Little Planet Pre School is India’s leading preschool network, known for merging the Montessori learning approach with the play way method and advanced digitization. With this advanced primitive amalgamation of learning methodologies, LPPS has focused on child centric education and early intervention framework. The network of Little Planet Pre Schools has been rationally strengthening the vertebrae of a progressive early childhood learning approach with more than 1, 10,000 children as our endorsers across a network of 62+ Branches nationwide. Little Planet Pre School is an avant-grade preschool brand, setting the benchmark in preschooling landscape. Little Planet Pre School has been initiated by Mr. Rajesh Gupta who is the country's leading educationist with over 35 years of combined experience in the field of education.

In this interview with Women Entrepreneur, Ruchika Talwar, principal of Little planet school shares her insight on education, value proposition of her preschool and the importance of enhancing learning experiences.

How have you positioned in the education industry? Could you mention the inception story?

Early childhood is a pivotal phase of life in terms of a child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual development. It is important to know that the growth of mental and physical development progress at a notable rate from birth to the age of five years. A very high proportion of learning takes place during this time. It is a time when child particularly needs distinctive personal care and learning experiences. With this in mind, Little Planet Pre School provides engaging and holistic early learning experiences where a child is allowed and encouraged to learn and grow at her own pace, learning from and sharing with her fellows. Completely committed to the child centric learning goals, the school follows an amalgamation of methods and teaching proposed by Friedrich Froebel and Dr Maria Montessori.

Little Planet Pre School - Paschim Vihar Branch is a dedicated Early Learning Center that provides a stimulating environment to develop an experience of joy and exploration in learning amongst the children. Little Planet Pre School is a child centric learning centre based in West Delhi.

Could you shed some light on the key differencing aspect Little Planet Pre School?

Each child gets individual attention at Little Planet Pre School. Every Learning outcome is determined by thoughtfully considering the individuality of each one. Our Teachers – A crew passionate for learning and skill developments Every crew member at Little Planet Preschool, Paschim Vihar is well trained and experienced teachers are dedicated to help kids reach her or his full potential.

To ensure quality in recruitment, we have developed a rigorous assessment to select competent teachers and care takers. This validated recruitment process uniquely identifies competent candidates. We do that without competition across the pre schooling vertical.

We conduct a thorough reference check of all teachers and care givers. This includes fingerprinting as well as verification and validation of all educational credentials. Transporters also undergo a thorough check of driving history and other annual check. This protocol helps us to protect our most valuable asset – our kids.

“Our mission is to develop an engaging and hightech learning centre to ensure holistic development of each kid”

Please talk about the unique strategy you have implemented to upskill the kids?

At Little Planet, we use a well-researched and thoughtfully developed curriculum derived by amalgamation of different approaches by Maria Montessori, Gardner and Frobel.

Montessori Method develops an environment where child can be developed physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially. In accordance to the same we have aligned our curriculum with Montessori techniques to ensure the development of each little planetarian – physically, cognitively, socially and emotionally.

Gardner developed the concept of Multiple Intelligence, viewing human intelligence with different modalities like – rhythmic, spatial, linguistic, logical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, existential and additional intelligence rather than being dominated by single general ability. According to Frobel play is the work of children. He proposed that child understand his needs and goals while playing. So it’s very fruitful to teach children while they play. While playing the environment is very relaxed making learning effective and fun.

What is your objective with the preschool?

Our vision is to be leader in early childhood care centre to ensure each kid thrives. Our mission is to develop an engaging and high-tech learning centre to ensure holistic development of each kid. We also aim to be a perfect parenting partner for the parents in this journey of parenthood

Ruchika Talwar, Principal, Little Planet Pre School

In the pre-school sector, Ruchika Talwar is a renowned personality. She has actively nurtured little buds into fledging plants with her significant experience of nine years in the school sector.

As the franchisee owner of Little Planet Pre School, she is adamant that the ongoing development of pedagogy for learning and teaching will enable our little ones to succeed and carve out a distinctive position for themselves in the fast-paced, cutthroat environment. Through her conscientious involvement in curriculum development and daily tasks, she makes sure that her branch contributes to the synergy across the Little Planet brand equity. She holds the post graduation degrees in Education, Commerce & Management and graduate degree in administration.