Our programs follow the UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) — covering seven areas of learning through play, exploration, and gentle structure.
A calm, sensory-rich space designed around individual feeding, sleep, and bonding routines. Our infant educators follow each baby's natural rhythm.
Toddlers thrive on movement, language, and discovery. Our Discovery Room is a busy, joyful space where curiosity leads the day.
Children's vocabulary and imagination explode at this age. Our Explorers programme introduces early phonics, math through play, and creative expression.
Our oldest learners step into structured EYFS Early Learning Goals — preparing them for primary school with confidence, literacy, and curiosity.
The British Early Years Foundation Stage isn't a single curriculum — it's a roadmap that grows with your child. Here's exactly how it shows up in your child's day, from the Nest Room to school-readiness.
For babies, British EYFS is built around the three Prime Areas — because nothing else can develop until these are in place.
Cooing back, narrating routines, naming objects, singing nursery rhymes in English & Arabic. Babies hear thousands of words a day.
A consistent keyworker for each baby — so secure attachment forms. Eye contact, holding, and predictable comfort routines.
Tummy time, rolling, crawling tracks, sensory baskets, baby massage, and gross motor freedom on soft mats.
This is the age where vocabulary doubles every few months and toddlers start saying "I do it!" British EYFS at this stage is about protected exploration — letting children try, fail, and try again safely.
Story circles, action songs, naming everything, and bilingual chatter from teachers throughout the day.
Stackers, posting boxes, water play, dough — toys with no "right" answer, building problem-solving.
Potty training partnership, hand washing, putting on shoes, choosing snacks — independence one step at a time.
FS1 (the first year of Foundation Stage) layers the four Specific Areas of EYFS on top of the prime areas. Children begin to engage with letters, numbers, and the world around them through deeply playful activities.
Letter-sound games, name recognition, rhyming songs, and "I-spy" with sounds — building the ear for reading.
Counting at snack time, sorting buttons, building patterns with blocks, comparing tall/short — maths is everywhere, no worksheets.
Pretend kitchens, doctor's clinics, builder zones — where children try out the adult world and develop empathy.
FS2 is the final year of EYFS, where children work toward the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) — the same end-of-Reception milestones used across the UK. "School ready" doesn't mean stressed; it means confident, curious, and equipped.
Systematic synthetic phonics, sight words, decodable readers, early sentence writing, and pencil grip mastery.
Numbers to 20, number bonds, shape and pattern, simple addition through manipulatives — the foundation of all future maths.
Show-and-tell, presenting to peers, leading circle, asking and answering — building confidence to thrive in any Year 1 classroom.
Every activity at Early Scholars is mapped to one or more of the EYFS prime and specific areas.
Listening, attention, understanding, and speaking — the foundation of every other area.
Gross and fine motor skills, health, and self-care from baby room through pre-KG.
Self-regulation, building relationships, and managing feelings with confidence.
Phonics, comprehension, word reading, and emergent writing aligned to UK standards.
Number sense, pattern, shape, and measure through hands-on, playful exploration.
People, culture, communities, the natural world, and the UAE we live in.
Music, dance, art, role-play, and imaginative storytelling — creativity is daily life.
As a UAE nursery, we proudly weave Arabic language, UAE heritage, and age-appropriate Islamic values into our daily curriculum.
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Welcome & free play |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Breakfast & morning circle |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Literacy & phonics activity |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Snack time & story |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Outdoor play & gross motor |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Arabic circle & Islamic studies |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch & quiet time |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Math, sensory or themed play |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Goodbye circle & pick-up |
Extended care available as an optional add-on for working parents. Includes a late snack, rest time, and supervised play.
Schedules vary by age group. Babies follow their individual rhythms; older children follow more structured routines.
Bring your little one for a private tour and meet the teachers.