Reviews

When our daughter was 1,2 years old we started to attend different courses of early development (including Reggio and Montessori methods), engaged in swimming, music, gymnastics and English language. Particularly she liked classes in Helen Doron Pechersk and I think she started speaking both Russian and English languages. So, when we started to think about kindergarten, we decided to set our sights on LIKE. It was not advertisement, we just came to people who took part in all-round development of our daughter and were teaching her English during 1,5 years. We trusted their professional background and desire to create the most comfortable space for children. Our expectations have been wholly fulfilled. Kindergarten Like is a place where teachers love what they do and their respect for children is not just a declaration. Attention and all-round development of children potential (language, art, yoga, dancing, drama) are balanced with responsive, but fair approaches to education. Our daughter has long adaptation and difficulties in communication. But these moments were considered as challenges, not problems. I am very grateful to Anastasiya and her team for attention to my daughter. She is the main indicator of success of the kindergarten. She easily speaks English, likes to sing English songs, comes to the kindergarten to share latest news with favorite teacher and friends, while parents read a menu for this week and dream to come to the kindergarten for a lunch.

My son attends Helen Doron from 4 years, he is about to turn 8. We liked this place from the very beginning. It has many reasons, but in short, they have very friendly and professional team. Teachers speak English on very high level. They have great pronunciation. The methodology used by the center is really unique. I am a Polish teacher by myself and I have worked with children and teenagers, so I know what I am saying. I can just regret that the method of teaching this language as a foreign language for children has not yet been fully developed for Polish. There have textbooks, but it is not enough. Helen Doron's method is not only a set of textbooks and teachers who undergo regular training, it is also specially designed for the child's age lexical and grammar courses, with age-appropriate vocabulary, specially written songs and professionally drawn cartoons. The child receives everything purposefully selected in the system. If it is an apple or anything else, it looks the same in all materials. I can't help wondering how cleverly grammar is combined in these lessons and inscribed in a fairy tale interesting for a child. The founder of this methodology is a mega-professional and talented implementator, a treasure trove of stories where she has inscribed her professional skills of teaching children a foreign language. There are specific basic language constructions that are hidden behind an interesting story. The song helps to bring language skills to automatism. We learned English in another place before, there were also songs and cartoons, but they were not specially designed, just simply downloaded by a teacher from YouTube. It is not the same. Pictures and vocabulary are not consistent, of poor quality, grammar isn't systematic at all. I noticed that the teacher did not speak English with the children all the time and she explained that they did not understand and what should she do...... a week later we came here, my son's level of English was the same, but the teacher of Helen Doron did not speak a word in Ukrainian and easily presented material using the right methodology and all its techniques. Children repeated everything and were engaged in all activities. The most important thing is that my son always wanted to come back and this is the result of team efforts. There are beautiful toys, it's cozy and charming place where children are always respected. They have the same rights as adults. I really respect and love our center Helen Doron. Its directors, who meet all clients requirements. They make questionnaires to improve services not only to make them, but then really improve the Center according to clients requests - expand the wardrobe or insulate the floor. They have their own children so they subtly and naturally feel all children's needs. All children feel like at home. Friendly administrator will help with whatever it is - out of power phone, medicine or something else. All teachers are mega-professionals that it is difficult even to highlight my favorite one. I can just envy the children who will attend Kindergarten Like and regret that this kindergarten didn't exist when my son was little. When we started I regretted that we didn't come a year earlier, because Helen Doron system involves unobtrusive study of the youngest children, and I thought I missed the year when a child simply absorbs this foreign language as his own. Fortunately, with the help of teachers we keep the level, but I think that the sooner the better, so I support the new initiative of our Center and just add - Good Luck! I am sure that the kindergarten will be as beautiful and professional as our Center.

My children have been visiting Helen Doron Pechersk for many years, which is also owned by Anastasia, and I see that the whole team works with great diligence, professionalism and love for children. Good deeds and wonderful projects must be scaled up, so I am very glad that Anastasiya is opening a child development center Like. With her vast experience, ability to recruit incredible people to the team, with her infinitely good heart - it will not be just a children's institution, it will be a place where happy children and never less happy parents will come every day.