India's Most Recognized Preschools to Watch -2022

www.ciolookindia.com I N D I A Comprehensive Learning and Caring India's Most Recognized VOL. 06 ISSUE 12 2022 Importance of Caring and Effective Teachers for pre-school Essential Fundamentals Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness to Watch -2022

Editor's Note India's Most Recognized Abhishek Joshi Deputy Editor abhishek.joshi@insightssuccess.com to Watch -2022 COMPREHENSIVE FUNDAMENTALS RE-SHAPING THE BRIGHT MINDS OF THE NATION D crocodile created from an egg carton, and a spider twisted with pipe cleaners, and do you see preschool as one of those crucial means to prepare your child academically for kindergarten? Featuring Brief Name of the School o you get thrilled when your child brings home adorable craft projects that you can proudly display: a turkey made from a handprint, a crucial fact that a child's brain development and capacity to learn begins at birth, but also those who engage in preschool perform better. Effective preschools encourage students to engage in activities—and lessons—that inculcate both fun and education. Bachpan: A place where eminence in learning is felt. The amazing part of this kind of learning is that this power and fun in learning is felt both by parents and the kids. Tijay Gupta, COO Bachpan Play School This helps students build self-esteem and learn effective social skills along with developing qualities like courtesy, compassion, and respect—preparing them early on for successful social interactions as they grow up. During a child's first five years, their brains develop faster and more significantly than during any future time in their life. Footprints Childcare provides Play School and Day Care programs for the parents looking for world class education and child care for their children. Amita Bhardwaj, Vice President Footprints If you answered yes to these questions, you are on the right track in determining what constitutes a high- quality preschool. Like many parents today, you think a child-centered classroom is superior to an adult- centered one. What you interpret as signs of excellence are what most scholars in early childhood education recommend. Ikidz is a chain of Premium Play School in that ensures the intellectual, social and emotional development of kids between the age of 2-5 years. Dhruv Ahuja, Marketing Manager Ikidz Education In a quest to find preschools that provide your child with the opportunity to broaden and deepen their essential skills, which will ready them for a life of learning and empower them to make positive contributions to the world around them, CioLook India introduced its latest edition 'Most Recognized Preschools to Watch – 2022' that inculcate the vitality of education and inculcate essential values. When choosing a pre-school, parents should focus on the prominent qualities that adhere to developmentally appropriate practices where kids are allowed to be kids! Playing, creating, pretending, and exploring. Their teacher is not front and center, filling them with knowledge, but rather is an inconspicuous facilitator encouraging their curiosity. Teachers' long-range goal is for them to become critical thinkers, life-long learners, self-starters, and well-adjusted individuals. Little Einsteins aims to provide a broad and balanced international curriculum which supports individual needs and allows students to achieve their full potential. Kopal Maheshwari, Chairperson Little Einstein's Preschool Raghu Kankanala, Founder and Chairman, Surekha Kankanala, Co-founder and Principal Next-Gen Kids' curriculum is inspired by globally accepted teaching methods. Its management believes that any kind of learning should be the outcome of the actual experience. Next-Gen Kids Flip through the pages and embrace the journey of these renowned pre-schools that are reshaping the bright minds and the future generation of this nation. Have a delightful read! Sswings is one of the best PreSchools that focuses on all facets of Child Development including Linguistic, Physical, Socio-emotional, Cognitive and Creative to ensure the overall development of the child. It is never too early to start preparing for your child's preschool plans. Some studies have highlighted the Rajni Chhabra, Principal and Founder Member Sswings Preschool & Day Care

C O N T E N T P r o f i l e s Bachpan Play School Redefining Education by Instilling Holistic Values NextGen Kids Futuristic and Holistic Learning Universe for the Budding Minds 08 26 A r t i c l e s Little Einsteins Preschool Multiplying Intelligence to Exemplify the Genius Within 16 12 22 Comprehensive Learning and Caring Essential Fundamentals Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Importance of Caring and Effective Teachers for pre-school Readiness

