Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

We accept students who are 24 months or older and younger than 72 months (6 years)

For Preschool through Pre-Kindergarten, we have a strict October 1st birthday cutoff.

For the Playschool program, children must turn two by October 1st of the year they wish to enter.
For Nursery, children must turn three by October 1st of the year they wish to enter.
For -Kindergarten, children must turn four by October 1st of the year they wish to enter.

Selection of the class is based on the age (in years or months) of your child. We offer the following classes in the prescribed age groups.

1. Playgroup/Playschool for Age: 2-3 years (20 - 30 months)
2. Nursery – Preschool for Age: 3-4 years (31 - 40 months)
3. . KG for Age: 4-5 years (41- 50 months)
4. Senior KG for Age: 5-6 years (51- 65 months)

Check your child's eligibility in the online tool here

Separation anxiety is a normal developmental stage where children experience anxiety when they are separated from their parent. Some children have no separation anxiety and some children experience anxiety for several weeks. It is important to comfort the child and let them know it is okay to cry or feel upset. Teachers manage separation by utilizing proven strategies to lessen the unknown, such as classroom visitation, consistent schedules and routines, bringing familiar items from home, and creating a open and honest communication with parents.
The first few days of school are known as “School Phase-In.” During this transition period children will meet their teachers and classmates, and are gradually familiarized with school and classroom routines. Parents or guardians will receive a specific schedule for your child's transition. If you are in doubt as to whether you should leave the classroom ask your child’s teacher. The length of time it takes before your child attends a full schedule will depend on the age and the individual child.
Children are all unique and we wait for the child to adapt to the new environs.

Our Teaching and training in the school follow ABLs – Activity based learning methodology. This is a modern approach to training and learning. We also use elements of Montessori training to gradually create a mix of structured and Dynamic learning that students will need in their next level of schooling.

Evidence based learning, Student focussed learning and Easy pace of learning helps the child to grow and educate better.

Yes! We lay the foundations for structured and dynamic education. We equip your child with order, coordination, concentration and independence. Hence, Kiidz Craft students move on to a variety of government or private schools. We have received positive feedback from both parents and teachers that our students excel when starting any primary school, and have a significant advantage academically, socially and developmentally.

The perfect mix of Activity Based Learning (ABL) and Montesorri method of training enables every child to adopt any board of Education – Maharashtra state board, or CBSE board or the ICSE board. Please peruse the testimonials from alumni students, parents to confirm your assessment of Kiidz Craft.

It is not unusual for us to have children start with us who do not speak English. Our teachers and carers can speak few other languages and important words from several other languages. They are adept at making each child feel welcome and included in all activities, and parents will notice a burst of language early on. Children understand expressions and tones. Children learn languages quickly, and our teachers are proficient in encouraging children to gradually begin to express themselves confidently.

No. We do not have a School bus or any such arrangement. Parents will have to make their own arrangement for dropping off and picking up the children. Infact, such a need has never arisen as most of the children live near the school area.

Inquiries for admission are open almost all year round. However acceptance of application for admission or enrollment begins in September every year.
Every Academic year begins in June/July. Say for the Academic year beginning June 2021, the admission process will begin from September 2020. Please refer to Admission Process for more details.

Enrollment for Playschool Course is on-going and a child may enter (Playschool) at any time during the year. The seats are limited, however feel free to call and inquire. We suggest you visit our Kiidz Craft center, have a real feel about the facilities and the effusive warmth of the teacher/carer. Please fill in the Visit booking form to schedule a visit and confirm your decision to enrol.

Yes, all prospective parents/families are required to visit the school prior to applying for admission. You may either schedule a visit or attend our Openday for families and friends.
Exceptions MAY only be made for parents who are sending a sibling of an Alumni student.

The Admission process for every Academic year are closed by 31st March of the year. We will consider late applications for open positions on a case-by-case basis.
Admissions for Academic year beginning June 2021 will close on 31st March 2021.

Please refer to the Admissions page. A child is considered enrolled or admitted to Kiidz Craft, only when the completed Admission forms and required documents are filled out, self-attested photocopies of documents (with originals produced on demand) and the school has received the non-refundable registration fee.

Yes. We charge a nominal fee for parents to apply or join our waitlist. This is to ensure that we are interacting with parents who are genuinely keen to begin their childs educational journey at Kiidz Craft. The fee is displayed in the Admissions page. Please refer to the Admissions page..

