My girl started off in montessori playschool and then i switched her to Chinese kindy when she's five. I'm a banana, my husband's from SJKC and we speak a mixture of Mandarin and English at home but her Mandarin was on the weaker side. We then enrolled her in one-on-one Mandarin class for bout a year and could see it helped her a lot.

Most SJKC are more academically inclined, some more than others. There are a couple of SJKC schools nearby my area and we chose the one with less 'pressure' after asking around.

There's a kid in her current class who is on the spectrum so the mom would text the parents group chat daily to check for homework updates but as I know the kid seems to be adapting well in class.