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India's Most Recognized Preschools to Watch -2022 If you are feeling overwhelmed by the variety of preschools available, you can conclude your search for an incredible preschool, look no further! Bachpan Play School uses state-of-the-art teaching methods amidst an environment of endless learning opportunities. Under the profound leadership of Mr Tijay Gupta, COO, Bachpan play school instils a spirit of joy and fervour in children for learning new things and outshine in the competitive world. Being one of the most renowned nursery schools, Bachpan has all that a growing toddler needs to complete his early education! In an interview with CIOLOOK India, Tijay Gupta shared valuable information highlighting the significance of Bachpan Play School in the education sector. Please enlighten our readers about Bachpan Play School and its significance as a recognized pre-school in the education sector. Bachpan Play School, which started in 2004, pioneered a curriculum for children in our country that has never existed before. Our Nursery Schools are devoted to children's early development and systematically and creatively introduce them to organized learning. We now have a nationwide presence, with over 1100 preschools across the country. There is a list of services that are continuously updated for our students too. At Bachpan, we offer kids a mixed bag of innovation, technology, and lots of fun. We believe in making everything as easy as possible so that they don't take the burden of any activity and can learn flawlessly. We take assistance from smart classes and virtual reality to foster a kid's learning. Bachpan Play School I that offer an optimal opportunity for their children to grow and learn. This is a primary why they seek out schools that boast of high test scores and cultivate positive student/teacher/parent relationships. Redefining Education by Instilling Holistic Values t is not uncommon for parents to spend a lot of time searching for schools that nurture their children in the best way possible. Parents value the school systems While it is true that seeking an exclusive pre-school is essential if you have little ones in your house, building a solid foundation for an excellent education starts with preschool. When you explore and find a proper environment, your children get exposed to a plethora of elements that enhance creativity, bolster social skills, and develop an extensive base for a bright, education-driven future. 8 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com 9 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

and cognitive growth. We are raising children who will be able to endure the competitive spirit. According to our instructors, childhood is the most significant era in a person's life, and it forms them according to the strokes. It all depends on how parents or teachers nurture childhood and prepare the road to give it a specific shape and educate the small tots' future. We've reached a level of complete improvisation in the usual play school curriculum, thanks to our technical enterprise, Prismart. Prismart offers Smart Classes, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Robotime to help students learn more effectively. Tell us about your school's uniqueness in providing amenities and educational programs for pre-school children. Our USPs are unique in the industry and cover every aspect of modern education. Speak-o-Kit, Robotime, Virtual Reality, and Robotime are a few of those USPs that are regularly used in our preschools everywhere to foster learning for kids. Robotics fosters critical thinking and is a popular hobby among Bachpan students. Smart Classes are essential for new-age education, as youngsters must be able to comprehend topics using learning tools. This is truly fascinating at Bachpan. The VR headgears allow you to travel to different locations while sitting in a classroom. Learning has never been this simple and more accessible with the latest Bachpan 360 App's useful features. How do you plan to enhance Bachpan Play School's readiness to increase engagement with children? Together, we Recreate. Our preschool platform provides an open field for children to engage in recreational activities with a wonderful relationship between technology and education. Bachpan's learning is distinct and fruitful due to its unique pedagogy and cutting-edge infrastructure. Regular engaging activities are conducted for kids, which gives them reasons to come and enjoy the school daily. Our infrastructure is well-equipped and filled with engaging and needed varieties. How do you envision Bachpan Play School's operations with the emerging technology and K-12 education that is revolutionizing the education industry? The Speak-O-Pen, which works in conjunction with the Speaking book, has significantly improved the approach of our preschool education system. It comes with a Speak-O- Kit for kids that they can use to listen to the printed material and study at their own pace. As I have stated earlier, technology is the need of the hour, and we have inculcated every bit of it in our curriculum and daily activities. We are constantly striving to make everything easy and comfortable for the kids and would adopt every possible method to make kids learn and grow in the best form. What strategies and programs does Bachpan Play School implement in teaching preschoolers phonics and early literacy skills? We make every effort to make learning enjoyable for children. Bachpan has successfully raised the green flags in linking technology to preschools by starting the Technology Application. We are regularly introducing the idea of edutainment into the classroom curriculum and serving the educational sector following a chain of glorious hardworking years. We ensure Absolute Concentration on Holistic Values. As an experienced professional, what would you like to advise the budding entrepreneurs willing to venture into the education industry? The advice is straightforward: stay focused on what you're doing, and don't be scared to make major decisions when the time comes. Because it requires a lot to get back on your feet once you've fallen behind. Once you're ready to go, believe in yourself and make the correct decision at the appropriate moment, as we did when the country's educational system needed to reform. As children's education guardians, we are committed to fulfilling our responsibility to provide the little ones with an exact recipe for emotional, social, value-based, intellectual, 10 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

