Early Years (EYFS)
The years before formal schooling decide how confident a child feels about learning for a long time afterwards. We teach them carefully.
Early Years teaching is not school made smaller. At this age a child is building the physical and cognitive foundations that reading, writing and number work will later sit on — and they build them through play, repetition and attention, not through worksheets. Our sessions are structured but never rigid, and they move at the pace of the child in front of us.
What we cover
- Phonics and early reading
- Letter sounds, blending and segmenting, building towards reading simple words independently.
- Number sense
- Counting with meaning, recognising quantity, early addition and subtraction through objects rather than symbols.
- Fine motor control
- Pencil grip, letter formation and the hand strength that makes writing possible without frustration.
- Listening and expression
- Vocabulary, following instructions, and the confidence to speak in full sentences.
How we teach it
Sessions at this age are shorter and more varied than for older children, because attention spans are. We work in bursts, change activity often, and use the child's own interests as the material — a child who loves dinosaurs will count dinosaurs. Parents receive a monthly written report showing what has moved.
Who this is for
Families in Nigeria, the UK, the US and Canada whose children are approaching or beginning formal schooling, and families who want an early-years foundation that matches the curriculum their child will eventually enter.
Other learning paths
Let's find out where your child actually is.
Thirty minutes with Irene, at no cost and no obligation.