At Kïdo, your child’s journey begins at six weeks old.

We develop their core cognitive, emotional and social skills through a combination of free and guided play, art and music, and messy play. Our physical development program helps improve their motor skills, while their confidence and social skills are enhanced with interactive learning, songs and circle time.

We constantly introduce new materials, media and textures during creative play sessions, to build their imagination and inventiveness. Children discover the basic concepts of numbers, phonics, shapes, sounds and colors at a rate that suits them as an individual.

Weeks at Kïdo are broken into two distinct flavors; Skills Days, which provide your child their first steps into the world of math and literacy; and Explorer Days, which are packed with fun activities based around a specific exploration.

For our Discoverers, all activities are part of our Studio-K art program – art and messy play is the primary vehicle to focus on the different development milestones for the little ones.

You don’t have to worry about your child’s home routine being disrupted, either. Our highly trained staff coordinate with each family when deciding meal and nap times, to ensure a smooth transition from school to home and vice versa.

Please note that the Kïdo curriculum for the United Kingdom is still in development and will be implemented in our nurseries there in 2020.

Our Adventurers program starts as soon as your child can walk and usually finishes by the time they’re two years old – though children can move to the next stage as soon as they’re ready. Adventurers build their confidence and skills across all of the development areas in our curriculum, with their week split into three Skills Days and two Explorer Days.

On their Skills Days, Adventurers will cover math, literacy, science, art and much else as part of their development.

On Explorer Days, Adventurers work through a multidisciplinary project (each lasting six weeks) that enables them to gain new skills, knowledge and understanding.

We also start toilet training at Adventurers, consulting with each individual family to create a process that helps their child while making them feel safe and at home.

Summary of content

Below you will find the curriculum for Adventurers. All learning is through safe, play-based activities, using high-quality products sourced from all around the world.

Math: Children will learn to count and recognize numbers from one to ten, understand one-to-one correspondence, and identify basic shapes (circles, squares, stars, triangles etc).

Literacy: Based on the Doman program for teaching toddlers and babies to read, our literacy program for Adventurers enables children to identify all letters of the alphabet, and start the basics of reading.

Art: The Studio-K program for Adventurers has children mixing colors with Kandinsky, using regular and nature-based art materials, and painting using recycled and upcycled products. They’ll also create paper and book art, make puppets and costumes, and even tackle a photography project.

Science and Technology: The K-STEM program for Adventurers includes science experiments, such as growing plants, and will see your child take their first steps in coding (using physical games, not screens).

Please note that the Kïdo curriculum for the United Kingdom is still in development and will be implemented in our nurseries there in 2020.

We build a complete understanding of every child’s ideal learning environment, and use this knowledge to create customized lesson plans for them. These personalized experiences help them become more creative, and inspire a love of learning from an early age.

At four years old, our students should understand math and English at preschool (or higher) level, reaching Grade 1 (US Common Core) or Year 1 (UK national curriculum) level by the time they are five. Along the way, we also introduce coding through apps, photography, video editing, writing stories and much more.

Weeks are broken into three Skills Days and two Explorer Days. Every day incorporates indoor and outdoor play, dance, music and yoga.

Children typically begin preschool at two years old (though some may start earlier) and continue until the age of six through four levels:

Experimenters (2 – 3 years)

Pathfinders (3 – 4 years)

Seekers (4 – 5 years)

Pioneers (5 – 6 years +)

Explorer Days

Children enjoy two days of project-based learning every week. This immersive system nurtures their investigative ability, by focusing on subjects they are interested in.

Skills Days

Students perform personalized activities across subjects like English, math, languages, art or science, spending as much time as they need to master the relevant skills.

Where possible (depending on national curriculum frameworks), our Skills Days activities are supplemented by our exclusive worksheets and workbooks.

Programs:

K-School – Literacy, language, fine and gross motor skills

K-Math – Maths

K-STEM – Science and technology

Studio K – Art

Please note that the Kïdo curriculum for the United Kingdom is still in development and will be implemented in our nurseries there in 2020.