The documents required to complete the admission process are as follows:

1. Child's birth certificate.
2. Child's Aadhar card (or application status)
3. Child's Immunisation documents
4. 3 passport size Photographs of the child
5. Parents' Aadhar Card/s.
6. 2 passport size Photographs of the each parent or guardian
7. Residence Address Proof (Electricity bill or equivalent)
8. 2 pp photographs of the Guardian who may pick-up the child from the school.

Attach photocopies of the above documents with the application (Originals to be presented on demand). Please refer to the Admissions page for other details.

Play is an important part of the day. Through play, children learn important skills that help them learn in their Kindergarten classroom. They learn problem solving, conflict resolution, and trial and error. They practice their literacy, math, and language skills. They learn how to work with others and how to socialize positively with their peers.

Activity-based learning is the process of learning by doing. It indulges students in activities by stimulating their senses, such as sight, smell, vision or feeling, and getting them involved in the subject. Students actively participate in their own learning experience through practical activities such as problem-solving and independent investigation.
ABL gives every student opportunity to learn at their own pace through teacher facilitated exercises. Kiidz Craft follows Activity-based learning methodology that make learning fun and in turn helps students remember what they study.

Activity-Based Learning (ABL) has many benefits.

1. It helps students learn and retain information.
2. It encourages students to be independently inquisitive, think critically, and learn from their own experience.
3. It supports their acquisition of knowledge outside (as well as inside) the educational environment
4. It encourages kids to take responsibility for their own learning experience
5. Group-based activity work also helps students develop teamwork and social skills. These skills will later prove essential to their work and social life.
6. It helps kids understand the ‘real-life’ relevance of learning material by encouraging them to explore and solve realistic problems and scenarios.
7. This learning method provides students with the opportunity to express what they have learnt through the act of doing as well as through the act of verbal presentation.

The Montessori approach to education has its central thought the development of the human potential. Montessori is a systematic approach to the education of children. It is much more than a method of childcare; it is a whole attitude of care and respect for young children.
Montessori children develop independence, responsibility, concentration, respect, patience and, most importantly, a love of learning. Montessori education is also considered to be an extension of the home, where parent and teacher work together in guiding the child in cognitive, social, physical, emotional and spiritual development. Montessori education does not simply educate children to accomplish specific tasks but rather educates them for life.

Kiidz Craft follows Activity-based learning methodology that make learning fun and in turn helps students remember what they study. Some of the ABL methods used at Kiidz Craft are as follows :

1. Projects - Students get to familiarize with the project topic they are working on. Having regular project work not only increases subject knowledge but also breaks monotony and increases the curiosity to learn more and with clarity.
2. Videos – Students get bored of seeing the teacher's writing board all the time. For decades now, videos have taken the center stage in grabbing attention. Any form of a video, be it a documentary, a movie, a lesson or a short video featuring news will earn the interest of students. Exposure to animation through video classes helps the students to overcome their boredom and enjoy their learning.
3. Interactive Session - Encouraging students to be interactive in class is the best way to get them involved. Teacher takes utmost care of expressing that she loves to hear doubts is a very motivating factor for a student to pay attention to the lessons. If the students are not interactive during the class, the teacher has a separate question and answer session to get everyone talking.
4. Skit - Students, especially young learners, express well through play and role plays. Students love to be a part of teaching and learning. Teacher plans her lessons in such a way that students are involved to explain a lesson by depicting it. Although the depiction could not be taken in the literal sense, it helps in breaking the monotony of the lessons
5. Storyboard - Storyboards, though time consuming, is best suited for young students. Students see and learn from Storyboard. Either the teacher makes it or asks students to do it and put it up in the classroom so that they get to see it often and absorb the concepts.
6. Puzzles And Games - Who does not like to play in classroom? Getting some scrabble games, word puzzles or flash cards to solve and teach new words or new concepts keeps students engaged in something new through Play way method.
7. Thematic classroom- Converting classrooms according to the themes creates excitement in young learners. We create our own thematic class room space to incorporate the excitement and create a conducive environment for the period.

No, Currently, the classrooms are not air-conditioned but they are well ventilated.

We typically determine the placement or group of your child based on age; however, we consider many other factors like height, upon deciding the make up of a classroom. Such factors would include: boy to girl ratio, different personalities, age, readiness, social emotional development, etc

Beginning with Play, moving on to ABL and then on to Montessori and then simple structured elements of teaching and training, Kiidz Craft helps the students understand all the models of learning in future. Thus our perfect mix of Activity Based Learning (ABL) and Montesorri method of training enables every child to adopt any board of Education – Maharashtra state board, or CBSE board or the ICSE board. Please peruse the testimonials from alumni students, parents to confirm your assessment of Kiidz Craft.