S and get things done as planned. programs include parenting programs, skill-based curricula, and teacher professional development programming. Research findings suggest that adding these to early childhood education programs can improve a range of children's outcomes, leading to better school readiness. uccess is the result of good planning, preparation, and timely execution. Disciplined and systematic efforts with periodic monitoring help build control Essential Fundamentals Like every other industry, the education sector being no exception; if we look at the basic level of education, the preschools form the first and the important group where the young kids are introduced to the primary stages of education. Considering their young age, level of understanding and soft emotional nature, a unique curriculum is designed to enable them to easy learning and develop themselves steadily. • Comprehensive Active Learning Approach Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School's Readiness This includes numerous activities like reading, writing, discussion, problem-solving etc., where the students are actively involved. As against to passive learning, where students just sit and listen, active learning promotes participation of the students in the entire process. These activities make the student perform different tasks from the perspective of understanding, organizing the tools and charts, naming the elements, and performing. The preschools that form the first learning stages of kids identify the curriculum and prepare the complete functioning accordingly. The effects of preschool curriculum programs bring about some changes in their systems and approaches in various ways. • Enhancing Active Learning Skills Students are involved in numerous activities where they do different things making the learning process interesting and easily understood. Learning is fun when combined with games, stories, riddles, and small acts that are a part of the process. Board games, crafts, drawing, making clay objects, puzzles and riddles and many more interactive games. • Students' Engagement with the School Students get to learn new things in new ways. The new curriculum introduces new books, tools, accessories, and various other elements that bring in a different experience for the young students, parents, and teachers. Students develop a new liking and attachment through this engagement. Students develop an open mindset with expansive thinking and analytical skills, thereby enhancing their development. • Enhanced Education from the Existing Stage • Exposure to Extra-curricular Fun Learning Activities The early childhood education program enhances children's cognitive abilities, pre-academic skills, behavioral, health, and socio-emotional outcomes. Preschool enhancement It is rightly said that "Work becomes easy when made with fun." Similarly, learning becomes more accessible when it is presented in different and interactive ways. 12 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com 13 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

While learning about nature, the students stroll in a park where they are shown different trees, plants, birds, and animals. Their understanding of the music is developed by introducing them to various kinds of simple musical instruments like a whistle, bell, flute, mouth organ, small drum, piano etc. They are taken to play different games in a team activity. preschool, the support staff are its necessary arms and wings. The coordinators, assistant teachers, housekeeping staff, office assistants and security personnel are essential in maintaining the organization's hygiene, discipline, smooth functioning, and safety. They are trained periodically on communication with parents, attending to new inquiries, handling, guiding the kids, and maintaining the organization's professional culture. • Upgradation to Modern Technologies • Customization of Teaching System The modern curriculum includes the addition and application of new technologies like computers. Students are taught the use and purpose of computers through interesting activities like typing words, playing IQ games, using a voice recognition system, creating images and pictures from memory etc. The teaching methodology is planned and decided based on the curriculum. However, it is observed that certain students find it challenging to grasp and learn the topics. The teaching system is customized in different patterns to make it easier to understand and learn seamlessly. It includes adding models, objects, and images that make it simple to identify and understand. Personalized learning in certain forms is designing the learning methods in a different format, so there is better clarity and higher understanding. Restructuring the Assessment Process The introduction of the new curriculum initiates the changes in numerous elements of the process. This leads to a restructuring of the complete teaching and assessment process. Smarter Kids of the New Era Often, we hear people exclaiming with surprise, "How the young kids have developed such a good understanding, our times the scene was different." Yes, of course, this is a reality. However, it has been possible with the tremendous, transformational role of the preschools who have prepared these young kids into bright, dynamic stars of the modern era. New parameters get added to the list of assessment methodology. Involvement, enthusiasm, completion of tasks, attitude, happiness quotient, energy levels, communication, expressions and many other elements are considered in the assessment. • Organizing Training for Support Staff Preschool management looks interesting but, at times, can be challenging. Though the teachers form the heart of any 14 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

