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Steady hands. A real decision. A small triumph.
A South Mumbai preschool · Est. 1953
We learn while we play.
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Since 1953, children near Kemps Corner have started school here by playing. Mother-Toddler, Playgroup, Nursery, Junior KG and Senior KG, from 9 months to 5.5 years.
Est. 1953Founded by Mrs. Dolat Doongaji
9 months–5.5 yearsMother-Toddler to Senior KG
Near Kemps CornerGrant Road, South Mumbai
2027–28Admission enquiries open
Connection
Children feel noticed before they are corrected.
Arrival is unhurried. An adult at eye level, by name, with time. Children settle because nobody is rushing them.
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Purposeful play
Five moments. Hundreds of connections.
Children do not experience learning in separate boxes. One morning can hold coordination, language, imagination, friendship and the courage to begin again.
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Balance, compare, change the plan and try again.
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A child who has climbed, balanced and run comes to the story mat ready to listen.
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Colour becomes a language before words are enough.
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Ideas grow when children listen, respond and wonder together.
Come and see a morning. Meet the people who make it.
Book a visitHow curiosity works
Every object is an invitation.
Teachers prepare the possibilities. Children choose where to begin. A question becomes an experiment; an experiment becomes a story; a story becomes something a child can carry home.
- WonderNotice something worth asking about.
- ConnectLink an idea to words, people and materials.
- Try againChange the plan without losing the joy.
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Movement
They run before they write.
Climbing, balancing, dancing and small-hand work run through every morning, because steady hands and a steady body come before a pencil. The day is predictable without becoming rigid.
Practical routines
Small steps. Big new worlds.
Choose a stage to see what children experience, practise and begin to own. We notice; we don't grade. There are no tests before six: teachers observe, keep a portfolio for each child and share it with you.
Illustrative imageMother-ToddlerFrom 9 months
A parent or familiar caregiver stays alongside while the child meets a calm room, sensory play, songs and simple routines.
Illustrative imagePlaygroup1.5–2.5 years
A first classroom of their own: familiar teachers, sand, water, songs and the same routine every day, while the goodbye at the door grows a little shorter each week.
Illustrative imageNursery2.5–3.5 years
Nursery gives children more words, pretend play, classroom independence and comfort with peers.
Illustrative imageJunior KG3.5–4.5 years
Junior KG makes thinking more visible through making, patterning, questioning, stories and collaborative play.
Illustrative imageSenior KG4.5–5.5 years
Senior KG gets children ready for Class 1 (listening, early reading, number sense) and lets them stay five while they do it.
From the Principal's desk
The people, and the proof.
Parents are not only choosing a timetable. They are choosing the adults and atmosphere that will hold a child's first school memories.
- The founderIt began with five children in 1953.The founder, the date and the archive.
- What parents sayParents' reviews, in their own words.On Google. Independent: NAS does not write or edit them.
- The alumniMeet the alumni.Generations of South Mumbai families.
- SafetySafety: what to ask, what to expect.Supervision, handover, health and how to raise a concern.
A calm goodbye
Come and see the school.
No pressure. No long application before a conversation. Tell us your child's age and what you are looking for, and the school office will talk you through programme fit and a morning to visit. 13 Tejpal Gokuldas Auditorium, near Kemps Corner, since 1953.