Age 3-5

The Early Learning (EL) section of the Bonn International School (BIS) offers a programme for 3 - 5 year old children in the English language. The programme is an integral part of the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).

In our EL, we value a safe and warm environment in which children are stimulated to make their own discoveries about the world around them.

Through structured play and activities we focus on:

• Language development (listening to stories, reading books together, sharing experiences from home, joining in with rhymes and songs)


• Social development (playing together, solving problems, developing self-confidence, self-management and organisation skills, understanding and following daily routines)


• Mathematical development (counting, sorting, comparing, data handling, number recognition, shape and space, pattern)


• Fine and Gross Motor development (music and movement, physical education)


• Artistic development (Arts, Craft, Music, Drama)

We nurture the children's natural curiosity. We at BIS believe that inquiry is a powerful tool to learn about their environment. In all our activities we acknowledge differences in developmental stage, as well as cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Learning in an international environment, with many different nationalities represented, offers a positive experience to all the children.

Practical Information

• Our staff is highly qualified and very experienced


• The student-teacher ratios are very beneficial


• Open and regular communication with parents is stressed


• Our EL3 and EL4 programmes (for 3 and 4 year olds) starts at 08:40 and have both half and full day options.
  
  
  
  • Half-day students leave at 12:00
  
  
  • Full day students leave at 15:00
  
  

• Our EL5 programme (for 5 year olds) runs from 8:30 to 15:20.