We are, of course, a school!
"Kindergarten" is traditionally associated not with life, but with preparation for some future "adult life".
«For now, you are still very young, but later on…», «When you get to school, you will learn…», and so on…
It seems to us that such attitude, mildly speaking, is not quite right. A person should live a full life at any age. And at the age of 4, our own status is certainly important to us. The school provides this status. In a certain way, school is another level of rights (as well as responsibilities that we can assume). In our approach, these words are not only sound and smoke. They are about the right to make your own decisions, your own judgments, about the right to own yourself.
School is a space of creativity, exploration of the world and oneself. Isn't the age of three suitable for this? That's why we don't divide people into schoolchildren, preschoolers, big and small, just as we don't divide life into lessons and breaks.
We want to remind that the word school comes from Greek σχολή - leisure, a place for conversation. So it also suits us in its main meaning.
Truly: a place for conversation!

Also, we just like that word - "School". And what about you?)

IE – Informal education. We have been working within this pedagogical approach for many years. In a nutshell, the IE approach means that we recognize the uniqueness of each individual, we understand that the best and main engine of the educational process is personal interest, we believe that one of the main skills today is the ability to choose and the ability to interact – with the outer world, with ourselves, with knowledge, with other people and so on. Finally, we are sure that a modern lesson should include all of the above. You can read more about this on the website of The Institute of Informal Education INO

Of course, we have the "usual" mathematics, speech development, English language, literature, the world around us, music, art. And also - physics, history, economics, we play the flute, swim in the pool, do yoga, visit the Hermitage, dance, and so much more! And, of course, we go to theaters, museums, parks. In our Studio, we also do all sorts of things: stained glass, batik, modeling, layout and many, many other things. We use all kinds of materials, some of which are specially imported from other countries. For us creativity is not only an approach, but also a class. In short, we have a lot of things...
This is how the schedule approximately looks like
And, by the way, there is a law in Apelsin: if five students want to study one or another (any!) subject, it is added to the schedule. So, to be honest, even we do not fully know what new things we will have in the new year.

Of course! We are happy to explain once again: students study at Apelsin from the age of 4 to the 11th grade. The school's program takes into account state standards and makes it possible to pass all the necessary exams perfectly.

That's not a problem. Is «sitting at a desk» the only pose suitable for studying? If child is not ready – than it isn't necessary, together we will look for and find another, more convenient way. It's great if there is an opportunity to extend childhood for a few more years. Everyone has the right to grow up in their own rhythm. In Apelsin, we create comfortable conditions so that a person can study with pleasure.

Cool! Therefore we'll move on together. The IE approach assumes that each person develops in their own rhythm. For someone who has been «hungry» for knowledge since childhood, the main thing is to keep this striving.

Firstly, do not worry, give the person some time to understand in which language it is easier and more pleasant for him to communicate with the world. And if this is the language of color, image, form – let's accept it. And secondly, we guarantee that he will learn to read at Apelsin. How? Come to our Library and you will see!

Create such conditions in which the person himself will tell you about it. The IE approach gives an opportunity to develop in the direction that the student chooses for himself.