Each class accelerates your child’s development by providing the vital elements for them to thrive and excel! Enrollments accepted up to 4.5 years old.
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Kinder Classes Information
A one-off Life Membership fee of $100, per student.
The program fee is $650 per 10-week term.
With a maximum of six preschoolers (and one guardian per child), our small class size ensures individual attention, allowing parents to be directly involved, create memorable bonding moments, and track their child’s progress each week – all with the guidance of a trained Shichida teacher.
Learning Materials: Each class includes access to Shichida-exclusive items, such as flashcards, worksheets, and sensory tools, specially designed to support your child’s learning journey during sessions.
Parenting Tips: We provide helpful tips, and guidance materials for parents, making it easy to continue skill-building at home and reinforce class activities.
Progress Check-ins: Our teachers offer regular, informal check-ins, giving parents valuable insights into their child’s development and highlighting areas of growth.
Information Sessions: Shichida hosts regular webinars that focus on early childhood education, effective parenting techniques, and Shichida-specific practices to support families in nurturing their child’s potential.
Take-Home Activities: Simple, engaging activities are provided for parents and children to complete at home, promoting continuous learning and fun between classes.
Our Kinder preschool classes run Monday to Saturday, with carefully selected schedules for each age group. We place children in small, focused age groups with a maximum 3-month age difference, ensuring every child benefits from activities designed specifically for their developmental stage. Contact us to find the perfect time for your child’s age group!
Kinder classes are designed as once-a-week, 50-minute sessions, where both parent and child participate together.
Led by a trained Shichida teacher, each session guides families through engaging, learn-through-play activities that support development in a fun, structured way.
This unique parent-child format allows parents to be directly involved, creating memorable bonding moments while tracking their child’s progress each week.
Play and Learn with Fun Preschool Classes
Our fun Kinder classes, designed for preschool children, help kids grow independent. We make learning fun through games, songs, flashcards, problem-solving activities and more. Shichida kids love to learn – we set them up for a lifetime of confidence and success!
3 Year Old Kinder Classes
At three, children are naturally curious and eager to explore the world around them. Our classes for 3-year-olds harness this energy through playful, brain-boosting activities that strengthen memory, problem-solving, and communication skills. Through interactive games, songs, flashcards, and hands-on activities, we nurture their love for learning while building focus, independence, and fine motor skills. This is the perfect stage to develop a strong foundation of early literacy skills for preschoolers, as well as numeracy, critical thinking and creativity – all while having fun!
4 Year Old Kinder Classes
At four, children are refining their thinking and reasoning skills, making this a crucial time to challenge and expand their abilities. Our classes for 4-year-olds introduce more advanced problem-solving, numeracy, and literacy activities while strengthening creativity, confidence, and social skills. Using engaging problem solving activities for preschoolers, memory activities, flashcards, logic-based games, and more, we prepare them for a smooth transition into our Pre-Primary program. With a holistic focus on whole-brain development, our classes are designed to develop both IQ and EQ concurrently, leading to a lifelong love of learning.
What Your Preschooler Will Experience in Our Kinder Class:
Our preschool classes are a powerful blend of fun and foundational learning. Each session is designed to build school readiness, strengthen thinking skills, and support emotional growth – all while nurturing a lifelong love of learning.
- Auditory Processing – Strengthening listening skills and following multi-step instructions
- Categorisation – Sorting and grouping items to support logical thinking
- Concentration – Expanding focus through structured, stimulating activities
- Creativity – Encouraging imagination through crafts, song-guided drawing and play
- Critical Thinking – Solving puzzles, making connections, and thinking independently
- Early Literacy Skills – Strengthening phonics, letter recognition, reading and language foundations
- Eye-muscle Training – Supporting reading and writing readiness through visual tracking
- Flashcards for preschoolers – Sharpening memory and vocabulary through targeted repetition
- Growth mindset – Building confidence and a can-do attitude through gentle challenges
- Image Training – Visualising and recalling images to support memory and comprehension
- Independence – Encouraging autonomy, decision-making, and self-responsibility
- Intuition – Tapping into instinctive thinking and rapid mental processing
- Memory Training – Boosting working and photographic memory through games and guided activities
- Mnemonics – Using fun and effective memory techniques for recall and retention
- Money Concepts – Learning the value of coins and notes through hands-on activities
- Numeracy Skills – Exploring patterns, quantity, and number sense through hands-on play
- Recitation – Practising clear and confident speech through repetition and rhythm
- Resilience – Developing perseverance and emotional strength in a safe environment
- Rhythm through song – Learning through educational songs, rhythm, and coordinated movement
- Time Concepts – Understanding the basics of clocks, routines, and sequencing
Age Limit for Shichida Enrollment
Shichida’s unique learning approach is most effective when introduced during early childhood, as children’s natural learning abilities are particularly receptive at this age. To make the most of this window, we welcome children up to four and a half years old to begin the program. While our enrollment cut-off age is four and half years old, our classes continue to support children’s development up to nine years old.
Our Kinder Program helps children gradually transition to independent learning, usually around halfway through. Even though parents may not be in every class, their involvement is essential. We encourage them to stay connected and informed through observation classes each term.
Develop a Love of Learning
Overall, our preschool classes for kids empower children to reach their full potential, unlocking their innate talents, and preparing them to thrive creatively, academically and personally in the years to come.
FAQs: Kinder Classes
A Shichida Kinder class is a whole-brain, play-based learning experience for preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years. We combine educational games, songs, memory training, problem-solving, flashcards, and fun challenges to build strong foundations in literacy, numeracy, emotional intelligence, and creative thinking.
The preschool years are a critical window for brain development. Children form the building blocks for future academic and social success during this time. Our Kinder classes are carefully designed to make the most of this stage by combining proven educational techniques with joyful, hands-on learning.
Each class is packed with enriching activities, including:
- Phonics and early literacy skills
- Numeracy and number sense
- Memory training and mnemonics
- Emotional regulation and resilience
- Creativity and visualisation
- Independence and problem-solving
- Money and time concepts
- Auditory processing and concentration
All in a warm, safe, and fun environment led by certified instructors.
- 3-year-old classes focus on curiosity, independence, and foundational skills like phonics, counting, and fine motor control.
- 4-year-old classes introduce more advanced logic, memory games, literacy, and emotional awareness, preparing your child for our Pre-Primary program and beyond.
No. Shichida Kinder classes are not childcare or daycare. They are structured enrichment classes held once a week to complement your child’s kinder or preschool schedule and accelerate their brain development and love for learning.
You can enrol your child any time from 6 months to 4.5 years old. We offer baby, toddler and preschool classes for curious little learners! The earlier you begin, the more benefits your child gains from our whole-brain training during their most sensitive learning years.
Your child can transition into our Pre-Primary and Primary programs, continuing the Shichida journey through to age 9. These stages build on Kinder foundations with more advanced literacy, mental math, public speaking, problem-solving, and more.
At the beginning, yes! Parents join their children in class to support learning and build strong parent-child connections. As your child grows more independent, we guide them toward learning confidently on their own. Parents are still actively involved through observation classes and teacher feedback.
Our method is based on over 60 years of research. Unlike other programs that focus only on academics or play, Shichida offers:
- Whole-brain development (IQ + EQ)
- Proven memory and intuition training
- Strong parent involvement
- A carefully structured curriculum tailored to each stage of development
- It’s learning that’s fun, meaningful, and long-lasting.
We run Shichida Kinder classes at our six centres across Melbourne and Sydney. Find your nearest location here.
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