toddler shapes
Ages one to two. Sorting, stacking and nesting wooden pieces, with a teacher on the floor beside each child.
a small school for small hands
learning starts with one block
Wooden shapes, steady teachers, and a day paced to a child.
Our rooms are set like a tray of well-made things: each child gets a place, a task and an adult who notices. Come and watch an ordinary morning.
the sphere comes first
Before letters and numbers, a child holds a ball and learns that things have a shape, a weight and a way of rolling. We begin there, with the plainest objects, and build every lesson up from them.
how we teach
one cube, one idea, one afternoon
Each afternoon centres on a single idea, small enough to hold in two hands. Teachers set out the materials, step back, and write down what each child did with them. Parents read those notes at pickup.
visit before you decide
Stand in the room at ten in the morning and see for yourself.
arrange a classroom visit-
15+
years of classroom days
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1:6
children for every adult
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240
families who have stayed
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98%
of parents recommend us
six gifts, in the order they are given
paint and paper
Ages two to three. Colour mixed by hand, brushes held the wrong way until they are held the right way.
story circle
Ages three to four. A picture book, a rug and a question after every page.
garden mornings
Ages three to five. Digging, watering and counting what comes up, rain or shine.
song and rhythm
Ages three to five. Drums, shakers and clapping games that teach a beat before a note.
sand and water
Ages two to five. Pouring, scooping and measuring, the first science class a child ever takes.
what parents notice
a room that is calm on purpose
Small groups, low shelves and one steady teacher per table. Children are never rushed to the next thing, and parents are never left to guess how the day went.
bring your questions on a tour
talk to a teacher
from the pickup line
what parents say at the door
He came home and stacked the couch cushions into a tower, then told us it was a bridge. That is the school in one afternoon.
Amira Haddad 
The daily note tells me what she built, not just that she was fine. I read it on the bus every evening.
Daniel Okafor 
Our son was shy for months. His teacher simply sat beside him with a box of blocks until he joined in.
Priya Raman
summer places are filling by the week
Choose the weeks that suit your family, from half days to full days. Spaces in each room are limited to keep groups small.
reserve summer weeks
knock, and a teacher answers
Ask about a place, a tour or a summer week. A real person in the office reads every message and replies within one school day.
