Our vision is to create a multicultural environment in which joyful learning will flourish. Children will possess the curiosity and confidence to explore, question, evaluate, create, and communicate. A partnership among parents, children and teachers will cultivate growth for each child and provide the foundation for them to become empathetic, and responsible global citizens.
The Early Childhood Education Program at International School Bangkok is tailored to honor our beliefs about how young children develop cognitively, emotionally, socially, and physically. These beliefs are based upon current educational research and the vast professional experience of our teachers. Our goal is to develop in children a sense of excitement, curiosity and wonder about how our world works in the 21st century. Adaptability and a sense of empowerment are essential to impact our ever changing world.
Children thrive in a safe and nurturing environment which offers a balance of structure and freedom. Choices in learning experiences offer sufficient challenge, and a low degree of frustration. A multi-sensory environment appeals to varied learning styles and stimulates the multiple connections vital for deep understanding.
Young children learn best in a state of relaxed, yet alert mental and physical involvement provided through playful exploration. This allows children the opportunity to explore and feel safe in taking risks, while connecting what is possible to the real world. Guided discovery inside the classroom and unstructured play outside the classroom provide children the freedom to creatively choose with whom they learn as well as what and how they learn.
An interdisciplinary approach to learning connects children's learning with many facets of the world through every aspect of the curriculum at ISB. The process of learning is valued as children make their thinking visible. Children learn best by constructing their own understanding through inquiry, exploration and hands-on experiences that are relevant and connected to prior knowledge. To help children know themselves as learners, we provide time for frequent reflection, choice, and feedback.
Children flourish in a supportive environment in which the child, parent, and teacher create a partnership for learning. When parents and teachers cultivate the joy and excitement of learning in children, they are preparing them to be curious, confident, and self motivated learners. Educating parents to understand our early childhood philosophy creates a strong partnership for learning between home and school.
To this end, our young children will receive the transportable gifts of joyful learning and cross cultural understanding.
