Nakamura Shirayuri Kindergarten

When children enter kindergarten, they take their first steps into society. At Nakamura Shirayuri Kindergarten, we respect the independence and creativity of each child. Through our daily interaction with the children, we encourage them to think for themselves and to learn to accomplish things on their own. We believe this is the best environment for the child to develop both mentally and physically. By helping each individual to develop their own personalities, we endeavor to nurture globally-minded children.

Please join us in raising your children to meet their future challenges. All of our kindergarten staff (teachers, office staff, kitchen staff, bus drivers, etc.) work together to help the children reach their full potential.

At Nakamura Shirayuri Kindergarten we respect each child's individuality and nurture each child's development appropriately. We take pride in our long history and in our progressive curriculum which we continually strive to develop and expand. By nurturing each child's individuality and creativity, we facilitate their healthy development. Also, by creating an international environment for the children from an early age, we are dedicated to providing a unique service.

With the children's health as our number one priority, we provide homemade lunches prepared from carefully selected ingredients. Nutritionally-balanced and created with children's food preferences in mind, our lunch helps to remedy an unbalanced diet. Our menus include international foods and traditional Japanese foods. Lunch is prepared in our kitchen, so the children can enjoy freshly prepared hot and cold meals.

In order to help our children to participate fully in our international society, our full-time native-speaking teachers teach them English during kindergarten hours. Young children have a wonderful sense of hearing and the ability to mimic the pronunciation of native speakers. Rather than simply teaching the children English, we have created an environment where children naturally come into contact with English when playing or doing other activities.

3-year olds are more than capable of picking up languages by ear. In some countries it is not unusual for children to be bilingual or indeed trilingual at this age. Kindergarten years are extremely important years for language development in children. In addition, children absorb more in a fun environment. Outside English class time the children meet our English teachers and English-speaking staff and come into contact with English as they play and have fun.