a holistic foundational education
Serving the Karen and Runda communities, our Kindergarten in Nairobi, Kenya, is the only one in the region to offer the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Years learning alongside the Inspired Approach. Young learners flourish with access to a holistic foundational education that embeds opportunities for exploration into daily practices and develops healthy, happy, confident children.
Premium Kindergartens
Why our Kindergarten
Our premium Kindergartens in Karen and Runda are proud to offer an engaging experience to young children of all abilities. Children experience personalised support from their very first day at our independent school. The Pre-school environment seeks to validate developing individuals as autonomous beings who are fully capable of attaining wide-ranging foundational skills while in a nurturing, secure and expansive environment.
Flexible approach
A flexible approach to Early Learning assists families in designing a Kindergarten schedule to suit their child’s needs.
Full-time, part-time and flexible options are available, as well as half and full-day timetables.
Details of availability may be accessed from the Prep School office.
Curriculum / Programme
Reggio Emilia-Inspired Early Learning approach
The Reggio Emilia-Inspired Early Learning approach is an innovative framework for early childhood education. Each child is valued as strong, capable and resilient, with an innate ability for endless wonder fuelled by a desire for knowledge. Young children possess deep curiosity and unlimited potential to thrive as they begin to explore their expanding world and understand their place within it.
The unique Reggio Emilia-Inspired methodology delivered in our Kindergarten division focuses on learning through social inclusion and group work and achieves remarkable outcomes in Early Years education.
Each child is an equal participant in the Kindergarten environment. As they develop increasing confidence in their education, they understand the value of their contribution and continue to gain feedback through questioning. Communication is a dynamic process and a multi-faceted way of discovering their increasing skills through interaction with their peers as they learn through play.
An engaging & stimulating environment
Early Years educators augment learners’ natural curiosity by fostering an enabling environment (the so-called “third teacher”), providing stimulating provocations and ensuring rigour in the learning process.
Well-equipped Kindergarten facilities, inside and outside the classroom, offer exciting opportunities to transfer skills and knowledge in several different settings with the attentive support of attentive specialist Early Years educators.
Immersion in languages
Communication Skills
A well-known aspect of the Reggio Emilia-Inspired Approach is the 'One Hundred Languages of Children' - the belief that young children show their understanding and express their thoughts and creativity in numerous ways. Adept at fulfilling this cohort's needs, Kindergarten teachers encourage effective, positive communication and equip young linguists with healthy methods of expression.
Supportive & caring teachers
Highly experienced Kindergarten faculty members act as mentors and guides to develop emerging skills. Within a programme of fun, participatory lessons, they observe children with their friends, listen to questions and stories, discover their interests, and then provide them with opportunities to explore further.
Facilities & large choice of resources
The well-resourced Kindergarten libraries is a wonderfully inspiring environment for our Early Learning students. While developing a love for reading, they explore forest-inspired spaces and Alice in Wonderland-themed reading areas in the comfortable libraries space.
A full range of digital materials is available for exclusive use, including iPads and various learning Apps, to ensure our Kindergarten community benefits from the latest technology to support their Early Years education safely.
To complement Pre-school learning, a captivating extra-curricular programme offers a range of exciting, skills-based experiences. Many clubs and afternoon activities are accessible to Early Years attendees. Additional sessions help enrich learning in the Pre-school environment and offer an opportunity to build interests, strengthen fine and gross motor skills and help acclimatise our youngest students to the Early Learning environment in a casual social setting.
Examples of additional activities include:
Lego Club
ICT Games
Rollerblading Club
Ballet
Swimming
Modern Dance
Lamda
Kindi Scouts
Jewellery Making Club
Brookhouse Early Years students may travel to and from campus with the supervised School Bus Service, offering transport routes that serve our Kindergarten families in the Runda and Karen locales and most suburbs in the greater Nairobi region.
Meals are included in the Brookhouse Kindergarten fees.