The medium of instruction is English. In the beginning your child only understands the language of love. Hence the words and expressions of the teacher matter a lot in the beginning. Gradually as our teachers and carers build trust, they converse in a language that your child can understand (English, Hindi, Marathi – our carer also speaks Tamil and Gujarati). Our goal as the educational weeks and years progress, is that your child will naturally progress to conversing in English.

As the children are in the technology generation, Technology is used in classrooms, but only as a purposeful tool for learning. The amount of technology used in the classroom, and when it is used depends on activity designed by the teacher. However, teachers know that there needs to be a balance when it comes to technology use and understand that many students have access to technology at home, too. Classrooms may also have Large Smart TVs, iPads with learning tools and apps to be used during structured learning time.

Periodically, Kiidz Craft organises different scholastic or extra-curricular or hobby Classes. These short duration classes are held at convenient times in the school premises. Announcements are made 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the course. Read more enrichment courses

Every year the usual class timings are as follows. Occasional for Sports, Outings, Celebrations or some special activity, the timings will change. The change will be intimated to the parents well in advance.

1. Play Group : 10.45am to 12.45pm
2. Nursery : 8.00am to 10.30 am
3. . KG : 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Your child needs to bring a properly name-tagged set of :

1. A small snack box-food for the day at school (usually a child spends not more than 3-4 hours).
2. A water bottle with home-filtered water. (Access to water filter is available, however it is recommended that a child bring water from home.)
3. A handkerchief for personal use. For wiping face, nose, hands et al.
4. Spare clothes (if necessary). Playtime can be messy, or sometimes the child may soil itself. Spare clothes can be helpful for changing after water play, a big mess or a toileting accident.
5. Books and stationery as prescribed from time to time.

Whenever possible, please label all your child’s belongings. This vastly increases the odds of any lost items being returned to you or establishing ownership.

No, the school DOES NOT provide food or snacks. (exceptional days when food is provided by the school will be informed in advance to the parents.
Yes! Your child must carry a snack from home. In fact, parents are asked to send a small snack and juice or water with their child daily. Snacks/lunch box must be labelled with your child’s name. We recommend that snacks be nutritious and non-perishable. Suggestions for healthy snacks include: fruits, small sandwiches, vegetables, muffins, and cereal. 100% fruit juice or water is the recommended drink

No, we do NOT recommend your child bring any toys from home.
We provide all necessary materials for our teaching program; your child does not need to bring in anything. We do not recommend sending in special/expensive toys with your child—these have a tendency to get lost or broken. In the rarest case, if your child brings any such thing, with your knowledge, please inform the teacher about its need. If the toy has been bought to the class without your knowledge, the teacher may safe-keep it during the class hours and hand it over to you when you pick up the child. Although we try to monitor children’s belongings, our main concern is the safety and engagement of all our students; we cannot guarantee the security of any child’s belongings and will not be held responsible for lost or damaged items.

The moment you realise some item is amiss, please contact the teacher. Lost and Found items are kept in a cupboard/rack for claims by parents or children within reasonable time. We also suggest parents label all the belongings of their child with the Name. This will help in identifying and establishing ownership easily.
All unclaimed lost and found items are donated to charity at the end of the school year.

For the 3 levels of classes, the drop off times are 15 minutes before the class time. In case of Playschool children, there may be special times informed for some students to get over the initial parental separation pangs.
Parents are advised against dropping of students earlier than desired, as it is a security/safety risk to the child. We do not take responsibility for such early drop off/drop ins.

Children become upset when their parents are not on time. Hence it is important for the carer/teacher to know of any delay in picking up the child after school end hours. Your child will be taken care off to adjust to this delay. However, if this delay is extended for a few or more days, the teacher/carer may call for a Parent-teacher meet to handle the situation. At the management’s discretion, The management may seek extra remuneration for the extended hours of work by the staff. Staff members are never allowed to transport children home.

If someone other than the regular pick-up person is coming to pick up your child, please let your child and the staff know – preferably in writing! We will ask for ID before we release your child to the person picking up your child. Such person will sign a document stating the pick-up authorisation.

Usually, if there are any specifics, the teacher/carer will verbally inform you about the instances in the day. Later, a note may be written in a book/diary to parents on a daily or need basis. These notes include information such as: books read, songs and music sang, activities, outdoor play time, etc… Sometimes Pictures and even videos are shared with the parent!

