A Message From Our Founders

Parents and community members, For more than 8 years I have had the privilege to serve students and families in education. As educators, we are given the opportunity to impact change, shape young minds, and help mold our future leaders. I believe there is no more noble a profession than education and no greater responsibility than developing young minds. It was with this heartfelt commitment to see students reach their fullest. potential that Laughing Panda Preschool, Daycare and Activity centre was launched in 2022. We opened our first site with a vision to be a place of love, learning, and leadership for all students. Today, these basic pillars continue to guide our interactions with each child, family and community we serve. Laughing Panda Preschool, Day care and Activity centre is a school that students and families are proud to be a part of. It is a place where love is at the center of what we do and defines who we are. I recognize that this is not a term typically associated with education, but I am certainly a believer that we need more love in our world today and our children need to feel safe and have a sense of belonging. Through our heartfelt efforts to educate the whole child, we find that students thrive through positive relationships, high expectations, and leadership development. This is the Laughing Panda way. I am excited to continue building a strong academic foundation for children. It is my honor to serve our students, families, and communities to ensure Laughing Panda Preschool, Day care & Activity centre provides the best educational experience possible.
Sayed Hussain – Chairman
 

Ayeen Sayed
B. Com
Co-Founder

Our Philosophy

We strongly believe that children are powerful learners who absorb their environment and learn through playing. We implement a Two-Way or Dual- Language teaching approach to achieve one of our major educational goals, which is helping the children to acquire the ability to speak two or more languages. We base our curriculum on the major principles of Montessori teaching focusing on children’s independence, freedom within limits and respect for a child’s natural, psychological, physical, and social development.

Our Mission

Our commitment at Laughing Panda preschool, day care and activity centre is to create a safe and nurturing environment for each child so that he/she has the opportunity to develop a strong foundation onto becoming a lifelong confident and independent learner.

Our Curriculum

Our Teaching Approach

Laughing Panda Pre school, day care and activity centre is embracing bloom`s taxonomy pedagogy in early childhood education. Our classrooms are community oriented, the parents and families are encouraged to take an active part in our school’s life. We value strong emphasis on the arts, including painting, drawing, yoga, and dramatic play. We adopt Maria Montessori philosophy by combining individualized attention with a carefully structured environment. Our goal is to encourage individual progress and let children learn naturally and at their own pace. We value Waldorf child- or play-centered teaching approach and follow this philosophy’s emphasis on active, outdoor and free play. We strongly believe in importance of bilingual education: learning more then one language not only promotes early literacy but in addition, helps the children to recognize, understand and adapt to people from different cultures; an essential skill to have in our modern global society.
Our teachers show respect for the children: they provide a loving and nurturing care and at the same time help them do things and learn for
themselves. We put social emotional needs of the children in the center of our learning process. When children have choices, they are able to develop the skills and abilities necessary for independent learning, as well as positive self-esteem. The children's play is a foundation of our teaching approach. “It may be said that we acquire knowledge by using our minds; but the child absorbs knowledge directly into his psychic life. Simply by continuing to live, the child learns to speak his native tongue" (Montessori, 1966).
We believe that is natural for our children to grow up in an environment where they hear and interact in more than one language and their school should be a natural continuation of this environment.

Why We're Great

At Laughing Panda preschool, day care and activity centre our teachers are our main asset. We choose our teachers carefully based on their qualifications, personal approach to teaching, their views on our philosophy.