Finding the right preschool for your child is important, as this is the foundation of their education. So equip them with the right building blocks for the best head start in life. From Montessori to Reggio Emilia to Cambridge curriculum, there's plenty of teaching approaches to suit your child's needs. Here are our picks of the best preschools in Kuala Lumpur in central locations like Mont Kiara, Bangsar, Ampang and Petaling Jaya.
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Formed as part of the primary school at The International School @ ParkCity, the Early Years Centre is a convenient option for parents with little ones from the ages of 3 to 5 years who reside within the Desa ParkCity enclave and surrounding areas. The beautiful facility offers plenty of open-plan indoor and outdoor space for little explorers, where they can play and learn in a cheerful, well-thought out environment. Using the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework for England, children will learn new skills, acquire new knowledge and demonstrate their understanding through playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critically. The curriculum focuses on seven areas of learning and development, namely, communication & language, physical development, personal, social & emotional development, literacy, Mathematics, Understanding of the World, and Expressive Arts and Design.
The Early Years Centre at The International School @ ParkCity, No.1 Jalan Intisari, Desa ParkCity, 52200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6280 8880, [email protected], https://isp.edu.my/
A lovely, welcoming interior greets you as you step into IVEY at Plaza Arkadia in Desa ParkCity. Using the Reggio Inspired and Inquiry Approach, IVEY encourages children to be inquisitive, independent and enthusiastic in the their learning methodology. The curriculum is built on the framework of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) of UK to cultivate lifelong learning skills, and Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia immersion classes are offered here.
IVEY-International Village of Early Years Pre School, G-G-08, Plaza Arkadia, 3, Jalan Intisari, Desa Parkcity, 52200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2780 6872 / +6011 1633 6617, [email protected], www.iveyedu.com/openday
Opened in 2018, MICHELIA at Cempaka International Shool caters for children aged 18 months to 5 years old. Using the Reggio Emilia approach, children here are encouraged to become self-thinkers by learning and discovering through play. A typical day is filled with activities designed to stimulate their artistic, social, communicative and creative skills to the fullest.
MICHELIA at Cempaka International School, 19 Jalan Setiabakti 1, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2093 1740, www.cempaka.edu.my
Located in the lush green surroundings of Setia Eco Park in Setia Alam, the campus caters to children from 18 months to 6 years. Using a curriculum inspired by the Reggio Emilia educational practices, the campus is designed for exploratory and self-directed learning. The educational philosophy here promotes a culture of collaboration, observation and documentation, and focuses on the child as an active, competent learner, whilst celebrating the active role of the environment as the third teacher.
Odyssey The Global Preschool is part of the Busy Bees Singapore family of education companies.
Odyssey the Global Preschool, 7th Ave, Setia Eco Park, 40170 Selangor, Malaysia, +603 6203 3733, [email protected], http://theodyssey.my
With two decades of experience in the preschool education industry in Singapore, White Lodge has top-level preschools in three locations in Malaysia. Their curriculum is comprehensive and up to date according to the best practices in the fundamentals of early childhood education. Incorporating the theories of High Scope, Reggio Emilia, Howard Gardner as well some Montessori elements, they adhere to a list of learning objectives that they continually monitor and update and improve according to the changing times and situations. The net result is a teaching program that encourages children to become active learners, independent thinkers and most importantly inculcate confidence in their academic, social and mental abilities.
White Lodge Bangsar South Preschool, Unit 2-1, Level 2, Nexus, Bangsar South, No. 7, Jalan Kerinchi, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2242 2663
White Lodge Mont Kiara Preschool, B-G-10 & B-G-11, Gateway Kiaramas, No 1, Jalan Desa Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6201 0314
White Lodge Desa ParkCity, Lot FF-02, First Floor, The Waterfront, Desa ParkCity, 52200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6262 2663, [email protected], www.whitelodge.edu.my
Polaris Preschool is the first marine-themed preschool in Malaysia. Named after the North Star, Polaris Preschool aims to be the brightest star in the industry to guide our children towards a better future. They use the Eduwis Program which is built on the basis of integrating 8 educationist approaches. Eduwis program combines the best elements in their theories and approaches to build this program. Polaris also focuses on Discovery Learning, in which they provide an enabling environment for their children. The facilities that we have, include an indoor climbing district, spacious classroom, reading bay, discovery corner (for science and math learning), rooftop play deck, vegetable garden with 30 different edible plants, music room, and more. They offer half-day and full-day programs!
