Our Curriculum

A program of our own, all day in two languages.

Sun’s curriculum is not an off-the-shelf package; it was built over 30 years of experience as a whole of our own, drawing on world-renowned approaches. And English is not a lesson period — it is the second language of the day, from morning to evening.

Sun’s own curriculum
Two teachers, two languages in every classroom
6 specialist classes, each with an expert
Sun Preschool's colourful polka-dot building and garden entrance
A shared classroom moment with both teachers
Two Languages All Day

English is not a lesson — it’s half the day.

In every classroom, two teachers — one speaking Turkish, one speaking English — work together all day long. From morning circle to the goodbye song, every activity is lived in two languages.

Children don’t memorize the language; they acquire it inside play, mealtimes and the garden, using it as they need it.

A teacher with an MSc in Developmental Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh is joining our team.

The rhythm of a day
TR
EN
08.30
Morning circle
09.30
Workshop & project
11.00
Garden & discovery
12.00
Mealtime
14.00
Specialist class
15.30
Story & goodbye
two colors in every row: two languages all day
Specialist Classes

Six fields, six expert teachers.

The program is enriched by six weekly specialist classes, each taught by an expert in their field. Every one of them is part of the curriculum — not a paid extra club.

01

Music · Orff

With our acoustic piano and rich instrument collection — Orff instruments, rhythm and percussion — children get to know music by playing it, not just listening to it.

RHYTHM · EAR TRAINING · MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER
02

Modern Dance · Ballet

Body awareness, balance and posture; a small stage experience at the end of the year.

BODY AWARENESS · CONFIDENCE
03

Chess

Age-appropriate mini games build turn-taking, planning and thinking ahead.

STRATEGY · PATIENCE
04

Maker · Robotics

Cause-and-effect and early coding logic with age-appropriate kits — starting screen-free.

PROBLEM SOLVING · EARLY STEM
05

Creative Drama

Expressing feelings and building stories together through role play and improvisation.

EXPRESSION · EMPATHY · COLLABORATION
06

Woodworking Studio

Measuring, cutting and joining with real tools; the courage of learning by making and unmaking.

FINE MOTOR · FOCUS · CONFIDENCE
Specialist classes are bilingual too — English carries on inside the music and the play.
The architecture of the program

Four layers, one whole.

Sun’s program is not built on a single method. On top of the national foundation we layer bilingual learning, discovery-based math and science, and three world-renowned enrichment approaches.

Four layers

From foundation to enrichment.

Each layer builds on the one before it.
01
Foundation

MoNE Preschool Program

Turkish Ministry of Education Preschool Program

The national foundation covering all areas of development: language, social-emotional, motor and cognitive.

02
Language

ESL · CLIL

Content and Language Integrated Learning

English is not a separate lesson; it is a second language woven into math, science and art.

03
Discovery

GEMS

Great Explorations in Math & Science

Discovery-based math and science; learning by asking, experimenting and observing.

04
Enrichment

Montessori · Reggio · Forest School

Three enrichment pedagogies

The prepared environment, the child’s voice and learning in nature; three approaches that deepen the program.

How it works together

Not separate lessons — one single day.

For the child, these are not four separate programs. Planting seeds in the garden in the morning is science (GEMS) and learning in nature (Forest School) at the same time.

Talking about it in two languages (CLIL) is simply a natural part of the day. The layers touch each other within one fluid day.

Sun Preschool's colourful polka-dot building and garden entrance
First step

See the program where it lives.

On a school tour, let’s watch together how the layers come together in a real day.

Schedule a School Tour