Held, sung to, observed daily.
By the end of infancy, your child is held by name. They eat on a routine and know every face in their room.
Music starts with Josiah Phonics, Baby Jukebox, lullaby, and rhythm play.
Book an Infant tourSince 19971000+ graduates1:3 infant careECDA-aligned ratios7am–7pm
The twofold environment for the formative years.
Montessori every morning. Musical Arts Performance through the week. Your child is known by name, by the same teaching team, all year. From two months to the Primary Years.
★★★★★ “I didn’t hesitate to enrol my younger one too.” — Carolyn Chen, parent
Pillar 1 · Montessori
Pillar 2 · Musical Arts Performance29Years in Singapore
5MAP disciplines weekly
1:3Infant care ratio
K2Two months to Kindergarten
Your child will be known here
Four commitments we make on the first morning.
We’ve kept this pattern since 1997.
Find your child’s stage
From two months to Kindergarten. Both methods, every stage, one school.
First independence. First shelf, first choice, first morning routine.
Self-feeding, self-dressing, first Practical Life shelves. The morning rhythm we build at two is the one they walk into at five.
MAP joins the toddler room twice a week, in the morning, for a 1.5-hour age-appropriate session.
Book a Toddler tourReading, counting, choosing daily.
Independent learning on real apparatus, with bilingual literacy every morning. Five MAP disciplines rotate through the week.
MAP runs 3 days a week at N1 (Vocal · Dance · Classical Music). 4 days at N2 when Chinese Speech & Drama joins.
Book a Nursery tourBy K2, they read, count, and perform.
Addition through division, cloze passages, composition, and project work. Bilingual literacy through Josiah Phonics and 华文青草原.
MAP runs 4 days a week at K1, building to the K2 graduation performance.
Book a Kindergarten tourA day at Josiah
From the arrival circle to home.
Two bilingual work cycles. A morning that starts with song. One MAP discipline most days, rotating across the week.
7:00Arrival and free playQuiet hand-over. Each child greeted by their primary teacher.
8:00BreakfastTogether at the table. Children pour, serve, clear.
8:30Morning circleSongs, weather, Josiah Phonics. MAP joins most days, rotating across the week.
10:00Work Cycle 1Two hours of bilingual self-directed work.
12:00Lunch, then restFamily-style lunch, then nap for those who need it.
3:30Tea + Work Cycle 2Snack, then the second bilingual work block to 5:30.
5:30End-of-day circle and homeReflection, free play, a warm send-off.
A typical K1 rhythm. Stage and centre adjust for ratios and rest. See Curriculum for infant and toddler timetables.
Twofold by design • The two methods
Two Methods. By Design.
Montessori builds the foundational learning habits. The Musical Arts Performance Programme builds expression and the voice to use them. Both run in parallel, every day, from the same teaching team.
Italy · 1907 · Maria Montessori
Montessori builds the foundational learning habits.
Your child focuses on the work that matters to them, for as long as it takes. We build the morning around that focus: authentic apparatus, a plan your child owns, the same trained teacher all year. Teachers watch, then step in when your child needs them.
- Mixed-age groupings in three-year bands
- Independent learning work cycle, every morning
- Authentic Montessori apparatus across every classroom
- Trained guides, observed weekly
Singapore · 2017 · Designed in-house
Musical Arts Performance. A full programme, not enrichment.
Five disciplines built into the weekly rhythm: Vocal Training, Dance, Art Appreciation, Classical Music Appreciation, and Chinese Speech & Drama. K2 cohorts perform on stage at term showcases and at graduation.
- Five disciplines, rotating weekly
- Specialist-led, inside the school day
- Frequent showcases across N1 to K1
- K2 graduation performance, on stage
What we ready children for
School-ready, stage-ready, self-ready.
Three readiness lines, taught in parallel at every stage.
Reading, counting, choosing.
By the end of K2, children read and count independently in both English and Mandarin, and choose their own work each morning.
Performance is a habit by K2.
From N1, children take part in showcases. By K2, they have stood on a stage many times. The room is familiar by the time it matters.
Self-help, focus, repair.
Children who finish at Josiah dress themselves, hold attention, fix their own mistakes, and ask for help when they need it.
The environment
Calm, light-filled, prepared.
The room teaches before the teacher does. Apparatus on low shelves, in order. Natural light. A reading nook. A place for everything, and the child put it there.
Why both, why daily
Why we run both, every day.
Running two full methods in parallel costs us in teacher time and training. We chose it anyway. By the Primary Years, a Josiah child has the focus to sit with a hard problem, the language to talk about it in both English and Mandarin, and the stage time to say what they made of it out loud.
We built it because Montessori and MAP do different things. Children with both arrive at the Primary Years ready.
Why families choose Josiah
Why families stay, through siblings, centres, and years.
Many of our families stay across siblings, across centres, across the years from Infant to K2.
For six years, since she was a little infant, Josiah was truly our daughter’s second home.
Chia Jin Goh
Her face would light up the moment she saw her teacher. She’d head straight in without looking back to say goodbye.
Narissa Chan
I sent my first child here, and after she graduated I didn’t hesitate to enrol my younger one too.
Carolyn Chen
My child has grown tremendously in confidence and expression since joining the Musical Arts Programme.
Angela Ng
From his first nervous day to his confident self at graduation, the teachers have been nothing short of amazing.
Adi Sufyan
Find a Josiah near you
Six centres, central and east. Pick yours.
Central and East. Pick the one nearest you and book a morning visit.
Central
Josiah Suntec
3 Temasek Boulevard · 2-min walk from Promenade MRTInfant care to K2 · Sheltered drop-off · Founding centreBook a visit at SuntecCentral · CBD
Josiah Raffles
14 Robinson Road · 6-min walk from Raffles Place MRTInfant care to K2 · 6-min from MRT · CBD, built for working parentsBook a visit at RafflesCentral · Infant flagship
Josiah Aperia
12 Kallang Avenue · 5-min walk from Lavender MRTInfant care to K2 · 1:3 infant ratio · Infant flagshipBook a visit at AperiaEast
Josiah Changi
Changi Business Park · 10-min walk from Expo MRTInfant care to K2 · Sheltered drop-off & parking · East-side flagshipBook a visit at ChangiEast · By the park
Josiah Pasir Ris
Pasir Ris · 8-min walk from Pasir Ris MRTInfant care to K2 · Outdoor garden classroom · By the parkBook a visit at Pasir RisEast
Josiah Tampines
Tampines · 6-min walk from Tampines MRTFrom N1 to K2 · MOE-aligned half dayBook a visit at TampinesThe twofold inheritance • What graduates carry into Primary 1
By Primary 1, our graduates read, count, and perform.
Walk through the space, see the twofold environment, ask any questions. Bring your child if you like. We watch for willingness to explore. The visit takes 45 minutes.