EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES

Our educational program focuses on the parallel learning of English and Hungarian with native speakers.

From the age of 2, children receive professionally structured language education, fully integrated into the everyday life of the pre-school. The program is based on having two instructors, one of which only speaks English with the children, leading them through each day’s activities. Our goal is to provide the basis for bilingualism, helping the children to acquire a basic vocabulary in English and to practice dialogues. All this allows their initial passive English skills to be activated at the end of the pre-school years.

Daily activities at Kikelet are carefully planned with the intention of nurturing the children’s inborn creativity, vivid imagination and inexhaustible curiosity. Options of activities are always open to them to stimulate their decision-making, problem-solving, planning and communication skills.

The realization of these pedagogical goals is based on our professional teachers with many years of practical experience, as well as our committed, enthusiastic staff.

The years spent in pre-school help to shape a child’s life and play an important role in his/her psychological development. In order to allow sufficient time for the individual needs of the children and to provide them with personalized attention and care, group size has been limited to 12 children.

We place great emphasis on the development of dexterity and use methods such as bead-stringing to further this. Our gym and outdoor playgrounds are well-equipped to encourage physical exercise. Attention is also paid to music education, particularly to the sense of rhythm. Music and verse are always an integral part of the day. Through role play and children’s stories, pupils are transported into an imaginary world, expanding their vocabulary through songs and poems.

Each child is encouraged to progress and grow at his or her individual pace, accepted at his or her own developmental level and encouraged to grow from there. The teaching units are theme- and play-oriented. This method of integrating play into the educational program helps children progress continuously. We do everything we can to help the children develop healthy self-confidence, and we promote creativity and openness while broadening their interests and offering them rewarding experiences.

We sincerely believe that this family-oriented, loving, healthy and cheerful environment will help each child to develop into a helpful, creative and success-oriented adult.

The efforts of our teachers are supported by a speech therapist, develop pedagogues and a child psychologist. In addition, the children’s development is observed by a pediatrician and nurse.