08:30
A handshake at the gate
A guide welcomes every child at the garden gate, at knee height. The child shakes hands, takes off their own shoes and hangs their bag on their hook. Goodbyes are kept short.
3–6 years
Children's House
A mixed-age group where three ages share one room and choose their own work.
Each bead is a child: 18 children and 2 adults in class.
HoursFull day 08:30–16:30 · Half day 08:30–12:30
Licensed byPrivate kindergarten under the Ministry of National Education (36–66 months)
Class18 children, 2 adults
The Children's House is a mixed-age group where children from three to six share one classroom. This is a deliberate choice: a three-year-old learns by watching older children, a five-year-old consolidates what they know by showing it. A six-year-old carries the responsibility of being the "oldest" in the room.
The work period starts at 08:45 and lasts until 11:00, with no group activities, bells or breaks. Our guide Elif Karaca and assistant Melek Şahin move around the room, observe and give individual presentations. Afternoons are for the garden, art, music and stories.
Getting ready for primary school
Children who turn six leave us with a confident pencil grip, letter-sound knowledge and a sense of number; but for us the real preparation is being able to start and finish a task on their own and join a group with respect.
What does a child gain here?
- Concentrating on one task for a long time
- Recognising sounds with sandpaper letters, building words with the moveable alphabet
- Grasping the decimal system by hand with golden beads
- Choosing, finishing and putting back their own work
- Helping younger children, waiting their turn
- Observing seasons and plants in the garden
What is in the room?
- About 120 materials across five areas, only one of each
- A real child-height kitchen corner
- Book corner and rest room
- Grey felt work mats
- Vegetable beds and a seasons table in the garden
- An observation area with a glass partition
A day in the Children's House group
A day that starts with a handshake at the gate and ends in the garden. Drag the clock to see what happens in class at that hour.
08:45
The work period begins
Three uninterrupted hours of work. The child chooses a work from the shelf, rolls out a mat and carries the tray with both hands. The guide gives individual presentations and takes notes.
10:15
The fruit table
Breakfast and the fruit table are part of the work period. A hungry child washes their hands, slices a banana, then washes the plate and puts it back.
11:00
The garden and the plane tree
We go outside in every weather. Vegetable beds to water, sand and water play, the swing, the bike path. In winter boots and raincoats stay at school.
12:15
Laying the table and lunch
Children lay the table themselves: ceramic plates, glass tumblers, cloth napkins. They serve themselves with a ladle and wipe the table afterwards.
13:15
Rest and afternoon work
A child who needs to sleep goes to the rest room, others carry on with quiet work. This is when older children most like to present work to younger ones.
14:30
Art and music
The easel, watercolours, clay and collage table come out. Music twice a week: rhythm sticks, bells and songs.
15:15
Afternoon snack
A light snack: fruit and a wholegrain bake from our kitchen that day, with ayran or milk.
15:45
Story time
Stories in the book corner, or under the plane tree if the weather is fine. Children choose the book, and sometimes tell their own stories.
16:30
Goodbye
The child puts on their own shoes, takes their bag and shakes hands with the guide at the door. The parent gets a short spoken note about the day.
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Children's House guides
Fees for this group
Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack are included.
Payment terms and transport fees- Full day08:30–16:3029.500 TRY/ month
- Half day08:30–12:3019.900 TRY/ month
Fill in the pre-enrolment form for the Children's House; we will set a visit day together.