Brainy stars
WELCOME TO BRAINY STARS INTERNATIONAL HOLISTIC MONTESSORI
Brainy Stars International Holistic Montessori (School) was started in Bangalore, India, in Association with Adni International School, Malaysia in the year 2013. During the first year we had the tag of “Islamic Montessori”. In 2014, we removed the tag “Islamic Montessori” and started three more new branches as Brainy Stars International Holistic Montessori in (JP Nagar, RT Nagar, HBR Layout). Now, all our schools are International Montessori’s open for children of all faiths. These are mainstream Pre-Schools with Holistic approach of education, following the norms of our country’s education system. The response has been very good in all the branches. Parents appreciated the concept, teaching methods, teaching material, teachers and the management. There was demand from the parents that the school shall continue the teaching of universal values. So with rigorous research we launched a model school in Bangalore Electronic City.
Currently the Brainy Star Foundation has 29 Schools across India, following Holistic approach of education. The values we teach are drawn from the Indian Constitution, Indian culture and divine books of all faiths.
Brainy Stars International Holistic Montessori’ is an educational movement. We are ambitious to open 1000 schools by 2020. This dream can be achieved only by teamwork. We invite those persons who are willing to contribute in the field of education having infrastructure and capital to become our teammates.
In ‘Brainy Stars’ we have integrated Montessori Method with Islamic values. In Montessori Method of teaching of education, child is groomed in a natural way (FITRAT), this system helps child to nourish his abilities of observation, creativity and imagination.
Child Overall Development
Child development refers to how a child is able to do more complex things as they get older. Development is different than growth. Growth only refers to the child getting bigger in size, whereas development is overall growth of the child. Here, the growth is not restricted to size but intellect as well. When we talk about normal development, we are talking about developing skills like:
Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit, stand, walk, run, etc., keeping balance and changing positions.
Fine motor: using hands to be able to eat, draw, dress, play, write and do many other things.
Language: speaking, using body language and gestures, communicating and understanding what others say.
Cognitive: Thinking skills: including learning, understanding, problem-solving, reasoning and remembering.
Social: interacting with others, having relationships with family, friends and teachers, cooperating and responding to the feelings of others.
Following are some of the things you, as a parent, can do to help your child during this time:
Continue to read to your child. Nurture his/her love for books by taking him/her to the library or bookstore.
Let your child help with simple chores.
Encourage your child to play with other children. This helps him to learn the value of sharing and friendship.
Be clear and consistent when disciplining your child. Explain and show the behavior that you expect from your child. Whenever you tell them no, follow up with what your child should be doing instead.
Help your child develop good language skills by speaking to him/her in complete sentences and using “grown up” words. Help your child to use the correct words and phrases.
Help your child through the steps to solve problems when he/she is upset.
Give your child a limited number of simple choices (for example, deciding what to wear, when to play and what to eat for snack).
Our Concept
The ‘Brainy Stars’ education system provides alternative education system.
The system integrates Montessori Method, Traditional method and Islamic values.
It is a holistic approach. Each child will be educated and trained individually depending on the capabilities, intelligence, interest and inclination.
We along with parents and our highly committed faculty, endeavor that the student not only learns and understands Islam, but also grows up to become an obedient of Almighty, an asset to the family, society and the country so that he/she achieves success here and in the Hereafter.
Vision
To nurture future leaders with Islamic values who shall make our beloved country a global knowledge leader and increase happiness and prosperity in our plural society with the sense of universal brotherhood, as an obedient of Allah.
Mission
To Frame curriculum for holistic approach in education by integrating Montessori method and Traditional method with Islamic values.
To effectively introduce parenting as part of curriculum and to make parents partners in developing a child.
To practice alternate education system where a teacher shall be ‘Murabbiyah’ (a role model).
To establish 1000 schools across India by 2020, insha allah.
Our Uniqueness
Children will be able to lead salath at the age of 6 yrs & will be able to start reading Quran
Our system is child centric
Teachers are Murabbiyat (Mentors)
Curriculum is of holistic approach. It has integration of conventional system, Montessori method with Islamic values
Assessment System is highly scientific
No class room and black board concept (very much popular in advanced countries)
Use of digital technology (Computers & Tablets)
Schools are not oriented towards any Maslak
Schools conduct Parenting Classes by experts to help parents in upbringing children successfully.
Genesis
All perfect praise be to Almighty Allah.
We pray for His blessings upon all the prophets especially on the last prophet Muhammad (Pbuh), his companions and the people who are the seekers of the right path.
One of the greatest gifts of Allah to mankind is ‘knowledge’, through which we can have conscious of Allah, can understand His will and follow the straight path.
Islam does not divide the knowledge on the basis of Deeni (Religious) and Duniyavi (Worldly). All the streams of knowledge come from Almighty. The traditional method of education may enable students to acquire information but it will not train them about how to lead a purposeful life, so that they may achieve success here and in the hereafter.
Al-hamdulillah, new methods of teaching are emerging in the world. We at Brainy Stars, International Islamic Montessori, before establishing it, studied various methods and systems of education. We visited various schools in our country and foreign countries specially Malaysia. Field and Academic studies of schools and schooling methods encouraged us to start ‘Brainy Stars’, first of its kind Islamic Montessori in India.
Brainy Stars’ we have integrated Montessori Method with Islamic values. In Montessori Method of teaching of education, child is groomed in a natural way (FITRAT), this system helps child to nourish his abilities of observation, creativity and imagination. The method does not follow traditional methods of blind memorization and homework.
Our study shows that in India we are wasting huge human resource by educating them in traditional method. If we improve our education system, we would be knowledge leader in the world.
Al-hamdulillah in ‘Brainy Stars’ we have been working on improving the Montessori Method. We have integrated it with Islamic values and teachings. We teach children Quran, Hadith, Islamic manners, Ibadaath and Islamic Rhymes. For this purpose we have Shariah Board too. If the child is admitted in ‘Brainy Stars’ we take care of teaching him Islam, life skills, other streams of knowledge (commonly known as secular education) Another important dimension we have added to our curriculum is “parent’s training”. In up-bringing of children, parents play a major role. We guide the parents to play an exemplary role. We also engage our experts in helping the parents to improve life.
bsthemAl-hamdulillah, child psychologists, behavioral Scientists and parenting experts are with us. A good education requires equal participation of teachers, parents and student. A good teacher is a blessing for students.
For continuous improvement of teaching skills, we have established teacher’s training centre in our head quarters.
Alhamdulillah, we have taken up the great mission of educating the future of society, to bring the desired change and create India of our dreams. We hope to receive full support and co-operation from parents.
May Allah help us in achieving our noble mission. Ameen