Early Childhood Learning Centre • ArushaLearn, Grow & Shine Together
A safe, joyful and nurturing early childhood learning centre in Arusha, Tanzania — where children aged 0–6 explore, play, create and grow in a beautiful Reggio-inspired environment, guided by caring, professional teachers.
Three rooms, each shaped around what children need at that age. Small groups, familiar faces, and plenty of time outdoors.
7 Months – 2 Years
7 Months – 2 Years
Our Creche provides a warm, nurturing environment where babies and young toddlers feel safe, loved, and supported. Through responsive care, sensory play, music, movement, and meaningful interactions, we encourage each child’s early development while building strong relationships with families.
2 – 3 Years
2 – 3 Years
Our Toddler Room is a place of curiosity, discovery, and growing independence. Children learn through play-based experiences that encourage language, creativity, social skills, problem-solving, and confidence as they begin exploring the world around them.
4 – 5 Years
4 – 5 Years
Our Pre-K program prepares children for a confident and successful transition to school. Through hands-on learning, early literacy and numeracy, creative exploration, and inquiry-based experiences, children develop the skills, resilience, and love of learning that will support them for years to come.
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Everything you need to know about life at The Little Nest — our philosophy, our rooms, our routines, and the practical details that help your child settle in happily.
Real tools, real mud, real teamwork. Our Reggio-inspired days are led by children’s own curiosity — here’s what that looks like.
Beautiful, thoughtfully designed spaces where curiosity and creativity thrive every day.
Literacy, phonics, numeracy, arts, and social development woven into every joyful day.
Open communication, warmth, and trust between families and our team every day.
Proudly Tanzanian. Celebrating our local culture, community, and natural environment.
Nestled in the vibrant city of Arusha, The Little Nest is a professional early childhood learning centre, daycare, preschool, and nursery school where children aged 0–6 begin their learning journey in a joyful, caring, and inspiring setting.
Our team is passionate about early childhood and takes time to understand each child as an individual. We support children to build confidence, form friendships, and discover the world around them — through play, creativity, language, and love.
Our environment is Reggio Emilia inspired — beautiful, light-filled rooms with natural materials, woven baskets, plants, and children’s artwork creating a space where every child feels they belong.
Learn More About Us →Every program at The Little Nest is thoughtfully designed to nurture the whole child — physically, emotionally, socially, and academically — in our beautiful learning environment in Arusha.
Safe, warm, nurturing full-day and half-day care for babies and toddlers in Arusha. Qualified caregivers, healthy meals, rest time, and loving support from arrival to pick-up.
Our preschool program builds strong foundations — language, thinking, friendships, creativity, and a genuine love of learning — in a warm, structured, and joyful environment.
Children learn best through play. Every day is filled with purposeful play invitations, loose parts, outdoor exploration, and open-ended discovery guided by our skilled educators.
We introduce reading, storytelling, rhymes, and phonics through engaging, age-appropriate activities that build language skills and make children fall in love with books and words.
Art, music, movement, drama, and dance are woven into every day at The Little Nest. Children express themselves, build confidence, and discover their creativity through the arts.
Our beautiful outdoor environment and structured school-readiness program in Arusha gives children the skills, confidence, and social foundations to thrive when they start school.
The Little Nest portal gives families and teachers easy access to books, learning resources, updates, and communication — from anywhere, on any device.
Your child’s books, homework, phonics, maths activities, learning updates, and home learning support — always at your fingertips.
Children can read stories, practise phonics, explore numbers, and enjoy teacher-guided activities in a safe, colourful learning space.
Lesson plans, planning tools, classroom resources, EYLF documentation, professional learning, and parent communication — all in one place.
Inquire about a place for your child, complete the online application, and follow the simple admission steps with support from our team.
Parents in Arusha and across Tanzania can apply for a place at The Little Nest online. Our friendly team guides you through every step — from your first inquiry to your child’s first day.
Contact us by phone, WhatsApp, or email — or fill in our online inquiry form.
Fill in your child’s details, medical information, and family background online.
Our team carefully reviews your application and prepares a place for your child.
We contact you directly to confirm your child’s place and arrange a welcome visit.
Your child’s learning journey begins in a warm, safe, and joyful early years environment.
Everything we do at The Little Nest is guided by our deep commitment to children, families, and the Arusha community.
Every child deserves a safe, healthy, and loving environment where they feel truly secure and cared for every day.
Children learn through doing, exploring, and playing. We trust the power of purposeful, joyful, child-led play.
We honour each child’s unique strengths, pace, language, culture, and way of being in the world.
Strong foundations in reading, language, and maths open doors for children throughout their lives.
We nurture children who believe in themselves, try new things, and grow into bold, curious learners.
Parents and teachers work as a team. Open communication, warmth, and trust are at the heart of all we do.
We celebrate the stories, language, music, nature, and community of Arusha, Tanzania in everyday learning.
Our teachers are trained, reflective professionals committed to best-practice early years education.
At The Little Nest, our spaces are the third teacher. Every room, every shelf, every corner is thoughtfully designed to inspire wonder, creativity, and independence in young children growing up in Arusha, Tanzania.
Our fee structure covers daycare, preschool, early years learning, and after-school programs. Fees are tailored to your chosen program type and session hours.
Detailed fees, term dates, and everything included in each program are shared with you directly as part of the admission process — or simply contact us below.
“We work with families to ensure every child in Arusha has access to quality early years learning in a safe and beautiful environment.”
Everything parents in Arusha want to know about The Little Nest — daycare, preschool, admission, fees, and our learning approach.
The Little Nest is both. We are a professional early childhood learning centre in Arusha, Tanzania, offering full daycare, nursery care, preschool, and early years learning for children aged 0–6 years.
You can apply online through our admissions form, or contact us directly by phone, WhatsApp, or email. Our team in Arusha will guide you through the full admission process step by step.
We welcome children from birth through to 6 years of age. Our programs include baby and toddler care, early years learning, preschool, and school-readiness programs in Arusha, Tanzania.
Our learning approach is play-based and Reggio Emilia inspired. We follow a professional early childhood curriculum that includes early literacy, phonics, numeracy, creative arts, social development, and school readiness.
Yes. We offer both full-day and half-day programs at The Little Nest in Arusha. Contact us to discuss which program best suits your child and your family’s schedule.
The Little Nest Professional Early Childhood Learning Center is located in Olorien, Arusha, Tanzania. Contact us on WhatsApp at +255 685 379 795 for directions and to arrange a visit.
Our fees vary depending on the program, number of days, and session type. Please contact our team directly or visit our Fees page for full information on program costs and what is included.
Yes. The Little Nest has a dedicated parent portal where families can access their child’s books, homework, learning updates, activity resources, and direct communication with teachers from any device.
We are a professional early childhood learning centre, daycare, preschool, and nursery school in Arusha, Tanzania. We warmly welcome all families to visit, ask questions, and learn more about how we can support your child.
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