"All children have an innate desire to learn"
We offer the diverse and experiential learning space and loving care for children within a warm and stimulating environment. It is important that each child is given the opportunity and encouragement to develop to their full potential. And to be able to cater to the physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs to transform the child into a complete Human being. To develop in children a sense of moral values which can form a framework for their own worth, and relationships with others, so they grow into becoming responsible members of the society.
Our motto ‘Creating young independent and life-long learners’ was introduced by one of the School’s founders, Mrs. Harshitha Chandrakanth and underpins the values and ‘The Art of Learning’ we promote today, which are centered around responsibility, dedication, commitment, sense of identity, reliability, respect and co-operation.
We offer each and every child the opportunity to achieve his/her full potential in a caring community, which values its mix of abilities and interests. We recognize that each pupil’s school experience forms the basis for whichever path they choose to follow throughout the rest of their lives and so nurture and enrich the individual talents and skills that our children possess, to ensure that they leave us with the confidence and self-esteem to pursue their own personal ambitions.
Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play. In Montessori education classrooms children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the highly trained teacher offer age-appropriate activities to guide the process. Children work in groups and individually to discover and explore knowledge of the world and to develop their maximum potential.
Toddler and Pre-primary Montessori classrooms are beautifully crafted environments designed to meet the needs of children in a specific age range of 1.8 to 6 years. Dr. Maria Montessori discovered that experiential learning in this type of classroom led to a deeper understanding of language, mathematics, science, music, social interactions and much more. Every material in a Montessori classroom supports an aspect of child development, creating a match between the child’s natural interests and the available activities. Children can learn through their experience at their own pace. They can respond at any moment to the natural curiosities that exist in all humans and build a solid foundation for life-long learning.
Without the usual pre conceived educational ideas, Dr. Maria Montessori was able to create new techniques of education which would emphasise the “unique” development of each child. This has led to the Montessori Approach believing strongly in spontaneity and independence whereby the child is encouraged to select their own activities, explore and manipulate for themselves.
Research into this approach has shown that the earlier a child learns to interact with others, the more developed their social skills and confidence is in the future. A house of children of good standing – like Elm early education school, aids greatly in the development of the child.
“All children have an innate desire to learn”. This philosophy enthused by Dr Maria Montessori is practised through three Montessori principles. These are:-
Preparation of the environment mmes are inspired by the Montessori philosophy & incorporates other best practices. Elm follows a comprehensive child-centric programmes that comes with set objectives in all major areas of development such as personal, socio-emotional, communication and language, physical, mathematics, understanding of the world and creativity.
Early years are a unique stage of phenomenal brain development and learning in a child. The capacity to absorb concepts and learning is highest during this phase. According to Dr. Maria Montessori, a child between birth and 6 years possesses an absorbent mind that helps the child grasp every aspect of the environment holistically. Hence it is important to expose the child to a structured environment which will provide adequate, rich and appropriate stimulus for learning. Every child has an inherent nature and intelligence that is peculiar to him. This varies from child to child and is the most important factor to consider when the child comes to school.
A child’s first plane of development (0 to 6 years) is characterised by two vital powers: “absorbent mind” and “sensitive periods”.
The unconscious mind of a child is built first through the child’s interactions with his or her environment. From birth to 3, the child unconsciously acquires knowledge through interacting with his environment. This knowledge continues to build and as the child grows. Between 3 to 6 years, the conscious slowly takes over establishing memory, the power to understand, and the ability to reason.
We call this process the absorbent mind, because the child essentially absorbs information about his or her environment unconsciously from birth to three and between three to six the child makes sense and gives meaning to their learning while continuing to acquire more. These two periods, birth to 3 and 3 to 6, are called sensitive periods.
A sensitive period is a block of time in the child’s life when they are absorbed with one characteristic of their environment to the exclusion of all others. Once a sensitive period has passed, it will never return in the same way. The child is still able to learn the skill, but with greater difficulty.
Elm Early Education was founded in the year 2016 by Mrs.Harshitha Chandrakanth M.Sc, PGCE (University of Bolton, United Kingdom), Diploma in Montessori pre-primary (Associate Montessori Internationale, Netherlands), Mr. Arpan Patel (Former financial head at Koolmax Pvt.Ltd, United Kingdom), Dr.T.N. Chandrakanth, M.sc,Ph.D (Retired professor of Physics) and Mrs.Narmada.S, M.Com, LLB.
