Early Years

The long journey of educating a child begins at Early Years. It is that first sail in a voyage that would span decades of a child's life. The foundation that early years education gives a child goes a long way in influencing higher levels of education. As such, you want to make sure your child finds firm footing and is nurtured by the best early years professionals.

At Jewels Leading Lights International Early Years, we understand that early years are crucial as it lays the groundwork for future learning. Our structure is thus designed to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment for young children. With learning centres that have a broad and rich array of learning resources, and aesthetically appealing classrooms designed to stimulate curiosity and learning, we focus on skills that support the developmental needs of our children.

Our curriculum is a blend of the Montessori and British Early Years curricula. This blend ensures our children are exposed to recent educational advancements in child learning and development, and helps to develop their social, emotional, and cognitive skills.


Early Years at Jewels Leading Lights International is split into pre-nursery, nursery, and reception. The Pre-Nursery class is for learners aged 2-3 years. Here, learners are taught through Play-Based Learning and introduced to music, phonics, language communication and literacy, and fine motor skills development, to mention a few. In the Nursery class, learners aged 3-4 years are introduced to the core of Early Years education: numeracy, language and literacy, PSED (personal, social, and emotional development), expressive arts and designs, phonics, physical development etc. The Reception class is the last class in Early Years education. Here, learners aged 4-5 years are prepared for a smooth transition into primary school with an introduction to the skills of reading and comprehension, number sense, creative writing, and good handwriting, to mention a few.

As an international school that stands out as one of the foremost in Abuja and Nigeria, JLLI Early Years boasts an array of seasoned professionals. Our educators are experts in Early Childhood Education, patient and compassionate, creative and flexible, observant, great communicators, and effective classroom managers. We give our best into ensuring our learners have a foundational education that makes the transition to primary school seamless. Do pay us a visit today, and explore all we have to offer to build an unwavering foundation for your child.