A garden for small minds, big questions.

Bilingual EL/EN kindergarten in Kifisia, Athens — Reggio Emilia-inspired, ages 18 months to 6 years, since 2017.

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We started in a 1962 villa with twelve children and an olive tree.

We started in a 1962 villa with twelve children and an olive tree.

What Our Clients Say

“The practical approach here is different from anything I had tried before. Immediately applicable. I have recommended it to four colleagues.”
Anna Theodorakis
Athens
“The team here actually knows their subject. Not surface-level knowing — deep, practical knowing that makes a difference in every session.”
Petros Apostolakis
Volos
“I was sceptical before I started. Six weeks later I was not. The results spoke clearly enough.”
Christina Vasilakis
Larissa
“The instructors are practitioners first. You can tell within ten minutes — the examples come from real work, not textbooks.”
Marina Kostopoulou
Patra

Four mixed-age groups, two languages, one garden.

Acorns

Acorns

18–30 months · Settling, sensory exploration, full-day or half-day · "Visit Acorns →"
Sunflowers

Sunflowers

2.5–4 years · Long projects, painting, water, sand, music · "Visit Sunflowers →"
Olive Branch

Olive Branch

4–5 years · The atelier, mark-making, story-building, cooking · "Visit Olive Branch →"
Cypress

Cypress

5–6 years · Pre-school year, gentle bridge into Year 1 · "Visit Cypress →"

A day at KinderGarten.

07:45 — Soft drop-off

07:45 — Soft drop-off

· Parents come in, children find their named hook, breakfast is on the long table.
09:00 — Morning circle

09:00 — Morning circle

· Two languages, one circle, one song each in EL and EN.
09:30 — Project time

09:30 — Project time

· Long-form investigation, atelier, garden, or kitchen.
12:30 — Lunch on-site

12:30 — Lunch on-site

· Cooked by Chef Marina, produce from the Wednesday Kifisia market.
13:30 — Rest, then choice time

13:30 — Rest, then choice time

· Younger groups nap, older groups read or build.
15:30 — Garden, family pickup, after-school atelier

15:30 — Garden, family pickup, after-school atelier

· Late pickup until 17:30.

What

The child as protagonist

The child as protagonist

Curriculum follows the children's questions, not a yearly plan. Last term Olive Branch spent four weeks investigating shadows after one child asked why his moved.
The environment as third teacher

The environment as third teacher

Spaces are open, beautiful, and arranged for autonomy. Materials are real, not plastic toys: glass, wood, clay, watercolour, fabric.
The hundred languages

The hundred languages

Children represent ideas through drawing, building, dance, music, modelling, photography, not only words.
Documentation as teaching

Documentation as teaching

Educators photograph, transcribe, and revisit each project with children. Documentation is on the walls, in books, and in our journal.

From the journal.

From the Atelier

From the Atelier

"The shadow project: four weeks, fourteen children, one question" · 12 March 2026 · "Olive Branch spent a month tracing, drawing, and chasing shadows. We documented every step."
Reading List

Reading List

"Five picture books worth reading slowly with a four-year-old" · 5 March 2026 · "Claudia's spring list, including two recent Greek translations and one classic by Anthony Browne."
Notes from Educators

Notes from Educators

"Why we don't reward stickers" · 26 February 2026 · "Petros explains, in 600 words, why no educator at KinderGarten hands out stickers, stars, or 'good job'."

A Tuesday at KinderGarten.

The Weekly Garden Letter.

One short letter every Friday — what the children investigated, one book we're reading, one question for the dinner table.