About Us
Why Choose Us?
With children at the heart of everything we do, we believe in the importance of child-led learning. At Ichiban Nurseries and Preschools, we support this by providing a calm, positive zen environment where children feel safe and secure, and inspired to explore, discover and grow.
Nature plays a huge part in what we do; from our resources constructed from fully reclaimed or recycled materials, to our organic vegetable and flower patches.
As part of our Wellbeing Programme, we spend a lot of time learning amongst nature with our specially designed planting areas providing an important source of learning, as well as giving us an abundance of food to enjoy!
We truly believe that each day offers an opportunity to learn something new. Some of life’s most valuable lessons can be taught whilst enjoying old-fashioned creative activities including gardening and nature awareness, imaginative play and arts & crafts, learning basic life-skills and cooking.
Our Mission
To be the first nursery in Abu Dhabi which offers a transformational learning journey for your child through a fusion of three award-winning early years practices: Japanese, Finnish, and Modern Montessori.
By combining these three methods, we aim to enable your children to embark on their learning journey with a free-flowing approach while being led by their natural interests.
Parents can have peace of mind knowing that their child is well taken care of as they explore, discover, learn and play.
Our Vision
We aim to enable each child to flourish, and to help develop their capabilities to grow into eager learners and confident individuals. Our blend of three early years practices offers a flexible and free-flowing learning journey for your child, encouraging them to find their own interests within an inspiring and positive environment.
Our Core Values
At Ichiban we are committed to encouraging your child to be creative, curious and critically aware to develop their interests and talents to their full potential.
Our programme is inspired by a world-class blend of early years practices: Japanese, Finnish and Modern Montessori, delivered by our highly qualified and dedicated practitioners in a bright and well-resourced learning environment.
We support children’s natural curiosity to explore, experiment, discover, analyze, engage and learn by offering a practical, relationship-driven learning environment to enrich children’s most important and impressionable developmental years.