children than classrooms on the weekends.
At age 3, daddy and I FINALLY made up our minds to have our son go with the IS path, so we sent him to a full day international K1 class. Unfortunately, we were not informed that he was the only int'l K1 student in the entire kindergarten, so in reality what he had for the past year was half day of int'l and half day of bilingual classes. Needless to say we were not pleased, but felt that it would be too cruel to move him to another school and lose all his friends again.
At age 4, we were informed on very short notice that the kindergarten is not going to have an international K2 class due to insufficient enrolment. We were very annoyed and very worried because it was May and all of the normal deadlines were long past. Fortunately, we "found" Anfield and are lucky enough to be able to have our son study there for K2 this August.
I have spoken on several occasions to Anfield KLT's principal, who has been very kind and helpful. Yesterday I asked her if I could have an application for my younger son to join Anfield next August, and she said in a gentle but firm tone, "Let's get your older boy settled in here first, and we'll have tons of time to deal with that later on."
To sum it all up, I just hope to pass some relief to you in terms of:
(1) the language issue, which is that children are amazingly quick learners. My older boy went from barely knowing his alphabets to being very good in vocabulary over the last year, despite the situation. He's not very good with speaking in full sentences, but I am sure he will improve as he grows;
(2) the dragon baby issue, you are correct in saying heavy competition I am sure. I have no real experience with Anfield yet, but so far I have been very pleased with them. The fact that the principal appears to be very hands-on is a big plus in my mind. Emails sent to the school were dealt with in a very timely manner as well. I attended the induction meeting yesterday and my initial impression of Anfield is that they have a fair mix of discipline and cultivating creativity, really more in line with the schooling style I had when I was going through elementary and high schools.
Last but not least, good luck with your endeavours!
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