talking to k2 children

for the whole of last week, i was moving from one pcf kindergarten to another in this area talking to k2 children. k2 children are aged between 5 and 6. and pcf stands for pap community foundation. my job was to talk to the children individually. i had to cover four centres, with the number of children at the centres ranging from five to ten.

i spent between 15 and 25 minutes with each child. the interview took place in different places. at one centre, the supervisor moved out to let me conduct the interview in her office. at another centre, i used the printing room. at the other two centres, i was allocated empty classrooms.

i could have completed my assignment in two days but because there were absentees at every centre, i had to make return visits. at one of the centres which had two absentees on the appointed day, i had to make two separate trips because the two decided to be present on different days.

it was quite fun talking to the kids as most of them were quite focussed on the task except for one or two; one was easily distracted and the other was hyperactive. not all are local born children; i even had the opportunity to talk to a child from myanmar, who came to singapore when she was five.