At NAISNY, we’re proud to deliver a contemporary international education based on the standards of the English National Curriculum, which allows us to introduce specialized lessons from as early as two years old and encourage your child to progress through more and more specialized lessons.  In the UK, children begin their formal learning at age 3 or 4, whereas in the US, children typically begin formal education at age 5 or 6. Another difference is that in the British system, “Early Years” children first learn all 44 sounds before learning the names of the letters using phonics — which is the opposite of what’s typically taught in American preschool education. By transitioning to the British elementary school system at NAISNY, generally known as “Primary School” in the UK, your child will engage in a broad liberal arts program that becomes more specialized as they age. While the US curriculum tends to focus on nationally defined requirements for each grade level’s proficiency, the British curriculum has a broader view that enables each child to excel through the unique ways that are best suited to their interests and talents. At NAISNY, this helps students excel through outstanding pathways, such as moving on to top high schools that lead to excellent university or career choices.Based on national average statistics, most children educated through the English National Curriculum tend to be a year or more ahead of their US counterparts in both math and English. Under the UK-approach, each learner does as well as they can and is challenged to progress at an advanced rate that’s over and above a group or national average.