Early Years

Ages 2-5

Our kindergarten in Selangor inspires independent learning through purposeful play and engaging activities.

Our curriculum

Learning with curiosity, growing with confidence. Our youngest learners build literacy and other foundational skills for life through our enhanced Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum from England.

Physical Development

Building healthy bodies and active minds 

Our Early Years learners improve physical strength, coordination, control and movement through outdoor play, interactive games, hands-on activities and creative dance and music classes. They also learn about good hygiene and healthy practices at home.

Kindergarten kids running

Personal, Social and Emotional development

Growing self-awareness and lasting bonds

Early Years learners grow confidence, understand and manage their emotions, build positive relationships and learn social behaviour. They develop these skills through group play, lively discussions, role-playing, storytelling and exciting, interactive activities.

Kindergarten students smiling

Communication and Language

Supporting self-expression through communication

Our youngest learners grow to speak clearly and confidently, listen with attention and understand what is said to be able to respond meaningfully.  

They develop these foundational communication skills through guided conversations and storytelling, active listening activities and performing songs, rhymes and poems. 

 

Teacher talking to her kindergarten students

English

Connecting through a global language

Children strengthen their language skills through English classes. They learn to form words and read simple sentences in daily phonics classes. They build vocabulary through imaginative storytelling and understand the meaning of words through interactive discussions. Writing starts with practicing letters and word-building, slowly progressing to forming simple sentences. 

Preschool students playing with toys

Mathematics

Making numbers fun and learning easy

EYFS children learn basic mathematics through engaging games, puzzles and solving problems using real-life examples. Children learn how to count and recognise what comes before or after a number. They progress to do simple addition and subtraction and explore shapes, patterns and sizes.

Child playing with educational toys

Understanding the World

Learning to be curious

Children understand their physical surroundings and their community by exploring, observing and finding out about people, places, technology and the environment.

Kids driving a toy vehicle while being supervised by their teacher

Literacy

Strengthening reading, writing and comprehension  

Children learn how read and write competently to open up a whole new world of knowledge and imagination.

Preschool student drawing on a pink sheet

Expressive Arts and Design

Inspiring creativity and playful imagination

Children develop self-assurance and discover boundless creativity as they share their thoughts, ideas and feelings through art, music, movement, dance, role-play, design and technology.

Kid playing while being assisted by her teacher

Core learning pillars

At APS, children spark curiosity and develop key skills through our Early Years core learning pillars. Here they thrive in a multilingual environment, setting the stage for success in their next steps of learning.

Kids doing educational activities together
Academic achievement

Enjoy personalised learning that builds skills, nurtures each child and carefully measure their progress

Kids doing educational activities together
Academic achievement

Enjoy personalised learning that builds skills, nurtures each child and carefully measure their progress

Kid watering plants
Life competencies

Develop essential skills for life like collaboration, self-expression and language to thrive in life.

Kid watering plants
Life competencies

Develop essential skills for life like collaboration, self-expression and language to thrive in life.

Kindergarten students playing with toys
Multilingualism

Build language skills and confidence to thrive in a connected, global world

Kindergarten students playing with toys
Multilingualism

Build language skills and confidence to thrive in a connected, global world

A typical day at school in our Early Years

Every day at APS is filled with exciting learning experiences and discoveries for your child. While timetables vary across the year groups, here’s an example of what happens between the lessons in our Early Years class.

When to enrol?

At Asia Pacific International School, we offer flexible enrolment for our Early Years programme throughout the academic year. Our admissions team is here to discuss your needs and guide you to select the right start date for your child. 

 

Enquire now

Meet our specialist teachers and see how we spark curiosity through our kindergarten at Asia Pacific Schools. 

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