Bilingual Preschool and Nursery: “Smart”

About Us

Smart preschool and nursery was officially opened in December 2016 and accredited to organize and implement an overall developmental program in education issued by the relevant Ministry of Education of Canton Sarajevo. It is one of the first in the region to apply the “Reggio Emilia” approach to the education of preschool children.

This program is based on the principles of respect, responsibility and communion, through searching and discovering things in a supporting and enriching environment based on child’s interests.

Our goal is to implement the highest educational and developmental standards together with our full commitment to children’s happiness and wellbeing.

Our stuff consists of well-trained professionals and teachers fluent in Bosnian, English and German embracing extraordinary pedagogical skills and great enthusiasm for learning.

Smart Groups

1.    Smart Nursery (1 to 3 years)

At this age there is as special focus on social and emotional development, fine and gross motor skills, language development, independence. They follow the weekly curriculum with themes such as animals, seasons, nursery plays and much more. The youngest children enjoy indoor and outdoor play, healthy meals and nap time.

2.    Smart Preschool: (3 to 6 years)

Our preschool program follows the Reggio Emilia pedagogy and is centered on developing communication and language, early literacy, mathematics, art and design, science, geography and understanding the world.

This program encourages children to be curious learners, helpful, confident developing good social, emotional and motor skills. Our children enjoy specially designed Reggio Emilia materials, arts and craft and recycling workshops, cooking classes, sports, book club, dance and movement, science experiments, field trips, birthday parties and much more.

Smart Space

Smart is located in a building designed and constructed especially for preschool education. The building has approximately 1,500 square meters (not including the open terraces of about 400m2).
The building includes a garage, four floors connected by staircases and a panoramic elevator, and open spaces especially designed for maximum safety of the children. The overall space is transparent and radiant, with playful windows. The toilets are specially adjusted to the age of each group, there is a wardrobe, a gym, a number of technical and service rooms for the stuff, a room for the pediatrician and the nurse, etc.

Smart Nutrition

We have dedicated special attention to our children’s nutrition. Storage and preparation of food is carried out in accordance with the standards of the modern professional cuisine. The quality of meals is guaranteed by a team that includes a cook, a nutritionist and kitchen assistants and all this is supervised by our chef. Our daily  meals include: breakfast (9:00), snack (10:30), lunch (12:00), snack (15:00), snack for nursery (16:30), snack (17:30).

For more information about the weekly menu, please visit our homepage.

Smart Safety

We have dedicated special attention to the safety of the building for the purpose of maximum protection of our children whose interests are always in the first place.
It is important to highlight that everyday activities take place only within the protected area of our facilities, and that unnoticed entry or access to children from the outside is not possible.
The building is guarded 24 hours a day – which includes a security guard and video surveillance, alarm/intervention, fire protection and anti theft system.

For any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us and visit our website and Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Smartvrtic/

www.smartkids.ba

You are welcome to visit us for a school tour.

Contact details:

Address: Kupreška 17, Grbavica

71000 Sarajevo

Tel/Fax: +387 33 710 200

E-mail: info@smartkids.ba

Working hours: Monday – Friday - 07:00-18:00

Preschool: Sunshine International

Sunshine International Preschool of Sarajevo was founded in 2010. The same year it is officially recognized as an approved early childhood learning institution by the Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Education. It is a part of the Bosna Sema Educational Institutions, which include preschool, primary, middle school and high schools throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. Please visit all our institutions:

http://www.bosnasema.ba

At Sunshine International Preschool of Sarajevo we make learning fun. We provide a warm, comfortable, loving and safe home-like environment where children can play, learn, improve cognitive and social skills and above all revel in their own accomplishments.
Sunshine International Preschool of Sarajevo offers:
*    High quality early education (Pre K and K classes) for ages 4-6
*    Teacher/student ratio 2:22
*    American SAXON Curriculum that supports character education
*    Environment that promotes active learning through play
*    English language immersion ( English is used 100% )
*    Professional and caring teachers
*    Working hours : 8:00 – 17:00
*    Classes: 8:30 – 15:30
*    Effective communication with parents, including on-line/SMS parent-teacher communication system (“Smart School”), Parent-teacher meetings, Parent-teacher conference, Monthly and weekly letters and calendars, Child’s weekly report card, Child’s progress report cards
*    Healthy and nutritious meals, breakfast and lunch
*    Physical education, playground and gym
*    Extended educational and fun activities, field trips, special Fridays, creative workshops for parents and children, birthday parties, cooking projects and more
*    Strong foundation for first grade

VISION

Sunshine International Preschool of Sarajevo provides a positive learning through play environment where children fully develop their unique physical, social, cognitive, language, moral, and creative abilities which provides a strong foundation for their bright and successful future.