Elm Early Education school was started when we understood the strong potential within children within the age of six. Often the potential in a child from birth to six years is not acknowledged. Birth to six years act as key formative years in the holistic development of a child that requires scientific addressing through stimulating environment monitored by trained adults.
Elm Early Education is a venture by Southern Academy for Formal Education (SAFE) established in 1994 offering quality tutoring for students taking up 10th to 12th grade examinations and other competitive examinations such as CET, NEET, JEE etc. SAFE has nurtured over 36,000 success stories till date.
Our motto ‘Creating young independent and life-long learners’ was introduced by one of the School’s founders, Mrs. Harshitha Chandrakanth and underpins the values and ‘the art of learning’ we promote today, which are centered around responsibility, dedication, commitment, sense of identity, reliability, respect and co-operation.
We offer each and every child the opportunity to achieve his/her full potential in a caring community, which values its mix of abilities and interests. We recognize that each pupil’s school experience forms the basis for whichever path they choose to follow throughout the rest of their lives and so nurture and enrich the individual talents and skills that our children possess, to ensure that they leave us with the confidence and self-esteem to pursue their own personal ambitions.
Our beautiful campus is filled with lush greenery. There are leafs, nesting birds, pigeons, kites, butterflies, grasshoppers and lady bugs that children get to feel and watch every single day at school. There is pomegranate, almond and evergreen black plum leafs in the campus that co-live with us. Our students are constantly encouraged to grow and caress medicinal and flowering plants to build a sense of relationship with nature and live-in harmony. Children spend more than enough time each day under the sun connecting with nature.
We at Elm promote freedom to explore among children thus nurturing the curiosities of the little ones! There are many days when children sit down under the shade of the leafs and indulge in composition of prose and art!
The total area of the campus is 12,000sqft. Around 8000sqft of space is dedicated for indoor and outdoor play area. Our assemblies and unstructured play times are organized at the outdoor play area for the pre-primary students, whilst indoor play area is dedicated to playtime for toddlers and cultural celebrations.
The facility offers well planned and spacious environments which allow good sun light and air. The environments are prepared to cater to the independent learning and freedom of movement. The environments encompass practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics, geography, general science, art, music and creativity-based activities.
The school has a library with a collection of books catering for age groups 1.5 to 7 years, little farm patch and day-care area.
We believe that early education should give a variety of experiences to children in all areas of development. Appropriate stimulus is the key to early learning. Hence, in addition to unstructured playtime, activities have been designed keeping the child in mind and ensuring there is “directional” play too and they are gardening, terracotta, sand and water activities, cooking, origami, music and movement, dance, theatre, field trips, nature walks, children organized events, cultural celebration, thematic approach and more.
Mrs. Harshitha Chandrakanth hails from a family of educators, she holds a diploma in Montessori education from Associate Montessori Internationale, Netherlands. She was awarded Post graduate certificate in Education (professional development) from the University of Bolton, Greater Manchester, United kingdom. Mrs.Harshitha Chandrakanth additionally carries a masters degree in Astrophysics from university of Bangalore and has taught Physics in prestigious colleges and tutorial centers of Bangalore and United Kingdom such as Optimal tutors, Reva pre-university college and SAFE tutorials. She carries over 11 years of teaching experience.
Mr. Arpan Patel holds an MBA in HR from St. Joseph’s college, Bangalore. He has worked as administrative head and HR for over 7 years in Koolmax Limited, Manchester, United Kingdom. He spent over 8 years as an investment advisor at regional banking sector where he was involved with startups across technology, education, construction and travel.
Dr.T.N.Chandrakanth, M.Sc, Ph.D is a retired HOD and professor of Physics from Vijaya college, Bangalore with over 40 years of teaching experience. He was the director of Vijaya Bharathi Pre-University college and academic advisor at Everest tutorials, Dubai. He was the founder and director of Safe group of institutions which specialized in training students for competitive examinations such as IIT, JEE, NEET, CET etc. Dr.T.N. Chandrakanth is a passionate lecturer and has conducted 300+ teacher training sessions for primary school, high school and pre-university college teachers on teaching techniques and methodologies across India.
Mrs. Narmada.S, M.Com,LLB was the former CEO of Safe group of institutions with over 30 years of work experience. She holds an LLB degree from BMS college of law, Bangalore.
Mrs. Usha Bala Neti holds an International diploma in Montessori education from Associate Montessori Internationale, Netherlands. She has previously worked as the academic advisor of Mother Teresa EMUP school, Vidhyadharapuram for over 7 years. She has over 15 years of teaching experience in pre-primary and primary education sector.
