Ullens Kindergarten

The Ullens Kindergarten offers a world-class pre-school, progressive and child centered education to the children of ages 2.5 years to 5.5 years old.

Managed by a highly dedicated team, the pre-school has been promoting a variety of choices of teaching-learning activities designed to encourage physical skills, cognitive learning, literacy acquisition, problem-solving and independent thought. Operating in a spacious and green state-of-the-art facility, the pre-school has well-trained individuals who portray the core values of the program. Ullens Kindergarten is an integral part of Ullens School. It purposefully prepares its students to join grade-I at Ullens School. Both Ullens School and Ullens Kindergarten are run by the Ullens Education Foundation and operate in the spirit of social enterprise. Ullens Kindergarten was established in 2011 with the following goals

Learning is active.
Learning is child-centered.
Learning engages children in creative and critical thinking.
Learning is a creative and dynamic process.

Ullens Kindergarten is a place of reflective, intentional teaching and learning. Our interest in research, generated from within our school as well as from academia, is the foundation of our practice. Through our ongoing reflective process, our understandings evolve and deepen. In collaboration with teachers, children, parents and the community, we are committed to the promise of all children.

Ullens Kindergarten is a place of reflective, intentional teaching and learning. Our interest in research, generated from within our school as well as from academia, is the foundation of our practice. Through our ongoing reflective process, our understandings evolve and deepen. In collaboration with teachers, children, parents and the community, we are committed to the promise of all children.

The philosophy of Ullens Kindergarten has its basis in constructivism, a theory that emphasizes the child’s active role in constructing knowledge through exploration and play. The teaching approach is inspired by Bank Street College’s Developmental Interaction Approach & Caltech’s science-based curriculum. By reflecting on our experiences, we construct knowledge and understanding of the world.

At Ullens Kindergarten, teachers focus on making connections between facts and fostering new understanding as the children explore and play. Teachers tailor their teaching strategies to student responses and encourage students to analyze, interpret, and predict information. Drawing inspiration from best practices worldwide, Ullens Kindergarten offers an emergent curriculum of both planned and spontaneous activities, encouraging independence while presenting limits that arise from being part of a group. Teachers provide a variety of choices for play designed to encourage physical skills, cognitive learning, problem-solving and independent thought.