First Steps Class

First Steps Class: A Loving Start to School!

İpekböceği Kindergarten and Nursery offers a carefully designed environment where children take their first steps into school with trust, love, and discovery. The First Steps Class is the youngest group of our kindergarten and is a special learning space where children aged 24+ months gain their first educational experiences.

In this class, children’s self-care skills, secure attachment processes, and basic sensory needs are supported, while education and play-based activities contribute to their healthy development. Our curriculum, enriched with the Discovery Program, supports children’s emotional, cognitive, social, and physical development through a holistic approach.

Our classroom is designed according to the educational models we apply and provides education with two expert teachers.

What Do Our Children Do in the First Steps Class?

✔ We start the day energetically and joyfully! With morning physical activities, our children begin the day lively.

✔ We start discovering in free play environments! In structured play areas, children develop their social skills and experience free play.

✔ We reinforce learning with theme-based movement games! According to monthly and weekly topics, we carry out activities full of movement, play, and discovery.

✔ We learn in touch with nature! By going outside the classroom, we play exploratory natural games in our garden and learn through observing nature.

✔ We do sports activities that support motor and physical development! Muscle development, balance, and coordination skills improve with fun games.

✔ We support language development with activities! Through storytelling, imitation, role-play, and games based on single and multiple instructions, children strengthen receptive and expressive language skills.

✔ We learn together with social adaptation games! Individual and group play, pretend play, and activities requiring social interaction support children’s social-emotional development.

✔ We learn basic concepts through play! Colors, numbers, shapes, objects, and emotions are explored through play-based learning methods.

✔ We develop self-care skills! Using spoon and fork, wiping the mouth, washing hands, toilet training, and drinking water from a glass help children gain independence.

Emotional Security and Adaptation Process

✔ The First Steps Class provides an environment that supports children’s sense of secure attachment during the adaptation to school.

✔ We meet both the physical and emotional needs of children who stay away from parents for long periods.

✔ During the adaptation period, we consider individual differences and minimize separation anxiety.

✔ In an atmosphere of love, care, and trust, we ensure that children experience school not as “separation trauma,” but as a “safe discovery journey.”

✔ Our teachers approach children with individual attention and affection, considering their emotional needs.

✔ While taking their first step into school, we carefully plan every detail to make children feel happy, peaceful, and safe.

Daily Program Flow

08:00 – 12:00 – Active Theme Education & Activities
We carry out activities based on themes that feed children’s curiosity and sense of discovery.

12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch Time
With meals prepared according to our healthy and balanced nutrition program, we support children’s eating habits.

13:00 – 15:00 – Nap Time
After lunch, our children rest to support their physical development and relieve the day’s tiredness.

Why the First Steps Class?

✔ We offer a safe environment that supports children’s individual development.
✔ We give importance to the emotional bonding process and provide special attention to each child.
✔ Our educational program is enriched with the Discovery Curriculum, allowing active learning.
✔ With play-based learning, we ensure a happy start to the school journey.
✔ By offering an environment where children are in touch with nature and can move freely, we support their physical and mental development.