MISSION

At Sunshine International Preschool of Sarajevo we believe that children’s developmental needs will be completely met if we respect their right to explore their environment and acquire new experiences by participating in teacher-directed and child-initiated activities in which they get a chance to fully develop all five senses. We use modern teaching and learning approaches and a unique, child-centered curriculum, professionally designed to integrate all learning areas with character education elements to meet the needs of the whole child. In our low teacher/student ratio classes we provide children with the freedom to move, choose activities and peers to play with, and express themselves which fosters their proper development, self-motivation, independence, confidence, respect and empathy for one another. We strongly encourage a collaborative parent-teacher-child relationship which allows teachers to create a loving and safe home-like environment which liberates children to explore, create, thrive and learn how to become educated citizens ready to serve society.



KONTAKTIRAJTE PU “Sunshine International Preschool” Sarajevo:

Kampus Vrace
Adresa: Dobojska 6, Vrace Sarajevo
Kontakt tel: 033 718 081; 033 944 163; 033 944 165
Fax: 033 711 212
Email: info@sunshine.ba
Web: www.sunshine.ba
https://www.facebook.com/SunshineInternationalPreschool

Kampus Ilidža
Adresa: Francuske revolucije bb
Kontakt tel: 033 718 081; 033 944 161
Fax: 033 782 121
Email: info@sunshine.ba
Web: www.sunshine.ba
https://www.facebook.com/SunshineInternationalPreschool

Contact us for a school tour!

Kindergarten: The Sarajevo Garden House

The Sarajevo Garden House "Learn and Play the Montessori Way"

Location: Prozorska 11, Vraca, Sarajevo

The school is offering:

- Programme for children 16 months to 5 years
- teacher-pupils ratio 1:6
- We follow British curriculum and Montessori method
- School is bilingual (Bosnian / English) but all school activities are in English language
- We offer art classes, movement, cooking classes, “show and tell” and handicrafts - Reception year (UK curriculum, preparation for basic school) for children 4/5 years old
- Reading/writing/math classes for 3 years old children
- Individual approach to every child
- Homely atmosphere
- Healthy homemade meals and snacks too
- Friendship / peace and quiet / physical and motorical education /sense of nature / assistance for working parents

Working hours are:
8 – 13 (half day)
8 – 16 (full day)

We offer possibility of bringing your child 3 times a week until he/she gets ready for full week!
We also offer “Shopping Saturday” from 9 to 13 o’clock (you can leave your children with us in school and you can enjoy shopping). This is not included in school fee. During spring and summer we do Sleepover in the school.
It is our pleasure to have opportunity working with children and with you too! Best regards,
Elma, Mia and Selma

For further informations, Please contact us:

sarajevogardenhouse@gmail.com
+387(0)62156140

Kindergarten "Blooming Child"

Blooming Child Sarajevo is a fully registered Montessori school for children aged 2-9.

Blooming Child is a licensed pre-school institution that offers a high quality Montessori and Multiple Intelligences approach to education while following the official BiH curriculum. Our outstanding staff consists of qualified Bosnian teachers who have been Montessori trained and a few foreign experienced Montessorians. Our children come from different backgrounds and cultures, and many of them speak more than one language. BCS’s ultimate commitment is to foster generations of confident and free-spirited children who will then contribute to the development of a peaceful community in which people respect each other.

The private Pre-school Institution “Blooming Child” Sarajevo opened in September 2008 thanks to the strong support of both the Federal and Cantonal Ministries of Education and private funding. It is currently one of 10 institutions in the Canton of Sarajevo to have been properly registered with all the official institutions and granted a full license.

Our truly unique facility is located in the heart of Sarajevo, in a safe and quiet neighbourhood and today welcomes 75 children, from the ages of two to twelve.

The Montessori and Multiple Intelligence classroom is a carefully prepared environment where children are encouraged to develop as a whole and to think by themselves. We teach in English and in Bosnian and follow the content of the official Bosnian curriculum.

Blooming Child Sarajevo extends its services to children in need of an after-school day-care program (ages 6-12) (“produzeni boravak”), using the same educational approach

Blooming Child Sarajevo is in the first phase of a more ambitious project: the establishment of a licensed elementary school that will offer a full time, bilingual (Bosnian – English) education for children ages 2 to 15, based on a curriculum recognized and certified by the following organizations: The Ministry of Education of the Canton of Sarajevo, a well-known International Montessori organization (such as AMI, MCI, AMS), and the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).

The goal is for children leaving the school at the end of any three-year cycle to be extensively prepared for any other educational institution in BiH or abroad.

Ideally, Blooming Child Sarajevo (BCS) would like to develop a close collaboration with the second gymnasium and its existing IBO program. It would be the natural place for students to continue their education after the completion of Middle school.

BCS keeps in mind that school tuition must remain affordable to middle class families and that the opening hours must accommodate parents’ work schedules.

The Blooming Child Sarajevo faculty is predominantly local and is educated according to the standards set by BiH law and regulations. In addition, all staff have been Montessori trained by a professional Montessori and MI teacher trainer, who is also the Director of BCS.

At the present time, a group of BCS parents are committed to registering in a lower elementary level, ages six to nine. The goal is to prepare for the enrolment of students during the course of 2009, within the current premises.

The plan is that the upper elementary level (ages nine to twelve) and middle school will follow on quickly after the establishment of the lower level elementary school. The demand for both is very high, a long waiting list is growing on a weekly basis.

