Learning through a Hands-On Approach
01 / 03 · Our Approach
A Montessori-inspired, hands-on bilingual curriculum where children learn through discovery, play, and a daily routine adapted to every age — with no screen time.
L'académie des bébés follows a Montessori-inspired, hands-on curriculum where children learn through discovery and play in fun, creative ways.
Our curriculum is inspired by the Montessori system, which encourages learning through discovery and play in fun, creative ways. Integrating play in the learning process helps children fully grasp different concepts and ideas.
At L'académie des bébés, play is the main vehicle for learning, sensory and engaging activities build language, thinking, and motor skills while curiosity grows.
At L'académie des bébés, we believe young children learn best when they feel curious, happy, and secure. We use play to build language, thinking and motor skills, with sensory and engaging activities inspired by what children naturally love, throwing, filling, opening, closing, making sounds, and exploring materials, so curiosity grows and children become joyful little discoverers.
A typical day at L'académie des bébés starts with welcoming time and free play, then breakfast, circle time, 30-minute activity rotations, lunch, nap, dessert, and afternoon play.
Each day follows a reassuring routine: welcoming time, free play, breakfast, circle time, then varied activities that change about every 30 minutes. After lunch, children nap, enjoy dessert, and continue with fun learning. Free play, motor activities, and indoor and outdoor playground time are included. The routine adapts to each age range.
L'académie des bébés follows a no-screen-time policy because growing research links screen time to learning delays without any positive academic benefit.
We follow a no-screen-time policy to keep the focus on learning through play and to enhance each child's experience. This is based on increasing research linking screen time to delays in learning, with no real positive outcome in schools.
The curriculum is taught primarily in French and English across all programs, with Arabic introduced in KG1 and KG2.
Our curriculum is taught mainly in French and English. Preschool operates as French and English sections that cross-attend each other's sessions, so children grow up genuinely bilingual. KG1 and KG2 introduce Arabic alongside the French and English foundations.
L'académie des bébés runs separate French and English Preschool sections, with each section attending sessions in the other language so children grow up genuinely bilingual.
Both French and English Preschool sections are available. We are a bilingual nursery, the French section is given English sessions and vice versa. The English-section program is the same as the French one (step by step, Montessori World).
02 / 03 · Programs by Age
Four age-graded programs growing with your child from 70 days to 6 years: Infants, Toddlers, Petit à Petit Montessori preschool, and Au Jardin des couleurs KG1 / KG2.
The Infant program at L'académie des bébés is a sensory-rich, child-led environment focused on gross/fine motor skills, music, social skills, and early language exposure.
The curriculum revolves around sensory learning with a focus on holistic development through engaging activities.
Toddlers follow a custom in-house curriculum focused on language, prewriting, pre-math, psychomotor skills, music, arts & crafts, free play, and storytelling.
Our team of specialists has developed a custom curriculum focused on learning through sensory activities, with an emphasis on the following areas:
Preschool follows the Petit à Petit by Montessori World curriculum, building language, literacy, pre-math, psychomotor skills, and a second language alongside French or English.
Our curriculum is Petit à Petit by Montessori World, inspired by Maria Montessori's techniques. It builds on the previous class's program and helps children reach a higher developmental capacity.
KG1 and KG2 follow Au Jardin des couleurs, a French curriculum adapted to Lebanese culture, preparing children for elementary school through play, autonomy, and the introduction of English and Arabic.
Our curriculum is Au Jardin des couleurs, a French curriculum adapted to Lebanese culture. It focuses on preparation for elementary school with an emphasis on learning through play, encouraging autonomy and discovery in a rich and progressive way.
Yes, KG1 and KG2 explicitly prepare children for elementary school, focusing on autonomy, language, pre-math, and discovery in a rich, progressive way.
KG1 and KG2 are explicitly designed to prepare children for elementary school. The program emphasises learning through play, encouraging autonomy and discovery, building language (French, English, and Arabic), pre-math, and psychomotor education in a rich, progressive way.
03 / 03 · Beyond the School Day
Holiday camps, after-school programs, and Saturday Fun Days that extend our care into school breaks, evenings, and weekends.
Yes, L'académie des bébés runs Christmas, Easter, and Summer holiday camps for children aged 3–7, with weekly outings, themed activities, and a private pool day during summer.
During school breaks (Christmas, Easter, and Summer), we host holiday camps for kids aged 3 to 7. Camps centre on special programs and activities, competitions, themed daily activities, and themed decoration with games. During Summer, we take the kids on weekly outings to fun and exciting locations, plus a weekly Pool Day at our private terrace with age-appropriate inflatable pools under constant teacher supervision.
Yes, children aged 3–8 can attend our after-school program, with the option of completing homework under a teacher's supervision.
Our after-school program runs for children aged 3 to 8, with the option of completing homework under a teacher's supervision.
Yes, Saturday Fun Days are open to outside guests as well, with seasonal themes like pizza-making, messy sensory play, and Easter activities.
We occasionally host Saturday Fun Days with seasonal themes, pizza making, messy sensory play, Easter-themed play, and more. Saturday Fun Days are open to outside guests as well. Follow us on social media to stay up to date with the latest theme.
We go the extra mile to give families the support they need in addition to our usual offerings.
During school breaks (Christmas, Easter and Summer), we host holidays camps for kids aged 3 to 7 years old.
These camps are centered around special programs and activities, including competitions, daily activities and themed decoration with games.
During Summer, we encourage exploration and entertainment by taking the kids out weekly to fun and exciting locations. We also have a weekly Pool Day at our private terrace, with age-appropriate inflatable swimming pools under the constant supervision of the teachers.
After school program for kids ages 3 till 8 years old, with the option of completing homework under a teacher's supervision.
We occasionally host special activities in weekends/ special occasions, such as a pizza making activity, messy sensory play, Easter themed play, etc.
Follow us on social media and stay up to date with the latest theme.
Saturday Fun Days are open to outside guests as well.