Discipline is a process of learning self-control, respect for others, and responsibility. Positive methods of discipline will be practiced at all times so children are aware of an acceptable code of conduct at school. Efforts to help students understand behaviours that are allowed, accepted, and encouraged will be used. Other stop-and-think strategies that lead to positive results through positive reinforcement, good role modeling and redirection will also be used. For any on-going issues, teachers will communicate with parents so that school and home are working together with a child’s best interests in mind.

We invite and encourage parents to get involved in their child’s preschool experience by participating in festivals, events, teaching-learning practices, parent-teacher meetings & by attending periodic workshops on childcare and parenting. We also encourage parent teacher interaction through our monthly curriculum summary & communication diary.

No. Only the student is allowed to attend the class. Parents, siblings do have the opportunity to visit us on select days for events or volunteering. This will be informed from time to time. Sometimes ONLY the parents are allowed. On such days, parents are required to make suitable arrangements for the care of the child at home or any other suitable place.

Yes, In a planned outdoor activity, children are taken for walks around the neighbourhood or specific locations (market, dentist, or such vocations) and to the local park when weather and scheduling permit. Every child is dressed in a bright, easily recognizable school tee-shirt and is walked to and from on a walking line. Once at the park children are often allowed to play in a secured area supervised by Volunteers, teachers and carers.

Usually, a child brings food from home. In the rarest case, we will inform you about the menu (in advance) or what the child has eaten during the class-day. Indeed, It is our goal to keep each child with a food allergy safe and to honour identified food restrictions to best of our ability. In order to best meet the children’s special dietary needs, it is essential that the center staff and parents work closely together. Parents should discuss it with the child’s teachers upon enrolment. If need be, Parents must submit written documentation with specific guidelines for addressing each special type of dietary need and food allergy. (Doctor’s certificate may be shared on demand.).

The housekeeping team cleans the classroom with disinfectant every day. The floor, walls, windows are mopped and wiped as necessary. The cleaning is supervised by the teacher/carer to ensure the cleaning work is completed diligently.

We organise Monthly Height and weight checks for children, Child-care, Diet and Nutrition talks for parents, an annual Health Clinic by a General Physician. These activities enable us to keep a check on the general health as well as improve parental care for the students.

The toys, desks, chairs and activity equipment are sanitized after use on a daily basis. Teachers follow a detailed checklist and sign-off upon cleaning. Our housekeeper also maintains school appearance and cleanliness.

Kiidz Craft has always prioritized children's health and safety. In addition to the usual Health and hygiene practises, we shall add the following protocols for the year. (until government guidelines are received.)

1. Use of face mask will be compulsory, when the student steps out of the school
2. Temperature will be taken regularly, in case of variation, the child will be sent back home till recovery.
3. Use of approved Hand-sanitizer will be encouraged after every external touch.
4. Sensitive children will need to use handgloves in the class.

We take the safety of our school, our teams and our students very seriously. Our school implements a comprehensive security system.
Our center intends to provide CCTV surveillance, as a secure and safe measure for conduct of class.
Our center is equipped fire extinguishers, first aid kits, power-invertors. We are also connected with a doctor on call, paediatric consultant, nutrition counsellor too
Our center has appropriate flooring and cladding on the walls to make your child’s schooling hours safe and secure.

Yes. There is a nominal non-refundable Registration charge to register and waitlist your child for admission to Kiidz Craft. Managing the pre-Admission process is time-consuming as well as takes lots of efforts from our team. So, we charge this nominal fee to apply or join our waitlist so that we are sure we are talking with parents who are keen to enrol their child at Kiidz Craft. Please refer Admissions page for details.

The fees for Playschool, Nursery and KG classes are different. Please refer Admissions page for latest details.

Kiidz Craft fees are fair-priced. There is no scope for a concession. Our fees do not strain your family's financial resources. However, if there is such a need, there are social organisations and charitable institutions who we refer you to. Their response will help you get the necessary concessions and aid you financially.
Parents are still responsible for ensuring that any dues and balance are paid on time.

There are no extra fees during the year.

The only extra expenses that could be charged to you (with prior intimation) are related to excursions or external activities where the school incurs an additional expenditure. A portion of the cost is always absorbed by the school.

Absolutely NOT!

A child can withdraw/cancel the admission/leave the school with ONE month's notice. All dues must be cleared before the withdrawal process is completed. No fees will be refunded.

No discounts are not applicable. All enrichment classes and Hobby classes are managed in collaboration with experts or specialists in the field. Their charges and fees are separately charged and must be paid for within the timelines.