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Play Schools in India

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As the very name evinces a Play School is that school which offers ingenious facilities and resources to little kids for congenial playing and fun-filled learning. Also called as preschools or pre-nursery schools, these play schools are highly creditable for preparing the little and ingenuous kids, aged about two years to five years, for joining nursery schools or primary schools comfortably. These affectionate and considerate preschools teach kids all necessary qualities and skills for capturing things taught by the nursery schools easily and promptly. The most common and significant things taught by these preschools are communication skills (talking and listening); logical thinking; perception and understanding of the world around them; communing and making friends; doing and enjoying teamwork; being self-dependent and confident; social skills; early childhood literacy; arithmetic awareness; and problem-solving skills.

The necessity of this early childhood education to little children is fast being understood and approved by Indian parents year by year. Consequently, the number of play schools in india, is constantly growing, especially in large metropolitan cities of entire country. Medium-sized and fast progressing cities of India are also witnessing regular growth in the number of indian play schools every year since last decade. At present, the most popular, trustworthy, and top play schools in india, are listed in the section below separately. In general, every play school india, follows any of the following hugely popular and globally admired programs for early childhood education - Montessori; HighScope; Waldorf; Bank Street; Reggio Emilia; Head Start; and Parent Co-Ops.

List of Top Indian Play Schools

The sector or industry of play schools in india is massive and ever-growing, with a current worth of over 4000 Crore. Most of the globally famous chains of play schools are opening their centers in big cities of India, in order to cater to the ever-increasing need for preschool education. These cities essentially include Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, cities in the NCR, Cochin, Visakhapatnam, etc. Based on the common and wise criteria of the past performance and reputation of the proposed play school, monthly fees, richness of playing and teaching curriculum, recreational and teaching resources and facilities, level of care and concern for ingenious and innocent kids, measures for hygiene and safety, ample number of considerate and decent teaching and supporting staff, etc., a selective and the latest list of play schools in india, is provided below, which are immensely popular and reputed:

  • The Magic Years Montessori House of Children, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
  • Step by Step, Panchsheel, New Delhi
  • Little Pearls (Play School), New Delhi/NCR
  • Amiown (Play School), New Delhi/NCR
  • BACHPAN (Play School), Delhi/NCR
  • Kidzee, Mumbai
  • Tender Hearts, Mumbai
  • Kangaroo Kids, Bandra, Mumbai
  • The Tree House (Play School), Mumbai
  • Head Start Montessori, Koramangala, Bangalore
  • Little Elly (Play School), Bangalore
  • Vruksha Montessori, Alwarpet, Chennai
  • Bamboola Play School, Chennai
  • Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai
  • Mongrace Montessori House, Short Street, Kolkata
  • Little Scholars Playschool and Montessori House, Kolkata
  • Blooming Kids’ Play School, Kolkata
  • Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
  • British Kids School, Hyderabad
  • ABC Montessori, Pune
  • Blue Bells Preparatory School, Gurgaon
  • Kangaroo Kids Preschools
  • EuroKids Play Schools
  • Shemrock Play Schools
  • Apple Kids International Pre-Schools