As a preschool owner or manager, your mission is to provide a nurturing and high-quality educational environment that fosters the holistic development of every child while growing admissions and parent satisfaction.

But there might be a mismatch between parents’ expectations and pedagogical principles.

While new education policies explicitly promote play-based, child-centered learning, many parents remain more comfortable with traditional models emphasizing structured instruction and measurable progress.

How can these goals be effectively combined in practice?

Kindiedays Blended Curriculum: Where Experiential and Academic Learning Come Together

In our previous blog post, we explored how teachers can overcome this by blending experiential and academic activities into the daily activities with the children. 

• Playful Lesson Plans from Kindiedays nurture creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration, reflecting Finland’s holistic and child-centred pedagogy.
• Coursebooks and workbooks strengthen foundational literacy and numeracy skills.

Now we will take a look at how to engage parents and show evidence of children’s learning.

The Importance of Parental Involvement

As preschools begin planning for the upcoming academic year, one question stands out:

How can we make our preschool stand out by providing truly high-quality education that parents value and trust?

Forward-looking preschool owners are realising that transforming their centres into joyful, child-centred learning environments is not just a trend — it’s the future. And transformation starts with empowering teachers.

The Shift Towards Quality Early Education

Parents today are more informed and discerning. They look for preschools that offer:

• Meaningful learning experiences
• Personal attention for every child
• Evidence of holistic development

But many schools struggle to move beyond routine teaching methods or administrative challenges. Change requires vision, structure, and the right tools — and this is where Kindiedays Academy comes in.

A Boost for Your Planning and Teacher Development

We are excited to announce that Kindiedays will participate in Didac India 2025, the largest education exhibition and conference in Asia, taking place from November 18–20 in New Delhi.

As part of the official Education Finland delegation, Kindiedays will join other leading Finnish education innovators to share how Finland’s world-renowned early education can empower preschools in India and across Asia to provide joyful, high-quality learning for young children.

Discover the Finnish way to nurture joyful learning

Early childhood education is evolving rapidly across India and Southeast Asia. Schools are seeking ways to balance academic learning with play, creativity, and emotional growth — areas where Finland has set the global benchmark.

At Didac India, we will present the Kindiedays Curriculum Partnership, a complete solution that brings the best of Finnish pedagogy to your preschool. The program combines:

Preschool education is entering a new era. Across India, preschools are seeking the perfect balance — a curriculum that satisfies parents’ academic expectations while nurturing children’s creativity, confidence, and joy of learning.

Today, Kindiedays is proud to launch a new blended curriculum that delivers exactly that — experiential lesson plans, structured coursebooks and workbooks, and a ready-to-use academic calendar designed to align with both Finnish best practices and India’s NEP 2020.

This innovative program transforms the way children learn, how teachers teach, and how preschools distinguish themselves as centers of excellence.

🌱 Why a Merged Curriculum Is Needed

In India, private preschools face two major expectations:

1. Parents want to see visible academic progress in English, Mathematics, EVS, and Hindi — evidence that their child is ready for formal schooling.
2. Educators want to provide a nurturing, joyful environment where children develop curiosity, social skills, and creativity — not just memorize information.

Until now, preschools often had to choose between these two paths: a playful curriculum inspired by Finland or a purely academic one focused on textbooks.

The truth is — both are essential.

A merged curriculum combines the strengths of each approach. It provides children with the foundational literacy and numeracy skills they need, as well as the life skills that will help them thrive in school and beyond — including communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration.

This is precisely what the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 calls for — education that blends conceptual understanding with experiential learning, ensuring holistic development in the foundational years.

🌈 What the Blended Curriculum Includes

Part 6 of 7

We continue our highly appreciated guest blog with Ranjan Goyal, Senior Preschool Consultant.

Preschool parents are seeking more than just a safe environment for their child. They seek preschools that provide visible, high-quality learning experiences — ones that nurture curiosity, social skills, and lifelong learning habits.

For preschool owners and center heads, the challenge is clear: how to deliver consistent quality, engage parents, and continuously improve learning outcomes — while keeping teachers motivated and aligned with the school’s goals.

This is where Kindiedays comes in.

With the Kindiedays Annual Subscription, preschools gain a complete ecosystem to plan, document, assess, and showcase learning. It connects teachers, center heads, and parents around one shared goal — quality early education, verified and visible.

🎯 Step 1: Setting Clear Learning Objectives

Every quality learning journey starts with clear, age-appropriate objectives.
Kindiedays provides structured learning goals and themes based on Finnish best practices and aligned with local curriculums.

Teachers can easily select objectives for each child or activity, ensuring that every moment of play, exploration, or storytelling connects to a meaningful learning outcome.

👉 Quality assurance begins here — by ensuring that all activities are goal-oriented and pedagogically sound.

👀 Step 2: Observing Learning in Action