School organization:

Toddlers (2-3): 25 children, 3 teachers

Children's House (3-6), 30 children, 3 teachers

Produzeni Boravak (6-12), 30 children, 3 teachers

Meals are prepared at school. We offer breakfast, lunch and a snack.

Opening hours 8.15 am - 4.00 pm

Contact details: Address: Blooming Child Sarajevo, Emerika Bluma 27

Tel: Jasna on 033-207899 or Maelys de Rudder Tanovic

bloomingchild@bih.net.ba

QSI International School of Sarajevo

This following is a statement from the school's adminstration:

The most important factor in the success of a school is the quality of its teachers and administrators.

QSI Sarajevo recruits qualified teachers who love children, and who are committed to devoting the time required to work with the students to ensure that they learn and enjoy school. Quality Schools International (QSI) is a non-profit educational organisation that currently operates 37 schools in 26 different countries. QSI has a reputation of having teachers and administrators who care.

Our school is located 15 minutes from the Sarajevo city-centre in the quiet suburb of Vogosca. The facility includes a computer lab; library; science lab and large multi-purpose room. Outside we have a sports field, basketball court, an excellent playground and a climbing wall. A downhill ski program is integrated into the Physical Education program, and Bosnian, German and French are offered through our language classes. A bus service is available, as is a cafeteria and hot lunch program. We offer an ‘After School Activity’ program every weekday.

We currently have 145 students enrolled in our school; ranging from 3 years old to 18 years old. We offer a preschool, an elementary school, and a full secondary school. We are fully accredited from elementary to secondary school by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Our environment is structured with hands-on learning centres to facilitate small, informal group learning. In addition, group time activities are offered several times a day to help foster large group skills and a sense of community. We feel that children learn by making their own choices.

Many of our students demonstrate leadership skills in our community service club. Students are involved in leading and organising outreach programs. Community service activities have included helping local animal shelters and participating in a school-wide recycling program.

We are fortunate in Vogosca to be able to offer an outdoor classroom as a part of the learning environment. All children need unstructured, outdoor play in a nature-based setting to encourage their understanding of, and respect for, the natural world. The outdoor classroom is loosely structured to provide hands-on exploration and discovery; physical activity and gardening.

If you are interested in visiting the school or finding out more about us, please visit the website www.qsi.ba or call the Director, Jay Hamric on 033 424 450.

Pre-school: The Montessori House, Sarajevo

Welcome to the “International Montessori House”!
International Montessori House is a licensed private pre-school institution for children from 12 months until the enrolment in school.
The purpose of our work is to ensure a stimulating environment by means of the Montessori philosophy and method, where every child can feel free and develop individually and naturally and gradually realize their potential.
The Montessori learning method emphasizes a collaborative environment, multi-aged classrooms and self-directed learning which meet the needs and interests of each child. Older children assist the learning of younger children, and while lesson plans are invisible to the pupils, structured learning takes place. Children have a chance to explore, create and learn without pressure and are encouraged to experiment and question. Playing and fun are a part of that process.
Our pre-school has two locations in Sarajevo.

You can find us at the address Avde Smajlovića 9, in the Vraca neighbourhood, and in the street Buka 11, in the Mejtaš neighbourhood (centre).
In front of the buildings there are parking slots as well as a taxi stand.
Our two premises are about 560 m2 large. Specifically the pre-schools consist of 5 classrooms, a library for children, dining room where the children eat breakfast and cook, as well as a kitchen where the breakfast, lunch and snacks are being prepared. The main entrances of our pre-schools are being monitored and the entire premises are under video surveillance.
The backyards of the pre-schools are fenced in and are about 300 m2 large. In the backyards there are plenty of equipment for the development of motor skills (slide, swing, seesaws, etc.) as well as a garden with vegetables and flowers, which are planted and nourished with the help of the children.
We are aware that starting pre-school is a milestone in every child`s life. It is our promise to you that your child`s experience at our pre-school will be a positive one. Children explore, create and learn without pressure and are encouraged to experiment and question. Children will play, learn and grow together and enjoy their pre-school family. All this enhance their feeling of worth in the world. Children will know that International Montessori House is her/his special, safe place!
We are not just a pre-school, we are a family. Come and see for yourself!
INTERNATIONAL MONTESSORI HOUSE

Location Vraca:                       
ul. Avde Smajlovica br. 9                    
71000 Sarajevo - tel. 033 718-140 - fax: 033 718-141
e-mail: info@montessorihouse.ba               

Location Centre:
ul. Buka 11
71000 Sarajevo – tel. 033 267-965 – fax: 033 267-966
email: info-mejtas@montessorihouse.ba

www.montessorihouse.ba

Waldorf school "Apple" / Waldorfski vrtic "Jabuka"

At the top of the hill in Vraca lies the idyllic and fully certified Waldorf kindergarden Jabuka. The school is half international and half Bosnian, with Bosnian as the main language although all the teachers speak English (and mostly German) as well. Children from 2 to 6 years are welcome.

Address: Husinska 31

Telephone: 061-256289