Courses
- Home
- /
- All Courses
- /
- Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Age Group: 3 years to 4 years
School Timings: 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Every child is warmly welcomed into the class by their teacher, who engages in a brief conversation with them. They then gather together to sing songs, welcoming the day, each other, and Mother Nature. Themes like the seasons, festivals, animals, the plant kingdom, and other inspirations from their surroundings are naturally woven into the morning songs.
After singing, the children participate in domestic art and meaningful work, such as drawing, painting, stringing, cooking, cleaning, gardening, and more. Following fruit time, they go outdoors to play. In the open space, they move around freely, while some children often join their teacher in tending to plants, digging the soil, or watering them.
Singing their way back to class, the children wash their hands and prepare to settle down for songs and rhymes, followed by free indoor play. This is a wonderful time for them to explore their indoor space—playmates, toys, and most importantly, what they can do. During play, the teacher is often busy with her handwork, singing, or attending to a child who needs personal attention.
After playtime, they work together to make their room beautiful and set the table for meals. The day concludes with storytime and lullabies.
More about School Life
Work in Kindergarten is purposeful and meaningful, directly connected to daily life. Children learn through imitation and by doing. The teacher’s enthusiasm, interest, reverence, and calm approach create a joyful and inspiring environment, motivating children to engage in hands-on activities.
This approach is especially important in today’s world, where many tasks are mechanized and outsourced. The work done in Kindergarten not only lays the foundation for future academic success but also prepares the child comprehensively for life.
Kindergarten children live in the “here and now”; they learn from doing rather than from abstract concepts. The environment fosters the confidence of “I can do it.” There is no rush to complete tasks; everything is done well and holds real meaning. No task is too difficult, a belief reinforced continuously by the teacher’s actions and words.
A sense of wonder and joy is maintained through the teacher’s reverent approach to all tasks. Throughout the week, children engage in activities such as cooking, cleaning, scrubbing, and gardening—from sowing to harvesting and feasting. Their hands are actively involved in mending, sewing, braiding, and weaving threads and ropes.
Year-round, the children participate in meaningful, purposeful work. They prepare their own colors for painting, dye play cloth, or focus on festival preparations like crafting flower torons, painting diyas, and making colorful rangolis. During Christmas, the aroma of cakes, cookies, and kalkals fills the kindergarten.
In hot summer, they prepare juice and salads; on regular days, they make rotis, peel corn, grate vegetables, or warm themselves with hot soups on cold winter and rainy days. They also create small gifts for friends from treasures collected during nature walks. They feed birds, collect feathers, stones, and leaves, chase butterflies, or wait quietly to hear the birds.
Each child works to the best of their ability. Every day is an opportunity to learn—whether improving on tasks or trying something new that a peer could do.
At Ikshaana, we strive to create an environment that supports cognitive, intellectual, emotional, and social development. Our aim is to nourish and nurture the young child, an enthusiastic explorer. We seek to keep the sense of wonder and joy alive through the teacher’s genuine interest in everyday tasks, undertaken with love every single day.