This is our first step in serving our community with a world-class curriculum for our children in the heart of Tokyo City. Star Kids International Preschool offers a full-day program, with hours of operation from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm. Children can attend preschool five days, three days, or two days per week, subject to availability. Our teachers maintain high standards and are certified by IPC. Teachers use a variety of teaching strategies to enhance learning and development, and an appropriately challenging and safe environment is provided for Toddlers to explore and manipulate. Children are encouraged to learn and grow at their rates and in their ways. Our teachers focus on the whole child – social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual – within a structure that allows for some natural flexibility.
The International Preschool Curriculum, IPC, is a professional association of more than 100 schools worldwide, founded to strengthen and harmonize early childhood education standards. At an IPC school, school owners, students, parents, and governments exist in a partnership. Teachers at IPC schools must complete training in professional development and best practices, and hold certificates from the College of Teaching™. Students are then taught from a curriculum that is research, objective, play, and thematic based, peer-reviewed to ensure veracity and effectiveness, and updated periodically for relevancy. Parental involvement is a key component of IPC schools and parents receive a newsletter coinciding with every thematic unit being taught to their child. The IPC organization is internationally recognized and meets or exceeds the curricula requirement for every country, however, when necessary, the IPC works closely with governments to modify curricula materials to ensure local compliance.
Our mission is to provide every child with a quality, early childhood experience. We strive to create a safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate environment that fosters individual needs. Our inquiry, play, and objective-based activities make the International Preschool Curriculum a leading program. We view education as a partnership between parents and teachers. We believe it is essential to develop a good rapport with each child and parent based on open communication and mutual respect. This is the foundation of a successful school experience. We empower children by offering them opportunities to make decisions and solve problems. It is our goal that children will possess confidence in their abilities and establish lasting relationships with teachers and peers.
We believe in a caring, supportive, multicultural environment. Our teachers will provide students with a broad range of educational opportunities to promote an early start for school success. We will strive to develop skills and provide opportunities that will enrich each child’s social, emotional, physical, cognitive, intellectual, and creative abilities. Our fun-based learning atmosphere can change a shy-natured child into an expressive, more confident happy child.
Baby Steps is our half-day daycare program designed to help your child adjust to being away from mom and home for the first time. From 9 am to 12 pm, we will take care of your baby in a loving, friendly, music-filled environment. Your little one will stay with us and learn our morning routine, join us as we enjoy snack time, playtime, and park time, then head home again at lunchtime!
This program was specially created for parents who are considering enrolling their children in First Step (our all-day daycare program) but are worried that all day might be just a little too long for their little ones to stay away from home, especially if it’s their first time. Little by little, taking baby steps, your babies will not only get used to but come to love going to Star Kids, and, before you know it, they will be ready to take even bigger steps and join the First Step!
Our First Step daycare is usually a child’s first experience being separated from his or her parents. By making our classes as fun, relaxing, and stress-free as possible, we aim to make this “first step” easy. Children will learn songs and dances, take part in our fun, IPC play-based learning activities, go to the park, and be encouraged to explore everything around them, slowly learning and playing together.
Our Preschool program is packed with fun, IPC play-based learning activities but also focus on literacy, numeracy, and the child’s social and emotional development. Singing, dancing, going to the park are among our daily activities. Children learn to play together and share, steadily improving under the guidance and care of their loving teachers.
Our all-day program was developed to support working parents. Children staying with us all day join our Preschool program in the morning, then enjoy some quiet, teacher-supervised play and a rest, before taking part in our After School program. We also provide Early Spot care from 8:30 am and Late pickup until 6:30 pm for an extra charge. We understand some days can be busy and a parent may have to drop their children off early or pick them up late. Just let us know a day or two in advance and will have everything prepared. Children coming for the afternoon program are asked to bring a small snack and a drink.
Children coming for the morning program are asked to bring a packed lunch and a snack from home. Children have varied tastes and dietary requirements, not to mention food allergies that need to be taken into consideration. Also, in our experience, children love coming to school with lunches made at home. They love talking about and comparing what they have in their lunch boxes!
