The world’s best preschool approach - Reggio Emilia was introduced in India by Loris Malaguzzi who believes the child should be rich in potential, strong, powerful, competent, and most of all, connected to adults and to other children. Ibambini Play School was founded by Mrs. Shakun Chaudhary, the Principal Educator, with the strong belief that an integrated, thematic, experiential approach is the most effective and powerful way to educate children.
Ibambini Play School spreads over an acre of lush green campus. The school houses Toddler, Play Group, Pre-Nursery and Nursery programs for the age group beginning from 1.5 years to 4 years.
Admission Procedure:
- Toddler: The age criterion for admission to toddler is 1.6 years to 2 years.
- Play Group: The age criterion for admission to play group is 2 years to 3 years.
- Pre-Nursery: The age criterion for admission to pre-nursery is 3 years to 4 years.
- Nursery: On the basis of interview of the child along with their parents. The age criterion for admission to nursery is 4 years to 4.6 years.
Address:
- Ibambini Play School, Sushant Lok II
Sushant Lok, Phase II, Block C,
Near Sushant Tower, Gurgaon
Ph: 0124-4112130-32, 9810999023
Email: schaudhary@ibambini.in
Website: www.ibambini.in
6 responses so far
1 Surabhi ~ Mar 30, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I have my ward studying in this school and i’m really happy with the way this school has brought the best in her. The way they help students understand concepts is great as it stays in a child’s mind for a long time rather than just mugging it up.
I’m raelly happy with this school.
2 shalu monga ~ Feb 22, 2010 at 12:25 am
can u please allow a trial class.
shalu
3 Beena ~ Oct 25, 2010 at 5:07 am
I have a 22 month old daughter, now i want a good play school for her, can you please tell me the full charges for the all admission process and other facilities. please reply soon i want to take immedaite action in this regards,
Beena
4 tanu ~ Dec 11, 2010 at 4:47 am
i have 2 years old daughter now i want a play school for can you plz tell me the charges of admission & montly fees. transport facility available or not plz reply as early as possible
5 shaly ~ Jan 22, 2011 at 2:09 am
i have 3 years old daughter now i want a play school for can you plz tell me the charges of admission & montly fees.
6 ABC DEF ~ Oct 28, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Review of I- bambini - i have had the most terrible experience with iBambini. I dont think the problems with Ibambini have reduced. Their problems have doubled. and mainly because of one basic problem with the school management - *&^%$$%. they might have been a very good school in past few years and that is why they probably got the award (which by the way is not a difficult task these days - all you have to do is grease some palms and its done - or find a suitable connection – which should not a be a problem %^&&^%)
here are a few facts to prove my statement
1. on the birthday of the child, they ask the child to get a BIG present for his freinds - which very easily becomes the school property. so this way they dont have to spend a penny on buying any new toys for the kids
2. the resource room as they call it - has broken toys and such a paucity of them. even the classrooms have broken teaching aids - like the puzzles etc dont have all the pieces - forget all, they dont even have half the pieces.
3. in terms of teacher training - that is the funniest of all - they make the teachers do all the art work and show it off to the parents as if their own child did it. i mean, anyone with half an understanding of their own kids abilities will know if that piece of artwork has been done by their own kids or the teachers. and also staff turnover is high - very few teachers remain in the school for very long - its because they are dealt with such high handedness.
4. they are so autocratic in their decisions - they decided that they will decide the menu for each day of the week - great idea!. but 2 days out of 5 had , macaroni/noodles (maida which is not healthy food at all and difficult for a 2/3 year old to eat on his own) and chocos (who eats chocos without milk). i discussed with the teacher and she agreed that a lot of parents came back with similar feedback and she had translated this to the school management. but the school management didnt want to change its decision. infact, in one circular, they came back saying that please feed your child a heavy breakfast (so that when he is supposed to eat in school - not a lot of effort is spent on that and if he feeds or not, atleast he wont be cranky)
5. they decided they will have a diwali mela and sent a circular attached that 850 rupees was a mandatory payment. To make it look authentic they said that this decision had been taken by the parents committee. i must have talked to atleast 30 odd parents - nobody knew how and when this parents committee was formed, who its members were and how they were empowered to unilaterally take decisions. When I spoke to school management, the arguments were so ludicrous – it was unbelievable. Finally she relented and said that if 50 parents tell us that we don’t want to pay – we will not have the diwali mela . who decided this number of 50. out of a total strength of what – has that been made public? She said ok – if 850 is too much is 500 ok. Promptly they sent out a notice asking the parents asking if they want the diwali mela or not. If yes, 850 or 500. obviously, the parents chose the lesser of the evils coz they also felt that atleast we got a 350 discount, lets go ahead. It will look really cheap if we say we don’t want it all together. Even then when they published this so called “verdict”. There were no numbers to prove this nor any form of signatures etc to verify this. School management thought that ok if we cant get 850 , atleast lets pocket the 500
6. after the steep fees they charge under various heads ( which someone can argue that most schools do) ; they are so cheap that they had to ask for Rs 350 over and above the rs 5000 already taken as stationary charges at the beginning of the year) for a calendar. It just shows how they are out to just extract every penny they can from the parents
7. after all the good reviews I had read , I didn’t get any parents orientation in the beginning – they were so disorganized when this current 2011-12 session started in April.
8. the receptionist had confirmed to us (and we checked with her atleast 5 times ) that one only has to pay the ongoing fees for 3 quarters . I thought this is splendid since in march the kids only go for 10 to 12 odd days during which time they actually start with only an hour for 7 / 8 working days and gradually the time period is increased. After that its 2 months holidays. The said receptionist was not there when we went back in july and mrs chaudhary spoke to us with such contempt reminding us of the dictionary meaning of the word “quarter” and that fees had to paid infact for all 4 quarters. I bumped into the receptionist few months after this incident and she confirmed to me that this is infact what she had told us. And by the way, she wasn’t happy with the school either and so she left soon
9. other points – children at age 2 are not given crayons to learn coloring – instead they are given water paints. Anybody will know that for a 2 year old to wield a brush is far more difficult that holding a caryon. And anybody knows that crayons cost more than paints – in paints one can keep adding water – that’s the beauty….just like milk.
10. the bathrooms – twice that I went, I found no water in the sink
11. they give so many holidays – its unbelievable. In the month of October – just 9 working days for the kids. And its not as if they give an easy time to the teachers. The teachers are called most days the school is off for the kids – so then why not call the kids also. For instance, they showed off the artwork on Saturday and parents were supposed to go visit. Because of that, the following Monday was a holiday – only for the kids mind you. The exhibition took 30 minutes to see….and it held no interest for the child in anycase. For those 30 minutes, you take off 3 hours on Monday.- why? And I could have understood that it was because they made their staff – teachers work so much that they wanted to give them a break – but no – they called the teachers on Monday too – to do what ? One can only imagine
12. they organize a Didi Bhaiyya day – where in they ask for new clothes and other utility items and cash donations for their cleaner/gardener/sweeper/watchman staff. Extremely good idea don’t you think – no one knows how much cash was collected since it is not made public and how it was disposed off ( it could have found its way to the personal account of the school management – who knows ). And their staff gets gifts from the children – the school administration doesn’t have to shell out a penny.
I could go on and on. Please do think twice before putting your child in ibambini. And believe me, they don’t follow the child at all in their teaching methods. The children play and eat tiffin and come back – that ‘s it.
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