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Ms. Kristini Wijayanti
Greetings from Kepala Sekolah

We believe that play is the heart of early learning, guiding children to explore, create, and discover their unique talents. Our dedicated educators, inspired by Montessori and Reggio Emilia philosophies, nurture a child-centered environment where curiosity is celebrated and every voice is heard.

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BMS ECE Program is more than just a preschool; it's a nurturing haven where your child's curiosity and creativity blossom. Our play-based curriculum empowers children to become happy, confident learners, ready to take on the world.

The International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) was introduced in 2020 to improve our curriculum and to meet the needs of our children at such a crucial stage of development. The IEYC focuses on playful learning experiences that nurture curiosity, agency, and inquiry. It also emphasizes the importance of child-focused learning and development.

Some of the benefits of the IEYC include:

  • A seamless link between early years and Cambridge Primary
  • Fostering creativity and reflection in students
  • Providing a foundation for future learning

 

Pedagogy

  • Montessori Inspired - Practical life activities, sensorial exploration, cultural exploration, collaboration of daily life
  • Reggio Emilia - Making thinking visible, documentation, open ended exploration and loose parts, nature based activities
  • Play based - Center based learning for Language and Mathematics, Expressive arts

 

ECE Themes (examples)

  • Term 1: Healthy Habits and Play Outside
  • Term 2: Press It Click It and Busy Builders
  • Term 3: Going Places and Dinosaur Detectives
  • Term 4: My Toy Shop and Let’s Have a Party

 

Key Advantages of BMS ECE Program

Social Interaction

It encourages collaboration, communication, and negotiation with peers, which help develop social skill and emotional intelligence.

Child-centered

Activities are tailored to the interests, abilities and developmental stages of children, allowing them to take the lead in their learning experiences.

Active Engagement

Children learn by actively engaging with their environment, materials and their peers, which fosters exploration and experimentation.

Intrinsic Motivation

Play-based learning capitalizes on children’s natural curiosity and desire to explore, making learning enjoyable and motivating without the need of external rewards.

 

Playgroup (2 - 3 yrs old)

Playgroup (2 - 3 yrs old)

Our Playgroup is where we form the foundation of learning and exploring through play that allows a child to learn in a natural and relaxed way. We allow students to construct their knowledge of the world or how it works through their own experience.

Learning Progress

Literacy: Familiarizing sounds through songs, pictures, and movements.

Mathematics: Number 1 - 10, basic colors and shapes.

Mandarin: Number 1 - 10, colors, shapes, part of body, family.

Pre-Kindergarten (3 – 4 yrs old)

Pre-Kindergarten (3 – 4 yrs old)

In Pre-Kindergarten, students continue to explore and start expressing themselves. Speaking and listening skills are taught. Language development as well as thinking and motor skills are developed in this stage.

Learning Progress

Literacy: Recognizing letter symbols, formation and beginning to blend short words.

Mathematics: Counting and associating quantities 1 -10, basic measurements, patterns, secondary colors and shapes.

Mandarin: Number 1 - 10, colors, shapes, part of body, family, introduction to Chinese strokes.

Kindergarten 1 (4 – 5 yrs old)

Kindergarten 1 (4 – 5 yrs old)

Kindergarten 1 allows children to build the skills they possess and more emphasize is given to development of reading skills through our leveled reading program. Children will develop and nurture good social skills here.

Learning Progress

Literacy: Blending and segmenting CVC words, digraphs, start to read simple sentences.

Mathematics: Counting and writing 1 -30, measurements positional language, simple addition and subtraction.

Mandarin: Number 1 - 20, beginning to learn Chinese strokes.

Kindergarten 2 (5 – 6 yrs old)

Kindergarten 2 (5 – 6 yrs old)

In Kindergarten 2, consolidation of reading, phonics, spelling, comprehension and numeracy skills is the focus. This is where they prepare themselves for Primary Education, improve on self-help skills and train to be independent. This stage will encourage better social skills by more group work.

Learning Progress

Literacy: Blending digraphs, long vowels and expressing through writing.

Mathematics: Counting and writing 1 -50, graphs 2D, 3D shapes, time, money.

Mandarin: Number 1 - 30, writing Chinese strokes, pinyin, 4 tones.