The pre-primary program at Ekya JP Nagar starts from 3 to 6 years and offers the Montessori approach. It works on the shared principle of stimulating young minds through inquiry. Montessori students learn through doing rather than instruction, making use of the nurturing environment to enhance their natural skills and gifts.

Ekya believes in learning through curiosity by constantly encouraging the young ones to boldly ask questions and delve deeper into concepts.

Keeping play and creativity as the centre of their lessons, Ekya Early Years program includes a wide range of learning areas such as physical education, visual arts, performing arts, sand-play, gardening and puppet shows. These give the young ones extensive opportunities to express themselves, learn through observation and become more self-aware. The quest programs cover varied topics like my city, me and my family, mammals, personal safety and animal movements. Through the quest topics, students take on different roles to be thinkers, inquirers, researchers and risk-takers. Each topic offers different knowledge and inquiry skills through the activities and lessons planned during the week. Students are given a gamut of experiences to explore and experience the topic with peer interactions, incursion and excursion visits during the learning process and growth.

The pre-primary program builds a resilient foundation for 21st-century learners.

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Ekya Montessori 

Here is an overview of our Montessori method at Ekya Early Years.

Montessori Method | 3 years to 6 years

Under the guidance of special Montessori-trained teachers and enveloped in the warmth of their individual attention, Ekya students work with stimulating materials to develop concentration and a love for learning.

Children are divided into the following categories on the basis of their age – Montessori Sub-Juniors, Montessori Juniors and Montessori Seniors. Each section is called an Environment which has a cohort of mixed ages. A daily routine of prayer time, brain-gym time, rhyme time, work time and playtime, is established.

The Montessori system develops a sense of responsibility and independence in children. Activity-based learning is at the core of this methodology.

Playtime: To improve motor skills and focus on the importance of play and learning, our Montessori children spend a designated amount of time at the school sandpit. Gardening is also a vital part of the weekly schedule.

Exercise of Practical Life: Practical Life activities are at the heart of the Montessori classroom. Through these activities, students are given the chance to refine their motor skills, hand-eye coordination, hand strength, balance, concentrations and the ability to do things independently. The program focuses more on the practice than the result. Through repetition of these exercises, children pick up practical skills that will serve them for all their lives.

Love for Reading: Great emphasis is laid on developing a love for books through the school reading program. Special time is allocated for reading, storytelling and related activities to build students comprehension, spelling and appreciation for the written word

Sensorial activities: These help shape and refine a child’s perspective of qualities like colour, size, shape, length, texture, smell, taste and sound. Through sensorial activities, they become acute observers and make better judgement of the many stimuli in their environment.

Special Days: Festivals, events, annual days, grandparent’s day and other appreciation days are also observed according to the school calendar.

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