Celebrating Parents' Partnership with Preschools

OWP 2026
Nomination

To: All preschool educators

Nominate parents who demonstrate values of trust, respect, empathy, and altruism
and recognise them as
your valued partners!

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Our Wonderful Parents — Celebrating Parents' Partnership with Preschools
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What is Our Wonderful Parents?

Our Wonderful Parents' aims to foster positive parent-preschool partnership, by recognising parents who actively collaborate with their child's educators and preschools as valued partners in children's holistic development.

By celebrating positive examples of partnerships that demonstrate values of trust, respect, empathy and altruism, this initiative aims to cultivate a strong culture of collaboration in our preschool community in the longer term, creating environments where children thrive and the early childhood sector continues to grow.

The initiative is organised by Preschool Market (PSM), supported by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) and Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM).

When parents and educators work hand in hand, children thrive.

How does 'Our Wonderful Parents' contribute to building a positive early childhood education culture in Singapore?

Many parents in Singapore value their child's educators as professional partners who offer invaluable guidance in early childhood development. Such positive parent-preschool partnership has multiple positive outcomes:

  • Children experience better learning outcomes through consistent home-school approaches, while observing and learning from positive adult relationships.
  • Parents feel better supported in their parenting, as they receive guidance from educators on early childhood development and gain valuable insights about their child in preschool settings.
  • Educators can prepare more effective and targeted teaching approaches for children, when parents share valuable insights about their child. Such collaboration also enhances educators' job satisfaction.

This initiative amplifies positive partnerships by sharing inspiring stories and providing a platform for preschools and educators to recognise parents. The long-term vision is to cultivate a strong culture of collaboration in our preschool community.

Our Wonderful Parents

Exemplify these Kindness Values:

Examples:
  • Trusting educators' judgement on classroom management, curriculum choices, and daily routines
  • Reinforcing learning at home as recommended by educators
  • Approaching parent-teacher meets with an open mind
Examples:
  • Treating educators with respect and respecting their professional boundaries
  • Acknowledging and honoring differing viewpoints or cultural backgrounds
  • Valuing professional inputs and opinions, and aligning approaches at home
Examples:
  • Understanding the various challenges and demands educators face
  • Acknowledging that educator's job involves significant emotional investment and can be mentally taxing
  • Being adaptable to accommodating diverse situations and needs
Examples:
  • Volunteering time to read, contribute to curriculum experiences or help other children
  • Supporting new families during orientation and helping them transit
  • Advocating for the wellbeing of educators

They also demonstrate

Examples:
  • Expressing thanks and gratitude through thank-you notes which include highlighting educators' role, impact or contribution to child's learning
  • Collaborating with other parents to organise appreciation sessions or get togethers
  • Publicly recognising educators' contribution.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Be a parent/legal guardian of a child enrolled in an ECDA-licensed preschool, including ECDA-funded EI providers, or an MOE Kindergarten, for at least one full year.
  • Must demonstrate at least 2 of the values through concrete actions in his/her interactions with the preschool.
  • Should not be a staff of ECDA, PSM or SKM.

Nomination Process

  • The OWP 2026 nomination period has ended.
  • All nominated parents who meet the eligibility criteria will receive a token of recognition through the nominating preschool.
  • Inspiring stories will be selected for showcase at ECDA's Early Childhood Conference and Celebrations 2026.
All OWP 2026 nominations are now closed. Thank you for your participation.You can still view existing nominations, add or edit the other parent's details where both parents were nominated, and create or edit thank-you notes for approved nominations. Original nomination details cannot be changed.

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Early Childhood Development AgencySingapore Kindness Movement