Founded in 2006 by Noah Boat Group, the private Harvard Kindergarten is located in Zhujing Town, Jinshan District. In the more than ten years since its opening, Harvard Jr. has successively won honors such as Jinshan District Safe and Civilized Campus and Shanghai Safe and Civilized Campus, and is a private second-class park in Shanghai. Harvard Jr.'s hardware environment and teaching courses are not outstanding, but compared with its low tuition fees, the cost performance is very high, and there is no limit to household registration, and there are many applicants.
The kindergarten covers an area of 6,893 square meters, with a construction area of 4,700 square meters, a green area of 2,433 square meters, and an outdoor activity venue of 1,287 square meters. The kindergarten is equipped with multi-functional classrooms, children's reading rooms, art and labor DIY rooms and other activity rooms, and the outdoor space is equipped with facilities and equipment such as roller skating venues, plastic playgrounds, and large toys. The decoration is decent, with yellow and blue as the main colors, relatively lively, a few facilities are slightly old, and the overall hardware conditions are at a medium level, not very outstanding.
Harvard Jr. claims that its American language program is an immersion program that is jointly led by foreign teachers and Chinese American language teachers. In terms of sports, Harvard Little Kindergarten has opened an inline wheel physical training class, which is an aerobic exercise, which is of great help to children's physical fitness and physical fitness. Orff music teaching is a special feature of Harvard Jr., where children use a set of easy-to-grasp percussion instruments, and then feel and express music in their brains, hands, and feet. In addition, Orff's music teaching also includes reaction training, gymnastics exercises, movement training, movement variation improvisational exercises, etc., aiming to allow children to actively learn music through hands-on practice.
Parents' evaluations have a great impact on the enrollment of private kindergartens, so private kindergartens usually put effort into parent services, and Harvard Jr. is no exception. In addition to regular parent-teacher conferences and parent forums, Harvard Jr. also offers parent-teacher assistant activities to allow parents to use their professional characteristics to teach on topics and deepen their understanding of the school's work. In addition, the Noah Boat Preschool Education Headquarters has developed an APP software for home contact, so that parents can know the activities of the kindergarten and the situation of their children in the kindergarten at the first time.
Harvard Jr. Kindergarten now has an international department and a quality department, that is, the country, including nursery to large classes, accepting nursery, small and transfer students. Both Shanghai and non-Shanghai children can apply, but priority is given to local students. The tuition fee is $175 per month for high-quality students and $900 per month for non-location students. In the international department, it is 800 yuan for lot students and 1,300 yuan for non-lot students. This is very affordable in private kindergartens that continue to break through the 10,000 yuan line, and the tuition fees of public kindergartens are close to them. Parents can visit the kindergarten and need to register on the official website three days in advance.