Little Einsteins Preschool Multiplying Intelligence to Exemplify the Genius Within E intelligence, one could bet that the first concept that comes to your mind immediately is not out of your own imagination but a traditional concept of knowledge testing called Intelligence Quotient (IQ). currently the Chairperson of this preschool. Kopal shares, "With the vision of providing learning environments that are child-centered and based on the multiple intelligence framework of Dr Gardner, we established Little Einsteins Preschool." instein once smartly remarked 'The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. Nonetheless, whenever you hear the word Little Einstein's Mission Intelligence Disagreeing with Einstein, standard definitions define intelligence as an intellectual potential one is born with, which, although, can be measured by the parameter of IQ, is very difficult to change. The MI approach, which is currently being implemented in the US and other countries, is truly responsive to the needs of the 21st Century. This framework prepares the child to be creative, critical, and divergent thinkers who are able to really 'think outside the box.' In this unique school, teachers recognize that by teaching for understanding, their students are encouraged to problem-solve, hone their skills, and to develop their individual strengths. During the recent decade, other expert views of intelligence have also emerged including Emotional Intelligence (EI) and the theory of Multiple Intelligence (MI) proposed by Dr Howard Gardner, a renowned Harvard Psychologist. Dr Gardner's theory of MI outlined in his 1983s famous book 'Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences' proposed that all people and every person have different kinds of 'intelligences' and not only the traditional psychometrically viewed single type of intelligence, the view, which in itself is too limited or narrow-minded. According to Dr Gardner, there are possible nine types of intelligences including visual-spatial, linguistic-verbal, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and existentialist. These are beyond any single intellectual capacity. Kopal says, "Since we understand that every child learns in many ways and each has his own interests and needs, The mission is to ensure that education is specific to a child's need where the emphasis is on how to learn; as we say, 'The genius is within. Dr Gardner also suggests that while a person could be strong in one particular type say musical intelligence, then such a person might have been born possessing a range of abilities like musical, verbal, and naturalistic intelligence. Kopal Maheshwari Highly influenced by this theory of MI, Little Einsteins Preschool was set up in 2007 by Kopal Maheshwari, Chairperson Little Einsteins Preschool 16 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

we provide children with multiple access or entry points to a concept through their different intelligence or ‘smarts’. Mathematics Maths is taught as a life skill at LE. Reasoning and critical thinking are the core of Mathematics. The mission is to ensure that education is specific to a child's need where the emphasis is on how to learn; as we say,‘The genius is within’. Multi-format approach is adopted. Manipulatives in form of puzzle cards, teaching aids, gamification and online offline method are followed to help them be analytical thinkers. STEAMIND-Framework Little Einsteins aims to provide a broad and balanced international curriculum which supports individual needs and allows students to achieve their full potential. An educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding students' enquiry, dialogue and critical thinking Science Nurturing Genius Minds of the Future Einsteins Engaging preschoolers in experimental science helps develop logical reasoning, and critical thinking, forming a strong foundation in science. To enhance LE's readiness to increase engagement with children, it works to offer a rich and stimulating blended learning environment which fosters students' natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge, enabling them to acquire the necessary life skills to function confidently and effectively in a rapidly changing world. Kopal says, "Lab exercises at our school involve fun things like a seed house, creating a tornado in a jar, water cycle in a bag, a volcano on a plate etc to help them understand the basics of science." Kopal reflects, "Our vision is to create a caring community in which students learn to value themselves, others and the environment." Technology Preschoolers at LE are engaged early in technology. It has been identified as a critical piece for future preparation. Envisioning LE's operations with the emerging technology and K-12 education that is revolutionizing the education industry, Kopal says that they provide an integrated technology solution that helps in the managing center, seamless communication with parents, video classes and multimedia digital content. Lab assignment includes using computers, cameras, creativity and imagination apps, single instruction coding games and collaborative work on iPad. Engineering For the Genius Mind Learning is Forever Children are natural engineers; they love to design and build with anything they can get their hands on. As an experienced professional, Kopal's advice to the budding entrepreneurs willing to venture into pre-schooling is a philosophy in itself. She says that this is a great opportunity to venture into and the one that will give you much better satisfaction and standing in society due to its noble cause. Lab assignment includes experiments to identify how weight is distributed on bridges, the buoyancy of ships, creating 3d structures using lego etc. Arts "You should always look for the right partner who is renowned for the global best content and curriculum. In the end, the quality of learning matters and nothing pleases us to see our kids doing much better than their peers. These are critical foundation years, and the industry would do great to have educated, focused and passionate entrepreneurs to start preschool," concludes Kopal. Creativity stimulation is a key aspect of lifelong learners. "At LE we do art and craft activities every day. We spark their creativity using varied hands-on materials. Cognitive development also focuses on learning through art," conveys Kopal. 18 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

