Global Tots Preschool - Mountbatten, at 5A Crescent Road, Singapore, is a nurturing preschool built on respect, curiosity and a love for learning, preparing children from 2 months to 6 years old for the world ahead. With over 15 years of excellence and more than 1000 happy parents, the preschool provides an integrated and holistic curriculum designed to help children develop their cognitive and social skills.
The preschool's mission is to provide children with developmentally appropriate opportunities to participate in solving the global challenges that impact their lives and communities, with a vision to be the preschool every parent desires for their child's vital development years. Global Tots' approach is rooted in child development science, organised in a spiralling fashion throughout the preschool years, and celebrates community and diversity, including festivals from within and around the centre.
The centre's core values are Gentleness, Learning, Open-mindedness, Bravery, Authenticity and Loving. Its experienced team of teachers crafts an individualised learning experience for each child, aiming to raise unique individuals who are inquisitive, confident, competent and community-oriented within a culturally diverse society.
Global Tots Preschool - Mountbatten, at 5A Crescent Road, Singapore, describes itself as a place "where little minds grow globally" — a nurturing preschool built on respect, curiosity and a love for learning, preparing children from as young as 2 months old through to age 6.
With over 15 years of excellence and more than 1000 happy parents, Global Tots' primary goal is to provide the best possible early childhood education to children from infancy. Its integrated and holistic curriculum is designed to help each child develop their cognitive and social skills, in a nurturing environment that supports independence and creativity. By exposing children to different environments and learning experiences, the preschool aims to help them explore their self-awareness and build a sense of the world around them.
Global Tots' mission is to provide children with developmentally appropriate opportunities to participate in solving the global challenges that impact their lives and communities — a response to the growing need for children to develop global competence in an increasingly connected world. Its vision is to be the preschool every parent desires for their child's vital development years.
Six core values guide the preschool's day-to-day approach: Gentleness (being calm, kind, tender and mindful), Learning (embracing curiosity and a love for acquiring knowledge), Open-mindedness (considering diverse perspectives, ideas and opinions), Bravery (having the courage to venture), Authenticity (being true to self) and Loving (showing love and affection to create a lasting legacy of wholeness and joy).
Global Tots' curriculum, known as the GT Approach, is rooted in child development science, drawing on philosophical and theoretical understandings of how children learn and grow. It's organised in a spiralling fashion throughout the preschool years, meaning concepts and skills are revisited and built upon as children mature. The approach also places a strong emphasis on celebrating community and diversity, promoting mutual respect and acceptance, and including festivals from within and around the centre as part of everyday learning.
The preschool describes the outcome of its programme in clear terms: children leave Global Tots as unique individuals with basic dignity, respect and worth; as inquisitive, multi-sensory learners actively constructing knowledge with curious minds and active bodies; as confident and competent children ready to pursue challenges within their abilities; and as community-oriented social beings in a culturally diverse society.
Parent testimonials speak to the experience at Global Tots' infant care programme in particular. One mother, Eva Tan, described visiting many centres as first-time parents before settling on Global Tots, praising the infant care teachers as "really sweet n attentive," with detailed feedback given at pickup each day. Another parent, Eunice Tan, shared that her son George had been enrolled since 3 months old, and that teachers there call him "Georgie" — a small detail she says reassured her the teachers were paying close attention to him and that he was enjoying himself in school.
Global Tots Preschool - Mountbatten is open Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm, with Saturday visits by appointment only, and closed on Sundays. Families can reach the centre by phone on +65 6478 0480, or book a visit online to tour the classrooms and meet the teaching team before making a decision about their child's early years.