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We are an international early childhood learning community serving families in Tokyo and Chiba, providing a supportive, academically thoughtful environment where children build confidence, character, and a lifelong love of learning through exploration and guided experiences.

About Sunshine Kids Academy

Sunshine Kids Academy offers a Montessori-based early childhood program aligned with the Cambridge International Early Years framework. Through purposeful activities, prepared classrooms, and experienced educators, children build strong cognitive, social, and communication skills—creating a solid foundation for elementary education.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to nurture the whole child from the very beginning. Through Montessori+ learning, children build independence, curiosity, and confidence in a caring environment. By integrating the values of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we also encourage kindness, adaptability, and awareness of the world around them.

Educational Philosophy

Early learning is most effective when it balances child-led exploration, structured routines, hands-on materials, and positive teacher guidance. We implement authentic Montessori practices, ensuring children learn through real experiences that build:

Cognitive
& Language

Expanding vocabulary, listening comprehension, early phonological awareness

Social-Emotional Growth

Confidence, cooperation, empathy, classroom responsibility

Motor
Skills

Coordination, body awareness, refined hand movement, pre-writing readiness

Independence
& Care Skills

Self-feeding, toileting readiness, dressing, cleaning, organizing

This foundation supports a smooth transition into Cambridge Early Years literacy and numeracy development beginning at age 24 months.

Montessori + SDG Global Education Approach

Sunshine Kids Academy introduces the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as early values, helping children develop respect for others, care for shared spaces, cultural awareness, and early environmental responsibility through familiar routines and age-appropriate learning experiences.

What This Means for Your Child

Your child will develop essential skills in a safe, supportive, and joyful environment, including:

  • Speak confidently and express feelings

  • Solve problems thoughtfully

  • Work independently and take responsibility

  • Ask questions, explore, and think critically

  • Build friendships and communicate kindly

  • Develop readiness for international or Japanese elementary pathways

Sunshine Kids Academy provides Montessori-based early education for children 3 months–36 months. For families continuing beyond Preschool, we offer a seamless transition to our partner school, Chuo International School (CIS), a Cambridge Certified Primary School serving 36 months–12 years.

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Experience our classrooms, meet our teachers, and see first-hand how we support confident early learners.

Follow Us

Tokyo Campus

〒104-0043
VORT Shintomicho Bldg. 4F

3-5-10 Minato, Chuo-ku,

Tokyo, Japan

Shin-Urayasu Campus

〒279-0014

Doctor's Bay Bldg. C

Park City Tokyo Bay Shin-Urayasu Sol,

5-7-8 Akemi, Urayasu-shi, Chiba, Japan

Business Hours

Monday - Friday

9:00am - 7:00pm

© Sunshine Kids Academy Inc.

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