Curriculum and Programme

The formal education system under the Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) aims to generate a knowledgeable generation with creative and critical thinking. This generation will be equipped with communication skills, leadership as well as values ​​and ethics, for them to be able to compete globally.

In Morning Star Kindergarten we offer:

1.  Thematic Cross – Curricular Approach in teaching and learning – Incorporation of the STEM Education

Cross-curricular studies “provide opportunities for children to develop and apply literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.”

“Children’s learning is enhanced by making links to other subject or topic areas and to wider issues of interest and importance.”

The subjects covered are Phonics, Science, Mathematics, Health and Physical Education, Visual Arts, Drama, Music, Society and Environment and Technology

2. Character Building

Wisdom and word from God – Train up a child according to the way he should go, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

This refers to training a child to obey the Word of God, develop good habits, make appropriate decisions and they continue to do well into adulthood.

Examples :-

  • Children, obey and honour your parents
  • Be Diligent
  • Be Humble
  • Be Responsible
  • Be Truthful
  • Be Accurate and Exact in our Words and Deeds
  • Be Thankful

3. Strategies to develop Creative and Critical Thinking skills

We provide the foundation to develop creative and thinking skills by:

  • Opportunities to play – BE FAIR
  • Pause and wait. – BE ACCURATE
  • Don’t intervene immediately – BE FLEXIBLE
  • Ask open-ended questions. – BE LOGICAL
  • Help children develop hypotheses.- BE CLEAR
  • Encourage critical thinking in new and different ways – BE CREATIVE

Our worksheets and assignments to the children are designed to initiate these HOTS (High Order Thinking Skills) and can be tailored to individual needs.

4. Fun and Hands-On Approach

Studies show that students learn best when learning is active and fun, when they are engaged in hands-on classroom games and activities, and involved in what they are learning. Scientists believe that when children use all of their senses it helps the brain create pathways that make it easier and quicker to retain information.

The benefits of Hands-On Approach :-

  • More Program Material is Retained – when students sit and listen intently but passively in a lecture-style environment, they retain 20 percent of the presented information. When they are given the opportunity to practice what they have just learned, that percentage increases to 75 percent.
  • Simulated Learning is an Engaging Environment – When students are given the ability to learn in a practical hands-on environment, they are very often engaged, stimulated and want to learn as much as possible.
  • Hands-on Learning Environment Develops Critical Thinking Skills – A student’s critical thinking skills increase in a hands-on learning environment. This occurs since students must make decisions on what to do next to receive the outcome they are striving to obtain.  They no longer have to rely on memory and often forgotten after the exam.
  • Real-world Experience and Knowledge from a Teacher can go a Long Way – Students who learn in a hands-on environment have a teacher nearby who have real-world experience and knowledge and can help and give guidance to them if they have difficulty with a task that they are trying to complete.
  • Use of Materials and Equipment used on the Job – One of the benefits of a hands-on learning environment is that students will get a feel for materials and equipment that is commonly used in the schools, homes and workplace (examples –knives, scissors, glue, paints, cups, plates etc).

5. Trilingual Mastery ( BM/ENG/CHINESE)

According to Dr. Laura-Ann Petitto (born c. 1954) a cognitive neuroscientist and a developmental cognitive neuroscientist :

The human vocabulary stays open to work for life.

The brain is not biologically set to learn only one language.

Learning a language is often said to be easy for children and to get more difficult as we age.

While it may seem easy for a child to learn multiple languages, exposure and consistency is important If a child does not have enough exposure to the target language, they cannot become fluent.

In Morning Star Kindergarten, children are exposed to 3 languages and allocation to learn the languages is fairly distributed. Language teachers are also specified to provide consistency and support.

The children are prepared to enroll into International Schools, Private Schools and National (SK) and SJK ( C ) Schools.

6. One to one Reading Programme

Every child is guided to a one to one reading programme. They will complete at least 6 readers in a year programme and in 3 languages. They are also to read at least one book per week, guided by the teacher and parents. The kindergarten offers a wide range of reading materials to be rent to the child each week. Reading makes a child broad minded, knowledgeable and keep abreast with the development of the world. One the best gift a school could offer to your kid is Reading Habit and the Fun in Reading.