Happy Wonders International School (Yamato city, Kanagawa)

Happy Wonders International School website: http://www.happy-wonders.com/

3-6-5 Yamato-Higashi, Yamato City, Kanagawa 242-0017
Phone: 046-264-6160 Fax: 046-264-6170 Email: info@iec-japan.net Access map http://www.happy-wonders.com/

Happy Wonders International School’s exclusive educational programs run by the IEC (International Education Center) provide unlimited opportunities for the development of the whole child in a secure and loving environment. We provide high quality personalized education and child-care programs to toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners and ESL (English as a second language) from 8 months to 8 years of age.
The school offers a Baby Wonders once a week program for babies 8 months to 2 years old; a Big Happy Wonders 1-5 times a week program for kids 2-4 years; 1-5 times a week Little Happy Wonders program for 1.8 year – 3 year olds, and a Full Day (9 am – 6 pm) program.

The Full Day Wonders (18 months – kindergarten) program is considered the school’s optimal program for a bilingual education. Learning English, art and craft, singling and dancing are ways to foster communication and cooperative skills as well as self-reliance. The classes are conducted by foreign teachers and Japanese assistant teachers.

HWIP seeks to provide quality developmentally age-appropriate programs and activities that cover the following 9 goals: innovation; intelligence; independence; education; excellence; experience; communication; confidence; competence. The programs focus on ccreative potential and social skills promoting these qualities through sensory exploration and fun.  The school aims to develop in its students a strong sense of self-confidence, individual thinking and leadership skills in its students.

ESL and afternoon and weekend preschool classes are also offered. The Weekend Wonders (WW) program which is a special program designed for children who are already attending kindergarten or school on weekdays and have little or no access to learning in an English speaking environment. Children learn concentration, interest, and a love of learning through cooking, dancing, singing, art , story time, and other activities.