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Recently, we partnered with Smart City Kids to host a virtual parent workshop on kindergarten readiness, and one message stood out: being “ready” for kindergarten is about much more than knowing letters and numbers. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, true readiness looks at the whole child —socially, emotionally, cognitively, physically, and academically. As a preschool education director, I often remind families that kindergarten succ

Self-regulation is a critical skill that young children develop during their early childhood formative years. What is self-regulation,...

A Portrait of Ya Ya Learners This past fall was packed with exciting school events for our children such as Sports Day, Parent Career...

2023 Summer Destination: Taiwan This summer, we decided to launch our “Travel Around the World” series with the goal of taking our...

A Fruitful Inaugural School Year When I decided to join Ya Ya last summer, I knew what a school year entails particularly for a brand new...

Play as a Powerful Enabler for Learning Children have the right to play and they learn a great deal through play especially in their...

All about Lunar New Year If you ask the staff members at Ya Ya what they miss the most about the experience they had back home, Lunar New...

Topic Study through Real-Life Experience It has been a busy couple of months at Ya Ya. Our children became more comfortable with their...

Kicking Off the Inaugural School Year September 12, 2022 is meaningful to many of us. To the children and the families in our school, it...