Open a LILLIPODS® Preschool

The LILLIPODS Curriculum is a product of everything we have learned about implementing the Finnish education model during the past 10 years.  The Curriculum is designed in a way that it can be implemented by global educators who have not been trained in Finland. 

We have made playful learning method understandable and implementable. Too often we see the Finnish model not being implemented correctly. Educators need a teaching program that allows them to follow the key principles of the Finnish model, while still feeling comfortable in delivering the curriculum. 

Our Curriculum is holistic, combining the learning of academic skills with the future 21st century skills like creative problem solving, communication and empathy. It's built so that it can be implemented in inclusive education, providing the needed guidance for teachers.

The LILLIPODS Curriculum is also special as it allows you to offer a preschool program together with a customizable afternoon program. The afternoon's Caretaking and Club program provides modular teaching content and play ideas - you decide how you wish to offer that to your families, providing flexibility to the program and cost structure. The afternoon program also allows you to offer localized teaching content easily. 

We have a few minimum requirements that you need to meet, below you can find them. 

SPACE

At the minimum, we require the child-accessible space to be 3 m2 per child.

The local requirements always supersede our requirements, so in case it is more, you will follow the local regulation. 

The space can be an existing kindergarten, preschool or business that is renovated according to our LILLIPODS space concept. Or, it can be a newly built building. 

Our space concept is easy to implement and can easily be implemented to to existing kindergartens, preschools and nurseries to allow them to be transformed to LILLIPODS centers.

EDUCATOR - CHILD RATIO

Minimum requirement for educator : child ratio: 
Under 3-year-olds: 1:6, class size 18 -> 3 educators
Over 3-year.-olds: 1:15, class size 30 -> 2 educators

There needs to be at the minimum 1 lead teacher per class

The local requirements always supersede our requirements, so in case it is more, you will follow the local regulation. 

Educator = lead teacher, assistant teacher -> counted in ratio a per local regulation

Ideally, you have also experience in operating an education business. 

You will receive support during the set-up phase and during your operations.

During the set-up phase, our team will work with you to ensure the space is outfitted according to our space concept, your teachers will get their certification and training and you will get started with marketing.

During operations phase, we will provide support for your teaching team to ensure they are able to implement the teaching and Club & Caretaking programs. 

You are also able to tap into our marketing materials to enable effective marketing to families. 

Our Curriculum's learning goals are already mapped to meet most locally required learning outcomes. Comparing our learning outcomes to your local requirements is made simple.

Our Curriculum is designed in a way that it flexibly adjusts to local language, customs and festivities.

The Club program offers ready-made extra teaching content, but allows you to design and offer local content to children. Whether it is related to, for example, language, drama, coding or dance, you decide what is needed to meet the local needs.