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Importance of and Teachers for K perspectives of their parents and teachers. Comprehensive Learning and Caring Pre-school ids are said to be the flowers of heaven for their innocence, soft and sensitive nature. They are new to the outside world as they steadily grow up in a protected, cared for, and loved environment. They look at numerous things from the guiding Preschool teachers are the following guides who introduce the basic learning process through group teaching, interactive methods of singing, dancing, painting, storytelling and so on. Amicably and delicately, the kids are also taught through instructions about basic hygiene, safety, good health, manners, and numerous other things. They prepare the kids to learn independently in the company of same-age kids, enhancing their social and interpersonal skills. Teachers in preschools are special and trained explicitly to look after the kids as they must play many roles as teachers, friends, relatives, guides, companions, and more. Whether it is choosing the right preschool for your kid or recruiting a preschool teacher, it is essential to understand the qualities and important attributes of the preschool teacher. Pleasing Personality • Teachers with pleasing personalities are always welcoming and comforting. They create a positive image of the teacher in the minds of the kids and their parents too. Teachers are the 22 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com 23 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

ideals of good manners and inspiration, so a pleasing personality adds to their value. food, nature, birds, animals, manners, and numerous subjects. This characteristic personality feature makes them a popular and dependable resource. • Compassion • Excellent Communicator Compassion is one of the necessary qualities preschool teachers should possess. Compassionate teachers can make students feel homely, cared for, and loved. The similar care for their parent can be provided with a compassionate approach. Fluent communication is the nature of every teacher, which displays professional confidence, experience, inspiring role model, and command in their function. • Maturity • Innovation They are kind and mature enough to understand the kid's behaviour. They have specific guidelines to access the kids in various aspects of manners, speaking, hygiene, learning abilities, etc. They regularly communicate with the parents about the kid's performance and try every way to improve their learning. Teachers should have an innovative mindset in all their activities. They should develop new and different ideas in various ways to motivate and engage the kids constructively. • Self-Confidence • Leadership Qualities This is one of the promising traits of the teachers who are well qualified, trained, and experienced in handling numerous types of kids and guiding them properly with importance and reasoning. Teachers are excellent leaders. Whatever they teach, convey, or introduce, they do it themselves and ask the kids to follow them. With the clear understanding that kids learn by observing rather than instructions, they do all the activities themselves and get the kids to do them. • Organized Nature Smart teachers are always ready with their teaching schedule and additional tasks listed with them. They are organized with toys, charts, samples, and models to show the kids during the activity. The better organized the teacher, the more effective learning. • Vibrant Energy They display amazing energy throughout the day, encouraging the kids to learn, get involved and participate in the activities. In between, the teacher jumps, tells examples, puzzles, and jokes to keep the kids interested and engaged. • Flexibility Teachers are focused on their scheduled activities. However, due to specific circumstantial challenges, they should be flexible in altering the plan to make the learning more engaging and exciting. Managing with Care and Enthusiasm The role of preschool teachers is vital in introducing the new world of education to cute and innocent kids. Getting them softly introduced to opening with other kids through songs, plays, and games, the teachers steadily prepare the kids for mindset on education, emotional development, and expressing themselves. These are the first essential places where the kids listen, talk, repeat, observe and learn new things slowly. In the entire development process, the preschool teachers' role deserves well-deserved credit for not doing their job as teachers but for creating a new generation of future citizens of the country. • Patient in Approach The first and essential virtue of any teacher is patience. Preschool teachers must be more patient as kids come from various backgrounds and cultures with different natures. They must be calm and patient in their teaching methods, giving them kindness and listening to whatever they might say, be it answers, questions, complaints, or anything. - Kedar Borgaonkar • Knowledgeable Teachers are very knowledgeable about numerous aspects of our world, including day-to-day happenings, spirituality, 24 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