Polaris Preschool, Seksyen 17 PJ, 1, Jalan 17/52, Seksyen 17, 46400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, +6018 212 8160, [email protected], polaris.edu.my
Chiltern House Preschool is a warm, welcoming place for children to learn and grow. It has a holistic bilingual preschool curriculum that aims to shape a difference in your child's foundation, with the help of additional courses such as music and drama. There is an English Language teacher and a Mandarin Language teacher present in the class. Your child will be empowered with a love for learning and life skills through EduDrama, the unique philosophy of Julia Gabriel Education and once a week, specialist educators from Julia Gabriel Centre will conduct music and movement, and Speech & Drama sessions to encourage children to express their creativity and communicate effectively. At the Kindergarten level, they work with their Speech & Drama educators towards the Young Performers Certificate awarded by Trinity College London.
Chiltern House Preschool, Bangsar Center, 123, Jalan Bukit Pantai, 59100 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2095 5500
Chiltern House Preschool, CITTA Mall, 3rd Floor, Jalan PJU 1A/48, Ara Damansara, 47301 Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia, +603 7832 2233, chilternhouse.com.my, Facebook Page
With multiple locations around Kuala Lumpur, The Children's House is part of the Busy Bees Network. Their guided writing program allows children to explore and develop their vocabulary. Children and teachers will discuss stories, read and learn phonics as they progress. Playing is part of the learning process at The Children’s House, so your child will have fun while developing essential educational skills.
The Children’s House, Locations all over Kuala Lumpur, www.thechildrenshouse.com.my
This school provides a fun and nurturing teaching environment for your little ones. Using a holistic Montessori approach to bring out the best in your child, this preschool has multiple locations in the Klang Valley, and admissions are capped at 500 students. Tours that allow you to observe students engaged in learning and interactive classroom activities with guidance from teachers are available.
Children’s Discovery House, www.childrensdiscoveryhouse.com
Children’s Discovery House - i-Zen Mont Kiara, Ground Floor, [email protected] II, No. 1 Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6203 7001, [email protected]
Children’s Discovery House - Seni Mont Kiara, LG1-8, Seni Mont Kiara 2A, Changkat Duta Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6204 0088, [email protected]
Children’s Discovery House - Montessori [email protected], LG3-01, Arcoris, 10 Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6411 7025, [email protected]
Children’s Discovery House - Limau Purut Bangsar, No 1 Jalan Limau Purut, Bangsar Park, 59000 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2201 7009, [email protected]
Children’s Discovery House - KL City Center Ampang, 74A, Jalan Damai, 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2144 7001, [email protected]
Children's Discovery House - Section 9 Kota Damansara, 5, Jalan Rimba Riang 9/1D, Section 9, Kota Damansara, 47810 Selangor, Malaysia, +6012 280 6756, [email protected]
With a teaching philosophy of ‘play to learn and learn to play’, Beaconhouse makes learning fun and helps children to grow mentally, socially, physically and emotionally into well-rounded individuals. The school also encourages children to become independent learners. Beaconhouse has eight preschools in Malaysia, so there's probably one near you!
Beaconhouse, Various locations across Malaysia including Subang Jaya, Gasing, Puchong, Sri Petaling, Kota Kemuning, Klang, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, www.beaconhouse.edu.my. Beaconhouse Preschools are part of a larger global education group running schools for 40+ years.
GIS is a friendly school that has a lovely warm family feel to it. Their curriculum follows seven areas of learning: personal, social and emotional development, communication and language, physical development, literacy, mathematical development, understanding of the world, and expressive arts and design. There is a designated early years campus ensuring your little ones are well taken care.
