Montessori Sch (兒童無限/ Best Concept/Bambino) vs. Intl Kinder (e.g. SC) [複製鏈接]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum and my first boy just turned one this month. My hubby and I moved to HK from Aust for his work preference couple years ago, and I just started doing research on playgroup & kindergarten (PN) in HK. Since our 1st language at home is Mandarin (my hubby’s from TW & I’m from SH originally), and we want our kid to have basic reading/writing skill in Chinese before we back to Aust eventually. Hence I’m targeting either international kinder with Eng/PTH class or Montessori school. And will go for the IS route for primary sch if we have not gone back home by then.

I quite like the philosophy and methodology of Montessori and paid a visit to the Little Montessori CWB location. Where the receptionist tried to sell us the home schooling set and pointed out clearly that no parents' class can be enrolled without purchasing, and there’s a long waiting list for the playgroup. We had a trial class of Montessori playgroup from Step by Step, and will start the 1.30 hr Sat morning class in next month. So it’s still too early to tell whether it fits my boy's personality, or if the class implement the Monte method right. I just enrolled the 8-hr Monte foundation parents prog by Infinity Children which will be held in 2 weeks’ time, and my son’s on waiting list for their observation class in May. However the controversial comments about ICS puzzled me even more.

There’s not much info of the Best Concept on their website as it is closed for maintenance. And the Bambino classes are more of a playgroup instead of kinder. Before I knew anything about Montessori we prefer the St. Catherine’s Harbour Place campus as it’s just walking distance from home with Eng/PTH PN class provided. But again it’s a very popular school and we do need to have some backup plans.

Would anyone pls give some ideas and suggestions for either the Montessori Sch/playgroup or Intl kinder (PN)according to our situation? Many thanks in advance!