ShreeNiketan Childcare & Education Centre, Porvorim, Porvorim

This program is suitable for children who have completed 2 years of age. This is your child’s first step, when the child enters school for the first time. Our guiding principle for the Toddlers or the Playgroup is to help the child to learn & grow naturally at his own natural pace. Toddlers need a lot of activities for physical motor development. They need time & opportunity to practice running, walking, body balance. Our program introduces kids to various stimulating activities, group interactions and numerous other opportunities. Our activities have been designed to help your child build cognitive, language, motor and social skills. Here the child will spend a major part of his day in singing, dancing, laughing, playing, art & craft activities and exploring both indoor and outdoor play. Some of the activities conducted to promote fine motor co-ordination are beads threading, clay work, paper tearing & free colouring. The basic idea of this entire program is to let the child enjoy learning while playing

This program is suitable for children in the age group from 3 to 4 years. Moving on towards the second step, our Nursery program teaches essential skills like pre-reading, pre-writing, pre-math & social skills that encourage kids to learn one step at a time & encourage curiosity, self-initiative and persistence in them. Art, craft, music, dramatic play and social interaction help them explore creatively and build self-esteem. Here children learn new words & are therefore given an opportunity for conversation, to add to their vocabulary, in the form of songs & stories, which develop their imagination & concentration. Each new accomplishment fills these three year olds with pride and the desire to learn more. They realize, "I can do it!" and our nursery readiness program makes it easy and exciting for them to learn.

This program is suitable for children in the age group between 4 to 5 years. As we climb higher towards the third step, emphasis is on encouraging children to realize their inner potential while learning and growing at their own pace. Besides, they are motivated to observe and be aware of the environment around them. Emphasis is also laid on activities that promote language development and instill confidence in the children to verbalise their thoughts, feelings and impressions of the world around them. This is the first time your child will start writing in school. Here they will be introduced towards the 3 R’s of learning, ie reading, writing & arithmetic. This program is suitable for children in the age group between 5 to 6 years. This is the last step in the pre-school program, after which the child will move on to Grade 1. Here the focus is on building vocabulary and applying the concepts which the children have already learnt in the previous classes. Children learn to read and write, using innovative learning methods and tools designed especially for this age group. Various subjects like English & Hindi Language, Mathematics & Environmental Studies are taught using a child-centric approach, considering individual capacities and capabilities. The focus of this program is on enhancing the attention span of the children with a view to accelerate their learning process and prepare them for extensive studies in the future.