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

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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

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

When businesses adopt new systems or strategies, they plan carefully: defining goals, training staff, providing tools, and measuring outcomes. Preschool transformation is no different. In a previous blog, we discussed the critical role of the Owner in driving the change, and now we take the next step.

Changing how teachers plan lessons, interact with children, and assess learning doesn’t happen automatically. It’s a change in mindset, daily habits, and teamwork. Without structure and support, most teachers naturally return to the old, familiar ways of doing things.

This is why simply introducing Finnish lesson plans or conducting one-time training sessions isn’t enough. They might inspire teachers for a few weeks — but soon, old routines take over.

To make change last, we need a holistic structure that helps teachers:

• Understand why playful learning works
• Implement how it looks in their daily routine
• Reflect on what children are learning through observation and assessment

That’s precisely what Kindiedays helps preschools achieve.

🧩 The 3 Pillars of Successful Preschool Transformation

Let’s look at how this change management process works in a preschool environment.

It’s 8:30 a.m. in a cheerful preschool classroom in Bengaluru. Children arrive with sleepy eyes and excited chatter. They put away their bags, greet their friends, and slowly gather on the carpet in a circle. The teacher smiles, rings a tiny bell, and says, “Good morning, everyone!”

The room fills with little voices singing, clapping, laughing — and just like that, the day begins. This is circle time — a simple yet powerful practice that can transform your preschool day.

But many preschool owners and teachers ask:

“What exactly is the point of circle time? How can we make it meaningful — not just another routine?” 

Let’s explore how circle time helps children learn, bond, and grow — and how you can make it work beautifully in your classroom.

🌼 What Is Circle Time?

Circle time is a short, planned gathering where the teacher and children sit together — usually on the floor — to start or end the day. It’s a time for talking, singing, sharing, and listening. Children learn to express themselves, connect with others, and develop confidence in a safe, caring space.

This is what Ashley Dahlbom wants to share:

Tell a bit about yourself

I'm Ashley, the Preschool teacher at FinnAm Kindergarten in Ruoholahti, and have been since 2011. Our Preschool group started small, but has only gotten bigger over the years. We're really proud to say our community values intercultural sharing, exploring our neighborhood and the wider world, and practicing critical lifelong skills such as setting boundaries, empathetic communication, and respectful conflict resolution.

Why and how did you start using Kindiedays?

We've been using Kindiedays since the beginning of the app! The main reasons were the foreseeable shift toward using mobile apps in school and daycare settings for attendance tracking. At the time, the change was intimidating, but the helpful features of Kindiedays eventually convinced us to try it, and we never regretted it.

How do you use Kindiedays today?