Founded in 1961, Kids 'R' Kids has more than 180 affiliated kindergartens in 17 states in the United States, and is the first early childhood education institution in the United States to be certified by AdvancED (World Advanced Education Promotion Organization). In 2014, Kids 'R' Kids entered China, and in 2016 and 2018, Qisi Kindergarten and Jimei Case Kindergarten were opened in Putuo District and Baoshan District, Shanghai, following the American curriculum system and management model. Families who prefer an American-style education have high expectations for Kids 'R' Kids, an American brand with a history of more than 50 years.
The outdoor play area of Kiss Kindergarten is very spacious, with a pool, plantation, sandpit, two large playgrounds in the front and rear, the front playground is paved with a rainbow track and a large slide, and the rear playground is used to teach rugby. The comprehensive teaching building has a total of 5 floors, with a library, auditorium, STEAM function classrooms, art classrooms, indoor gyms, reading rooms, dance rooms, etc., and some classrooms are equipped with intelligent laser whiteboard all-in-one machines. In particular, the classrooms are separated by glass walls, which they hope will improve openness and visibility, but the transparent walls can also be distracting to children.
Kids 'R' Kids takes child safety very seriously, with air purifiers in every class and anti-pinch protection at the front and back of each door. There is a boomboom room in the front room, where a teacher will accompany the child to rest if he or she is unwell, and all staff are trained in infant and toddler first aid. In addition, Kids 'R' Kids said that students' health records, immunization records, and emergency contact information are stored within the school system and kept up to date, and the school keeps track of the child's well-being. In terms of security, parents need to swipe the access card to bring their children into the park, and sign in at the front desk before sending them to the classroom. At the same time, parents can see their children's progress in kindergarten through the real-time monitoring system of Kids 'R' Kids on their mobile phones or computers.
Kids 'R' Kids is bilingual, with Chinese modules based on the preschool curriculum developed by East China Normal University and English modules based on the U.S.-based curriculum. Each semester will be taught according to different themes, including music, games, reading, art and other interest activities, as well as language, mathematics, science and other knowledge subjects. STEAM is also a feature of Kids 'R' Kids, a curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering, arts and humanities, and mathematics to encourage children to apply their knowledge in practice through hands-on activities.
Kids 'R' Kids' physical education is quite American, with physical education teachers teaching flag football, which is a popular sport in the United States, with no hugging and pushing allowed in the game, and is a safe, non-collision sport. Kids 'R' Kids believes that it is beneficial for developing children's interest in sports and teamwork.
Foreign brand kindergartens are always criticized for not keeping up with the domestic situation in kindergarten to primary school, and Kids 'R' Kids claims that the points to be assessed in primary school interviews have been infiltrated into kindergarten learning, and the proportion of Chinese and English learning in nursery and small classes is half and half, and the proportion of English will be increased in the middle and large classes to adapt to English interviews.
Kids 'R' Kids now offers nursery to kindergarten classes, with children aged 2-6 years old, with a class size of about 18 students and a teacher-student ratio of 1:5-1:6. Although Kids 'R' Kids is well-known in the United States, it has not been established long ago in Shanghai, and the tuition fee is high, more than 10,000 yuan per month, many parents are temporarily wait-and-see, worrying that Kids 'R' Kids, as a franchise kindergarten rather than a directly operated kindergarten, has a gap with the headquarters in terms of teaching quality.
