Anand Prep Academy is an ideal English Medium Pre-School started in 1961 by Late Smt. Savitaben Amin.The Anand Prep Academy is famous for its beautiful and adequate physical infrastructure with ample indoor, outdoor space, well equipped and attractive classrooms and appropriate corners or activity centers where children can explore and experiment to facilitate the learning process. The Anand Prep Academy is an important threshold of formal learning and is responsible for structuring an environment which is the extension of the home in which the child learns through play and enjoys learning. We hope to create a stress free atmosphere which encourages: Resourcefulness, Self - Confidence, Independence, Patience and Competence.
At the same time prepare them with the basics of the 3 R's Reading, Writing and Arithmetic essential for formal schooling.
The journey continues at Anand Vidya Vihar (CBSE: Std I to XII) for further transformation and grooming students to become productive, responsible and sensitive individuals.
Late Smt. Savitaben Amin was a post graduate in Child Development and Early Childhood Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. She also attended a course conducted by Madame Montessori at A'bad. On her return from America to India, she joined the Faculty of Home Science, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara and started Chetan Balwadi, a Nursery School that provides practical experience to students of Child Development. She was the Founder Member and Executive Chairperson of Navrachana Education Society, Bal Shikshan Samiti and Founder Trustee of Bal Bhavan Society,Vadodara. She had the expertise and a long varied experience of working with children in the capacity of an organizer of Preschools and as teacher and counselor.
A team of dedicated educators with a basic knowledge of Child Development, create the right motivation to learn with particular focus on the pursuit of understanding and acquisition of knowledge and essential skills. They format an integrated curriculum which includes Language, Math, Environment, Creative Arts & Music for each age group. The teachers are friendly, warm, loving & sensitive to children's needs. They constantly provide scope for innovation and experimentation, to ensure that there is no sense of failure.
At Anand Prep Academy the management, educators, students and parents view themselves as a community of learners and engage themselves in the spirit of inquiry. We constantly work towards improving the quality of education. We believe that ......
CREATIVITY IS ENHANCED WHEN IT BECOMES A HABIT OF THE MIND
Synthesize the best research practices from a range of National and International schools to groom students who would eventually characterize the qualities of lifelong learners by providing
A Strong Foundation: Love and Warmth, Motivation and Encouragement, Freedom and Acceptance.
Opportunities Galore: Thinkers, Inquirers, Communicators, Risk-takers.
Quality Education: Caring, Responsible, Committed, Well-Balanced
Design and implement a program that is developmentally appropriate, relevant,challenging and engaging, to help the child achieve more than what he/she is ready for.
It will channelize energy into productivity.
Create an environment to meet the needs of children by providing appropriate play areas, manipulative materials which arouse curiosity and practice interactive approaches.
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Young children learn by actually doing things themselves. We Believe : free and natural growth is a condition of genuine development for a young child. We Believe : life is an experience and nothing and nothing can be taught. We Believe : Play is what young children want and should be free to indulge in all the time. We Believe : in a need based child friendly environment, which motivates learning. We Believe : any new learning begins with awareness of the surrounding. We Believe : early social interactions and experiences of the young eventually determine the child’s personality and how the child will adjust later in life. We Believe : that each child is unique and develops at his/her own space. We Believe : children are active learners and learn easily when the educational experiences are age appropriate and enjoyable and match their cognitive schemes. We Believe : children are creative and need to express and communicate their feelings, thoughts, dreams, and creativity. We Believe : children’s temperaments change when they are hungry, malnourished or ill. |
School Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Assembly is a threshold where the entire school community comes to share information, ideas, talent, knowledge and make essential agreements which would compliment student action.
The classrooms: The classrooms are designed to meet the needs of the children, i.e. low and safe furniture, free and open spaces for movement, corners for reading/ writing readiness, a play corner with manipulative kits, game boards and toys. Plenty of mobiles and boards displaying educational materials like flash cards, stories, children, work, etc. and storage spaces accessible to children.
Children in the age group of 3 to 6 years learn largely through sensory perception. Hence exposure to good learning materials like Montessori apparatus and blocks stimulates learning even more.
A place where children learn to unwind with the sound of instruments and body movements which release pent up energy. Through rhyme and rhythm children also relate to language, facial expression and body movements. They learn to dance to a tune with accessories like ribbons and scarves, create songs and stories of their own. Movement activities, creative drama and dramatic play are other areas where again children can express their imagination and feelings through their body movements, dance, pretend play (as in the dollhouse) and through games. Thus enhancing verbal and nonverbal language development.
