Pre-school Education Schools Zurich Near Me

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Groups of children take turns on Tuesday mornings to explore the world of pottery in a variety of ways.

4worldlovers: KIBS strives to offer the best possible international and national education. The education philosophy of KIBS considers every child as a unique individual and focuses on the whole child for education instruction.


As a bilingual school, we work with children to develop self-confidence and a desire to perform in both German and English. We promote and require critical thinking and personal accountability. The classroom instruction aims to further support these values through fostering children social, emotional, intellectual and academic abilities.

We maintain open communication within our school and support each other in reaching our goals. As learners, teachers, parents and employees, we are all responsible for actively developing our school.


Cultural tolerance and understanding are experienced daily. We cultivate and promote both German and English languages, as well as their culture. We encourage our students and their families to share their heritage and traditions with our school and become acquainted with new ones. In this way, our students learn to appreciate their own as well as foreign cultures.

4worldlovers: In kindergarten and elementary school, the children are placed in mixed age groups: from 3 – 6, 6 – 9 and 9 – 12 years. Qualified Montessori staff accompany the children in their learning process in both languages of instruction, i.e., German and English.

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Tandem IMS is a dynamic day school, offering high-quality multilingual education (German, English and French) in a warm and child-friendly environment where both local Swiss and international families are welcome. We have developed a unique concept of multilingualism (German, English and French) in the education of the very young through to the end of the primary school years. All students experience translanguaging in which the German and English teachers are both regularly present in their classroom at the same time. In addition, our enquiry-based learning curriculum, based on the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate (IB) ensures a stimulating, creative and thought-provoking multidimensional education.


Our goal is to give your child the best education to be fit for the future.


We support every child in reaching their highest potential and developing their learning strategies in order to prepare them for their next educational step be it Swiss Gymnasium or another upper-level school.


Please also look at our statistics regarding staff stability, contact time with teachers as well as qualified teaching staff per class.


English and German are spoken in our nurseries. As of kindergarten, French will be part of the multilingual education.


Our English and German teachers are co-teaching. Therefore, children learn to switch between the languages naturally.


Encouraging children to ask questions, do research and find answers - based on the International Baccalaureate (IB).


The core of our curriculum is canton Zurich’s curriculum (Lehrplan 21) and the UK National Curriculum.


To ensure your child’s progress, we provide a variety of assessments as i.e. Swiss Klassencockpit and UK SATs.

We support every child in reaching their highest potential and prepare them optimally for the Swiss Gymi exam.

Emma enjoyed the inspiring environment, the caring teachers and the super interesting curriculum. Each day was different and the children learned a lot by going through the various subjects that were spread throughout the year. A lot of effort also goes into organising special events through which the children can discover the entire world. Emma benefited a lot from Tandem and was now ready to go to kindergarten. We are very grateful for the great time Emma spent at Tandem IMS and are missing the team a lot!

Our daughter Milla started in Kindergarten 1 and finished in grade 6. We are so thankful to all the teachers, management and administration for the great work they do with the children. Tandem IMS offers a friendly environment and the warmth of a family. Milla had a lot of fun but she also learned a lot. She is not only academically strong in English and German and advanced in French but she developed as an individual who loves and respects people, who is independent and confident, who is free to express her opinion, who knows how to organize her daily life and work under pressure. As she said in her graduation speech: «Here in Tandem I had the best time of my life! I am looking forward to the future because I know I am well prepared for the next step of my life.»

Valentina und Mateo gingen beide mit 6 Monaten in die Krippe und anschliessend in die Vorschule. Es war faszinierend zu erleben, wie schnell sie Englisch lernten und mit welcher Leichtigkeit nun beide zwischen Deutsch, Englisch und Spanisch wechseln können. Valentina und Mateo fühlten sich immer sehr wohl und wir Eltern hatten dank der offenen Kommunikation mit dem Team stets die Gewissheit, dass die Kinder in besten Händen sind. Wir sind Tandem IMS sehr dankbar für den wertvollen Abschnitt im Leben unserer Kinder.

We experienced Tandem IMS as a happy place to learn and to prepare students in many fields of life, not just school subjects but also social skills and community spirit. The teaching style and the multicultural environment is nurturing a growth mindset and lifelong learning which are so important in these times of constant changes. Our son Francesco has spent his whole primary school time at Tandem IMS and graduated after 6th Grade well prepared for the next step (Sek A, Küsnacht). He had a fantastic start there with many advantages already in French, English and an independent and self-organized homework attitude. His brother Lorenzo is still enjoying Tandem Primary school and will graduate in a couple of years.

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Our spacious villa and beautiful playground at Freiestrasse 175 in Zurich allows educational play both indoors and outdoors. Children First is an oasis for young learners.


Since 2006 Children First has been providing quality early years education in Zurich. We provide complete packages of care for international working parents and specialise in teaching languages to young children through play and a structured programme of activities throughout the day.


With us, children acquire fundamental life skills, as well as a solid academic foundation. The Children First Montessori-inspired methodology supports practical skills development and promotes creativity, problem-solving, care of the environment and sociable learning.

We feel privileged to be one of the first places outside the home where children make friends and begin their education; our multi-age groups are structured like a big family, in which each child is encouraged to enhance their individual personality, while learning to interact with others.

Children First is open year round. 7am to 7pm is bookable Monday-Friday. We close in the Summer and at Christmas.

If you are interested in visiting please call us on +41 44 252 9121 or fill out our contact form here.