AT THE FRENCH-JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL NURSERY OF TOKYO

Growing up in English, French & Japanese

EIFJ Tokyo welcomes children from 1 to 3 years old in a caring, friendly and warm environment. Enrollment is possible all year round depending on available places. The structure of our nursery is adapted to promote the awakening & early learning abilities of your child:

• Materials and games appropriate for each stage of development
• A trilingual library reserved exclusively for young pupils
• A motor skills space
• A sand box
• A veggie garden
• A rest and nap area
• A 5 meters long black board for artistic activities
• A rooftop garden for recreations with another veggie garden, playground, dome climber, bicycles, water games & pools in summer
• Pushchair trolley for safe field trips

At EIFJ, our teachers and educators are experts. They have undergone rigorous training and many of them are parents of pupils. Their mission is to guarantee the most appropriate care, to ensure the safety of your child, to create a fulfilling environment for pupils, and to reassure the parents.

At the nursery, nature is a familiar and sensory awakening playground: gardening, outing to the park, observing flora and fauna, creating activities using mainly natural resources. Story times that stimulate the imagination and encourage language leanring ​​are provided daily. Moments of relaxation and expression of emotions are also offered.

PROGRAMS AT THE CONVENIENCE OF FAMILIES

• 100% French Program
• 100% English Program
• 100% Japanese Program
• Bilingual or trilingual programs

PROGRAMS AT THE CONVENIENCE OF FAMILIES

• "The Very Little Ones" (1 to 2 year olds)
• "The Little Ones" (2 to 3 year olds)

CURRICULUM

The nursery program is inspired by the best methods in French, Japanese and English speaking nurseries, and is based on the five learning areas of the French Ministry of Education, which are:

• Mobilizing language in all its dimensions;
• Acting, expressing oneself, understanding through physical activity;
• Acting, expressing oneself, understanding through artistic activities;
• Constructing the first tools to structure your thinking;
• Explore the world.

Welcoming is from 8:30 (but it is possible from 7:30 depending on availability of staff members and demand), and the program, very balanced, begins at 9:00 and includes:

• in the chosen language of the day, two circle times (storytelling, group games, music);
  
• in the chosen language of the day, two or three workshops (manipulating items, crafts, art, motor skills, games, exploring the world, etc.);
• two recesses and motor skills' periods on the rooftop garden, and once a week in the nearby beautiful parks;
• three autonomy periods where your child can play (cooking, construction, puzzles, art) and use one of the workshops to foster cognitive development;
• two snacks, and one lunch (provided by the parents, or ordered to the nursery's caterer)
• one nap time;
• two or three diaper changes and hygiene training;
• end of program at 15:30, and extensions/childcare possible until 18:00 (it is also possible from 18:00 to 20:00, depending on staff members' availabilities and demand).

SCHOOL BUS

Depending on demand and the route of the school bus, whose priority is to pick up preschool and elementary school pupils, it is also possible to pick up nursery school children from the age of two. Please submit your request.

 
CALENDAR

The followed calendar is annual (12 months of the year, without holidays), from the variable enrollment month of your child. Daycare is from Monday to Friday. For obvious pedagogical reasons, we encourage pupils to attend the program 3 to 5 days a week, however parents have the option of enrolling their child in the 1 to 2 days program, or in the short-term childcare program instead (hourly rates, up to twice a month). The nursery is closed during Japanese public holidays (the regular class drop-in program is however possible all year round, upon request). Children aged 3 or almost ideally enroll in Preschool from September, however they may remain enrolled at the Nursery from September until the end of March depending on the parents' wish, before switching from April to EIFJ Preschool-Kindergarten, or in another preschool. EIFJ offers special advantages to families whose nursery child enrolls in its Preschool program.

To read our terms and fees, please click here.

OUR FACILITATION SCHEME FOR SIBLINGS!

If one of your children is to be enrolled in the French International Nursery (campus located at 4-2-19 Nishigahara, Kita-ku), and the other in EIFJ's kindergarten, elementary or junior high school (campus located at 1-40-13 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku), we are supporting you by offering :

• decreased tuition fees for siblings ;
• easier transportation: the Alpha shuttle bus connects the two campuses every day, stopping at the nursery around 8:00, 16:30 and 17:30 (times subject to change). This allows parents to go to the nursery and drop off both siblings;
• a high degree of consistency in learning according to the school curriculum and bilingual programs throughout the school year at EIFJ, the only entire bilingual French school in Japan.

Please make an appointment with our team to find out more information. We are happy to help.