Garden International School, GIS Early Years Centre Kuala Lumpur, 1 Jalan 41/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6209 6888, [email protected], https://www.gardenschool.edu.my/early-years-centre
This is a popular little school with the Bangsar set located as it is just a stone's throw away from Bangsar Shopping Center. Like most of the nurseries in and around KL, Taska Tulip adopts the hugely popular Montessori approach to teaching. Toddlers are accepted from as soon as they can walk and can stay right up until they reach the grand old age of six and a half years. The low student to teacher ratio is something that attracts a lot of parents to this school, that and the wonderful, warm staff who genuinely care for the children in their care.
Taska Tulip, 21 Jalan Tualang, Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2096 2220, [email protected], https://taskatulip.com
With centers all over KL, Kinderland’s integrated curriculum provides little ones with an in-depth understanding of the world around them through the development of their multiple intelligences. The school has three types of programs: a four-hour program, a half-day program, and a full-day program. Your child will be kept busy with water play, sand play, cycling, art and craft, drama play, and pouring.
Kinderland, Lot 43182 & 46085, Jalan USJ 11/4P, 47620, Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 5632 2663, [email protected], [email protected], http://kinderlandmsia.com.my/. Note, they have centers all over Kuala Lumpur including Bangsar, Damansara, Parklands and more.
Located in the center of Bangsar Baru, My Montessori School housed in a corner lot of a row of terraces across the road from Bangsar Village 1 gives your child the opportunity to develop learning and social skills, enhance their physical well being and cultivate their talents. Your child will be engaged in an extensive syllabus covering: beginning mathematics, cultural studies, reading, cooking, gardening, Mandarin, multimedia studies, and Islamic studies. The school will also provide your little one with breakfast, lunch, snacks, and tea.
My Montessori School, 117, Jalan Telawi, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , +603 2287 0837, [email protected], www.myms.my/index.html
What child of a certain age doesn’t love colorful, cheerful, Australian kids entertainers Hi-5? Well, now little ones can get up close and personal with all those things that make Hi-5 so wonderfully appealing, right here in Malaysia. The curriculum, which draws from the highly regarded educational theories that are right at the heart of the much-loved Hi-5 TV series, allows the children to learn through a series of fun and energetic music and movement activities, exploration of engaging topics and expression using a vibrant mix of investigation and imagination.
Hi-5 House of Learning, 22, Persiaran Damansara Endah, Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2095 9919, [email protected], www.hi-5school.com
SummerFields has one of the smallest teacher-student ratios in Kuala Lumpur, allowing them to provide a very high quality of education. The school has a spacious outdoor garden that is beautifully landscaped and equipped with a variety of play equipment. SummerFields Preschool provides a well-rounded development programme that encourages your child to explore, learn and play.
SummerFields, 32 Jalan Sri Hartamas 15, Taman Sri Hartamas, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6201 2388, [email protected], www.facebook.com/summerfieldspreschool
Tree Top International School, No. 2 - 28 Jalan Udang Siar 1, Taman Sri Segambut, 52000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6241 9777, [email protected], www.treetop.name.my
This leading international school accepts children from three years old in their two preschool classes. Soft drop off is between 7:45am and 8:30am, while parents have the options of sending their little ones for either the standard day (pick-up at 12pm) or for the extended day (pick-up at 1:45pm). It is ideal if you have older children attending the school as it makes for easy drop-offs and pick-ups. The school also runs a weekly toddler group on a Friday during term time.
Alice Smith International School, 2 Jalan Bellamy, 50460 Kuala Lumpur, +603 2148 3674, [email protected], www.alice-smith.edu.my
This little Montessori school, located right in the heart of the leafy residential area of Damansara Heights, has a lovely peaceful and mostly shaded garden with an exciting outdoor play area complete with a giant sandpit, outdoor play kitchen and café, water pump, herb garden and fenced off, heated, salt water swimming pool. In addition, but included in the fees, the children can enjoy weekly cooking classes, art classes, swimming classes, music and movement classes, Mandarin and Bahasa lessons plus, gymnastics in the custom built gym complete with a five meter climbing wall.