India's Most Recognized Preschools to Watch -2022 NextGen Kids Futuristic and Holistic Learning Universe for the Budding Minds E an innate, passionate, inquisitive curios mind, with a brain containing more than a hundred billion healthy and hungry neurons. Hungry for learning and as healthy as a neuron could get. Raghu Kankanala Founder and Chairman Surekha Kankanala Co-founder and Principal We at NextGen, are the first pre-school in India providing interactive smart books for Nursery education. It was the case before enteredRaghu Kankanala - Founder and Chairman and Surekha Kankanala – Co- founder and Principal of NextGen Kids Educational Society, one of the most futuristic yet most affordable preschools in the truest sense. instein, one of the world's biggest genius once said, "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Every child is also born with that gift of Nurturing and Educating the Future Generations of Budding Minds And it was Raghu and Surekha's ever-increasing love for children and passion to nurture, educate and fulfill the curiosity of these young budding generations' minds that they commenced their journey with NextGen kids in the year 2010. They want to give the best preschool education to the children with international standards with a reasonable fee structure for the parents. Every healthy, hungry, and blank book of a brain with its innately passionate and curious mind craves for learning novel, noble, good, moral, and spectacular things. It looks at everything in this world with awe, wonder, inspiration and enthusiasm. It wishes to know, experience, sense, touch feels, and live through this world full of unknown and unseen things for him. Its future depends on the nourishing, nurturing, and education it thus receives. Initially, parents, immediate siblings, and people around the baby and its surrounding environment is its world. It begins grabbing, tasting, enjoying, imbibing, learning, and grasping things, people, and their expressions with that blank book of its mind. It is a baby's earliest learning days in the world, though most of that period never gets permanently written in that book except mother's love. We can call it the first paragraph of the prologue. At the age of two to three years old the most important phase of a child's future progress and development begins. The time for pre-school. Although it is the most crucial period, traditionally, nursery education is rather overlooked by our society in general. And ninety-nine per cent of the pre-schools are just an excuse for the owners of those pre-schools to give artificial satisfaction to the parents whose children they accept into their inadequate and half-baked pre-school environment and pilfering those parents of their hard-earned money. NextGen kids started its mission in the year 2010 with 40 students located at KPHB 6th phase, Hyderabad and reached the 400 students mark in the year 2020 with the help of 50 Teachers and supporting staff members. Raghu shares, "We give respect to the ideas of each child. We encourage young children to explore their environment and express themselves using multiple ways which may include speaking, singing, movement, drawing, painting, writing, building and designing, dramatic play, dance and music." Curiosity is encouraged and learning is always a fun-filled, exploratory process. The environment has been carefully designed to encourage exploration and experiential learning in a fun-filled and interesting way. The physical environment at NextGen kids provides opportunities to Play-think- explore- learn. As per the pre-school statistics, the NextGen KPHB branch has the highest student strength of any other individual preschool branch in AP and Telangana States, and it is one of the biggest in India. NextGen recently started new branches at Pragathi Nagar in Hyderabad, they are also doing excellent in expanding their education further into the society. The children have the opportunity to engage with concepts, ideas, and interests, which arise within the group. True to providing a holistic environment of learning for the youngest minds, infrastructure wise, NextGen Kids is equipped with world-class preschool infrastructure. NextGen had a vision, and its first priority is the safety of children and the comfort of parents. Raghu says, "We can Proudly say that we are the first school in INDIA that began online teaching-learning-observing facility in the year 2010." NextGen Kids Curriculum and Methodology: Surekha reveals, "Our curriculum is designed to provide all- round development for your child. We use the Play-Think- Explore-Learn method of teaching by using sensorial development activities. Our low student/teacher ratio enables individual attention and care. We use 'Modern Teaching Aids.' Sensorial Development Activities with Touch-Explore-Learn methods.” The journey of lifelong learning begins at NEXTGEN KIDS At NextGen, Surekha and Raghu believe that Education is more than giving knowledge. It is about inspiring children to do significant things. Therefore, NextGen's curriculum is inspired by globally accepted teaching methods. "We believe that any kind of learning should be the outcome of the actual experience," adds Surekha. While Surekha recollects, "Still we can remember those days. How parents wondering while watching their kids' classroom online in the year 2010." Interactive Smart Learning NextGen is always ahead of using technology for education. Surekha shares, "We are the first pre-school in India providing interactive smart books for Nursery education." 26 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com 27 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

