🐥 MiniMe 6 – 18 months 🐰 Toddlers 1 – 2 years 🦊 Twos 2 – 3 years 🐻 Preschool 3 – 4 years 🦁 Pre-K 4 – 5 years 🦒 Kindergarten 5 – 6 years

🎂 Ages 3 – 4 years

Tutor Time
Preschool

Where wonder meets science

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.

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Ages 3 – 4 years

School Readiness Pathway

MiniMe 6 – 18 months ›

Toddlers 1 – 2 years ›

Twos 2 – 3 years ›

Preschool 3 – 4 years ›

Pre-K 4 – 5 years ›

Kindergarten 5 – 6 years

What We Teach

The Preschool Curriculum

Every activity in the Preschool programme is intentional — mapped to developmental milestones and designed to build skills that last a lifetime in 6 integrated learning areas.

LifeSmart™

Core

Our social-emotional learning framework teaches children to understand their own feelings, empathise with others, and build positive relationships — the foundation for all future success.

STEM Exploration

Core

Hands-on science experiments, simple engineering challenges, early maths concepts, and technology exploration — making STEM subjects feel magical.

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Literacy Beginnings

Daily

Phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and a love of books that sets children on the path to confident reading.

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Dramatic Play

Daily

Rich role-play scenarios that develop narrative thinking, vocabulary, cooperation, and emotional intelligence simultaneously.

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Arts Integration

Weekly

Visual art, music, movement, and performance are woven throughout the curriculum — building creativity and multiple modes of expression.

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Nature & Science

Weekly

Gardening, animal study, weather tracking, and nature exploration that builds scientific curiosity and environmental awareness.

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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Number Sense

Counting to 20, understanding more/less, simple addition concepts.

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Pre-Writing Skills

Holding a pencil correctly and forming basic shapes and letters.

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Complex Role Play

Extended imaginative scenarios with multiple characters and narratives.

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Emotional Vocabulary

Naming and managing a wide range of emotions constructively.

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Scientific Thinking

Making predictions, observing, and drawing simple conclusions.

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Cooperative Projects

Working with peers on shared goals, negotiating and compromising.

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LifeSmart™ meets STEM

We believe the best scientists are also the most emotionally intelligent people. LifeSmart™ and STEM aren't two separate things at Tutor Time — they're one powerful approach to raising whole children.

🎂 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.

7:30 AM

Discovery Centres

Self-selected learning in STEM, art, dramatic play, or literacy corners.

8:15 AM

Morning Meeting

SEL circle time — feelings check-in, social story, news sharing.

8:45 AM

STEM Workshop

Hands-on science or engineering challenge with the class teacher.

9:45 AM

Outdoor Exploration

Nature walks, garden science, and active outdoor play.

10:30 AM

Literacy Time

Shared reading, phonics introduction, and early writing practice.

11:00 AM

LifeSmart™ Session

Social-emotional skill focus — kindness, resilience, cooperation.

"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

Max class size

1:8

Teacher ratio

STEM themes per term

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.

Is there a uniform?⌄

Yes — Tutor Time children wear our school uniform. Details are provided upon enrolment. We also have a comfortable outdoor play outfit for garden sessions.

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.

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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.