Children love to create with their hands and are original in the way they think. Through art and craft they get opportunities: to use their hands and fingers and enhance their eye-hand coordination skills, to use all five senses, to work with colours i.e. paints, crayons, etc., learn different textures through clay, paper, sand, glue etc. and learn to express their individuality and shape their imagination and lastly to appreciate beauty and creativity.
A treasure of story books attracts the children to listen and relate print to pictures, comprehend characters and setting and also develops skills to predict story beginnings and endings. A vast collection of encyclopedias stimulate inquiry and a quest to discover the how and why of things around them. Shared reading is done by listening to audio cassettes along with finger reading print and at the same time developing appropriate listening and reading skills.
Well equipped play ground with challenging equipment to climb, jump, balance swing and run, takes care of the physical development .The shady sand pit, water trays set up on special days makes group play such fun. The green open lawns are ideal for outdoor games, rhymes and story sessions.
A special PE program takes care of: The physical aspect of the child body e.g. posture, grip, body balance etc. Coordination of the left and right brain through special exercises, which eventually enhance the reading, writing process, values of health and hygiene, concepts of fairness and justice, qualities like patience and persistence, through games and play.
Children are taken on field trips by school conveyance to various places to give them an insight into different aspects of the world and create deeper understanding of the themes. The focus is on giving them a chance to explore and gain hands-on experience.
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Celebrating festivals 8L events helps children to identify their own culture. All festivals are celebrated one day prior to the festival and all children are encouraged to participate in the celebrations and events.
Special care is taken to offer a snack, a well balanced, nutritious and tasty meal to lure the children's appetite. The menu is balanced, keeping the needs of growing children in mind.
Collect Admission Form from School Office
Forms Available from 20th November.2023 Time : 9.00 AM to 12 Noon
Mobile : +91 9499783230
Ph: (0265) - 2397577
We recommend that you visit our website before the school visit . This will settle many of your queries. For further details kindly contact the school office.
Fee must be paid to the school office at the stipulated time. Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of the admission.
A preschool that grooms tiny tots to be global in attitude and local in values. Learning by doing, learning without walls in nature, soaking in experiences are key aspects incorporated at the legendary Anand Balwadi – since 1961 and the now Anand Prep Academy.
Anand Balwadi, a venture started by Late Smt. Savitaben Amin, an eminent educationalist and visionary in the field of Early Childhood Education. Under her able guidance and expertise for 60 years and more Anand Prep Academy till today stands as the mother school to all the reputed schools of Vadodara.
The children are between 3 to 4 years of age.
The major focus in the Nursery class is:
The transition and adjustment from the home to the school set-up.
Learning to grow independent by practicing self help skills like eating and washing on their own.
Learning to interact with peers, adults, and materials.
Learning to follow simple instructions and do a few activities.
Eye hand Coordination
(The 4 to 5 year old), serves as a bridge between the Nursery and the Higher Kindergarten class
Children here learn all prerequisite skills required for the reading and writing process,at the same time focus is on holistic development of children.
3-R’s
(The 5 to 6 years old)Children here learn to read and write meaningfully and understand appropriate math concepts.
In addition to the overall development of the children, the program focuses on school readiness i.e. grooming them for STD 1.
Children are active learners and learn easily when the educational experiences are age appropriate and enjoyable.
through outdoor play areas where children run, jump, climb, etc. and grow strong physically, yet at the same time learn to interact and respect other children as well.
through activities like scribbling, crayoning, clay modeling, stringing beads etc. which leads to better eye-hand coordination and molds the wrist and finger muscles for writing. It also helps to stretch the attention span of children.
listen, question, experiment, problem solve and remain engaged in the process of learning (i.e. understanding concepts) at the same time develops their ability to match, identify, seriate, to compare and classify
in young minds through co-curricular activities like Physical Education, Art and Music & Movement to help unwind pent up energy and stress
where children learn to communicate with each other, to share ideas and thoughts, and solve problems through group discussions.
children by encouraging self help and responsibility, channelizing their abilities into talent and strengths into productivity, by participating in events, presentations and celebrations.
listening, speaking, reading and writing)through stories, conversation charts, show and tell activities, phonic drills, exposure to print and creative writing.
Call us +91-2652399541
We are located at Harinagar Society, Gotri Road, Subhanpura P.O., Vadodara - 390023, Gujarat-India