The Preschool programme combines our LifeSmart™ social-emotional curriculum with exciting STEM activities — giving children the thinking skills, emotional resilience, and academic foundations they need to thrive. Learning has never looked more like play.
The LifeSmart Curriculum at Tutor Time is inspired by the Multiple Intelligences theory of learning and education. The heart of this theory is the belief that children learn and understand in different ways. LifeSmart teachers value the variety of ways in which children learn and provide opportunities for children to develop their minds and abilities through different approaches, materials, and experiences.
Math Funtastic
Curriculum
Literacy Wonderland
Curriculum
STEM
Curriculum
Grow Fit
Curriculum
Mindful Me
Curriculum
Kids of Character
Curriculum
Tutor Time implements the Learning Care System to provide children with thousands of activities that expose their 8 Smarts:
MeSmart
BodySmart
NatureSmart
MathSmart
PeopleSmart
DesignSmart
WordSmart
MusicSmart
Child Development
Milestones We Nurture in Preschool
We track every child's journey through a set of core developmental milestones — and celebrate every step forward, big or small.
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Approach to Learning
Focuses on developing autonomy, creative problem-solving, goal setting, and cooperative skills. Preschoolers show initiative by exploring learning centers, persisting through challenging tasks, setting simple project goals, and collaborating with peers on group activities.
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Creative Arts Expression
Encompasses artistic exploration through music, movement, visual arts, and dramatic play. Children express emotions and ideas by synchronizing movements to beats, creating representational drawings and collages, using creative tools, and acting out stories or roles with peers.
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Early Math
Focuses on foundational mathematical reasoning and quantitative skills. Key milestones include counting and comparing sets of objects, recognizing and writing numerals, basic addition and subtraction concepts, sorting/ordering by multiple attributes, recognizing geometric shapes, understanding spatial relationships, working with non-standard measurements, and creating simple graphs and patterns.
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Language
Covers receptive and expressive oral language development. Children demonstrate active listening by following multi-step directions, using varied vocabulary and proper grammar structure, taking turns in multi-turn conversations, and recalling or retelling stories.
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Literacy
Builds foundational print awareness, phonological awareness, and early reading/writing skills. Children practice identifying letter-sound correspondences, recognizing rhymes, connecting stories to personal experiences, recognizing printed words/names, and writing using inventive spelling, letter shapes, or complete words.
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Logic and Reasoning
Measures symbolic thought, analytical thinking, and structured problem-solving. Preschoolers demonstrate this by using objects symbolically in dramatic play, predicting cause-and-effect relationships, sorting items with explicit reasoning, completing simple puzzles, and creating original visual/auditory patterns.
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Nature and Science
Highlights scientific inquiry, observation, and data exploration. Children use their senses and tools to observe physical phenomena, describe living things and their life cycles, classify objects by physical properties, ask "why" and "how" questions, and form simple hypotheses or explanations.
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Movement and Health
Focuses on gross motor control, fine motor control, and personal health practices. Children demonstrate progress by balancing, hopping, skipping, steering tricycles, using a correct pencil grip, cutting with scissors along lines, building tall block structures, eating independently, and following basic safety and fitness habits.
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Social and Emotional
Addresses self-awareness, emotional self-regulation, conflict resolution, and relationship building. Children learn to identify personal strengths, use emotional vocabulary to express needs, navigate peer disputes through negotiation, display empathy, and build positive friendships in classroom routines.
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Social Studies
Explores awareness of family, community, geography, history, and social diversity. Preschoolers share personal family traditions, recognize community roles and local geography, understand basic time concepts (past, present, future), practice environmental stewardship (conserving resources), and demonstrate respect for diverse cultures, abilities, and family structures.
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Multiple Intelligences Theory
The LifeSmart Curriculum at Tutor Time is inspired by the Multiple Intelligences theory of learning and education. The heart of this theory is the belief that children learn and understand in different ways. LifeSmart teachers value the variety of ways in which children learn and provide opportunities for children to develop their minds and abilities through different approaches, materials, and experiences.
🎂 Ages 3–4 years
Daily Routine
A Day in Preschool
Every day is purposefully structured — balancing guided learning, creative play, outdoor time, and rest in a rhythm that children quickly love and trust.
07:45 – 08:00
Arrival
Children explore a limited number of learning centers chosen by the teacher. “Sign-in Please” is part of this time.
08:00 – 08:15
Circle Time 1
The first Circle Time of the morning focuses on one of the “Smarts”.
08:15 – 09:00
Active Investigation Time I (Mon, Wed & Fri)
Children explore and interact with materials in the learning centers: self-directed experiences with the Tutor Time “Smarts”, journal writing with teachers, and teacher-led small group learning activities.
09:00 – 09:15
Circle Time 2
The second Circle Time focuses on the special program features offered by Tutor Time.
09:15 – 09:45
Music and Movement (Tue & Thu)
Children extend the learning that happens in the classroom, in the Music and Movement Room.
09:45 – 10:15
Snack
Family-style dining.
10:15 – 10:45
Playground
An important component of our GROWFIT program, children exercise and develop their large muscles.
10:45 – 11:15
Active Investigation Time II
Held in the Village (Mon, Wed, Fri) or the Preschool Room (Tue, Thu). Children explore and interact with materials in the learning centers: self-directed experiences with the Tutor Time “Smarts”, journal writing with teachers, and teacher-led small group learning activities.
11:15 – 11:30
Active Investigation Time III (Tue, Thu & Fri)
Children explore and interact with materials in the learning centers: self-directed experiences with the Tutor Time “Smarts”, journal writing with teachers, and teacher-led small group learning activities.
11:30 – 11:45
Circle Time 3
Sharing Our Stories: a special opportunity for storytelling and reading aloud, also used as wrap-up time.
11:45 – 12:00
End of Day
Developmentally appropriate activities as families arrive.
"Every preschooler is a natural scientist. Our job is to give them the vocabulary to describe what they're already discovering."
— Preschool Programme Lead, Tutor Time Indonesia
15
Max class size
1:8
Teacher ratio
6
STEM themes per term
2
Core curricula
Questions & Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything families want to know about the Preschool programme.
What is LifeSmart™?⌄
LifeSmart™ is Tutor Time's social-emotional learning curriculum. It teaches children to identify and manage their emotions, build empathy, and develop positive relationship skills — all through stories, discussions, and guided play.
How much screen time is there in the STEM programme?⌄
Very little. Our STEM approach is hands-on and physical — experiments, building, sorting, measuring. Any technology use is purposeful, brief, and teacher-guided.
Will my child learn to read in Preschool?⌄
We build strong pre-reading foundations — phonemic awareness, letter recognition, print concepts, and a deep love of books. Formal reading instruction begins in Pre-K and Kindergarten.
How do you support children with additional needs?⌄
We believe in inclusive education and work closely with families and specialists to support children with a range of needs. Speak to your center's principal to discuss your child's specific requirements.
What does a typical STEM activity look like?⌄
Activities range from mixing colours and watching them change, to building bridges from blocks and testing their strength, to planting seeds and tracking growth. They are always hands-on, open-ended, and driven by the children's own questions.
Enroll in Preschool
Start Your Child's Journey Today
Book a school tour and come and see the Preschool programme in action. We'd love to show you what a day at Tutor Time looks like for children aged 3 – 4 years.
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