NextGen started using Interactive Smart Books in the year 2014. a lot of passion and patience. Surekha expresses, "We always give first priority to the safety and happiness of the children. NextGen Always try to create the best learning environment for the children with the help of our teachers.” Interactive Smart Books: "We are born with five amazing sensory instincts that we learn from. We can see, hear, speak, smell and touch," states Raghu. You would have noticed the difference in your quality of experience when what you are doing involves one or more of your senses. Expanding Today's Learning Universe into the Tomorrow At NextGen, Surekha and Raghu are developing and using different educational tools for the better understanding of concepts to the children. They are doing it by the continuous monitoring and improving child social, emotional and learning skills by understanding and interacting with the children. Interactive Smart Books - The right bit of technology for your child to enjoy learning in the most traditional, organic and simple ways. Simplify everything! Surekha believes, "Our classrooms and surroundings provide a fun-filled, comfortable and safe environment for children. We use best of class specially designed apparatus and materials." Future-Ready:Surekha explains, "Science and Technology exhibitions and awareness programs are conducted to provide hands-on experience to our children.” Kids Theatre and Hobby Room: Audiovisual aids help children to understand lessons in a simple, effective and easy way. Music helps kids remember basic facts such as the order of letters in the alphabet, partly because songs tap into fundamental systems in our brains that are sensitive to melody and beat. That's not all. When you play music, you are exercising your brain in a unique way. Here Raghu states a quote: "Mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires," said years ago by William Arthur Ward. Inculcating William Arthur Ward's philosophy Raghu says, "Our teachers are committed to teaching and nurturing your children who are at this age of immense growth and change." At NextGen, each teacher plays an important role in encouraging your child's zest for learning. At NextGen, children explore the joy of growing their own plants, fruits and vegetables and observe the nature process in action. Learning in the Digital Age Surekha says, "...now we are in YouTube and Facebook age." While Raghu furthers, "Without any efforts, our NextGen Kids youtube channel received more than 15600000 (15.6M) impressions and 3600000 (3.6M) views. We can proudly say that no school or college annual day performances achieved these numbers. All this credit goes to our children and NextGen teachers.” Teacher's Teaching Forever: "Most of our teachers working with NextGen for more than a decade and we create family-friendly teaching environment," says Raghu. And Surekha concludes, "Finally, we want to say only one thing…We only gave birth to NextGen. Our students' parents and teachers helped us to bring NextGen kids to this bigger level." Raghu and Surekha's advice to the budding educators aspiring to venture into this niche is to the point. They say that if you are not able to spend your full time for the children, please don't venture into pre-schooling. It requires 28 | June 2022 | www.ciolookindia.com

India's Most Recognized Preschools to Watch -2022

India's Most Recognized Preschools to Watch -2022

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