The Agora Early Years programme is a play-based foundation to learning. We help children grow as whole persons, develop curiosity, and strive in the world around them.

A foundational programme helping a child to become a whole person:

Foundational domains:

• Cognition [e.g. readiness to learn, knowledge of things, reasoning, reflection, problem-solving, meta-cognition]
• Values / Virtues [sharing, turn taking, respect, responsibility]
• Inquiry [exploration, curiosity, creativity, thoughtful risk taking, challenge orientation]
• Empathy [theory of mind, social and emotional intelligence, care, compassion]
• Personal effectiveness [physical capabilities, self-regulation, courtesy, resilience, self-confidence, integration]
• Being [emotional development, belonging, autonomy]

Curriculum [each of the learning outcomes maps towards the 6 foundational domains]:

• gross motor skills
• fine motor skills
• literacy
• numeracy
• creativity
• performance
• sensory & messy play
• social and emotional skills
• knowledge of things
• knowledge of self

Unit themes

• Who am I? What do I look like? & What can I do?
• My favourite food, and My favourite place
• Who are my family members [roles of each member]
• My family tree
• My home
• Types of homes
• Homes around the world
• Friends and me, Where to find friends and How to make friends
• How do I feel?
• How do others feel?
• How do we interact with others?
• Ways to be kind
• My duties & responsibilities

A child-centred approach

Personalised: each child is different and will have a different learning journey
We nurture children, making them feel welcome, safe and encouraged.

A programme that is inclusive of the parent

Parent guidance:

• we develop a parent’s understanding of their child’s developmental goals and processes
• we explore how to build a foundation for their child’s development

Parent wellbeing:

• community, social circle
• “me” time, coworking space
• additional parent-child and parent-alone programmes (yoga, dance/Zumba, doula, counselling, child first aid, etc)
• flexibility
• guilt-free drop-off