By Doreen Patrao/Mamatha Bhandary
Mangalore, Aug 4: Here’s a unique pre-school located at Bejai Church Road in city which aims to nurture the tender ones through love, care and undivided attention towards the growth of a secure, intelligent and balanced child.
About Tender Foot:
It is a place where children can grow in an atmosphere of love, care and security and develop through self exploration and play way method of observing understanding and exploring. Tender foot caters to the age group of 1½ to 5½ years old kids and offers a blend of the Montessori, play way method and self exploration with a combination of reading, writing ,observing and understanding.
The pre-school promises growth and be emotionally secure, balanced, accommodative and confident individuals. The day care wing caters to the needs of the tender kids from 1 year onwards. There are committed and loving care takers and the school is very clean and hygienic which promotes cleanliness and health care of your kids.
Tender Foot preschool is o situated opposite Garcia Design and next to More Supermarket and is on the main road, very easy to locate and also facilitates parents to drop their tender ones without hassels in a convenient and accommodative manner.
Curriculum structure:
Curriculum is based on ISCE & CBSE syllabus which is designed and approved by reputed child psychologists and clinical professionals. Academic year starts from June to April every year. There are 2 terms.
First term: From June to October
Second term: From November to April
Prospectus (application form) + Admission fee+ Tuition fee+ Transportation fee (if any) +Text Books/Note Books + Activity charges (if any) to be paid at the time of admission.
Apart from the academic curriculum emphasis is given to extra curricular activities which are very essential for the overall development of the child.
Some special features of Tender Foot School:
The child is the centre of learning. Every activity, every song, every picture, every game is focused towards the child’s comprehension.
Activity based:
What are they learning?
Do Activities have a purpose?
Do children have a choice of activities?
Is it interesting, challenging, engaging and relevant to the child’s life?
Positive Parenting:
The school extends its wing on positive parenting which will be in the form of workshops for parents to learn more about themselves as parents and handle their children in a better way and promote overall development of their child to face the challenges of modern society. Unless a parent understands a child, the child will not learn to understand itself and others.
Courses under one roof:
• Montessori teacher’s training.
• Coaching classes – from I st to 10th standard (State and CBSE board) with experienced faculty.