Roots and Wings, 1 Lorong Setiabistari 1, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 2389 4288, [email protected], www.rootsandwings.com.my
Founded by a mummy who didn’t’ find the type of nursery she was looking for when it came time to put her own little one into school, Trinity Kids offers everything she wanted for her child. The school’s philosophy focuses on three things they believe form the foundations of early education to develop a well-rounded child: mental focus (a holistic, stimulating and trilingual curriculum), physical focus (a wholesome diet and the development of fine motor skills) and social focus (character building and teaching them values).
Trinity Kids, Locations in Mont Kiara, Publika and KLCC, [email protected], www.trinitykidsmalaysia.com. They are Malaysia's First Playschool, First Whole Brain Preschool, First Stimulative Baby Care, First Dr Sears Health Coach. Note, they also offer daycare programs for babies.
Trinity Kids - Publika Shopping Gallery, Solaris Dutamas, Level G4, Lot 1, Publika Shopping Gallery, 1 Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Trinity Kids - Verve Shops, Mont Kiara, Level 5, Verve Shops, 8 Jalan Kiara 5, Mont Kiara, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, (opposite Garden International School), Malaysia
Kids love this nursery, which has a fantastic ethos that for kids, work equals play. Their Early Years Eduplay Program is developed to provide a stimulating and experiential learning curriculum for children as young as 18 months to six years old. The child’s natural curiosity and eagerness to explore the world around them are fostered throughout the day with a healthy dose of free play balanced with carefully planned age-appropriate activities that sparks their interest in learning.
Blue Daisies Kids Club, P-03-02, Bayu Walk, Mont Kiara Bayu, 2, Jalan Kiara 2, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +03 2389 1669, [email protected], www.bluedaisieskidsclub.weebly.com
This is an extremely conveniently located nursery if you like to shop situated as it is on the third floor of one of Mont Kiara’s most popular shopping malls. You can drop off your little one and head down to browse the shops and get all your weekly grocery shopping done at Village Grocer on the ground floor. This school adopts the Montessori approach to teaching and fosters creativity and independence in children. Taking children as young as just 8 weeks makes this school ideal for parents who have to get straight back to work and want the peace of mind that their precious little ones are being looked after in a safe and secure environment.
Babies and Casa Montessori International Preschool, Lot 3-13, Third Floor, 1 Mont Kiara, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, +603 6211 3195, [email protected], www.babiescasa.com
Anyaman Preschool, www.anyamanpreschools.com
Brainy Bunch, www.brainybunch.com
Curious Child, www.curiouschildcenter.com
EtonHouse, www.etonhouse.my
Hilltop House Child Development Center, www.facebook.com/Hilltop-House-Child-Development-Centre
JoyKids, www.joykids.my
KL International Kids Club, www.klkidsclub.com
Kuala Lumpur Steiner Education, https://klsteinerschool.my/
La Grande Discovery Kids, www.facebook.com/La-Grande-Discovery-Kids-839387986144770
Little Acorns at Play, www.facebook.com/littleacornsatplay
Little Urban Forest, www.littleurbanforest.com
Nuh’s Ark Islamic Montessori, www.nuhsark.edu.my
Rowan Tree Preschool, www.rowantree.com.my
Primrose Hill Active Learning, www.primrosehillactivelearning.co.uk
St Joseph's Institution International School Malaysia, www.sji-international.edu.my
Peter & Jane Kindergarten, http://pnjkindergarten.com/
Montessori Preschools And Kindergartens
A Star Kids Montessori, www.astarkids.com
Lil Faculty International Preschool, http://lilfaculty.com
Montessori Kids Academy, www.montessorikidsacademykl.com
The Growing Tree Montessori, www.thegrowingtree.com.my
The Junior Academy, www.livingmontessori.com.my
The Montessori Place, www.themontessoriplace.com.my
Toddler TOWN International Preschool, https://toddlertown.com.my
Childcare Centers & Nurseries
A Kid's Cove, http://kidscove.com.my
Little Footprints Childcare Centre, www.facebook.com/littlefootprintscc
Little Playhouse, www.littleplayhouse.com.my
Willow Academy, www.willowacademykl.com
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