Garden Baby Early Education is an early childhood education brand of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Worldwide) in China, with a series of "Garden Baby" preschool education films similar to Qiaohu. At present, the teaching points of Garden Baby Early Education Center are mainly distributed in Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou and Zhongshan, and it is the only directly operated store in Hangzhou on the 2nd floor of LSE City Life Plaza California Sunshine Store in Xiaoshan District.
Consumers who pay attention to children's early childhood education must be very familiar with the early education concept from the Italian educator Dr. Maria Montessori, the garden baby is based on the Montessori teaching method, and the early education training courses are divided into three categories: early education, English education and mathematical potential, with self-exploration rather than being educated as the main learning method, the purpose is to help children develop simple skills such as calculation, addition and subtraction, understanding the laws of cause and effect, and cognition of shapes and habits, so as to lay the foundation for future formal education. Ideal for parents who recognize the Montessori educational philosophy.
The area of Hangzhou direct store is larger, with more than 700 square meters, providing early education classes, semi-nursery classes and full nursery classes for selection, which has been open for nearly seven years but the environment is still very new, and the central curriculum system and teachers are more stable. Parents need to use shoe covers when entering the door, and the floor is mainly wooden, with high hardness, but the course arrangement is not as large as the amount of activities of Meijim, and parents do not have to worry too much about bumps.
The garden baby's classroom is mainly divided into 0-2 years old early education NIDO classroom, 2-3.5 years old early education IC classroom and 3.5-6 years old mathematics and science CASA classroom, which also reflects the complete curriculum system of garden baby. Each classroom is large in size and decorated in a natural wood tone, so that your baby can be emotionally stable and focused on learning. There is no blackboard for teachers to teach in the classroom, the operating table is of moderate height, and the cabinets along the wall of each classroom are neatly placed with teaching aids for the corresponding age group. Teaching aids are mainly from the Netherlands (Nienhuis), Taiwan professional Montessori teaching aids manufacturers, more than 300 types, the size is designed according to the baby's height and ability to use, the material is safe, environmentally friendly, non-toxic, the color is also close to the primary color or monochrome, the purpose is to highlight the learning objectives, do not distract the baby's attention.
During the lesson, the teacher creates a good environment for the children and demonstrates the operation of the teaching aids at a slow pace. Through self-doing, children induce self-directed learning, find mistakes, and correct mistakes through continuous attempts, this self-discovery and self-correction learning process can bring more sense of accomplishment to children.
Garden Baby is mainly for children aged 0-6 years old, although it is divided according to age, but the division interval is larger, and the teacher-student ratio is roughly 2:8-2:10. Garden Baby will also be divided into A/B/C classes for children of the same age according to different stability, a class is 50 minutes, C class can achieve about 40 minutes of effective lesson time, A class is difficult to achieve, so more teachers will be arranged and parents are allowed to guide from the side, and the class mode will be different.
The garden baby is not worried about the child's mixed age (about 6 months apart) in class, thinking that in this positive environment of mutual learning and growth, the little baby can take the big baby as the object of imitation, and the big baby is taking care of the little baby and becoming a role model in the process of stimulating a sense of honor and responsibility.
It is generally recommended that the baby after the age of 2 go to class independently, and the garden baby requires the gradual separation of parents and children, and does not offer parent-child courses, nor art courses such as graffiti, provides bilingual teaching, and offers foreign teacher classes to choose from. The class schedule of the garden baby will be arranged for the baby according to the time period provided by the parents, and the stable teachers and classmates will also bring more security to the child.
48 lesson packs are on sale, with unit prices ranging from 150 yuan to more than 200 yuan, and the more lessons purchased at one time, the lower the unit price. The early education course is closed on Monday afternoon and Tuesday, so it is recommended to call in advance to make an appointment.