Mandarin Ducklings Nurseries

The first Mandarin Ducklings nursery setting was launched in 2013 in St Margaret’s and was followed in 2017 by a second setting nearby. In Spring 2022, we are opening our third nursery in Putney Bridge area. We are pleased that we can offer our special approach to early years education to a greater number of families in South West London. So, what makes Mandarin Ducklings so special? There are many reasons and every day exciting things happen at our existing settings, but there are three primary factors which, when combined, make Mandarin Ducklings quite a unique nursery offer. Firstly, we centre our approach around Montessori teaching. This provides an excellent framework focused on each individual child’s physical and psychological development and allows them to unleash their ability to learn through meaningful and fun activities. Equally important to us is providing children with the opportunity to learn and appreciate nature and the world around them. We consequently conduct as many traditional learning activities as possible outdoors so that our children experience the wonders of nature in both their learning, as well as playing, experiences. I think we can all agree that, especially over the past couple of years, far too much time has been spent inside! And then there’s the remarkable capability of young children to absorb and learn new languages – far better than older children and adults, in fact! Because of this, the third element of our unique positioning is to have created a bilingual environment where we introduce the children to Chinese Mandarin from the very earliest moment. It plays a daily part of the Mandarin Ducklings experience and to witness the pride with which the children show off their new phrases and Chinese songs to their parents is something really quite special. Indeed, not to be outdone, those parents often turn their attention to picking up snippets of vocabulary too!